television programmes or parts of programmes, Internet websites or other media and/or their content to the categories of information of erotic, pornographic and/or violent nature, as well as their conclusions on whether the public information incites discord on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, language, origin, social status, belief, convictions or views. The composition and number of experts (groups of experts) shall be approved by the Inspector. The experts (groups of experts) shall be liable under the law for the correctness of their conclusion (conclusions). Experts (groups of experts) shall operate in accordance with the rules of procedure approved by the Inspector. The description of assignment of the media to the categories of information of erotic and/or violent nature and the procedure for fixing the amounts of fees for assigning the media to the categories of information of erotic, pornographic and/or violent nature shall be established by the Government on the recommendation of the Inspector. 10. The activities of the Inspector shall be ensured by the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics. The Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics shall be a state budgetary body headed by the Inspector. 11. The Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics shall be a public legal entity and have a seal bearing the coat of arms of the State of Lithuania and the name Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics inscribed therein. The Inspector shall be held liable for the use and safekeeping of the seal. The seat of the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics shall be in Vilnius, with the premises provided by the Government. 12. The activities of the Inspector, the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics and experts (expert groups) operating under it shall be financed from the state budget. The funds for these activities shall be allocated under a separate line. 13. The tasks, functions, rights and duties as well as the structure, organisation of work and financing of the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics shall be laid down in the Regulations of the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics approved by the Seimas. 14. The Inspector shall once a year report to the Seimas on his own activities and the activities of the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics and, by 1 April each year, present an annual activity report. The report shall be published on the website of the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics. Article 50. Competence of the Inspector 1. The Inspector shall perform the following functions: 1) investigate the complaints (applications) of the persons concerned whose honour and dignity have been degraded in the media; 2) examine the complaints (applications) of the persons concerned in relation to violation of their right to protection of privacy in the media; 3) examine the complaints (applications) of the persons concerned in relation to violation of processing of their personal data in the media; 4) exercise, within the scope of his competence, supervision over implementation of the provisions of the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information;

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