European Platform of Regulatory Authorities - EPRA

The European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA), founded in Malta on April 1995, is an informal forum with the following objectives:

• Exchange of views and discussions between broadcasting regulatory authorities;
• Exchange of information on general issues of National and European legislation concerning the regulation of broadcasting;
• Discussion of practical solutions to legal problems of interpretation and application of legislation related to broadcasting.

55 regulatory authorities from 47 countries are members of EPRA. The European Commission, the Council of Europe, the European Audiovisual Observatory and the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media are permanent Observers of the Platform.

EPRA holds two meetings a year at the invitation of a regulatory authority (usually in spring and autumn). The EPRA secretariat is located in France, in Strasbourg, in the building of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

The Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been a member of EPRA since 2007.