46With that objective specifically in mind, as is stated in the 27th recital itself, the European Union legislature chose to ensure that the interests of consumers as television viewers were fully and properly protected by making the different forms of promotion such as television advertising, teleshopping and sponsorship subject to a certain number of minimum rules and standards (see, to that effect, Österreichischer Rundfunk, paragraph 26).
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