Thanks Pulped,
I hope you had great time telling me who or what I am, but I choose not to go down that road. You have demonstrated all prejudice you have towards people who think different from you. You should read a little bit before you make such statements, and not just press CTRL+F and look for 'satellite dish' under Human rights convention or EU internal market of free goods and services.
I have already stated I don't have nothing against this rule, but I believe it does violate a right to service reception. The contract you sign is meant to be a fair contract, not a denial of rights. Of course people need rules, some more than others and they are for the common good of all living in the confines of apartment blocks. You dont have a right to litter or play loud music or graffiti your walls but you do have a right to satellite services.
It is absolute nonsense to try illustrating your argument with some farcical situation of putting your dish on another persons wall; that is their home, it is not for your use. A balcony on your apartment is for your use, whether you own it or not. This regularly cited nonsense argument serves purely to misdirect and has no merit. For a start, you would likely have to commit tresspass to install your dish in somebody else's garden. If management companies want to prohibit dish; fine, but provide an alternative.
Different jurisdiction but they had pretty much the same rights and policies in the US though the same problems with management companies, in 1996 and again after appeal (moan whine Fifth Ammendment, constitution etc ) against it by IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) in July 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Order 98-273, issued by the FCC, would remain in effect, ie confirmed that "In general, a satellite dish that is 1 meter (39.37 inches) or less may be installed on an area that you own or where you have exclusive use" Stems from the same basic rights as we have in the EU.
"The FCC confirmed that a unit owner has the right to install a dish in areas such as balcony that has been designed to be used only by that unit owner/tenant even if association management or maintenance personnel has access to that areas.
"Tenants on rental properties may install satellite dishes on balconies, porches and other properties with leaseholds."
[broken link removed] (this is IREM's own publication)
In regards to the EU:
The Commission specifically set out the idea of individuals’ "right to use a satellite dish" in its communication of 27 June 2001 on satellite dishes.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressRelease...format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Here is the EU Directive (2002/22/EC) on universal service and users rights relating to electronic communications networks and services:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002L0022:EN:NOT