Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 is amended as follows:
(1)
the following Article is inserted after Article 2e:
‘Article 2f
1. It shall be prohibited for operators to broadcast or to enable, facilitate or otherwise contribute to broadcast, any content by the legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex XV, including through transmission or distribution by any means such as cable, satellite, IP-TV, internet service providers, internet video-sharing platforms or applications, whether new or pre-installed.
2. Any broadcasting licence or authorisation, transmission and distribution arrangement with the legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex XV shall be suspended.’;
(2)
Article 11(1), point (a), is replaced by the following:
‘(a)
legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex III, IV, V, VI, XII, XIII, XIV or XV, or referred to in point (b) or (c) of Article 5(1), in point (b) or (c) of Article 5(2), in point (c) or (d) of Article 5(3), in point (b) or (c) of Article 5(4), in point (a), (b) or (c) of Article 5a, or in Article 5h;’;
(3)
Article 12 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 12
It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent prohibitions in this Regulation including by acting as a substitute for natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 2e(3) or Article 2f, 5, 5a, 5b, 5e, 5f or 5h, or by acting to their benefit by using the exceptions in Article 2e(4), 5(6), 5a(2), 5a(5), 5b(2), 5b(3), 5e(2) or 5f(2).’;
(4)
the text appearing in the Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex XV to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014.