AVMS-RADAR AudioVisual Media Services- Regulatory Authorities' InDependence And Efficiency Review Update on recent changes and developments in Member States and Candidate Countries that are relevant for the analysis of independence and efficient functioning of audiovisual media services regulatory bodies : final report

The study AVMS-RADAR (AudioVisual Media Services-Regulatory Authorities' InDependence And Efficiency Review) has been jointly conducted by the Institute of European Media Law (EMR) and the University of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Commission (SMART 2013/0083). With a particular view on criteria affecting authorities' independence, the study aims to provide an updated analysis of the institutional, legal and regulatory framework governing the regulatory bodies competent for audiovisual media services in EU Member States and candidate countries to the EU. It also comprises the analysis of the implementation of said framework in practice and its effectiveness. The report comprises information resulting from desk research, country reports drafted by correspondents of the EMR's Media Network and responses by regulatory authorities and interested stakeholders. They result in a comprehensive analysis that identifies differences and common traces of the different national legal systems governing regulatory authorities. Besides the description of the legal framework at EU level and a criteria-based, comparative analysis of the rules in place for national regulatory authorities, the report is supplemented by a 1700+-page annex which gives a country-by-country perspective in table form (based on the country overview tables from the study "INDIREG" conducted in 2010 on behalf of the European Commission) and the extensive answers to the questionnaires used.