Audiovisual Media Services: coordination of certain provisions of the Member States. Codification

PURPOSE: to codify Directive 89/552/EC (the Audiovisual Media Services Directive).

LEGSLATIVE ACT: Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (codified version).

CONTENT: this Directive effects the codification of Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive). It supersedes the various acts incorporated in it. The Directive fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 30/03/2010.