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What are the laws, if any, which govern the operations of the public broadcaster? Specify the date of the latest version (including latest amendments)

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Andorra Afghanistan Albania Armenia Angola Argentina American Samoa Australia a Aruba Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina L Barbados Bangladesh Burkina Faso le code de l'information Bulgaria Bahrain T Burundi Benin The laws 60-12 (30th of June 1960) and 97-010 (20th of August 1997) concerning the creation and organisation of media in Benin. Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Bahamas Botswana Belarus L Belize Canada Statute: Broadcasting Act Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the Central African Republic Congo (Brazzaville) Switzerland Côte d'Ivoire Cook Islands Chile Cameroon Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Cape Verde Cyprus Czech Republic A Germany Germany Basic Law, Art. 5 ARD-Staatsvertrag (1.4.2004); ZDF-Staatsvertrag (1.4.2004); Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (1.4.2004); DeutschlandRadio-Staatsvertrag (1.4.2004); Rundfunkgebührenstaatsvertrag (1.4.2004); Broadcasting/Medialaws of the Länder Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Estonia Egypt N Eritrea The press law proclamation of 1996, commonly called Proclamation 90/1996 Spain Ethiopia T Fiji Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Micronesia, Federated States of France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Grenada Georgia French Guiana Gambia SUCH A LAW EXISTS Guinea Guadeloupe Greece Guatemala Guam Guinea-Bissau Guyana Hong Kong Honduras Croatia L Hungary A Indonesia Ireland B India Iraq Iran, Islamic Republic of Iceland Italy A government decree dated 2007. Jamaica Japan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati No specific laws in this regard. Saint Kitts and Nevis Not applicable Korea, Republic of Cayman Islands Kazakhstan Lebanon NA Saint Lucia Sri Lanka Liberia n Lesotho Lesotho has still not passed legislation to create a public broadcaster. The Lesotho National Broadcasting Service (LNBS) is a part of the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, and according to the 2009 Lesotho Media Policy, the LNBS continues to operate ‘as an arm of the Government’. The LNBS is made up of:  Television Lesotho – which provides free-to-air television in Lesotho. It is important to note that terrestrial infrastructure is limited, which means that Television Lesotho is only accessible throughout the entire country via satellite.  Radio Lesotho – which provides two sound broadcasting channels or services that are available free-to-air throughout the entire country. A Lesotho Broadcasting Corporation Bill was published in 2004, which bill aimed to transform the state broadcaster (the LNBS) into a public broadcaster; however, the bill was never enacted. Lithuania Mass Media Law and the Mass Media Implementation Law, 1996. Luxembourg Latvia 2003 Morocco P Moldova, Republic of Montenegro The Electronic Media Law (Official Gazette of Montenegro no. 046/10 of 6 August 2010, 040/11 of 8 August 2011, 053/11 of 11 November 2011, 006/13 of 31 January 2013, 055/16 of 17 August 2016). Madagascar Article 41 of Chapter II of the Electoral Code Marshall Islands Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mali Loi N°00-046 du o7 juillet 2000 Martinique Mauritania Malta Mauritius mauritius broadcasting commissions act Maldives Malawi Malaysia P Mozambique Namibia New Caledonia Niger C Nigeria Nicaragua Netherlands Norway Nepal Niue New Zealand Panama Peru French Polynesia Papua New Guinea Philippines O Pakistan Poland Broadcasting Act (29 december,1992) Art. 1(2) Art. 2(1) Art. 6(1) Art. 13 Art. 14(1) Puerto Rico Palestine NA Portugal Palau Paraguay Réunion Russian Federation Federal Law "On Mass Media" as amended on April 5, 2016 Rwanda Solomon Islands Seychelles Seychelles Broadcasting Act Sudan T Sweden Singapore Saint Helena Slovenia Mass Media Act Slovakia A Sierra Leone N San Marino Senegal Somalia no specified laws Sao Tome and Principe El Salvador Swaziland Chad Togo Thailand Tajikistan Timor-Leste Tunisia NA Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Tanzania, United Republic of section 114(1) Tanzania penal code(1945) Ukraine L Uganda Uruguay Uzbekistan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Yemen N Mayotte South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe

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