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On 23 December 2004 the Statute of the Republic of Georgia “On Broadcasting” was passed. The Statute has 11 chapters and consists of 77 articles. The Statute regulates relations in the sphere of the organisation of public, commercial and communal broadcasting, formation, as well as functions of the independent regulatory body, licensing rules and procedures, and liability of broadcasters. It also includes provisions concerning ownership and transparency of mass media entities, as well as advertising. Chapter 2 of the Statute deals with the principles of formation, financing, competence and status...

On 24 June 2004 the Georgian Parliament adopted and President Mikhail Saakashvili signed into legal force the Statute "On Freedom of Speech and Expression". The new Act replaces the Statute of Georgia "On the Press and other Mass Media" of 1991. The Statute consists of 5 Chapters and includes 21 Articles. Unlike the Statute "On the Press and other Mass Media" the new Statute does not regulate the specifics of functioning of the mass media outlets. The mass media entities hereafter shall be considered and treated as regular commercial enterprises. The new Statute stipulates guarantees of freedom...

The Statute “On State Support of National Film” was signed into law by President Eduard Shevardnadze of the Republic of Georgia on 5 December 2000. The Statute regulates governmental management in the sphere of film production, establishes the notion of “national film”, as well as the procedure and financing of production, distribution and public exhibition of national films in Georgia. “National film” is defined as one authored and produced by nationals of Georgia and in the Georgian language (Art. 5). The Statute establishes a government body responsible for the promotion of national film - The...

On 29 April 1997 the Council of the European Union approved two bilateral Interim Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between the European Communities (EC, ECSC, Euratom) and Armenia and Georgia. The agreements will exist until the partnership and cooperation treaties between the European Communities and their Member States on the one hand and Armenia and Georgia on the other, signed on 22 April, come into force. In the Interim Agreements (Article 15 in each) both the former USSR states undertake to provide protection of the rights of intellectual, industrial and commercial property such...

In its wrap-up report on the TACIS project "Free Press in the Democratic State" the European Academy in Berlin has published the results of a study carried out between December 1994 and September 1995 on the state of media in the Ukraine and Georgia. Journalist associations and scientific institutes from both countries took part in the project along with the Institute for Politics and Public Affairs in Amsterdam. One of the main questions at the outset was to find out whether media and press legislation were forcing the creation of independent media as an indispensable part of democracy. The report...