Code of conduct for junk-food advertising to be signed into law
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
Print
Email
The Communications Minister has pledged to incorporate new EU-wide broadcasting rules into the upcoming Broadcasting Bill.
The European directive includes a code of conduct for junk food advertising in children's programmes, as well as new regulations about the amount of time which can be given over to advertising.
Eamon Ryan confirmed today that he planning to have the directive signed into Irish law this spring.
Post a comment
Limit: 500 characters
View all comments that have been posted about this article
Offensive or abusive comments will be removed and your IP address logged and may be used to prevent further submissions. In submitting a comment to the site, you agree to be bound by BelfastTelegraph.co.uk's Terms of Use.
Posts submitted in UPPERCASE letters will be rejected.