Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Belgium) - Cour Constitutionelle

Date: 09/17/2009

Subject: The Court deems incompatible with Constitutional norms, as interpreted in the light of the ECHR’s jurisprudence, the decree of the French community, which obliges tv service providers to broadcast two Flemish channels, leaving the other communities to request for government authorizations.

Parties: SC intercommunale « Association Liégeoise d’Electricité » c/ le Gouvernement de la Communauté française

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 11 Freedom of expression - Freedom of information - Media - Pluralism

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