Today, March 31, the law On Media came into force, which allowed the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council to abolish licenses of television and radio companies, which entails the termination of their activities, for false information about the owner without a court decision.
This follows from the law, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
The bill provides for the right of the National Council to abolish licenses of television and radio companies in some cases without a court decision.
Among them, the licensee submits false information about his beneficiary (ultimate owner), as well as if the company's ownership structure does not comply with the law.
Namely, the norms according to which TV channels cannot be owned by state bodies (except for public TV companies, Rada TV channel), authorities of foreign countries, religious and international organizations, as well as citizens of Russia and Russian companies (if the latter follows from the documents submitted by the licensee).
Before adopting the bill on media, only the court could cancel licenses.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights Oleksandr Pavlichenko believes that the law on media will work if the independence of the National Television Council is achieved.
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