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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-479/annex/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2007/479",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 25 June 2007 on the compatibility with Community law of measures taken by Belgium pursuant to Article 3a(1) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (2007/479/EC)",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "FLEMISH COMMUNITY",
  "text": "‘1.\nDecree of 25 January 1995\nArt. 76 § 1\nThe Flemish Government shall draw up a list of events considered to be of major importance for the public and which, for this reason, may not be broadcast on an exclusive basis so that a large part of the public of the Flemish Community cannot watch them live or deferred on free-access television.\nThe Flemish Government shall decide whether these events shall be broadcast via whole or partial live coverage or, where necessary or appropriate for objective reasons of general interest, via whole or partial deferred coverage.\nArt. 76 § 2\nTelevision broadcasting undertakings of or recognised by the Flemish Community may not exercise the exclusive rights thus gained such that a large part of the public of another Member State of the European Community cannot without payment watch the events designated by that Member State wholly or partially live or, where necessary or appropriate for objective reasons of general interest, wholly or partially deferred, as determined by that Member State.\n2.\nOrder of the Flemish Government establishing the list of events of major importance to society […]\nWhereas an event can be considered as an event of major importance to society if two of the following conditions are met:\n1.. the event has great topical value and attracts considerable public interest;\n2.. the event is taking place in the context of an important international competition or is a competition in which the national team, a Belgian club team or one or more Belgian athlete(s) is/are taking part;\n3.. the event belongs to an important sporting discipline and represents an important cultural asset to the Flemish Community;\n4.. the event is broadcast traditionally by free-access television and has a high viewer rating for its category.\n[…]\nArticle 1 § 1\nThe following events are considered as events of major importance to society:\n1.. Summer Olympic Games;\n2.. Football (men): all matches involving the national team and all final-round World Cup and European Championship matches;\n3.. Champions League and UEFA Cup:\nmatches in which a Belgian club team is playing;\nsemi-finals and finals;\n4.. Belgian Football Cup Final (men);\n5.. Cycling:\nThe Tour de France for elite cyclists (men): all stages;\nthe following World Cup races: Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Amstel Gold Race, Paris-Tours and Tour of Lombardy;\nthe Belgian Championship and the World Championship for elite cyclists (men).\n6.. Cyclo-cross: the Belgian Championships and World Championships for elite cyclists (men).\n7.. Tennis:\nGrand Slam tournaments: all matches with Belgian players from the quarter-finals onward and all finals (singles);\nDavis Cup and Fed Cup: quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals involving Belgian teams.\n8.. Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix.\n9.. Athletics: the Van Damme Memorial.\n10.. Queen Elisabeth Competition.\nArticle 1 § 2\nThe events referred to under 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are made available via whole live coverage.\nThe events referred to under 1 and 5 are made available via partial live coverage.\nArt. 2\nThe exclusive rights over the events mentioned in Article 1 § 1 may not be exercised in such a way as to prevent a large part of the population from following these events on free-access television.\nA large part of the population of the Flemish Community is considered to be able to follow an event of major importance to society on free-access television when the event is broadcast by a television station transmitting in the Dutch language and can be received by at least 90 % of the population without any payment in excess of the television distribution subscription price.\nArt. 3 § 1\nTelevision stations which do not satisfy the requirements of Article 2 and which acquire exclusive transmission rights in the Dutch-speaking region and the bilingual Brussels-Capital region for the events mentioned in Article 1 § 1 may not exercise these rights unless they can guarantee, on the basis of contracts concluded, that a large part of the population will not be prevented from following these events on free-access television as provided for in Articles 1 § 2 and 2.\nArt. 3 § 2\nTelevision stations which hold exclusive transmission rights may grant sub-licences, at reasonable market prices and within time limits to be agreed with the television stations, to television stations which satisfy the requirements of Article 2.\nArt. 3 § 3\nIf no television station declares itself willing to take sub-licences under these conditions, the television station concerned may, by way of derogation from Article 2 and Article 3 § l, make use of the transmission rights acquired.\nArt. 4\nThe Flemish Minister with responsibility for media policy shall be responsible for the implementation of this Order.\nBrussels, 28 May 2004.\nThe Minister-President of the Flemish Government\nB. SOMERS\nThe Flemish Minister for Housing, Media and Sport\nM. KEULEN\nConsolidated list of events of major importance for Belgium\n1.. Summer Olympic Games\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n2.. Belgian Football Cup Final (men)\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n3.. All matches involving the Belgian men's football team\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n4.. Football World Cup Finals Tournament (men)\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n5.. European Football Championship, final round (men)\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n6.. Champion's League, matches involving Belgian clubs\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n7.. UEFA Cup, matches involving Belgian clubs\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n8.. Tour de France, men, professional\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n9.. Liège-Bastogne-Liège\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n10.. Amstel Gold Race\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n11.. Tour of Flanders\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n12.. Paris-Roubaix\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n13.. Milan-San Remo\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n14.. Belgian Road Cycling Championships, professional (men)\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n15.. World Road Cycling Championships, professional (men)\nFlemish Community: live and with excerpts\nFrench Community: live and with excerpts\n16.. Ivo Van Damme Memorial\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n17.. Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n18.. The following Grand Slam tennis tournaments: Roland Garros and Wimbledon, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals involving a Belgian player\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n19.. The Davis Cup and the Fed Cup, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals involving the Belgian team\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\n20.. Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, the final\nFlemish Community: live and in full\nFrench Community: live and in full\nEvents specific to the French list\n1.. La Flèche wallonne (live and with excerpts).\n2.. Winter Olympic Games (live and with excerpts).\n3.. World Athletics Championships, where Belgian athletes are taking part, live and in full.\nEvents specific to the Flemish list\n1.. Champions League: finals and semi-finals, live and in full.\n2.. UEFA Cup: finals and semi-finals, live and in full.\n3.. Cycling, Paris-Tours and Tour of Lombardy: live and with excerpts.\n4.. The Belgian and World Cyclo-cross Championships, men, professional: live and in full.\n5.. The following Grand Slam tennis tournaments: Australian Open and US Open, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals involving a Belgian player, live and in full.’",
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