Хармонизација националних прописа са eвропским регулаторним оквиром у области радио-дифузије у Cрбији
Harmonization of National Regulations with European Regulatory Framework for Broadcating in Serbia

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a European regulatory framework for the broadcasting sector, which includes a number of international documents in which the consensus of member states of the Council of Europe and the European Union has been achieved. The standards known as Euro¬pean prac¬ti¬ce or Euro¬pean stan¬dards are given in the form of directives and recommendations and provide a unique and mandatory regulatory framework for the development of the media in all countries of integrated Europe. The aim of this paper is to examine the degree of harmonization between the requirements of the European regulatory framework works and achievements of the local media regulations and their implementation. By applying comparative, descriptive methods and the theoretical analysis of legal documents that are the source of material for this study, we conclude that the harmonization of domestic legislation with European standards in this area has significantly been achieved in the legislative acts adopted in the Republic of Serbia during the period between 2000 and 2012. Due to the positive examples of harmonization the preconditions for democratic transformation of the media system of Serbia as a whole have been achieved. However, from the point of view of the implementation of the set provisions in practice, the observed period is characterized by breach of the law, the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, as well as the binding international documents, demonstrating the lack of political will to implement consistently and comprehensively the reform of the media system in Serbia. The recent development challenges of broadcasting require more decisive, consistent and thorough harmonization of domestic regulatory practice with the European media regulatory framework.

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