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In January 2008 the Agencija za elektroničke medije (Agency for Electronic Media) passed the Rulebook on the manner and proceedings of public tenders for co-financing of programme contents from the Fund for the Promotion of Pluralism and Diversity of Electronic Media: including criteria for the distribution of financial funds, monitoring of the use of financial means and the realisation of programme contents through allocated funding. The adoption of the Rulebook was carried out on the basis of Article 57, paragraph 5 of the Law on Electronic Media (see IRIS 2007-9: 15). The Fund for the Promotion...

In October 2007, according to the provisions of the Izmjene i dopune Zakona o elektroničkim medijima (Law on amendments of the Law on Electronic Media, see IRIS 2007-6: 13 and IRIS 2007-9: 15), the Council for Electronic Media adopted a “Rulebook on special technical, spatial, financial and personnel conditions for performance of radio and television activities”. The Rulebook stipulates a number of minimum requirements for television and radio broadcasters operating at state, regional, county, city, municipality or other concession levels set by special regulations, in particular as regards their...

Following the entry into force of the Izmjene i dopune Zakona o elektroničkim medijima (Law Amending the Act on Electronic Media, see IRIS 2007-6: 13 and IRIS 2007-9: 15) on 7 August 2007, the Council for Electronic Media is obliged to adopt secondary legislation for the implementation of the new regulations. In order to enable the Council to launch tenders for concessions for radio and television the adoption of a Rulebook on the Content and Process of a Public Tender for Radio and/or Television Concessions was necessary. The new Rulebook prescribes that the Council launch tenders on the technical...

The Izmjene i dopune Zakona o elektroničkim medijima (Law Amending the Electronic Media Law) came into force on 7 August 2007. The Law has introduced a series of amendments to the media legislation of the Republic of Croatia for the purpose of its alignment with EU legislation. New provisions on the protection of minors have been introduced, stipulating that no programme content that might seriously impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors shall be allowed, in particular content containing pornography or gratuitous violence. Programme content likely to impair the physical, mental...

On 1 August 2007 the Act on Audiovisual Works came into effect. In compliance with the provisions of this Act, a new Croatian Audiovisual Centre should take over all business connected to Croatian film as from 1 January 2008. One of the three bodies of the Centre is the board of directors which has five members. It runs the Centre and decides inter alia on the financial plan and the yearly revenue account; it also decides on the working plan and developments and controls their implementation. It also appoints and dismisses the general director. The general director is the manager of the Centre...