European Legislation

Revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive

Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

Directive 89/552/ЕЕC of the European Parliament and of the Council 

84/50/ЕЕC Directive – For false commercializing

Directive 97/55/EC – for misleading and comparative advertising

93/83/ЕЕC Directive

Declaration on Freedom of Expression and Information in the Media in the Context of the Fight Against Terrorism

Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the Independence and Functions of Regulatory Authorities for the Broadcasting Sector

Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the Allocation and Management of the Digital Dividend and Public Interest

Declaration on Freedom of Political Debate in the Media

Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on preventing and combating sexism1

Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)15 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures concerning media coverage of election campaigns

Recommendation No R(97) 20 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on “Hate Speech”

Recommendation No R(97) 21 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Media and the Promotion of a Culture of Tolerance

Recommendation CM/Rec (2011)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on a New Notion of Media

Recommendation No CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to the Member States on the Measures to Combat Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Recommendation Rec(2007)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the remit of public service media in the information

Recommendation Rec(2007)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on media pluralism and diversity of media content

Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)11 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership

 Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)9 of the Committee of Ministers to the Member States on Gender Equality in the Audiovisual Media Sector

Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on protecting freedom of expression and information in times of crisis