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Pursuant to the provisions of Article 56 of the Law on Electronic Media it is provided that the Electronic Media Diversity and Pluralism Incentive Fund is established as a budgetary fund. The finances of the Fund shall be used as incentives for the production and broadcasting of electronic media programme content both at local and regional levels. Content of special public interest shall be enhanced. The fund is particularly important for the implementation of the right of the citizen to public information, national minorities in the Republic of Croatia, incentives for special programmes in the...

The Government of the Republic of Croatia, has on its 12th session introduced a proposal of the plan of an adjustment of the national legislature with the legal framework of the European Union for the year 2005. Item 3.20 of the said proposal is entitled "Culture and audio-visual politics in the year 2005". It provides amendments to the Law 122/03 on electronic media (see IRIS 2003-9: 9) and to the Law 25/03 on Croatian Radio and Television (see IRIS 2003-2: 10). The alterations were announced for the third quarter of 2005. In regard to media law, the existing manner of electing members of the...

The Croatian Minister of Culture has laid down a series of conditions for broadcasters that will be taken into account in future licensing procedures. Broadcasters will need to prove they have enough starting capital to cover their broadcasting costs for the first three months of operation. Business plans will also have to be produced, giving detailed information about broadcasters' sources of income. Broadcasting companies will also have to appoint a chief editor, who may also be a company director or manager. Broadcasters are obliged to employ journalists on full-time permanent contracts. There...

On 12 November 2004, the Council for Electronic Media, constituted in April 2004 according to the Law on Electronic Media, issued a decision concerning the protection of minors and human dignity. The public prosecutor for children had filed a complaint before the Council against the broadcasting company RTL d.o.o. (Ltd.) due to an alleged breach of the provisions of the Law on Electronic Media. It had been claimed that RTL broke the provisions of Art. 15 para. 2, para. 3 of the Law on Electronic Media by broadcasting the reality show "Big Brother". According to the complaint there had been scenes...

On 27 October 1975, France and Yugoslavia signed a Co-Production Agreement, which entered into force on 21 September 1977, replacing the precedent Agreement of 7 July 1954. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, Croatia, as a successor state, has agreed with France to keep on applying the agreement and to maintain it in force. The co-production films must be made by French directors, technicians, and actors (it suffices though that they are resident in France), in conjunction with Croatian directors, technicians, and actors. Third country producers may join the co-production, if their country is...