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With the adoption of the Film Industry Act (“Act”) in 2003, the Executive Agency “National Film Centre” (“NFC”) was established, whose activities conform with the requirements of the EU programmes (in the first place “Media Plus”, in which Bulgaria has been a participant since July 2002) and of similar institutions of the European countries (see IRIS 2004-6/103). The enforcement of the Act has stimulated the Bulgarian film-producing industry and has increased the number of international co-productions by attracting foreign financial resources to Bulgaria. At the same time, some functional inadequacies...

On 11 September 2007, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), in accordance with its powers pursuant to Art. 33 item 3 of the Закон за радиото и телевизията (Radio and Television Act - Zakon za Radioto i Televiziata - see IRIS 2002-2: 3), adopted recommendations for fair, balanced and impartial media coverage of the 2007 local elections in Bulgaria (see IRIS 2007-9: 7). The CEM opinion is intended to create a favourable working environment in which the election campaign is covered by television and radio operators, and to ensure the observance of the universal, equal and direct right to vote of...

On 28 October 2007 local elections will be held in Bulgaria. The main legislative act that regulates the media coverage of local elections is the Закон за местните избори , published in the State Gazette No. 66 of 25 July 1995 (Local Elections Act). On 3 August 2007 major changes to the Act were passed by the Parliament (published in the State Gazette, No. 63 of 3 August 2007). The Act provides that all candidates who are registered for participation in the elections shall have equal access to the mass media during the election campaign. The election programmes of the radio and television broadcasters...

On 8 May 2007, the Council of Ministers adopted a regulation on the terms and conditions for the participation of the bodies responsible for the protection of the economic interests of the consumers in the administrative co-operation with the member states of the EU and the European Commission. Pursuant to the regulation, the administrative co-operation between the Bulgarian authorities responsible for the protection of economic interests of the consumers and the member states of the European Union and the European Commission shall be carried out between: 1. The Commission on Protection of Consumers...

Наказателен кодекс (the Bulgarian Criminal Code) has recently been amended. One of the amendments concerns the introduction of a new criminal offence for the distribution of pornographic materials by all types of media operating in the territory of Bulgaria. A new definition of “pornographic material” has been added to Article 93, item 28 of the Criminal Act. Namely, "Pornographic material" is defined as a material which is indecent, unacceptable or incompatible with public morals and which depicts in an open manner a sexual conduct. Such conduct shall be action, which expresses real or simulated...