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Article 2
 

Article 14 is amended to read:



“Croatian Television and Croatian Radio shall follow electoral advertising for the President of the Republic of Croatia and, during electoral advertising, enable all candidates for the President of the Republic of Croatia to present and explain their electoral programmes. The publishers of other media shall decide independently whether and to what extent they are to follow electoral advertising for the President of the Republic of Croatia.


The publishers of all media shall guarantee independent journalism, professionalism and expertise, consistent respect of the journalists' code of ethics and, in particular, the fundamental principle of the freedom of expression that is stipulated in the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, being guided in the process by the interests of the public.


Rules adopted by the Croatian Parliament on the conduct of electronic media that hold the national concession in the Republic of Croatia during electoral advertising shall apply mutatis mutandis to the following of electoral advertising of candidates for the President of the Republic of Croatia.”