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On 6 October 2004 the Commission published its report on Bulgaria as part of its series of regular reports on candidate countries' progress towards EU accession. The report includes an account of developments in the area of "Culture and audiovisual policy" as regards implementation of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive. Bulgaria is criticised for still not having adopted a strategy for developing radio and television activities, a failure which hampers the issue of radio and television licences insofar as the regulatory authority responsible for issuing licences, the "Council of Electronic...

On 29 July 1967 a Co-Production Agreement has been signed between Italy and Bulgaria. It entered into force on the same day. The Agreement especially applies to documentaries and to films which are artistically or culturally significant. Financial contribution shall be at least 30%. For further information contact: - Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione generale per il cinema - Servizio II: Relazioni esterne e internazionali http://www.beniculturali.it/ministero/organigramma/index.asp#10 - Bulgarian National Film Center http://www.nfc.bg

On 11 September 1971 a Co-Production Agreement was signed between France and Bulgaria. It entered into force on 5 November 1972. The Agreement applies to cinematographic works made by one or more French producers in conjunction with one or more Bulgarian producers. Third country producers may join the co-production, if their country is linked to France or Bulgaria by a films co-production agreement. Financial contribution shall be at least 30%. For further information contact: - Centre national de la cinématographie - Direction financière et juridique - Service juridique http://www.cnc.fr/index_dyn.htm?h_infos_pratiques/r2/ssrub1/p1_d1_textes.htm...

The legal framework establishing the National Film Centre (NFC) comprises the Film Industry Act (State Gazette issue 105 dated 2 December 2003; see IRIS 2004-1: Extra); the Regulation No 97 of the Council of Ministers dated 13 May 2004 on the restructuring of the NFC from a department at the Ministry of Culture to an “Executive Agency NFC” to the Minister of Culture and for the adoption of the Internal Regulations of the Executive Agency NFC (State Gazette issue 42 dated 21 May 2004) and the Regulation No 104 of the Council of Ministers dated 25 May 2004 on the adoption of the Tariff on the Fees...

On 16 March The Director General of Bulgarian National Television (BNT) was dismissed by the Council of Electronic Media (CEM). The CEM took this decision with the support of only 5 of the 9 members of the Council and it was publicly announced that the legal department of the Council did not support the decision either. The Council based its decision on the grounds that over the last two years it had issued three valid penalty ordinances for similar cases of violation of law in the program of the BNT. The frequency of occurrence qualifies the violations as systematic violations according to section...