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On 5 October 1995, the Bulgarian Parliament passed a Licensing Act (DV. No, 92/95), which was supplemented, on 13 December 1995, by an implementing order (DV. No. 111/95) issued by the Council of Ministers. The new act is based on Article 18 of the Constitution, which determines objects which are the State's exclusive property. In addition to mineral resources, beaches, power stations, forests, etc., broadcast frequencies and telecommunication networks are mentioned. The act regulates the procedure for allocation to third parties of the right to use these objects on the basis of Article 18, para....

In May 1996 the Bulgarian Radio and Television Bill was introduced in Parliament for a second and final reading and it is expected to be adopted in the course of July. The Bill declares the freedom of creation and distribution of radio and TV programmes, guarantees their independence from political and economic interference, and prohibits all forms of censorship. It provides for the establishment of a National Council for Radio and Television (NCRT) as a specialised and independent public entity. The NCRT will consist of 11 members, 7 of which will be nominated by Parliament in proportion to the...

Order No 155 of the Council of Ministers dated 31.7.1995 has settled the distribution of the assets of the former copyright agency to the newly-founded exploitation companies. The activity of the former state copyright agency (JUSAUTOR) was wound up by section 8 (on transfer and final conditions) of the Bulgarian law on copyright and neighbouring rights of 16.6.1993, which came into force on 1.8.1993. Under Section 8, paragraph 3, of the Bulgarian copyright law (transfer and final provisions), the Council of Ministers was empowered to decide on the conditions and the procedure for distributing...

In the past, Europe Agreements were concluded establishing an association between the European Communities, of the one part, and Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic respectively, of the other part ( see: IRIS 1995-2: 4). On 4 December 1995, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission approved Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements with each of these countries, signed during the summer of 1995. The Additional Protocol opens up the possibility to the associated countries of participating in a number of Community framework programmes, specific programmes,...

The rule forbidding journalists or commentators on state radio and television to comment or offer opinions on political parties or individual candidates during election campaigns is unconstitutional. This was the ruling given by the Bulgarian Constitutional Court in its judgment No. 15 of 13 September 1995. The case concerned Section 62 (1) of the Local Elections Act (LEA), which prohibits journalists reporting on election campaigns from expressing personal opinions on parties or candidates, and from commenting critically on them. Fifty-two MPs, opposition representatives and the President had...