The electronic media watchdog CCA seeks the adoption of a new audiovisual law because the existing legislative document "is old and unable to ensure the normative framework on functioning of local broadcasting."
The CCA will request the parliament to adopt this legislative document till the end of this year, so that to comply with the European Union’s Action Plan for Moldova.
CCA chairman Ion Mihailo told the CCA on Tuesday that the law in effect was adopted in 1995, when only 35 audiovisual institutions were working, and 23 CCA specialists were monitoring their activity. "At present, there are more than 200 radio and television channels in Moldova, while the number of persons who monitor them remained unchanged," Mihailo added.
CCA members said that "the current law has become a true obstacle for development of national broadcasting," especially because almost all radio and television channels in Moldova retransmit programmes of foreign channels without producing own broadcasts.
Mihailo underlined that the Council of Europe had examined a new draft audiovisual law and the document was delivered to the parliament.
