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In 2007 a new Act on Medical Products in Human Medicine was passed by the Bulgarian Parliament (published in State Gazette, issue No 31 dated 13 April 2007). Chapter 11 of the Act is dedicated to advertising of medical goods. A definition of the term “Advertising of medical goods” is contained in Article 244 of the Act: “any form of information, presentation, promotion or suggestion, which is intended to stimulate the prescription, sale or use of any medical good and contains advertising aimed at the general public.” There are a number of special requirements in the Act regarding the content of...

In June 2008 the Council of Ministers submitted to the Parliament the draft of the Law on Conflict of Interests (“Draft Law”). According to the Draft Law a conflict of interests may exist if: 1. there are private interests of a person who occupies a state position or the interests of persons related to this person, which contradict his/her powers and duties; 2. a person who occupies a state position or persons related to him/her are interested in the results of his/her activities as a person occupying state positions and this may affect the performance of the state officials’ powers and duties;...

According to paragraph 4, item 1 of the Final and Transitional Provisions of the Electronic Communications Act (ECA) the relevant provisions of the Radio and Television Act (RTA) regarding digital licensing should have been amended in compliance with the rules of the new ECA not later than six months after the entry into force of the ECA. The ECA became effective on 25 May 2007 and therefore the legislative term for the amendments to the RTA has not been adhered to. At the beginning of 2008, the Ministry of Culture commenced the procedure for preparing a bill for amendments to the RTA (the “Bill”)....

On 13 November 2007, the daily edition of the news programme - “btv News” - broadcast at 7 p.m. by the btv channel (owned by Balkan News Corporation EAD, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corp.) was interrupted twice by advertisements. The normal duration of the said news programme is between 7 and 8 p.m. each day, comprising two main sets of news (starting at 7 and 7.30 p.m., respectively), divided by a short commentary called “Small Commentary”. The whole programme starts at 7 p.m. and the final notes (captions) are provided at the end of the programme at around 8 p.m. In the beginning of March...

On 11 March 2008, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) terminated the tenders for analogue TV broadcasting with local range for the cities of Sofia (three tenders), Plovdiv (two tenders) and Varna (three tenders). The CEM justified its decision as being necessary to promote the process of digitisation of TV broadcasting in Bulgaria. The termination of the tenders means that the seven frequencies, which are currently used by telecommunications operators under temporary licences on the basis of § 9а of the Final and Transitional Provisions of the Radio and Television Act, have to be freed immediately....