information to the public (hereinafter referred to as the “institution authorised by the Government”) in accordance with the procedure and within the time limits established by the aforementioned institution the data on their participants who have the right of ownership to or control at least 10% of all the shares or assets (where the assets are not share-based) and inform of the revised data if they change. Notifications of the revised data must contain the names and surnames (names) of such participants, their personal numbers (registration numbers), the stake held in the assets or the number of shares as well as the percentage of votes, administrative bodies and members thereof as well as information about property relations and/or joint activity linking them with other producers and/or disseminators of public information and/or their participants. Where the participants of the legal persons are legal persons registered in the Republic of Lithuania or in a foreign state, the participants of such entities must also be indicated. The institution authorised by the Government shall publish the received data on its website not later than within 15 days from the date of receipt thereof. 2. The President of the Republic, members of the Seimas and the Government, members of municipal councils, civil servants of political (personal) confidence as well as heads of state and municipal institutions and agencies must submit to the institution authorised by the Government according to its established procedure the data about the legal persons who are publishers of local, regional and national newspapers and magazines or managers of the information society media of which they are participants. The institution authorised by the Government shall publish the received data on its website. 3. Producers and/or disseminators of public information and their participants must publish in their media information about any sponsorship received if it exceeds the amount of ten base social benefits, specifying the amount and provider of the sponsorship. 4. Failure to submit the data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall incur liability in accordance with the procedure established by laws and other sanctions. Article 25. Providers of Audiovisual Media Services under the Jurisdiction of the Republic of Lithuania 1. A provider of audiovisual media services shall be considered to fall under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Lithuania if he meets at least one of the following conditions: 1) the head office of the provider of audiovisual media services is in the Republic of Lithuania and the editorial decisions relating to the audiovisual media services are taken in the Republic of Lithuania; 2) the head office of the provider of audiovisual media services is in the Republic of Lithuania and the editorial decisions relating to the audiovisual media services are taken in another EU Member State or a state of the European Economic Area, he is considered to be established in that Member State in which the majority of his employees engaged in the audiovisual media service activities carry out the activities relating to the provision of such services. Where the majority of the employees engaged in the audiovisual media service activities carry out the activities in both Member States, the provider of the audiovisual media service shall be considered to be established in the Republic of Lithuania. Where the majority of the employees engaged in the audiovisual media service activities do not carry out the activities in any of the Member

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