EU sues five countries over failure to implement standards for audiovisual media

　　div classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodivpBRUSSELS Reuters – The European Commission on Thursday said it had referred Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia and Spain to the EU Court of Justice over their failure to implement the revised directive for audiovisual media services.p

　　pThe commission said it had asked for financial sanctions against the countries as they had failed to transpose the new directive, which sets EUwide media content standards for all audiovisual media, by September 2020.pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

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　　pp Reporting by Bart Meijerp

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