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Audiovisual Media Services Act (ZAvMS-B)

Title (original language): Zakon o spremembah in dopolnitvah Zakona o avdiovizualnih medijskih storitvah (ZAvMS-B), stran 13065

This law Slovenia transposes the AVMSD 2018/1808 with Law 4156. on Amendments and Additions to the Law on Audiovisual Media Services (ZAvMS-B) that entered into force on 12 January 2022.  The Slovenian AVMS Act (Art. 38b) regulates protection of minors from programmes, user-generated videos and audiovisual commercial communications which may impair their physical, mental or moral development, on VSPs.  AKOS, Slovenia's national regulatory authority for the media, is the responsible implementing agency. AKOS is also Slovenia's Digital Services Coordinator.

Entities responsible for implementation: Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia  (AKOS)

Status: Implemented | Implementation period start: 2021 | Implementation period finish: Ongoing
Related EU policy: Directive (EU) 2018/1808 (AVMSD)
  • Slovenia

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  • National: national law
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • VLOP (very large online platform), online-protection, media literacy
  • Machine translation used
Title (original language): Zakon o spremembah in dopolnitvah Zakona o avdiovizualnih medijskih storitvah (ZAvMS-B), stran 13065
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This law Slovenia transposes the AVMSD 2018/1808 with Law 4156. on Amendments and Additions to the Law on Audiovisual Media Services (ZAvMS-B) that entered into force on 12 January 2022.  The Slovenian AVMS Act (Art. 38b) regulates protection of minors from programmes, user-generated videos and audiovisual commercial communications which may impair their physical, mental or moral development, on VSPs.  AKOS, Slovenia's national regulatory authority for the media, is the responsible implementing agency. AKOS is also Slovenia's Digital Services Coordinator.

Entities responsible for implementation: Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia  (AKOS)

Status: Implemented | Implementation period start: 2021 | Implementation period finish: Ongoing
Related EU policy: Directive (EU) 2018/1808 (AVMSD)
  • Slovenia

  • Go to document source
  • National: national law
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • VLOP (very large online platform), online-protection, media literacy
  • Machine translation used
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