Press Release: Enhancing the effectiveness of the protection of minors and of human dignity in audiovisual and information society services: the European Commission proposes a new Recommendation

The European Commission adopted on 30 April 2004 a proposal for a Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of minors and human dignity and the right of reply in the European audiovisual and information services industry. This Recommendation is a follow-up to the second evaluation report of 12 December 2003 on the 1998 Recommendation of the Council on the protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and information services. The report analysed the measures adopted in the Member States and at EU level since 2000. The new Recommendation proposed today is a further step to ensure an effective cooperation between the Member States, the industry and other interested parties, notably viewers' bodies, in the field of the protection of minors and human dignity and the right to reply. It responds notably to the challenges which technological developments bring in that field.

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