RDTL Decree-Law 25/2015 on the Press Council. Rough unofficial translation by La’o Hamutuk. For more
information and documents, see http://www.laohamutuk.org/misc/MediaLaw/14MediaLaw.htm
Prime Minister in the event of a serious breach of legal obligations by the Press Council member,
particularly relating to conflict of interest.
2. The decision referred to in paragraph f) above is preceded by hearing of interested parties, within a
period not less than ten working days and it fits judicial review, under the law.
3. The termination of the mandate is to be published in the Official Gazette, at the request of the
Parliament, and on the electronic site of the Press Council.
4. In case of vacancy, the replacement of the Press Council member occurs within ninety days after its
verification, and the new member is chosen by the same way as the member to be replaced had been.
5. A replacement for the Press Council member does not imply a new timing, and their mandate ends on
the date scheduled for the end of the replaced member's mandate.
Article 21.
Powers
The powers of the Press Council are those contained in the Media Law.
Article 22.
Meetings
1. The Press Council ordinarily meets every fortnight, and extraordinarily whenever the President
convenes it, on his/her own initiative or at the request of two of its members.
2. Meetings of the Press Council are convened in writing, with the notice and the agenda are sent in
advance to all members, not less than five business days before the meeting date.
3. The invitation shows the date, time and place of the meeting as well as, in the case of an
extraordinary meeting, by whom it was requested.
4. The preceding paragraph does not apply to:
a) Periodic meetings with pre-determined date, time and location;
b) Meetings whose realization, date, time and location were decided at the previous meeting in the
presence of all members of the Press Council.
5. In urgent cases, duly justified, the meeting can be called through other means, and the terms in
paragraph 2 do not apply.
6. Meetings of the Press Council are chaired by its President.
7. Members may not be represented at meetings of the Press Council by another member.
8. The Executive Director may participate in meetings to present the documents, information or
explanations which the Press Council considers necessary.
9. The Press Council may delegate to the Executive Director or another officer the advisory functions for
meetings, being responsible, inter alia, to promote the notices, send agendas and draft minutes of the
meetings.
10. The Press Council may decide to invite others to participate in the discussion of specific items on the
agenda as far as is useful for the discussion in question.
11. People who attend the meeting of the Press Council under the preceding paragraph shall be subject
to duties of care and confidentiality provided for in Article 10.
12. The participation of third parties pursuant to the preceding paragraphs is expressly mentioned in the
agenda and minutes of the respective meeting.
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