The EC approved the amendments to the media laws submitted by Spajić's cabinet

The European Commission (EC) has approved amendments to the media laws, so tomorrow the Government will hold a session where it will consider the regulations from the EU agenda, necessary to obtain the Report on the Assessment of the Fulfillment of Criteria for Chapters 23 and 24 (IBAR), confirmed to "Vijesta" more sources from the executive branch.

That session was first announced for Saturday, and then for Monday. One of the reasons for the postponement of the Government session is that the opinion of the EC on the amendments to the media laws, which were sent by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, was awaited, after the positive opinion of the EC on the laws had already been received.

The general director of RTCG announced that the EC accepted the amendments and that they do not conflict with European legislation Boris Raonic at the meeting in Budva on the occasion of the signing of the public services agreement.

It is about the Law on Media, the Law on Public Media Service RTCG and the Law on Audio-Visual Media Services.

The amendments mainly concern RTCG and television with a national frequency.

As "Vijesti" previously announced, the amendments were based on the remarks of a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), who requested that the number of members of the RTCG Council not be increased from nine to 11, that the director be required to have five years of work experience instead of ten. as written in the proposed Draft Law, that the Parliamentary Administrative Committee has the final say on which NGOs can propose members of the RTCG Council, and not that it depends on the number of relevant NGOs that proposed candidates.

It was also proposed that commercial televisions increase the share of their own production to 30 percent, and that RTCG be allowed to broadcast commercials in prime time again.

According to "Vijesti" information, the EC sought an opinion from the Council of Europe, whose experts said that there are no standards when it comes to these matters and that it is not part of the "Aquis". The experts stated that these are technical amendments "that do not raise any issues related to the standards of the Council of Europe".

Before June, when the IBAR is expected, the government, apart from the media ones, should establish systemic laws in the field of justice and the fight against corruption and organized crime, among other amendments: the Law on the Judicial Council and judges, the Law on the State Prosecutor's Office, the Law on the Special State the Prosecutor's Office, the Law on Prevention of Corruption, the Law on Confiscation of Property Gains from Criminal Activity and the Code of Criminal Procedure.