European Union: Merger control regulation in European Media Freedom Act
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Adopted European Media Freedom Act including requirement for impact assessment of media market concentrations by Council
On 26 March 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which aims to increase and promote transparency regarding media ownership and introduces safeguards for editorial independence and media pluralism. Th…
SourcePassed European Media Freedom Act including requirement for impact assessment of media market concentrations by EU Parliament
On 13 March 2024, the European Parliament passed the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which aims to increase and promote transparency regarding media ownership and introduces safeguards for editorial independence and media pluralism. The EMFA intr…
SourceEndorsed European Media Freedom Act by Member States’ EU Ambassadors Including Requirement for Impact Assessment of Media Market Concentrations
On 19 January 2024, EU member states’ EU ambassadors endorsed the provisional agreement reached by the Council and the European Parliament on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which aims to increase and promote transparency regarding media owne…
SourceReached EU Council and Parliament political agreement on the European Media Freedom Act including requirement for impact assessment of media market concentrations
On 15 December 2023, the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which aims to increase and promote transparency regarding media ownership and introduce…
SourceIssued EU Parliament position on European Media Freedom Act including requirement for impact assessment of media market concentrations
On 3 October 2023, the European Parliament adopted its position on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) which aims to increase and promote transparency regarding media ownership and introduced safeguards for editorial independence and media plural…
SourceAdopted Council general approach on Media Freedom Act including requirement for impact assessment of media market concentrations
On 21 June 2023, the Council of the European Union adopted its general approach on the Media Freedom Act (EMFA), including the requirement for impact assessment of media market concentrations. The EMFA would introduce a media pluralism test to measu…
SourceProposed European Media Freedom Act outlining requirement for impact assessment of media market concentrations
On 16 September 2022, the European Commission published the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) proposal that aims to increase and promote transparency regarding media ownership while introducing safeguards for editorial independence and media plurali…
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