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As one of the major legal developments of the year 2001, a draft law on a licence fee for the public broadcaster, the Lithuanian Radio and Television ("LRT"), was introduced in the Siemas (Parliament). Like the Bulgarian and Greek laws concerning license fee collection, the draft law suggests the use of electricity meters to enforce the fee. At present the LRT Law states: "The LRT shall be funded from an allocation of the state budget, and from income obtained from general taxes for LRT's public services for transmission of radio and television broadcasts, advertisements, publications and films,...

The Film Act of 5 March 2002 (No. IX-752) is designed to lay down provisions concerning national films and to regulate the distribution and broadcast of Lithuanian and foreign films. The Act begins by defining terms such as "co-production", "producer" and "film production". It also lays down the criteria for determining whether a production is a "national film". For example, it should be taken into account whether the content of the film reflects the life, culture or traditions of the country or whether the principal protagonists are Lithuanian citizens. Under certain circumstances, co-productions...

On 21 December 2000 the President of Lithuania signed into law amendments to the law "On provision of information to the public (1996)". The amendments provide for further changes in broadcasting law pursuant to Lithuania's obligations under the European Convention on Transfrontier Television. First, the law clarifies the requirements to protect minors from programmes detrimental to their physical, intellectual and moral development, particularly that which is linked with pornography and (or) gratuitous portrayal of violence (Art.18). It eliminates the requirement to mark with a special visual...

New restrictions designed to implement the basic principles of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive were introduced into the 1996 Tabako Kontroljis Estatymo (Statute on Tobacco Control). The amendments entered into force on 16 March 2000. Article 11 imposes a total ban on the advertising of tobacco products. The Statute defines advertisement as "information disseminated in any form and through any means of transmission that directly promotes acquisition and use of tobacco products". Hence it includes various ways of depicting the product logo or presenting positive information about tobacco....

On 16 March 2000 amendments to the Alkoholio Kontroljis Estatymo (Statute on Alcohol Control) of 18 April 1995 entered into force. The amendments impose a total ban on the advertising of alcohol during television and radio programmes intended for children and teenagers. The changes are in response to the requirements of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive. Other (generally permissible) advertising may not link the use of alcohol to driving, improvement of physical well-being, mental activity, personal problem solving, social well-being and increased sexual activity. It may not emphasise...