The decisions of the Commission shall be binding on broadcasters and re-broadcasters of radio and/or television programmes and providers of on-demand audiovisual media services; persons may appeal against the aforementioned decisions in court within 30 days of the date of their entry into force. 14. The Administration of the Commission shall be formed for the purpose of exercising its functions. It shall be headed by the director of the Administration. An employee of the Administration may not be a member of the Commission. The director shall be appointed by the Commission through competition. The director shall make an annual report to the Commission on the activities of the Administration. The composition of the Administration and the number of its staff shall be approved by the Commission. The activities of the Administration shall be organised in conformity with its regulations approved by the Commission. 15. For the purpose of financing of the activities of the Commission, broadcasters and rebroadcasters of radio and/or television programmes and providers of on-demand audiovisual media services, except for the LRT, which receive income from the activities of broadcasting and re-broadcasting of radio and/or television programmes and provision of on-demand audiovisual media services must make monthly transfers to the Commission’s account in the amount of 0.8% of their income from audiovisual commercial communications, advertising, subscription fees and other activities related to the broadcasting and/or rebroadcasting of radio and/or television programmes and provision of on-demand audiovisual media services. Payments from broadcasters or re-broadcasters of radio and/or television programmes shall be recovered in court if they fail to transfer the funds to the Commission’s account within a period of three months of the fixed time limit. The Commission may also be financed from other sources: funds received for examining licence applications and changing of the terms and conditions of the licence, other fees for services rendered, support funds, publishing activities, etc. 16. The Commission shall annually draw up and approve the estimate of its planned expenditure. This estimate and the report on its implementation shall be published by the Commission in the supplement Informaciniai pranešimai to the official gazette Valstybės žinios. 17. The chairman of the Commission shall once a year report on the activities of the Commission at a plenary sitting of the Seimas and shall submit the Commission’s financial report. 18. Members of the Commission and staff of the Administration shall be prohibited from distributing information which is a commercial secret of broadcasters and re-broadcasters of radio and/or television programmes, providers of on-demand audiovisual media services and managers of the information society media. Article 48. Competence of the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania 1. The Commission shall perform the following functions: 1) together with the Communications Regulatory Authority, draw up the strategy for the assignment of radio frequencies for broadcasting and transmission of radio and television programmes; together with the Communications Regulatory Authority and in accordance with the strategy for the assignment of radio frequencies for broadcasting and transmission of radio and television programmes, draw up and approve the

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