Brussels, 18/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - The German prohibition on the publication of sponsored articles not identified by the term “advertisement” (“Anzeige”) is not, in principle, contrary to EU law. Since the EU legislature has not yet adopted legislative provisions on this point for the written press, the member states retain the power to legislate in this area.
In a ruling in Case C-391/12 on 17 October, the European Court of Justice was answering a query from the German federal...