Of the High Authority of Audiovisual and of Communication

The High Authority of Audiovisual and of Communication has for [its] mission to guarantee and to assure the freedom and the protection of the press and of the other means of mass communication.

It sees to respect for ethics in matters of information, of communication and of equitable access of the political parties and of the associations to the official means of information and of communication.

The High Authority of Audiovisual and of Communication is competent to give authorization for the installation of new private television channels and radio.

The High Authority of Audiovisual and of Communication elects from within it its president and the members of its bureau.

The composition, the organization and the functioning of the High Authority of Audiovisual and of Communication is established by an organic law.