REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC 2 July 1996 – No I-1418 (As last amended on 30 June 2011– No XI-1572) Vilnius CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Purpose of the Law 1. This Law shall establish the procedure for collecting, producing, publishing and disseminating public information and the rights, duties and liability of producers and disseminators of public information, their participants, journalists and institutions regulating their activities. 2. This Law shall implement the legal acts of the European Union listed in the Annex to this Law. Article 2. Definitions 1. “Subscriber” means a person who receives radio and/or television programmes under a contract with a broadcaster or re-broadcaster of radio and/or television programmes. 2. “Announcement” means a separate unit of a radio or television programme the purpose of which is to present the programme (programmes). 3. “Terrestrial television” means the broadcasting and/or re-broadcasting of television programmes by an analogue or digital terrestrial television station or a network of such stations. 4. “Terrestrial radio” means the broadcasting and/or re-broadcasting of radio programmes by an analogue or digital terrestrial radio station or a network of such stations. 5. “Terrestrial radio network” means an electronic communications network which is comprised of more than one analogue or digital terrestrial radio station and which is intended for the broadcasting and/or re-broadcasting of the same radio programme (programmes) to the public. 6. “Terrestrial television network” means an electronic communications network which is comprised of more than one analogue or digital terrestrial television station and which is intended for the broadcasting and/or re-broadcasting of the same television programme (programmes) to the public. 7. “Criticism of a person” means the examination and evaluation of a person or his activities without degrading the person’s honour and dignity, without violating his privacy and damaging his professional reputation. 8. “Personal health information” means information concerning the health of a natural person as defined in the legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania.