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1. Media service providers shall make easily and directly accessible to the recipients of their services up-to-date information on:

(a) their legal name or names and contact details;

(b) the name or names of their direct or indirect owner or owners with shareholdings enabling them to exercise influence on the operation and strategic decision making, including direct or indirect ownership by a state or by a public authority or entity;

(c) the name or names of their beneficial owner or owners as defined in Article 3, point (6), of Directive (EU) 2015/849;

(d) the total annual amount of public funds for state advertising allocated to them and the total annual amount of advertising revenues received from third-country public authorities or entities.

2. Member States shall entrust national regulatory authorities or bodies or other competent authorities or bodies with the development of national media ownership databases containing the information set out in paragraph 1.

3. Without prejudice to national constitutional law consistent with the Charter, media service providers providing news and current affairs content shall take measures that they deem appropriate with a view to guaranteeing the independence of editorial decisions. In particular, such measures shall aim to:

(a) guarantee that editorial decisions can be taken freely within the established editorial line of the media service provider concerned; and (b) ensure that any actual or potential conflicts of interest that might affect the provision of news and current affairs content are disclosed.