YEREVAN, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Economic Court postponed examination of the lawsuit of 6 radio companies against the Armenian government until March 22. Thus the court satisfied the defendant's petition to be given time in order to become acquainted with objections of plaintiffs. To recap, these radio companies demand to recognize as invalid the governmental decision concerning the setting of payments for radio broadcast frequency. By the decision, the RA ministry of transport and communication is authorized to set the amount of these payments. According to plaintiffs, in accordance with Article 45 of the RA Constitution, the order and amount of taxes, duties and other mandatory payments is regulated by law. However, the Law on Television and Radio says nothing about the amount and order of setting of broadcast payments. In the words of Artashes Hovsepian, representative of the defendant, Head of the Juridical Department of the RA Ministry of Transport and Communication, the demand of radio comapnies is unfounded, as by the law on legal acts, the government regulates all legal relations which are not regulated by the RA Constitution, law or presidential decrees. To recap, at the February 27 sitting, the court satisfied the petition of Olga Safarian (lawyer representing interests of the radio companies) to be given time to become acquainted with the government's answer and present her objections. The court postponed the case examination until March 12.

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