On 15 July 2024, the Council for Media Services (“the Council”) launched a public consultation aimed at the potential extension or reduction of the list of events of major importance for society, the draft of which (“the preliminary list of major events”) has been prepared by the Council by virtue of its statutory powers.
This consultation process initiated by the Council allows members of the public to comment on the provisional list of major events and to inform the Council whether they:
agree with the preliminary list of major events,
propose to extend the provisional list of major events to include an event not listed therein,
propose to exclude one of the events from the provisional list of major events,
propose to modify the extent of events listed in the provisional list of major events.
Any proposals for modifications of the preliminary list of major events must be justified; the events that the public proposes to add must meet at least two of the conditions set out in Section 24(1) of Act No. 264/2022 Coll. on Media Services (hereinafter “AMS”) (see here).
Comments and proposals for modification of the preliminary list can be submitted to the Council by post (Rada pre mediálne služby, Palisády 36, 811 06 Bratislava), by e-mail (office@rpms.sk) or via the slovensko.sk portal (Rada pre mediálne služby).
The public consultation process ends on 15 October 2024.
All relevant details can be found in the attached document: Public consultation on the list of major events for Slovak Republic