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C) Further comments

Act No 308/2000 (Article 23(1)) places an obligation on all broadcasters, except local ones whose services are not part of a network (Article 28), to reserve a majority of their broadcasts for European works. All broadcasters are under an obligation to keep statistics on their broadcasts. These statistics contain an analysis of the shares of each type of programme, of European productions and of programmes by European independent producers. Broadcasters must deliver the statistics on the programme schedule for each calendar month to the Slovak Broadcasting Council within 15 days of the end of the month. Broadcasters with a licence to broadcast on satellite and cable networks and broadcasters of encrypted and digital programmes must also deliver these statistics within 15 days of the Broadcasting Council’s request. One of the tasks of the Slovak Broadcasting Council is to compile statistics on programmes broadcast, particularly on European works and independent productions based on broadcasters’ data. The Broadcasting Council evaluates the data quarterly.

The statement shows that the same share is allocated to European works made by independent producers and to recent European works. This is because, under Slovak law, each broadcaster must achieve the proportion of broadcasting time allocated to European works made by independent producers by earmarking an adequate proportion for recent works. Works are considered new if they are transmitted within five years of production.

FINLAND

Number of channels	Reference period	Monitoring method
Total identified: 11 Covered (IND 1): 9	2005/2006	Questionnaire