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- Law entered into force on 1 January 2021.
The Federal law amending the Audiovisual Media Services Act, the KommAustria Act, the ORF Act and the Private Radio Act (Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Audiovisuelle Mediendienste-Gesetz, das KommAustria-Gesetz, das ORF-Gesetz und das Privatradiogesetz geändert werden) of the National Council was published on 23 December 2021:
https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblAuth/BGBLA_2020_I_150/BGBLA_2020_I_150.pdfsig
- November 2020
The draft has been submitted to Parliament. It was examined by the Constitutional Committee on 25 November.
https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXVII/I/I_00462/index.shtml#tab-ParlamentarischesVerfahren
- September 2020
A Draft federal law amending the Audiovisual Media Services Act, the KommAustria Act, the ORF Act and the Private Radio Act was published by the ministry. Stakeholders have time until 16 October to file their comments/remarks. After that the revised Draft will be sent to the parliament – it is expected that it will be final by end of 2020, (Entwurf eines Bundesgesetzes, mit dem das Audiovisuelle Mediendienste-Gesetz, das KommAustria-Gesetz, das ORF-Gesetz und das Privatradiogesetz geändert warden): https://www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at/dam/jcr:646cf888-88af-4f7b-8858-740951cffa3b/AMD-G,_KOG-G,_ORF-G_und_PrR-G_Entwurf.pdf
- July 2019
Federal Act of 12 June 2019 amending the KommAustria Act - transposes article 33bis of the AVMSD on the promotion of media literacy: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/eli/bgbl/I/2019/47/20190612
- News and follow up:
https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXVII/ME/ME_00052/index.shtml
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- April 2021
The decree was published and entered into force on 12/04/2021 and was notified to the Commission on the same date: https://www.pdg.be/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-4009/
- March 2021
Draft decree on media services was adopted during the first plenary session of the Parliament: https://www.pdg.be/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-4008/7135_read-62873/
- January 2021
In the third and final reading, the government adopted the draft decree on media services and will be presented to the Parliament: https://www.ostbelgienlive.be/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-255/620_read-62547/
- October 2020
October 2020 On 29 October, the Government adopted at second reading the preliminary draft Decree on media services and cinema exhibition; and decided to apply for the opinion within a 30-day period under Article 84 §1(1)(2) of the coordinated laws on the Council of State of 12 January 1973. The Minister for Culture and Sport, Employment and the Media is entrusted with the implementation of this Decision: http://www.ostbelgienlive.be/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-255/620_read-61981/
- July 2020
The Government of the German Community has adopted a preliminary draft decree on media services in July 2020. The Government decided to request the opinion of the Chamber of Experts of the Media Council, the Interministerial Committee for Telecommunications, Radio and Television, the Data Protection Authority and of the German-speaking Community for Self-Determined Life.
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Denmark
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- The Bill was adopted and came into force on 1 July 2020
Act amending the Radio and Television Act and the Film Act (Lov om ændring af lov om radio- og fjernsynsvirksomhed og lov om film):
https://www.ft.dk/ripdf/samling/20191/lovforslag/l108/20191_l108_som_vedtaget.pdf
The main points from the legislative proposal are implemented in 12 ministerial orders that are drafted subject to the Danish Radio and Television Broadcasting Act and the legislative proposal and entered into force by 15 September.
- May 2020
A first reading took place on 28 February 2020, the second and third reading of the Bill took place on 26 and 28 May 2020, after which the legislative proposal was passed.
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Greece
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- February 2021
Law 4779/2021 transposing the AVMS Directive was published in the Government Gazette: https://www.forin.gr/articles/article/44440/neos-nomos-dhmosieuthke-o-n-4779-2021-sxetika-me-thn-paroxh-uphresiwn-optikoakoustikwn-meswn
The Law was notified to the Commission on 20/02/2021: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A72018L1808GRC_202101621&qid=1620827992232
- December 2020
The General Secretariat for Communication and Information launched a public consultation on the law transposing the AVMS Directive from 3-10 December 2020:
http://www.opengov.gr/ggee/?p=6950
- October 2020
On 29 October 2020, the Vice-Minister presented the Prime Minister with a draft law on the implementation of the (EU) Directive 2018/1808.
https://gr.euronews.com/2020/10/29/ipoyrgiko-simboylio-ellada
- January 2020
A designated working group along with the competent national authorities has completed the process of revising articles of the AVMSD into a preliminary draft law. A public consultation on the draft law will be launched with the relevant stakeholders (i.e. public authorities, business association organisations, consumer organisations, NGOs, independent regulatory bodies, etc) in order, through a transparent process, to collect comments, prior to the submission of the draft law to the Hellenic Parliament:
https://media.gov.gr/deltio-typou-tou-yfypourgou-ston-prothypourgo-kai-kyvernitikou-ekprosopou-k-steliou-petsa-gia-programma-enischysis-typou/
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- Ενσωμάτωση στην εθνική νομοθεσία της Οδηγίας (ΕΕ) 2010/13 του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου της 10ης Μαρτίου 2010 για τον συντονισμό ορισμένων νομοθετικών, κανονιστικών και διοικητικών διατάξεων των κρατών μελών σχετικά με την παροχή υπηρεσιών οπτικοακουστικών μέσων, όπως έχει τροποποιηθεί με την Οδηγία (ΕΕ) 2018/1808 του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου της 14ης Νοεμβρίου 2018 και άλλες διατάξεις αρμοδιότητας της Γενικής Γραμματείας Επικοινωνίας και Ενημέρωσης: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A72018L1808GRC_202101621&qid=1620827992232
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HU
Hungary
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- The Act was published on published on 13 May 2020 and entered into force 30 days after its promulgation
Act XXIV of 2020 on the Amendement of the E-Commerce Act CVIII 2001 implements the Directive’s rules on video-sharing platforms (2020. évi XXIV. Törvény az elektronikus kereskedelmi szolgáltatások, valamint az információs társadalommal összefüggő szolgáltatások egyes kérdéseiről szóló 2001. évi CVIII. törvény módosításáról): http://njt.hu/cgi_bin/njt_doc.cgi?docid=219480.382963
- May 2020
The law was adopted by the Hungarian Parliament on 5.5.2020.
- August 2019
Act LXIII of 2019 amending certain laws relating to media services 2019 (évi LXIII. Törvény a médiaszolgáltatással kapcsolatos egyes törvények módosításáról), adopted in 2019 already implemented certain rules regarding TV broadcasting:
https://mkogy.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=A1900063.TV
- June 2019
The new law, named “Amending certain laws on media services” and bearing the number T/6355, was submitted to Parliament on 4 June 2019:
https://www.parlament.hu/irom41/06355/06355.pdf
The first debates of the law in Parliament took place on 13 June 2019. A detailed discussion of the law in Parliament took place on 17 June 2019. The law entered the legislative procedure on 27 June 2019. The law was approved on 3 July 2019. Four days later, the law was signed by the President and on 8 July 2019, it was published in the Hungarian Gazette.
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Romania
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- March 2021
On 25/03 the Ministry of Culture published and submitted to public debate the draft law modifying and completing the law no. 504/2002 on audiovisual, until 05/04/2021: http://www.cultura.ro/proiect-de-lege-10
- April 2020
The draft law transposing the Directive, Draft Law amending and supplementing Law no. 504/2002 (Proiectul de Lege pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr. 504/2002 a audiovizualului) was published for public consultation: http://e-consultare.gov.ro/w/proiectul-de-lege-pentru-modificarea-si-completarea-legii-nr-504-2002-a-audiovizualului/
On 30 April 2020, the draft Law for amending and supplementing Law no. 504/2002 was withdrawn from the public consultation procedure, which will be reanalysed in relation to the opportunity of regulation and the need to implement Directive 1808/2018 on audiovisual media services. In this respect, a possible transposition of the said Directive will be subject to public consultation only after consultations with all stakeholders, namely media representatives: http://www.cultura.ro/proiect-de-lege-6
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