SwedenLag (2025:1242) med kompletterande bestämmelser till EU:s mediefrihetsförordning (Act Supplementing the European Media Freedom Act)
Lag (2025:1242) med kompletterande bestämmelser till EU:s mediefrihetsförordning
In force since .
A transparency and process rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Reporting, Disclosure
As of .
What it requires
- If you have made information accessible under Article 6(1) or published information under Article 25(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083, give the supervisory authority that information and a note of where it is available as soon as possible (section 4).
- Notify the supervisory authority, the same day you notify the Competition Authority or the Commission, of a media market concentration where the undertakings concerned together had a turnover in Sweden above SEK 1 billion in the preceding financial year and at least one of them is a provider of media services or of an online platform giving access to media content (section 5).
- On the supervisory authority's request, give it the information and documents it needs if you have obligations under Articles 6(1), 18(1) to (6), 18(8), 24(1), 24(2), 25(1) or 25(2) of the Regulation or under section 5 (section 8).
- Follow an order the supervisory authority issues under section 9 to make you meet those articles or sections 4, 5 or 8.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The national regulatory authority designated under Article 30 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (section 3).
What this law does
The Act supplements Regulation (EU) 2024/1083, the European Media Freedom Act. Section 3 states that the national regulatory authority is the authority designated as the national regulatory authority under Article 30 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.
Section 4 requires a person who has made information accessible under Article 6(1), or published information under Article 25(2), of the Regulation to give the supervisory authority the information and a note of where it is available as soon as possible. Section 5 requires a media market concentration to be notified to the supervisory authority if it has been notified to the Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket) or to the European Commission.
That duty applies only if the undertakings concerned together had a turnover in Sweden above SEK 1 billion in the preceding financial year and at least one of them is a provider of media services or of an online platform giving access to media content. The person who notified the concentration to the Competition Authority or the Commission is to make the notification to the supervisory authority the same day.
Section 8 requires a person with obligations under Article 6(1), 18(1) to (6), 18(8), 24(1), 24(2), 25(1) or 25(2) of the Regulation, or under section 5, to give the supervisory authority on request the information and documents it needs. Section 9 lets the supervisory authority issue the orders needed to make those articles of the Regulation, or sections 4, 5 or 8, be followed, and an order may carry a periodic penalty (vite).
Section 10 allows an appeal of an order under section 9 to the general administrative court, with leave to appeal required for the administrative court of appeal. Lag (2025:1243) amends sections 8 and 9 with effect from . From that date section 8 adds a duty on a person with obligations under Article 20(2) or 20(3) of the Regulation to hand over on request the product samples or similar items the authority needs.
Under Förordning (2025:1244), section 5, the Swedish Agency for Media (Mediemyndigheten) is to complete its assessment of a media market concentration within 45 working days of a notification containing the required information. The Act took effect on .
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