Moldova (in particular the draft amendment and completion of 7 laws; draft laws on advertising, amendment of the Competition Law, the Code of audiovisual media services, etc.); 2. The Parliament should develop a strategy and action plan for the implementation of the National Media Development Concept; 3. The relevant authorities (MIA, prosecutor's offices) should ensure the application of the national legal framework regarding the media activity, in order to create safe and optimal working conditions for journalists, to sanction intimidation actions or pressures against the media representatives; 4. The public authorities should ensure the observance by the civil servants of the legal norms regarding the access to information, by providing in the established terms the information of public interest, placing on the official pages of the public institutions the relevant information about the activity of the institution; presentation at the request of persons or journalists of information of public interest; 5. Public authorities should discourage and penalize the practices of refusing to provide information of public interest, of registering requests for information as petitions, contrary to the Law on Access to Information; 6. The MIA, the General Inspectorate of Carabinieri should ensure compliance with national legal norms and international standards on freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, to exclude cases of disproportionate measures against protesters; 7. The Competition Council should ensure free competition on the advertising market and to penalize cartel agreements within it; 8. The Audiovisual Council (AC) should ensure a level playing field in the issuance of broadcasting licenses, in order not to allow the concentration of ownership and the consolidation of dominant positions in the formation of public opinion; 9. Journalists should strictly observe the ethical norms and professional standards; 10. The government should support, including through financial and fiscal measures, implicitly in the distribution segment, independent media institutions and quality journalism. 64