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In a Decision of 7 April 2014 (not publicly available), the Sud Bosne i Hercegovine (Court of BiH) rejected the action initiated by a former religious leader in an administrative dispute against the Decision of the Regulatorna agencija za komunikacije BiH (Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina - CRA) of 13 November 2012. This is the Court’s second ruling on the case, but with a different outcome. In January 2009, the former religious leader, the then Reis-ul-ulema, Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina, filed a complaint against a broadcaster for the alleged use of vulgar and...

The Regulatorna agencija za komunikacije (Communications Regulatory Agency) published a draft Codex Amending the Codex on Commercial Communications (Official Gazette of BiH, No. 98/11 and 94/12) in the summer of 2013. According to Article 1 of the draft, Article 21 of the Codex should be changed and should read as follows: - “Advertising spots and teleshopping for public radio and television services will last maximally four minutes per one hour in television programmes and maximally six minutes per hour in radio programmes.” According to Article 2 of the draft, the amended Codex shall enter into...

At its session held on 13 November 2012, the Council of the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA) adopted the Code amending the Code on Commercial Communications (Code) in order to reflect the newly taken approach to the legal understanding of a “significant value” of promoted goods and services. The Code, as now amended, considers any inclusion of goods and services in the audiovisual or radio programme as product placement, regardless of their value. The Code has been in force since 1 January 2012. However, the application of provisions on product placement was postponed until 1 January 2013...

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) was founded in early 2008, as the successor to the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. Its main aim is to promote regional cooperation, as well as to support European and Euro-Atlantic integration of the aspiring countries. So far, much of its activities were dealing with the media sector, also, in particular were dealings with public broadcasting services bearing in mind their role in building democratic, pluralistic and inclusive societies in the region. In mid-November 2011, a gathering of more than 50 directors-general and representatives of regulatory...

On 15 November 2011, Vijeće Regulatorne agencije za komunikacije (the Council of the Communications Regulatory Agency - CRA) adopted a set of by-laws transposing the provisions of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) into the regulatory framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina. More specifically, the Rule on the Provision of Audiovisual Media Services establishes a two-tier system of authorisation for the provision of audiovisual media services in Bosnia and Herzegovina - licensing for linear and an obligatory, but free-of-charge registration procedure for on-demand services. There are different...