reorganisation submits to the Commission an appropriate application and specifies reorganisation conditions and if, both prior to and during the reorganisation, there have been no violations of the laws of the Republic of Lithuania regulating radio and/or television programme broadcasting or re-broadcasting activities, terms and conditions of the licence and decisions of the Commission. 17. In the event of change of the licence holder’s founding documents or members of the management bodies, the licence holder must inform the Commission thereof not later than within 30 days. 18. A licence holder must inform the Commission about the intended discontinuation of the licensed activity of broadcasting of radio and/or television programmes not later than 30 days prior to discontinuation. Upon receiving the Commission’s consent, the licence holder may temporarily suspend the licensed activity of broadcasting of radio and/or television programmes, but for a period not longer than three months. Article 32. Protection from Unlawful Broadcasting and/or Re-broadcasting 1. Broadcasters and/or re-broadcasters of radio and/or television programmes may not extend or otherwise change the territorial area of the licensed activity specified in the licence (coverage zone of broadcast and/or re-broadcast radio and/or television programmes) without the Commission’s permission. In cases where the assignment and use of radio frequencies (channels) intended for such broadcasting and/or rebroadcasting is regulated by the plan for the assignment of radio frequencies for broadcasting and transmission of radio and television programmes, the permission of the Commission must be obtained only where the territorial area of the licensed activity is changed subject to the criteria set out in this plan. 2. It shall be prohibited to unlawfully interfere with radio and/or television programmes broadcast by other broadcasters of radio and/or television programmes, use for broadcasting and/or re-broadcasting of radio and/or television programmes radio frequencies (channels) not specified in the licence or cause broadcasting interference. Article 33. Re-broadcasting of Radio and Television Programmes 1. Re-broadcasters of television programmes under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Lithuania must re-broadcast all the uncoded national television programmes of the LRT. 2. The Commission may take a decision to exempt from the obligation to re-broadcast the uncoded national television programmes of the LRT specified in paragraph 1 of this Article where such a decision does not limit the possibilities of the user to view these programmes by the available technical means. 3. Re-broadcasters and the LRT shall not pay each other for must-carry television programmes. 4. It shall be prohibited to alter the re-broadcast radio and/or television programmes or parts of the programmes or insert therein any other information. The use of special technical measures with a view to ensuring the protection of minors against the detrimental effect of public information on their physical, mental or moral development, adapting for the disabled or ensuring the exclusive rights of other broadcasters of radio and/or television programmes to television programmes or parts thereof shall not be considered an alteration of the re-broadcast television programme.

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