Article 404. Promotion of European Works in the Course of Provision of On-demand
Audiovisual Media Services
1. Providers of on-demand audiovisual media services falling under the jurisdiction of the Republic
of Lithuania shall promote, where practicable and by appropriate means, the production of and access to
European works.
2. In pursuing the activities specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, providers of on-demand
audiovisual media services shall ensure that at least half of the programmes in the catalogue of on-demand
audiovisual media services are European works.
SECTION FOUR
DUTIES AND LIABILITY OF JOURNALISTS, PRODUCERS AND DISSEMINATORS
OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Article 41. Duties of Journalists
1. The duties of journalists shall be set out in this Law and other laws as well as treaties of the
Republic of Lithuania.
2. Journalists must:
1) provide correct, accurate and impartial news, critically assess the sources of their information,
check facts closely and attentively, refer to several sources. If it is impossible to verify the reliability of the
source of information, this must be indicated in the published information;
2) authorise information prepared for dissemination for the first time if this is requested by the
person who has submitted the information;
3) refuse an assignment by the producer, disseminator of public information, their participant or a
responsible person appointed by them if such an assignment compels to violate the laws or the Code of
Ethics of Lithuanian Journalists and Publishers;
4) adhere in their activities to the basic principles of provision of information to the public and
observe the norms of professional ethics of journalists;
5) gather and publish information only by ethical and legal means;
6) when requesting information, introduce their surname, indicate their workplace (type of the media
and/or a programme for which a reportage is being produced) and their post; they must also warn the person
that his words may be made public in the media;
7) not put pressure on an information source and not offer remuneration for the information;
8) prior to interviewing a child, get consent from at least one of his parents, guardians or custodians
as well as from the child himself;
9) not use audio and video recording means if this is objected by a private person providing
information;
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