The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted as a basis the bill on amendments to several legislative acts of Ukraine (re peculiarities of broadcasting (re-broadcasting) of advertisements in programs and shows of foreign TV and radio organizations)

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
03 February 2015, 16:24

The bill (Reg. No. 1455) established that broadcasting (re-broadcasting) of advertisements in programs and shows of foreign TV and radio organizations that are broadcast (re-broadcast) on the territory of Ukraine, in case foreign TV and radio organizations do not fall under the jurisdiction of EU member-states or countries that ratified the European Convention on Transfrontier Television is prohibited.   

The document includes a norm under which broadcasting (re-broadcasting) of advertisements in programs and shows of foreign TV and radio organizations (that fall under the jurisdiction of EU member-states or countries that ratified the European Convention on Transfrontier Television) that are broadcast (re-broadcast) on the territory of Ukraine is allowed only in case broadcasting (re-broadcasting) of such advertisements was paid for to a legal person of Ukraine.