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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7772

4 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/international trade
EU could call upon WTO against Australia over restrictions against foreign television stations during Olympic games in Sidney

Brussels, 03/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Union threaten Australia with calling upon World Trade Organisation (WTO) in the next few weeks over the New South Wales government decision aiming to limit access of foreign television agencies to the Olympic Games of Sidney, which will open next 13 September. Without precedent in the coverage of world sporting events, such a restriction would constitute an infringement to the clause for global treatment contained in the General Agreement...

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