Members of the Media Appeals Board are required to act independently and impartially in the determination of appeals lodged against decisions of the Temporary Media Commissioner, for example, to refuse broadcasting licences or to impose sanctions on the print media. The first appeal will be heard by the Media Appeals Board in the week of 11 September 2000. The Board is competent to uphold, modify or rescind decisions of the Temporary Media Commissioner. It will give its decisions on the basis of written submissions and after oral hearings. Some load shedding was necessary yesterday morning, this was due to a problem with the feeding pump of the Kosovo A3 unit.
Power updates on today s situation have been distributed and are available outside.
Last week saw a total of over 6.5 million DM collected. Also, the recruitment process for new customs officers is progressing, a total of ninety new officers will be recruited by the beginning of 2001. Last week the customs service delivered the lists of suitable candidates to the regional administrations. These lists are currently being displayed in the regional administrations all applicants are encouraged to check the lists. Suitable candidates can then gather further information on the next stage of the recruitment process.