Article 22. Accreditation of Journalists

1. Upon concord with government agencies, public associations and organizations mass media shall accredit its journalists with them.

2. Government agencies, public associations and organizations, with which the journalist is accredited, shall be obliged to notify him/her in advance on sessions, meetings and other events, provide him/her with verbatim, protocols and other documents.

3. An accredited journalist shall have the right to be present at session, meetings and other events held by government agencies, public associations and organizations that accredited him/her except for events when a decision was made to hold a private event.

4. Journalist may be deprived of accreditation if he violated the rules of accreditation or for dissemination of data, derogating honor and dignity of the government agencies, public associations and organizations that accredited him/her.

5. Rules of journalists’ accreditation shall be asserted by an authorized agency in an established order.