You will find on this page a list of European Union regulators in the field of audiovisual media services.
Regulators in Member States
Member State
| Member State | Organisation | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Austria |
Kommunikationsbehörde Austria - KommAustria President: |
Ms Susanne Lackner Vice-Chair Address: Mariahilfer Straße 77-79 A-1060 Wien; Austria Tel.: +43 (0)1 58058 - 150 Fax: +43 (0)1 58058 - 9451 E-mail | Website |
| Belgium |
Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Président: |
Ms Anahi Vila Director for European affairs Address: Re Royale, 89 B- 1000 Bruxelles; Belgium Tel: +32 2 349 58 80 Fax: +32 2 349 58 97 E-mail | Website |
| Belgium |
Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media President: |
Mr Joris Sels Delegated director Address: Koning Albert II-laan 20, Box 21 B- 1000 Brussel; Belgium Tel: 0032-2-553 4504 Fax: 0032-2-553 4506 E-mail | Website |
| Belgium |
Conseil des Médias de la Communauté Germanophone (Medienrat der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft) Président de la chambre décisionnelle (Büro der Beschlusskammer): Mr Oswald Weber Mr François Jongen |
Mr François Jongen
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| Bulgaria |
Council for Electronic Media CEM Council Member of CEM |
Address: 69 Shipchenski prohod blvd,BU- 1574 Sofia |
| Croatia |
Director of Agency for Electronic Media (AEM) and president of Electronic Media Council : Mr Josip Popovac |
Mr Robert Tomljenovic Address: Jagiceva 31 HR-10000 Zagreb, Republic of Croatia E-mail | Website |
| Cyprus |
Cyprus Radio-Television Authority Chair: |
Ms Loucia Persiani Address: P.O. Box 23377, 1682 Nicosia, CYPRUS 42 Athalassas Avenue 2012 Strovolos Tel: + 357 22 512468 Fax: + 357 22512473 E-mail |Website |
| Czechia |
Rada pro Rozhlasové a Televizní Vysílání Chair: |
Mr Petr Kozák Head – Department of Licences and Retransmission Council for Radio and TV Broadcasting Skretova 44/6 2000 Prague Czech Republic Phone :00420 274813 830 E-mail | Website |
| Denmark |
Radio and Television Board President of the Board: Søren Sandfeld Jakobsen |
Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces
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| Estonia |
Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (ECTRA)
|
Ms Helen Rohtla, Head of Information Society Division Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority |
| Finland |
Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom Ms Eliisa Reenpää |
Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) P.O. Box 320, FI-00059 TRAFICOM |
| France |
Arcom – Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique
(The French Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication)
Président: |
Mr Frédéric Bokobza E-mail |Website Pour les services: |
| Germany |
Mr Tobias Schmid Der Europabeauftragte | European Affairs Commissioner Directeur des affaires européennes Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten (DLM) z.Hd. Landesanstalt für Medien NRW |
Mr Peter Matzneller Die Medienanstalten Joint Management Office of the Media Authorities Friedrichstraße 60 10117 Berlin
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| Greece |
National Council for Radio and Television Mr Athanasios Koutromanos |
Mr Costas Apostolas 5 Amerikis & Panepistimiou Str. 105 64, Athens Tel.: +30-213-1502374 Fax.: +30-210-3319881 E-mail | Website |
| Hungary |
National Media and Infocommunications Authority President: Mr Andras Koltay |
Mr György Ocskó Secretariat of the Media Council Address: Reviczky utca 5 HU- 1088 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36 1 429 86 92 Fax: +36 1 429 87 63 E-mail | Website |
| Ireland |
BCI - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Chief Executive: |
Ms Celene Craig Deputy CEO Address: 2-5 Warrington place, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel: +353 (01)1 644 1200 Fax: +353 (01) 676 0948 or Mr Michael O' Keeffe Chief Executive Broadcasting Authority of Ireland – Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann 2-5 Warrington Place, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel.: + 353 (0)1 644 1200 Fax.: + 353 (0)1 644 1299 E-mail | Website |
| Italy |
Autrità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni - AGCOM Chair: |
Mr Antonello de Tommaso Agcom – EU and international affairs Office Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni Via Isonzo, 21b - 00198 Roma Tel. 06/69644130 Fax. 06/69644380 E-mail | Website |
| Latvia |
National Electronic Mass Media Council Chair:
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Ms Māra Madara Lūse National Electronic media Council of Latvia |
| Lithuania |
Lietuvos Radijo ir Televizijos Komisija (Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania - LRTK) |
Ms Birute Kersiene Ms Paulina Tamelytė |
| Luxembourg |
Autorité Luxembourgeoise indépendante de l'audiovisuel (ALIA) President: |
Ms Carole Kickert Secrétaire Général de l'ALIA Address: 18, rue Erasme L-1468 Luxembourg Tel: +352 247 70105 E-mail | Website |
| Malta | Broadcasting Authority Malta | Ms Joanna Spiteri Chief Executive Address: Broadcasting Authority Malta 7, Mile End Road MT- Hamrun HMR 1719, Malta Tel 00356 21 221281 Fax 00356 21 240855 E-mail | Website |
| Poland |
Krajowa Rady Radiofonii i Telewizji – KRRiT Chair: |
Ms Ewa Murawska-Najmiec Strategy Department National Broadcasting Council Address: Skwer Kardynała Wyszyńskiego 9 PL- 01-015 Warszawa tel. +48 22 5973157 E-mail | Website |
| Portugal | ERC – Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social President: Mr Sebastião Póvoas |
Mr Telmo Gonçalves Chief of Staff Portuguese Regulatory Authority for the Media Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social - ERC Address: Av. 24 de Julho, 58 1200-869 Lisboa - Portugal Tel.: +351 210 107 000 Fax: +351 210 107 019 E-mail | Website |
| Romania |
Consiliul National al Audiovizualului National Audiovisual Council Vice President: |
Minea-Cristea Ruxandra National Audiovisua Council |
| Slovakia |
Rada pre vysielanie a retransmisiu Chair: |
Mr Martin Dorociak Head of Legal and licensing department Address: Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic Palisády 36 SK- 811 06 Bratislava, Slovakia Tel: +421 2 20 90 65 00 Fax: +421 2 20 90 65 35 E-mail | Website |
| Slovenia |
AKOS – Agency for Communication Networks and Services Director General: |
Mr Martin Hari Electronic Media Dpt Address: APEK Stegne 7, POB 418 Sl-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia Tel: +386 1 583 63 39 (or 00) Fax: +386 1 511 11 01 E-mail | Website |
| Spain |
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la competencia President: |
Mrs. Alejandra de Iturriaga Director of Telecommunications and Audiovisual Sector C/Bolivia, 56 08018 Barcelona (Spain) Phone: +34 93 603 6126 E-mail | Website |
| Sweden |
The Swedish Press and Broadcasting Authority Ms Charlotte Ingvar-Nilsson |
Ms Rebecca Parman Legal Adviser Address: Box 33 SE-121 25 Stockholm-Globen Sweden Tel: +46(8) 580 070 36 E-mail | Website |
| The Netherlands | Commissariaat voor de Media | Mr Marcel Betzel LL.M Strategy, Policy and Research Address: Commissariaat voor de Media Hoge Naarderweg 78 NL- 1217 AH Hilversum Postbus 1426, 1200 BK Hilversum, The Netherlands Tel: +31 35 77 377 10 Fax: +31 35 77 377 99 E-mail | Website |
EFTA countries party to the EEA
A list of broadcasting authorities is available on the website of the EPRA.
| Member State | Organisation | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Iceland |
Fjölmiðlanefnd / Medienämnden / Media Commission Ms Elfa Ýr Gylfadóttir Framkvæmdastjóri / Myndighetschef / Director |
Borgartúni 21 IS-I05 Reykjavík tel: +354-415-0415, fax: +354-415-0410 Email | Website |
| Liechtenstein | Amt für Kommunikation Director: Rainer Schnepfleitner |
Ms Anna B. Adam Gerberweg 5 |
| Norway |
Medietilsynet/ Norwegian Media Authority Mr Audun Aagre Senior Advisor |
Medietilsynet/ Norwegian Media Authority T: ++47 69 30 12 52 | F: ++47 69 30 12 01 A: Nygata 4, NO-1607 Fredrikstad Email |Website |
Other Countries
| Member State | Organisation | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | Audiovisual Media Authority – AMA |
Mrs Armela Krasniqi Rruga “Papa Gjon Pali II”, Nr. 15, KP 1010, Tirana, Albania |
| North Macedonia |
Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Mr Zoran Trajchevski |
Panko Brashnarov Palace, ul. Makedonija 38 |
| Montenegro | Agency for Electronic Media of Montenegro |
Mr Branko Boskovic Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog 9 |
| Serbia | Regulatory Authority of Electronic Media - REM |
Mr Goran Petrović Trg Nikole Pasica Street, No 5 (Dom Sindikata), |
| Switzerland | Federal Office of Communications |
Zukunftstrasse 44 +41 58 460 55 11 |
| Türkiye |
Radio and Television Supreme Council Ebubekir Sahin Nihat Çaylak |
International Relations Department Bilkent Plaza B-2 Blok 06800 +90 312 297 5165 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Mr Predrag Kovač Director General +387 (0) 33 250 600 Email | website |
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