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The minimum age for admission to public showings of films is from now on the same throughout Switzerland. In order to achieve this, the conference of regional directors of justice and police (Conférence des Directeurs Cantonaux de Justice et Police - CCDJP) has drawn up an agreement with the Swiss association of film operators and distributors (ProCinema), the Swiss videogram association (Association Suisse du Vidéogramme - ASV), and the Swiss conference of regional directors of public education (Conférence Suisse des Directeurs Cantonaux de l’Instruction Publique - CDIP). The purpose of the agreement...

On 15 November 2011, Vijeće Regulatorne agencije za komunikacije (the Council of the Communications Regulatory Agency - CRA) adopted a set of by-laws transposing the provisions of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) into the regulatory framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina. More specifically, the Rule on the Provision of Audiovisual Media Services establishes a two-tier system of authorisation for the provision of audiovisual media services in Bosnia and Herzegovina - licensing for linear and an obligatory, but free-of-charge registration procedure for on-demand services. There are different...

The Dutch Commissariaat voor de Media (Media Authority - CvdM) recently published a Regulation containing policy rules defining “commercial media on-demand services”, or video on-demand services, under the Dutch Media Act. Under the regulation, such video services must be registered as of 1 November 2011. The policy provides an elaboration of the criteria that determine whether a commercial media on-demand service is covered by the Dutch Media Act. The Act regulates matters such as the separation of commercial and editorial content, the protection of minors, advertising, product placement and sponsoring....

In order to clarify the interpretation of Regulation no. 220/11/CSP on parental control (hereinafter “the Regulation”), adopted on 22 July 2011 (see IRIS 2011-8/33), the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority - AGCOM) published, on 1 August 2011, interpretative guidelines on the broadcasting of films rated as not suitable for minors under 14 and 18 years (“Chiarimenti interpretativi sulla normativa in materia di diffusione sui servizi di media audiovisivi di film vietati ai minori di anni 18 e 14”). Considering the existence of different interpretations of...

According to paragraph 6 of Article 10 of the new Media Act, which came into force on 1 January 2011, linear media service programmes that may seriously impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors, particularly because they involve pornography or extreme and/or unnecessary scenes of violence (Category VI programmes), may be published only if the media service holds the programme in an encrypted form and can only be accessed via a digit code available only to subscribers over the age of eighteen, or that uses another effective technical solution to prevent viewers or listeners under...