Audiovisual and information services: protection of minors and human dignity. Green Paper

The Council took note of the complementarity between the Green Paper and the communication from the Commission concerning messages with an illegal and harmful content transmitted via the Internet, in accordance with the resolution that the Council and the representatives of the Member States, meeting in Council session, adopted on 28 November 1996, which underlined the need for a more detailed examination of the two documents. The Council also acknowledged the timetable that had been proposed by the Commission, which provided for an in-depth consultation with interested parties, based on their observations on the Green Paper, during the course of the first half of 1997. The Council asked the Commission, operating within the area of Community competence, to continue to work on the Green Paper until the next meeting of the Audiovisual/Culture Council and in particular to put forward new initiatives, if these should prove necessary.