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181 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 27/03/2019.

New film law proposal made public

Putting an end to a six-year wait, Greek Minister of Culture Pavlos Yeroulanos presented the much-anticipated new film law proposal to the cabinet of ministers Monday, and the text is being...  

20/10/2010 | Legislation | Greece

German parliament approves German Film Law reform

At the start of the year, the federal government announced its intention to change some of the controversial points of the German Film Law (Filmförderungsgesetz), several of which had been...  

14/07/2010 | Legislation | Germany

Catalonia Film Law pushes through controversy

On Wednesday June 30, the Catalonian Parliament approved the region’s controversial Film Law which, according to the political parties who drafted it, “will strengthen the industry, boost access...  

05/07/2010 | Legislation | Spain

Decisive step forward for new film decree

The European Commission has finally greenlighted the draft bill of the Film Decree drawn up by the Belgian French-Community Minister of Culture and Audiovisual Policy, Fadila Laanan. Since the...  

01/06/2010 | Legislation | Belgium

€50m requested in tax credits in first year

Tax credit requests in Italy have reached €50m, of which €10m from foreign producers, since the incentives were implemented. Seven international films were shot in Italy thanks to the new law. The...  

21/05/2010 | Legislation | Italy

Observatory launches electronic version of IRIS

The European Audiovisual Observatory has launched the electronic version of its legal media journal IRIS. Covering over 50 European countries, IRIS deals with topics ranging from copyright,...  

23/03/2010 | Legislation | Europe

Clooney using tax credit too

Two big US productions – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s The Tourist, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, and Anton Corbijn’s The American with George Clooney – are using the finally...  

17/02/2010 | Legislation | Italy

Tax shelter for production and tax credit for theatre digitalization finally implemented

The tax credit for digitalizing cinemas ended its bureaucratic journey when it was recently signed into law by Minister of the Economy Giulio Tremonti. The minister also enacted the tax shelter...  

29/01/2010 | Legislation | Italy

Implementation of Audiovisual Media Services directive protested

The Italian parliament is set to express its opinion on the draft of the legislative decree with which in upcoming weeks the Italian government will implement the UE 2007/65/CE Directive, better...  

28/01/2010 | Legislation | Italy

Exhibitors and distributors take on Catalonian government

As if there weren’t enough problems with cinema in Spain, after Brussels blocked film funding (see news), the controversial anti-piracy measures (see news) and the possible unconstitutionality of...  

18/01/2010 | Legislation | Spain

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