Balancing Culture and Competition: State Support for Film and Television in European Community Law

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 35-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael Craufurd Smith
Keyword(s):  
European Community ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
State Support ◽  
Community Law ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Competition State ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Community Law

Although the european Community Treaty does not contain a specific chapter or article dedicated to the audiovisual sector, European Community law has had a significant impact on the way in which Member States regulate their film and television industries. Given the commercial nature and international reach of many media goods and services this should not be surprising, but Community oversight has here been particularly controversial because of the importance ascribed to cultural and political considerations. This article examines how such considerations have been accommodated within the European Community legal system and the impact that Community law has had on domestic audiovisual policies in practice. It focuses on those measures introduced by states to support their domestic film and television industries and to ensure that domestic audiences have access to films and television programmes that are culturally relevant and meaningful.

The Influence of European Community Law on Public Law in the United Kingdom

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Francis G. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Community ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Community Law ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
European Court ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Community Law

It is a great privilege for me to give this lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart. I frequently had the privilege of appearing before him as counsel when he was judge at the European Court of Justice and also from 1984 to 1988 when he was President of the Court. It was on his departure from the Court in 1988 that I went to the Court as advocate general.Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, who has long been interested in the influence of European Community law on public law in the United Kingdom, had recently published a paper entitled “Recent developments in English administrative law—the impact of Europe?” In returning to that theme this evening I should like to update the story of developments in English administrative law where there may be a European impact. I will also venture, perhaps over-ambitiously, to look briefly at the new constitutional reforms, and to see if there may be a European impact there too.

The Influence of European Community Law on Public Law in the United Kingdom

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Francis G. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Community ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Community Law ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
European Court ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Community Law

It is a great privilege for me to give this lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart. I frequently had the privilege of appearing before him as counsel when he was judge at the European Court of Justice and also from 1984 to 1988 when he was President of the Court. It was on his departure from the Court in 1988 that I went to the Court as advocate general. Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, who has long been interested in the influence of European Community law on public law in the United Kingdom, had recently published a paper entitled “Recent developments in English administrative law—the impact of Europe?” In returning to that theme this evening I should like to update the story of developments in English administrative law where there may be a European impact. I will also venture, perhaps over-ambitiously, to look briefly at the new constitutional reforms, and to see if there may be a European impact there too.

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