Resumen de Luxembourg: : Draft grand-ducal regulation on protection of minors in audiovisual media services
On 25 July 2014, the Government of Luxembourg proposed a grand-ducal regulation on the protection of minors in audiovisual media services based on the Loi sur les médias électroniques (Law on Electronic Media - LEM). This proposal is closely linked to an infringement procedure brought by the European Commission pursuant to Art. 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Commission reprimanded Luxembourg for having failed to implement Art. 12 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which aims at protecting minors in on-demand audiovisual media services. In its reasoned opinion of November 2013, the Commission indicated that the literal transposition set forth in Art. 28 quater LEM was insufficient and required further specification of the measures to be taken by service providers. Thus, the draft regulation constitutes a response to the Commission’s criticism.
