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Austria (OWR)
Copy advice is available for all.
Fee:
Members: Free
Non-members: €150+VAT
Feedback is given within 5 working days
General inquiries can be submitted – a small fee will be applicable
For more information see the
website
(in Austrian)
Belgium (JEP)
Copy advice is available for all.
Fee:
€100+VAT per normal request
€200 +VAT for urgent cases
More information about copy advice from JEP can be found here in
French
and
Dutch
Jury meets on Tuesdays, with advice sent the same afternoon. Urgent requests can also be submitted for an extra fee
General advice on the copy advice procedure is free of charge, but requests about the content of an ad are not. Willingness to accept general inquiries will vary case to case depending on request
Canada (ASC)
Copy Advice is available for all
Fee:
Members: free
Non-members: $250+VAT
Feedback usually within 24 hours
General questions about the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards will be taken free of charge
Pre-Clearance is required for broadcast advertising in five regulated categories of advertising: alcoholic beverages, children’s cosmetics, consumer drugs and natural health products and food and non-alcoholic beverages. There are seperate fees applicable for each category, which can be found
here
In Canada, both public and private broadcasters have their own advertising standards policies. Pre-approval for advertisements broadcast on their stations is required. Information for CBC/Radio-Canada can be found
here
, and information for advertising with Canada’s private broadcasters can be found
here
Czech Republic (Rada pro reklamu (RPR))
Copy advice ia available for all.
Fee:
Members: CZK 3,000+VAT per request
Non-members: CZK 6,000+VAT per request
Copy Advice from Arbitration Committee usually comes within 3-4 days, and maximum within a week
RPR accepts general inquiries on the copy advice procedure and the ICC code free of charge
For more information, please visit the
website
France (ARPP)
Copy advice is available for members only, at no cost
Pre-Clearance is offered at a preferential rate for members. Rates for members and non-members can be found
here
More information can be found on the website
here
(French) or
here
(English)
Feedback is generally given within 48 hours, except if the request requires further investigation
Copy advice is reserved to members only. Therefore, it cannot accept requests from anyone who is not a member, even if the inquiry concerns the ICC Code. The only exception is for copy advice requests concerning environmental claims. Those requests can be made by advertisers/agencies that are not ARPP members. The fee for such requests is €100
Germany (Misleadingness) (WBZ)
Copy advice is available for members only
Copy advice is included in the WBZ annual membership fee
Feedback is generally given in 1-3 days, with a maximum of 7-10 days for more complex requests
Members should send the copy advice request with essential information (i.e. the advertisement draft or a detailed description of the ad) via post, fax, email or through this facility
The WBZ accepts general inquiries about the German national legislation, but it cannot answer questions on the ICC code
Contact information can be found on the website in
German
or
English
Germany (Taste and offence) (ZAW)
Copy advice is available for associated members only
Three Copy advices are included in ZAWs annual membership fee if the company is a member of a member association of ZAW
Feedback is generally given in 1-3 days
Members should send the copy advice request with essential information (i.e. the advertisement draft or a detailed description of the ad) via this facility or post, fax, email or through this facility
The ZAW accepts general inquiries about the German national legislation
For more, please see
website
Greece (SEE)
Copy advice available for all.
Fee: €300+VAT per request
Feedback is generally given within 3 days
• General inquiries about the copy advice service or the ICC Code are accepted free of charge. See our
website
for further information and contact details
Hungary (ORT)
Copy advice is available for all
Copy advice is given free of charge
Feedback will be given within one week
General inquiries about ORT’s code (not the ICC code) are welcomed and free of charge
For contact information please see the
website
(in Hungarian)
India (ASCI)
Copy Advice is available to members only
Fee: free for all members
Additional requirements: TV commercials must be submitted as a storyboard, whereas print ads must be submitted as a draft ad. You must also specify in what specific area or what concern you have with the ad when seeking copy advice
For more information on the Copy Advice process and FAQs please visit the
website
Ireland (ASAI)
Copy Advice is available for all.
Copy advice is given free of charge
Simple requests are usually returned within 24 hours, but feedback time varies from case to case
General inquiries about the copy advice procedure are welcomed and free of charge, but unfortunately it can not answer questions on the ICC code
For more information on copy advice, please see the
website
Ireland (RTE)
TV ads need to cleared in Ireland before they can be broadcast. Clearance of TV ads cannot be submitted through this facility. Please go to
http://tvsales.rte.ie/advertising/copyclearance.htm
Italy (IAP)
Copy advice is available for all
Fee:
Members: €900+VAT
Non-members: €1,000+VAT
Feedback is given in no more than 5 working days from the request, with an average of 2-3 days
General inquiries about the SR code are welcomed, but it cannot answer questions about the ICC code
For more information about copy advice, please see the
website
(in English)
Lithuania (LRB)
Copy advice is available for all
Fee:
Members: Free of charge
Non-members: 1000 lt+VAT (290€)
Feedback is given within one week
General inquiries about copy advice are welcomed and free of charge
For more information please see the
website
(in Lithuanian)
Netherlands (Stichting Reclame Code)
Copy advice is available
Conditions apply to companies/ organisations outside The Netherlands:
If your company has an establishment in The Netherlands, your enquiry can only be dealt with if your Dutch representative has paid its annual financial contribution to the Dutch Advertising Code Authority
Please contact, if your advice request involves endorsements, affiliations and/or subsidiaries within The Netherlands
Enquiries related to good taste and decency cannot be dealt with, in view of the subjective nature of these criteria
The copy should be in Dutch or English, if in another language, please contact us
The proposed copy advice for an advertisement is informal without guarantees
The proposed copy advice cannot be used as:
evidence that your advertisement complies with the requirements in the Dutch Advertising Code,
a substitute for a future decision by the Advertising Code Committee or Board of Appeal,
neither can it be referred to in the advertisement.
It reserves the right to alter these conditions
Fee:
The standard fee for copy advice is €500+VAT per advertisement.
For further information or questions please contact the Monitoring & Compliance department of the
Dutch Advertising Code Authority
(Stichting Reclame Code).
Poland (Rada Raklamy)
Copy advice is available for all.
Fee:
Members: Free
Non-members: PLN 1,000+VAT
For more information on how to contact us, see
website
Feedback will be given within 3 working days of request
General inquiries are given free of charge, but specific advice will require a fee
Portugal (ICAP)
Copy advice is available for all.
Fee:
Members:
Free and unlimited for advertisers
A maximum of 10 free copy advice requests from the media and ad agencies
Non-members:€1,250+VAT per request
To submit a copy advice request, advertisers, agencies, or media must send a note about the particular question and/or concern they have with the advertisement draft or storyboard/script and any supporting documents either through this facility or by post, fax, or email. They should also fill out our copy advice request form which can be downloaded
here
. For more general information about copy advice see the
website
(in Portugese)
Feedback will be given within 48 hours
General inquiries about copy advice and the ICC code are welcomed and free of charge
Romania (RAC)
Copy advice is available for all and is non-binding
Fee:
Non-members: €200+VAT
Members: 5 requests per year for free, and € 200+VAT for subsequent requests
Feedback is offered within 3 working days
General inquiries about the ICC code or copy advice service are welcome and at no cost
To find out more information, please visit the website in
Romanian
or in
English
Slovakia (RPR)
Copy advice is available for all.
Fee:
Members: €166+VAT
Non-members: €332+VAT
Applicants can apply for copy advice through this facility or via the electronic form available on the
website
Feedback is given within 15 days
General inquiries about the copy advice are welcome and free of charge
General information about copy advice can be found
here
Slovenia (SOZ)
Copy advice is available for all.
Fee:
Members: €225+VAT
Non-members: €450+VAT
Feedback is given within 10 days
General advice regarding the ICC code, Slovenian Code or legislation is available to members only
Contact information can be found on the
website
(Slovenian)
Spain (Autocontrol)
Copy advice is available for all.
Fee:
Members: free
Non-members:a fee is charged. For fees please click
here
For more information on copy advice please see the website: in
English
, in
Spanish
(click “Asesoramiento y consultas” followed by “Asesoramiento juridico”)
Feedback is given within 3 days of request (within 24 hours when requested by TV broadcasters)
General inquiries about the copy advice procedure through the facility is free for both members and non-members, but inquiries about the ICC Code will be only be free for members and require a fee for non-members
Turkey (Reklam Özdenetim Kurulu)
Copy advice is available for all and is non-binding
Fee: €500+VAT
Feedback is offered within 3 working days
The copy should be in Turkish or English
Copy advice provided by secretariat is non-binding. If the advertisers chooses to ask for copy advice from the Executive Board, then the advice will be binding as ROK binds itself. Copy advice by either entity is not binding for the Statutory Authorities.
General inquiries about the ICC code and the copy advice service are available free of charge
More information can be found on the website in
Turkish
and
English
United Kingdom (Clearcast)
Copy clearance is available for all ads which are destined for any of the channels using Clearcast's clearance service.
Fee: Covered by broadcasters subscribing to the clearance service
Submissions must be submitted on-line on
Clearcast’s clearance system
.
Substantiation which is of a technical and complex should be submitted using the
Claims Support Model
.
United Kingdom (ASA)
Copy advice is available to all.
Fee:
Standard copy advice: Free
Express Service
or bespoke
Website Audit
: fee applicable
The ASA is committed to provide feedback on an enquiry within 24 hours
Advice can be obtained by phone on (00 44) 20 7492 2100 or by submitting a request through this facility of the ASA/CAP
online facility
.
Copy Advice also writes and updates guidance materials to help industry interpret the rules which are available online
here
and
here
The dedicated website (
www.copyadvice.org.uk
) allows practitioners to contact the advisory team as well as have access to various self-help tools and guidance material on all the Codes
United Kingdom (RACC)
Clearance of radio ads cannot be submitted through this facility. Please go to
http://www.racc.co.uk
for more.
United Kingdom (BBFC and CAA)
Clearance of cinema ads cannot be submitted through this facility. Please go to
http://www.carltonscreen.ie/plan-buy/production-and-clearance.aspx#clearance
for more.
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