5. In re-broadcasting licences, the Commission shall determine the specific re-broadcast television
programmes, languages in which television programmes are re-broadcast and/or shown with subtitles and
other re-broadcasting conditions.
6. Upon establishing the cultural or public value of a special television programme broadcast, the
Commission may, at the request of the broadcaster, grant it the must-carry programme status and provide
that re-broadcasters of programmes must re-broadcast it free of charge. Only special cultural, educational,
scientific, news, sports or regional television programmes shall be recognised as must-carry television
programmes. When taking such a decision, the Commission shall define the scope of re-broadcasting.
SECTION TWO
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION
Article 34. Language in which Public Information is Produced and Disseminated
1. Public information shall be produced and disseminated in the state language or any other language
pursuant to this Law and the Law on the State Language as well as the resolutions of the State Commission
on the Lithuanian Language, except for the cases specified in this Law. Producers and disseminators of
public information, in cooperation with the competent state and municipal institutions and agencies, shall,
where possible, ensure that the disseminated public information is accessible to the disabled.
2. Radio and/or television programmes broadcast in a language other than Lithuanian must be
translated into Lithuanian or shown with Lithuanian subtitles, except for educational, occasional, special,
music and re-broadcast foreign radio and/or television programmes or parts of programmes as well as
programmes produced by broadcasters of radio and/or television programmes intended for the ethnic
minorities of Lithuania. The Commission, taking into account the needs of ethnic minorities residing in the
coverage zone of broadcast radio and/or television programmes, where necessary, when specifying the terms
and conditions of the licence may determine the share of broadcast and/or re-broadcast radio and/or
television programmes or parts thereof which must be comprised of radio and/or television programmes or
parts of programmes in the languages of the ethnic minorities.
3. Broadcasters of television programmes shall be prohibited from showing audiovisual works which
have been translated from an official EU language into a non EU language.
4. When re-broadcasting television programmes, re-broadcasters must give priority to the official EU
languages, therefore, where it is possible to choose between the official EU language or any other language
to re-broadcast the same television programme, they must provide all the conditions for the television
programme or a part of the programme to be re-broadcast in the official EU language.
Article 341. Freedom to Provide Audiovisual Media Services and Restrictions Thereon
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