The Parliament shall issue a separate decision establishing the Committee in charge of monitoring enforcement of the part of the Law on Election of Councillors and Members of Parliament which concerns the media (hereinafter referred to as the Committee).

The Committee shall have 10 members and it shall be composed on a parity basis from the members of parliamentary majority and parliamentary opposition. The chair and deputy chair of the Committee shall be appointed from among Committee members.

The Committee shall be established at the latest 10 days of the day when the election of members of parliament is called.

The proposal to appoint the chair, deputy chair and members of the Committee shall be submitted to the Parliament by the Parliament working body in charge of elections and appointments.

The Committee shall be competent to monitor and oversee the enforcement of provisions of this Law which concern obligations of the media during the pre-election campaign, especially to:

1)consider objections to the actions of media outlets and take positions thereon and issue conclusions;

2)warn media to act in accordance with this Law and to eliminate potential irregularities;

3)publish its positions and conclusions;

4)inform the Electronic Media Agency and the competent media bodies about breaches of the provisions of this Law by the media outlets in view of undertaking measures falling within their competence towards the media outlet acting contrary to law.

The Committee shall decide by majority vote of all members.

The Committee shall supervise actions of media outlets as of the date of establishment until the day when final election results are announced.

Media outlets shall immediately publish the finding and the conclusion of the Committee which states that a certain media outlet has breached the provisions of this Law.

Rules of Order of the Parliament of Montenegro shall apply accordingly to matters of Committee work that are not governed by this Article.