S.L. 350.4 Art. 5Transmission of major events.

(1) Broadcasters shall not broadcast on an exclusive basis events which are regarded by the Authority as being of major importance for society in such a way as to deprive a substantial proportion of the public of the possibility of following such events via live coverage or deferred coverage on free television. The Authority shall draw up a list of designated events, national or non-national, which it considers to be of major importance for society and it shall do so in a clear and transparent manner in due time. In so doing the Authority shall also determine whether such events should be available via whole or partial live coverage or, where necessary or appropriate for objective reasons in the public interest, whole or partial deferred coverage.

(2) It shall not be lawful for broadcasters to exercise the exclusive rights purchased from the 19th of December 2007 onwards in such a way that a substantial proportion of the public in another Member State is deprived of the possibility of following events which are designated by that other Member State in accordance with provisions in their legislation transposing paragraph 3 of Article 3j of the Directive by whole or partial live coverage or, where necessary or appropriate for objective reasons in the public interest, whole or partial deferred coverage on free television as determined by that other Member State in accordance with legislation transposing the said provision of the Directive.