Collection of Laws No. 589/2007
e) the depiction of behaviour with a high risk of bodily harm, where such risk is presented
as being attractive or amusing and where such behaviour is presented without any
warning of the danger or potential consequences thereof.
(3) Audiovisual works, multimedia works and programmes or other components of a
television programme service shall be classified as inappropriate for minors under the age
of 12, if containing
a) images evoking emotional feelings of fear and depression,
b) images evoking conceptions of a less safe and insecure environment, images of adults’
powerlessness towards the external world and powers endangering the family
environment or otherwise inappropriate images in relation to the emotional and social
maturity of minors, if presenting a threat to a family or to parental relations and if
considering the age of minors there is an assumption of the incorrect interpretation of
such content,
c) images of real violence, mainly the consequences of violent crimes to the victims,
including the consequences to victims of natural disasters, traffic or air disasters,
especially images displaying injuries, blood, physical deformation and mental suffering,
d) the presentation of the negative experiences of children and the consequences of
violence or misery to children, images of injured or dying children or children as victims
of or witnesses to crime that could directly reflect in the minor’s conception of being
victims of the real world,
e) images of a sudden and unexpected change of living beings, images of the unnatural
transformation of organisms or images of the paranormal or other extrasensory effects of
a science-fiction nature,
f) images of nudity which are non-standard in a family environment and in public and
which could invoke interest in sexual relations and the premature activation of sexual
urges in minors, or
g) the depiction of actions in situations where the possibility of bodily harm is not
conclusive enough, the presentation of risky sports disciplines or fantasy images of
superhuman heroic achievements outside of reality, the inadequate interpretation of
which may, considering the age, invoke the effect of imitation in minors.
(4) Audiovisual works, multimedia works and programmes or other components of a
television programme service shall be classified as inappropriate for minors under the age
of 7, if containing
a) images of aggressively attacking animals invoking fear, such as aggressively attacking
bats or spiders,
b) images of a dark and bleak environment or scenes with excessively loud music or
sudden changes in sound levels,
c) images of forced violence against the helpless, especially against children or animals, or
d) the presentation of threats to parental relations or the family.
(5) The content of audiovisual works, multimedia works and programmes or other
components of a television programme service shall be classified in consideration of
several aspects, including the contextual occurrence of inappropriateness and restriction
evaluation criteria in a work, programme or other component, method and form of
adaptation or depiction of individual evaluation criteria considering the nature and type of a
work, or programme, artistic and moral message of a work or programme as well as the
intensity and frequency of the occurrence of inappropriateness and restriction evaluation
criteria in a work, programme or other component of a television programme service.