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On 20 March 2003, the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA), a single state-level regulator, responsible for the broadcasting and telecommunications sector, Media announced that after the end of a two-year broadcasting period, known as Licensing Phase Two, the Sarajevo licenses of radio and television stations will be extended automatically. This on the basis that strict respect to the Broadcasting Code of Practice was adhered to in the past. Commercial broadcasters will receive 10-year licenses, and public broadcasters two-year licenses. The shorter period for public stations results from the...

In March 2003, Radio-Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTV FBA) has filed 180 000 lawsuits against citizens who have failed to fulfil their legal obligation to pay subscription fees. The asserted claims cover a period of 18 months, i.e. the period during which RTV FBA that succeeded the former RTV Bosnia and Herzegovina, had been established. According to the law of obligations, the limitation period expires two years after the claim is made. By these means, the management of RTV FBA expects to collect 10 to 12 million Bosnian convertible marks (BAM, approximately EUR 5-6...

On 20 March 2003 the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA) announced the beginning of public consultations regarding its proposal on the possible structure of the licence fee. The Law on Communications (see IRIS 2002-10: 13) stipulates that the CRA is financed by licence fees. Currently, the CRA relates the amount of the licence fee to the power of the emitter (CRA Rule 03/199). The proposed changes should bring the calculation basis into line with European standards and international obligations in relation to the use and allocation of the frequency spectrum. According to the new structure,...

The South Eastern Europe Cinema Network (SEE) was set up in 2000 on the initiative of the Greek Film Centre (a state-owned organisation attached to the Greek Ministry of Culture). It promotes and supports the national film industry of eleven Southeast European states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey, Cyprus). The aim is to provide support for the development, production and advertising of the member states’ films both within and outside the network. A support fund for co-productions...

Due to the Parliamentary Assembly's failure to adopt the Law on Communications (a draft version has been awaiting action by the Council of Ministers for the last eighteen months), and bearing in mind the importance of such regulations in the context of fostering a competitive environment for the telecommunications sector, which should attract foreign investments aimed at stopping a deepening of the economic and social crisis in the country, the High Representative has enacted the Law on Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina (No. 52/02, 21 October 2002). Just a reminder that in March 2001 the...