THE DEFINITION OF PARTICIPANTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE MEDIA IN EUROPEAN LAW

Abstract

Abstract. The problem of «subjects» and «participants» within different legal systems and
regulation of different groups of relations has always distorbed legal theorists. The Interna-

tional Court of Justice in 1949 found that within different legal systems can be can be there own
subjects of law, justifying the legal personality of international organizations. However, it is important
also for the practical regulation of relations, as, for example, only a subject of international
law may participate in the regulation of certain international relations, all the other actors
will use the granted rights, but not create new ones. This is the direction in which the participants
of relationships in media in European law should be assessed. Within this article by the
European law, we will inply the European Union law and the law of the Council of Europe.
It should be noted that under European law, there is no coherent idea of who should be considered
a participant of the media. A particular problem arises with the new media, which is technically
considered to be social networks and blogs led by any person. This is complicated by the
set of rights and obligations which the members of the media must have. Therefore, the approach
of CE is more logical and reasonable, it considers the participants of media only those entities
which meet a set of indicators and criteria; whereas the EU approach identifies a number of
providers of audiovisual services.
Key words: : Law of the European Union, participants of the media relations, international
legal regulation of the media, the legal regulation of the media in the EU.