EN Official Journal of the European Union C 214/6

Measures adopted by Hungary pursuant to Article 14 of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and referred to in recital 1 of Decision C(2017) 2907 of 8 May 2017

(2017/C 214/05)

Decision No 131/2017 (II.7.) of the Media Council

on the list of events of major importance to society and the method of coverage

The Media Council has compiled list of events of major importance to society and determined the method of coverage for individual events, as follows:

1. events of the Summer Olympic Games with the participation of the Hungarian National Team or a Hungarian athlete are to be broadcast via full or partial live coverage, whereas events of the Winter Olympic Games featuring the Hungarian National Team or a Hungarian athlete are to be broadcast via full or partial deferred coverage;

2. opening matches, quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals of the International Football Association (hereinafter: FIFA) Men's Football World Cup and of the Union of European Football Associations (hereinafter: UEFA) Men’s Football European Championship are to be broadcast via full live coverage;

3. matches of the Hungarian Men’s National Football Team (including those played at the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship, as well as the qualifiers of said sporting events and official friendlies) are to be broadcast via full live coverage;

4. the UEFA Champions League final, and the matches of the UEFA Champions League and of the Europa League featuring a Hungarian club team, with the exception of qualifiers, are to be broadcast via full live coverage, whereas qualifiers are to be broadcast via full deferred coverage;

5. matches of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Men’s and Women’s Handball World Championship and of the European Handball Federation (hereinafter EHF) Men’s and Women’s Handball European Championship featuring the Hungarian National Team are to be broadcast via full live coverage;

6. matches of the Men's and Women's Handball EHF Champions League featuring Hungarian club teams are to be broadcast via full live coverage;

7. events of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Men’s Water Polo World Championship and the European Swimming Association (LEN) Men’s Water Polo European Championship featuring the Hungarian National Team are to be broadcast via full live coverage;

8. the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is to be broadcast via full live coverage.

The media service provider holding exclusive broadcasting rights for an event of major importance to society (hereinafter ‘Holder MSP’) may depart from live broadcasting, provided that the start time of an event of major importance (or a sports event organised as a part thereof) falls between 0:00 and 6:00 CET. In this case the Holder MSP shall commence broadcasting by 21:00 CET of the given calendar day at the latest. For events of major importance comprising several periods, the live broadcast does not include the natural intermissions between periods.

If an event of major importance comprises several matches, games, sports programmes or events (series of events) that overlap each other, thereby rendering their full live, simultaneous broadcasting unfeasible, it shall be at the Holder MSP’s discretion to decide which event of the series to broadcast live and in full. To the extent possible, the Holder MSP shall ensure that, within the series of events, the events with Hungarian relevance are broadcast live and in full. The Holder MSP may broadcast an event of the series not broadcast live in compliance with the rules pertaining to deferred coverage.

If the end of an event falls between 0:00 and 19:00 CET, deferred coverage shall commence by 22:00 pm on the same calendar day at the latest. If the finish falls between 19:00 and 24:00 CET, the subsequent broadcasting shall commence at the latest within eight hours after the end of the event. The Holder MSP – taking account of the audience’s right to appropriate information – may depart from the start time of deferred coverage as stipulated above, with the proviso that broadcasting shall commence, at the latest, within twenty-four hours after the end of the event.