broadcasting and re-broadcasting of radio and television programmes and on-demand audiovisual
media services.
2. In its activities, the Commission shall adhere to the Constitution of the Republic of
Lithuania, this Law and other laws and legal acts and the regulations approved by it.
3. The Commission shall be a public legal entity which has its own seal bearing the state
coat of arms and bank accounts. The seat of the Commission shall be in Vilnius.
4. The Commission shall consist of 13 members: one member shall be appointed by the President of
the Republic, three members shall be appointed by the Seimas on the recommendation of the Committee on
Education, Science and Culture and the Committee on the Development of Information Society and one
member shall be appointed by each of the following: the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, the Lithuanian
Filmmakers’ Union, the Lithuanian Composers’ Union, the Lithuanian Writers’ Union, the Lithuanian
Theatres’ Union, the Lithuanian Journalists’ Union, the Lithuanian Journalists’ Society, the Lithuanian
Bishops’ Conference and the Lithuanian Periodical Press Publishers’ Association. Only a citizen of the
Republic of Lithuania of good repute may be appointed as member of the Commission . The
members of the Commission shall serve for not more than two terms of office of the state institution
which has appointed them or for not more than the duration of two uninterrupted terms of powers of
the management bodies of the organisation which has appointed them. The legal basis for the
member’s work in the Commission shall be a decision adopted by the institution or organisation
which has appointed him.
5. A member of the Commission may not be recalled from office until the expiration of the term of
his powers, except for the cases where:
1) the member of the Commission resigns;
2) the member of the Commission has not attended the Commission’s meetings for more than four
consecutive months without a valid excuse;
3) a court judgement of conviction has become effective against the member of the Commission;
4) the member of the Commission loses the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania;
5) the member of the Commission is recognised by court as legally incapable;
6) the member of the Commission cannot perform his duties for health reasons;
7) the member of the Commission discredits the name of a member of the Commission.
6. In the event that a member of the Commission is recalled from office on the grounds provided for
in this Article, the chairman of the Commission shall request the institution or organisation which has
appointed the member in question to appoint a new member of the Commission for the remaining term of
office of the member of the Commission who has resigned or has been recalled. Information about the
composition of the Commission and any changes thereof shall be published in the official gazette Valstybės
žinios and on the website of the Commission – in the information society media the manager whereof the
Commission is.
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