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Composition of the Council
Article 22
The Agency Council (hereinafter Council) shall have nine members, appointed from the
ranks of reputed experts in fields relevant to conducting the affairs within the Agency’s
competencies (media experts, advertising experts, lawyers, economists,
telecommunication engineers, et al.).
Council Appointment
Article 23
The Council members are appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
(hereinafter: Assembly) at the proposal of authorised nominators.
The authorised nominators shall be:
1) The competent committee of the Assembly;
2) The Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina;
3) The University conference;
4) Associations of public media outlets in Serbia, associations of journalists in the
Republic of Serbia, professional associations of film and drama artists in the Republic of
Serbia and professional associations of composers in the Republic of Serbia by common
agreement.
5) Domestic non-governmental organisations and civic organisations primarily focusing
on the protection of the freedom of speech, the protection of the rights of national and
ethnic minorities and the protection of the rights of the child by common agreement;
6) traditional churches and religious communities.
The nominee for the ninth member of the Council shall be nominated by the previously
appointed Council members whereby they must nominate a candidate residing and
employed in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohia and
fulfilling the criteria for membership in the Council set forth by this law.
The nominee for the ninth Council member shall be proposed if at least five Council
members have voted for him/her.
Procedure for Nominating Council Members
Article 24
Each authorised nominator shall submit a list to the competent Assembly committee by
obligatorily nominating two Council member nominees, with the exception of the
competent Assembly committee, which shall propose a list by obligatorily nominating six
nominees. Only one nominee shall be nominated for the election of the ninth Council
member. Each nomination must be signed and sealed by the authorised nominator and
include personal name and address of the representative.
Nominees need not be from the ranks of the authorised nominator.
The Assembly shall appoint one nominee from each valid list and three nominees from
the list proposed by the competent Assembly committee.
The authorised nominators shall draft their lists independently, and, if an authorised
nominator comprises more than one legal person, the nomination shall be determined in
agreement, by negotiations.
The competent committee of the Assembly shall acquire the data on domestic nongovernmental
organisations and civic associations from bodies competent for keeping
records of these organisations i.e. associations.
If the domestic non-government organisations and civic associations submit more than
one nominee list, the list signed by a greater number of organisations or associations
(authorised nominators) with a greater number of hitherto implemented activities,
initiatives and published publications in the previous period in areas they primarily focus
on shall be considered valid.
If the nominee list has been submitted in contravention of the provisions of this Law, the
competent committee of the Assembly shall return the submitted proposal to the
authorised nominator to conform it with this Law within 15 days.
If the competent committee of the Assembly is unable to determine which nominee list is
valid, in respect of para 6 of this Article, it shall return the submitted nominations to the
authorised nominators, in which case they are obliged to submit to the competent
committee of the Assembly an agreed-on nomination within 15 days.
The Assembly Speaker shall in an appropriate manner make public all valid nominee lists
submitted by the authorised nominators together with the nominees’ brief curricula vitae
at least 20 days before the decision on the appointment of Council members is taken.
Before deciding on the appointment of the Council members, the competent committee of
the Assembly may in an appropriate manner organise a public discussion with all
nominees in order to gain insight in their abilities to fulfil the tasks within the Agency’s
competencies.
If no nominee on a Council member nominee list wins the sufficient number of votes, the
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