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On 3 December 2010 the Croatian Parliament adopted a new Croatian Radio Television Law (HRT Law), which came into effect on 8 December 2010. Art. 13 of the HRT Law prescribes that programme obligations of the HRT (Hrvatska radiotelevizija) as well as the amount and source of their funding are to be determined by a Contract between the HRT and the Government of the Republic of Croatia. The Contract, which is to be concluded for a period of five years beginning on a 1st January, must contain details of the type, scope and content of all public services to be provided by the HRT in accordance with...

The Electronic Media Law (“Law”) came into effect on 29 December 2009 whereby, pursuant to Article 88, Paragraph 2, the Council for Electronic Media had been required to adopt new secondary legislation. Accordingly, the following Rules have been adopted: - Pursuant to Article 37, para. 6 of the Law the Rules on Detailed Criteria for Determining which Audiovisual and/or Radio Programmes are to be Considered as Own Production, in effect since 17 April 2010 (Official Gazette No. 43/10); - Pursuant to Article 40, para. 3 of the Law the Rules on Croatian Audiovisual Works, in effect since 17 April 2010...

The Electronic Media Law (“Law”) of the Republic of Croatia has adopted the provisions of Directive 2007/65/EC on audiovisual media services, Directive 98/84/EC on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of conditional access and in part the provisions of Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising. Bearing in mind the need to adopt regulations that will be in line with the development of technology, the principle of media freedom and the need to promote public interests in the performance of the activity of providing audiovisual media services, the...

A new law amending the Electronic Media Law came into force in Croatia in July 2009. The Electronic Media Law regulates inter alia the granting of concessions for radio and TV broadcasting activities. Additionally, the granting of concessions in general is regulated by the Law on Concessions. Several provisions of the Law on Concessions apply to radio and TV broadcasting activities, namely the provisions of Chapters I and II of the law regulating general issues and preparations necessary for the granting of a concession (an evaluation of the concession, a feasibility study, the preparation of public...

In 2008 the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia established a Working Group for the Transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive into Croatian Media Legislation. The Working Group has concluded a series of meetings and their proposal for a draft law is now in public discussion. The proposed Draft Law on Electronic Media of 29 April 2009 regulates in particular: - the specific terms used in the Law, - the general principles of the activities and the provision of audio and audiovisual media services, - the promotion and protection of the interests of the Republic of Croatia, -...