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Second Authority for Television and Radio Law, 5750-1990

חוק הרשות השניה לטלויזיה ורדיו, התש"ן–1990

Published: 1990-02-13Last amended 2026-07-28✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-09
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Section D: Obligations and Engagements at the International Level

Obligations under international law§
126.

The Authority, a broadcasting licensee or such person as the Minister may determine for this purpose shall fulfil the obligations imposed on the State of Israel under international conventions in matters of broadcasting pursuant to this Law.

Engagements at the international level§
127.

The Authority shall not enter into an agreement with a government nor join international organisations, except with the approval of the Government.

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Section E: Application of Laws

Injunctions§
128.

For the purposes of a remedy by way of injunction, the Authority shall be treated as the State in all matters connected, directly or indirectly, with the broadcasts of the Authority or the Company or their preparation.

Status of Council members and employees§
129.
(a)Council members and employees of the Authority, and members of the board of directors of the Company and its employees, shall be treated as State employees for the purposes of the following enactments:
(1)the Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969;
(2)State Service (Restriction of Party Activity and Collection of Funds) Law, 5719-1959;
(3)Public Service (Gifts) Law, 5740-1979;
(4)the Penal Law, 5737-1977 – the provisions relating to public servants;
(5)the Evidence Ordinance;
(6)the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version];
(7)Public Service (Restrictions after Retirement) Law, 5729-1969;
(b)Employees of the Authority and employees of the Company shall be treated as State employees, with the necessary modifications, for the purposes of the State Service (Discipline) Law, 5723-1963.

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Section F: Amendments to Laws

130.§

The text was incorporated in the Elections (Methods of Propaganda) Law, 5719-1959.

131.§

The text was incorporated in the Labour Disputes Settlement Law, 5717-1957.

132.§

The text was incorporated in the Broadcasting Authority Law, 5725-1965.

133.§

The text was incorporated in the Administrative Offences Law, 5746-1985.

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Chapter X: Broadcasting during the Interim Period

Definitions§

134.

In this Chapter –

"interim period" – the period from the day of commencement of this Law until the sixteenth day of Heshvan 5754 (31 October 1993) or until the date determined by the Authority for the commencement of broadcasting by the franchise holders – whichever is the earlier;

"Broadcasting Director" – the director of the establishment administration of the Second Authority for Television and Radio at the Ministry of Communications.

Maintenance of broadcasting during the interim period§

135.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6, the Broadcasting Director may maintain television broadcasts during the interim period in accordance with the trends set out in section 5(b).
(b)During the interim period, news broadcasts shall not be transmitted, except for sports broadcasts, and election propaganda broadcasts pursuant to the Elections (Methods of Propaganda) Law shall not be transmitted, and broadcasts on matters of an Israeli political character, including interviews with Israeli political figures, shall not be transmitted; however, broadcasts of Knesset plenary debates may be transmitted.
(c)Advertising spots shall not be broadcast during the interim period, but service spots and sponsorship broadcasts may be transmitted; the consideration received from such spots shall be used to fund broadcasting during that period; if the Minister considers that the revenues of broadcasting during the interim period from such spots exceed the expenditure, he may direct, notwithstanding the provisions of section 51, that the surplus revenues shall be used to fund the establishment of principal broadcasting stations.
(d)The Minister shall prescribe rules in relation to all matters concerning broadcasting during the interim period, including with regard to the commissioning of productions and with regard to service spots and sponsorship broadcasts; such rules shall require the approval of the Education and Culture Committee of the Knesset.

The Second Authority for Television and Radio (Broadcast of Service Spots and Sponsorship Spots) Rules, 5750-1990 (Kovetz HaTakanot 5750, 541) have been published.

(e)For the purpose of the implementation of broadcasting during the interim period, the provisions of the following sections shall apply, with the necessary modifications: 1, 46, 47, 51(a) and (c), 90, 91, 92, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114(a), 115, 116, 117, 118, 131, 132, 133.
(f)For the purposes of this section –

"service spot" – a spot whose principal content and purpose is the provision of a service to the public, whether by way of providing information and guidance concerning public services or for the purpose of promoting sectors of the economy, including by mentioning types of products, or by way of directing or providing advice on matters in the public interest, all without mentioning the name of a specific manufacturer;

"sponsorship broadcast" – an indication of the participation of an external party in the funding of a programme (hereinafter – the sponsor), by way of the projection of a slide or the reading of its contents, and the slide may indicate the names of the sponsor's products, a description of their principal characteristics and the trade mark of the sponsor or its products, but excluding a qualitative-comparative description of the products.

Employment of workers and acquisition of assets§

136.
(a)The Broadcasting Director, with the approval of the Minister, may employ workers during the interim period for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Chapter, provided that the workers are employed by means of a special contract, pursuant to the provisions of the State Service (Appointments) Law, 5719-1959.
(b)The Broadcasting Director may, subject to the State Assets Law, 5711-1951 (in this Chapter – the State Assets Law), acquire assets and carry out transactions for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Chapter.

Transfer of rights, powers, duties and obligations§

137.
(a)
(1)In this Chapter, "asset" – real property, movable property, rights and benefits of any kind;
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or contract and subject to the provisions of the State Assets Law, it is permitted, by contract, to convey to the Authority the rights of the State in assets that will be at the disposal of the Ministry of Communications during the interim period, for the purposes of television broadcasts, and the rights and powers of the State pursuant to the agreements, arrangements and transactions that were in force with respect to television broadcasts during the interim period on the eve of the commencement of the contract; such a contract shall hereinafter be referred to in this Chapter as an "assets transfer contract".
(b)The Minister of Finance may by Order exempt the Authority from payment of fees, stamp duty, taxes and all other compulsory payments connected with the implementation of the assets transfer contract, in whole or in part.
(c)Once an assets transfer contract has been signed, the Minister may, notwithstanding the provisions of any law or contract, determine by Order that with respect to the assets, agreements, arrangements and transactions referred to therein, the Authority shall stand in the place of the State, both with regard to the rights and powers of the State and with regard to the duties and obligations that were imposed upon it on the eve of the commencement of the assets transfer contract.
(d)The Minister may determine by Order – with respect to certain categories of pending claims by or against the State on the eve of the commencement of the assets transfer contract, in connection with assets, agreements, arrangements and transactions as referred to in subsection (a)(2), and also with respect to causes of action for such claims that existed at that time, excluding claims by State employees in respect of the period of their being State employees – that the Authority shall stand in the place of the State.

Transfer of employees§

138.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 30(a), employees who on the day of commencement of this Law were employed for the purpose of maintaining broadcasting during the interim period, and also up to five additional employees whose employment for the purposes of broadcasting commenced after the commencement of the interim period, shall be entitled to transfer from State service to the service of the Authority, to a corresponding post as appropriate, and where no such post exists – to a post that befits their qualifications and experience in maintaining broadcasting during the interim period.
(b)The date of transfer of each employee who was employed during the interim period shall be coordinated between the Director of the Authority and the Broadcasting Director.
(c)The following provisions shall apply to an employee who has transferred to the Authority pursuant to subsection (a):
(1)the terms of his employment shall be no less favourable than those under which he was employed during the interim period;
(2)notwithstanding the provisions of any law, he shall not be entitled to any benefits whatsoever by reason of such transfer;
(3)an employee who has transferred as set out in subsection (a) shall continue to be a State employee for the purposes of pension, sick leave, annual leave, severance pay and any other right that he has accrued by virtue of being a State employee, all as appropriate, until an agreement for the transfer of the employee's rights is signed between the Authority and the State and the employees through the organisation representing the greatest number of employees who have transferred as aforesaid;
(4)until the signing of an agreement pursuant to paragraph (3), the Authority shall transfer to the State all the expenditure incurred by the State in order to preserve the rights of an employee as set out in paragraph (3).

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Chapter XI: Implementation and Commencement

Implementation and regulations§

139.

The Minister is charged with the implementation of this Law and may make Regulations on any matter relating to its implementation.

Commencement§

140.

This Law shall commence on the day of its adoption by the Knesset.

Transitional provision – the Special Committee§

141.
(a)This Law shall fall within the purview of the Special Committee for the Second Authority for Television and Radio Law established by the Thirteenth Knesset, and it shall be vested with the powers of the Education and Culture Committee of the Knesset pursuant to this Law, until the end of the term of office of the Thirteenth Knesset.
(b)During the term of office of the Fifteenth Knesset, the powers of the Finance Committee of the Knesset pursuant to this Law shall be vested in the Special Committee for Legislative Amendments in the Field of Communications established by the Fifteenth Knesset on the fifteenth day of Shevat 5762 (28 January 2002).

Publication§

142.

This Law shall be published within fifteen days of the day of its adoption by the Knesset.

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First Schedule

Definitions§

1.

In this Schedule –

"local production" – a programme the majority of whose creators, the majority of whose performers, the majority of whose technical-engineering crew who took part in its production and the majority of whose production crew are residents of Israel residing therein permanently, and which was produced for a primary Israeli target audience in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian or another language approved in advance by the Director, excluding news broadcasts, sports programmes and current affairs programmes; in this definition, "majority" – at least 75%;

"the broadcasting channel" – the overall framework of television broadcasts on Channel 2 or on the Third Channel;

"repeat broadcast" – a renewed broadcast on the broadcasting channel of a programme that was previously broadcast thereon, or of a programme that was previously broadcast on a nationwide channel in Israel, including a programme that was re-edited and is, in the opinion of the Authority, identical in its essence to a programme that was broadcast in the past;

"hour", in a programme quota fixed in hours – at least 48 minutes of programme content;

"half-hour", in a programme quota fixed in half-hours – at least 24 minutes of programme content;

"programme" – a basic broadcasting unit with known and defined content and scope, in a format prepared for television broadcast, comprising a sequence of images and sound;

"top-genre (genre) programme" – local productions of the following types:

(1)"documentary programme" – a programme dealing with the documentation of social, cultural or political phenomena, or with the documentation of phenomena or discoveries in nature or in science, which is not a current affairs programme;
(2)"drama programme" – a programme that tells a story of a plot of a comic, dramatic, melodramatic, tragic or similar character, including, inter alia, the following types:
(a)single drama – a drama of the scope of a single episode broadcast in its entirety in the course of a single broadcast, or forming part of a short series and usually combining studio filming with filming outside the studio, with a duration of at least 50 minutes;
(b)documentary drama (docudrama) – a drama dealing with real characters or events and striving to reconstruct those characters and events with maximum fidelity to the testimonies and documents describing them;
(c)drama series – a drama comprising several episodes, each of a duration of at least 24 minutes;
(d)television film – a programme in a format similar to a single drama but characterised, generally, by a duration of at least 80 minutes and by a script requiring filming outside the studio;
(3)"special programme" – a programme in an original format and of special value, which has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Authority to be of exceptional quality in terms of scriptwriting, acting and direction, of the following types:
(a)a sketch programme produced at a high production level with a duration of at least a quarter of an hour;
(b)a programme in an original and innovative format, with a duration of at least a quarter of an hour;
(c)single drama, documentary drama and a dramatic series – all of these with a duration of at least half an hour.

Top-genre programmes§

2.
(a)Out of the total local productions, a franchise holder shall broadcast in each year top-genre programmes to a volume of not less than 74 hours on Channel 2 and not less than 111 hours on the Third Channel, and for this purpose repeat broadcasts shall not be counted.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the expenditure incurred by a franchise holder on the Third Channel for the funding of the production and acquisition of programmes broadcast on the channel in the period from the tenth day of Tevet 5775 (1 January 2015) until the thirteenth day of Tammuz 5775 (30 June 2015) shall not be less than half the minimum annual expenditure of a licence holder.

Broadcasting hours§

3.

A franchise holder shall broadcast top-genre programmes between the hours of 19:00 and 24:00 on weekdays; however, the Director may approve broadcasts at other hours as well, on Sabbaths, on festivals and on special occasions; where the Director has approved a broadcast at other hours as aforesaid, the franchise holder shall broadcast the programme as a repeat broadcast on a weekday, insofar as possible.

Programmes in Arabic and Russian§

4.

A franchise holder on Channel 2 and on the Third Channel shall broadcast diverse programmes in their types and subjects, spoken in the Arabic or Russian language, or translated into fluent Arabic or Russian, by means of translation subtitles or dubbing, to a volume of not less than five per cent in the Arabic language and five per cent in the Russian language, of its total weekly broadcasting time.

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Second Schedule

Definitions and interpretation§

1.
(a)In this Schedule –

"revenues" – revenues from the conduct of broadcasts and from the provision of services as referred to in section 100;

"local production" – (Repealed);

"half-hour" – (Repealed);

"channel" – a channel on which broadcasts of a holder of a television broadcasting franchise or broadcasts of a holder of a television broadcasting licence are transmitted;

"repeat broadcast" – a renewed broadcast on a channel of a programme that was previously broadcast thereon or of a programme that was previously broadcast on a nationwide channel in Israel, including a programme that was re-edited and is, in the opinion of the Authority, identical in its essence to a programme that was broadcast in the past;

"hour" – (Repealed);

"programme" – (Repealed);

"top-genre (genre) programme" – (Repealed).

(b)Terms in this Schedule that are defined in the First Schedule, unless otherwise determined in this Schedule, shall have the meaning set out in the First Schedule; other terms shall have the meaning attributed to them in this Law.

Annual expenditure of a franchise holder for the funding of the production and acquisition of programmes§

2.
(a)The annual expenditure incurred by franchise holders, on each channel, for the funding of the production and acquisition of programmes broadcast on the channel in that year (in this Schedule – annual expenditure of a franchise holder) shall not be less than an amount equal to sixty per cent of their total revenues or NIS 220 million, whichever is the higher (in this Schedule – the minimum annual expenditure of a franchise holder); the annual expenditure shall also include expenditure for the ongoing operation of the news company, or expenditure for the acquisition of news broadcasts approved pursuant to section 63a1, at the rates prescribed in this Schedule; the minimum annual expenditure shall be incurred by the franchise holders, on each channel, proportionally to the broadcasting units allocated to them on the channel.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the expenditure incurred by a franchise holder on the Third Channel for the funding of the production and acquisition of programmes broadcast on the channel in the period from the tenth day of Tevet 5775 (1 January 2015) until the thirteenth day of Tammuz 5775 (30 June 2015) shall not be less than half the minimum annual expenditure of a licence holder.

Annual expenditure of a licence holder for the funding of the production and acquisition of programmes§

s2i2a.

The annual expenditure incurred by a licence holder for the funding of the production and acquisition of programmes broadcast on the channel in that year (in this Schedule – annual expenditure of a licence holder) shall not be less than the sum total of the rates of expenditure for the ongoing operation of the news company or the expenditure for the acquisition of news broadcasts approved pursuant to section 63a1, the expenditure for the production of Israeli films and the expenditure for the production of top-genre programmes, at the rates prescribed in this Schedule for each such expenditure (in this Schedule – minimum annual expenditure of a licence holder).

Expenditure on Current Operation of a News Company§

3.
(a)The expenditure incurred each year by franchise holders in each channel, in equal shares among them, and by a holder of a television broadcasting licence, on the current operation of the news company shall not be less than NIS 55 million; however, expenditure as aforesaid that exceeds twenty per cent of the total minimum annual expenditure shall not be taken into account as part of the minimum annual expenditure of a franchise holder or of a licence holder.
(b)The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to a holder of a television broadcasting licence whose annual revenues do not exceed NIS 350 million, nor to holders of licences broadcasting news by means of the joint news company as defined in section 71d(m) whose aggregate annual revenues do not exceed NIS 350 million.

Purchase of News Broadcasts§

4.

Where the Council has authorised the news company to purchase news broadcasts in accordance with section 63a1, the expenditure incurred each year by franchise holders in each channel, in equal shares among them, and by a holder of a television broadcasting licence, on the purchase of news broadcasts as aforesaid shall not be less than NIS 40 million per year; however, expenditure as aforesaid that exceeds twenty per cent of the total minimum annual expenditure shall not be taken into account as part of the minimum annual expenditure of a franchise holder or of a licence holder.

Elite Genre Programmes§

5.
(a)Out of the total annual expenditure of the franchise holders, the franchise holders in each channel shall expend, for the production of elite genre programmes in the scope referred to in subsection (b), an amount of not less than seventeen per cent of the minimum annual expenditure or an amount of NIS 50 million, whichever is the higher; the amount of such expenditure shall be incurred by the franchise holders in each channel proportionally to the broadcasting units allocated to them in the channel.
(a1)Subject to the provisions of section 71h(b), a holder of a television broadcasting licence shall expend fifteen per cent of its revenues on the production of elite genre programmes, of which at least twenty per cent shall be for the production of drama programmes and at least twenty per cent for the production of documentary programmes, including documentary films.
(b)Out of the total local productions, franchise holders and a holder of a television broadcasting licence shall broadcast, each year, in each channel, elite genre programmes to the extent of 180 hours, and in relation to franchise holders, the said hours shall be broadcast by them in each channel proportionally to the broadcasting units allocated to them in the channel; for this purpose, repeat broadcasts shall not be counted; if the minimum annual expenditure on the production of elite genre programmes exceeds NIS 50 million or falls below it, the said scope of hours shall change proportionally to the change in the scope of expenditure, as the Council shall determine.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), in the eighth and ninth franchise years of a holder of a television broadcasting franchise in the third channel, the following provisions shall apply to that holder:
(1)the amount that the franchise holder shall expend on the production of elite genre programmes to be broadcast in the eighth and ninth franchise years shall not be less than NIS 39.4 million for the eighth franchise year and NIS 43.3 million for the ninth franchise year;
(2)in addition to the amounts referred to in paragraph (1), the franchise holder shall expend, on the production of elite genre programmes pursuant to the elite genre completion plan submitted and approved in accordance with section 37c(a1)(1) and (5) of the Law, an amount of NIS 37.1 million in the eighth franchise year and NIS 27 million in the ninth franchise year.
(d)In the tenth franchise year, a holder of a television broadcasting franchise in the third channel shall expend, in addition to the annual expenditure amount under subsection (a), an amount of NIS 16.1 million on the production of elite genre programmes pursuant to the elite genre completion plan submitted and approved in accordance with section 37c(a1)(1) and (5) of the Law.
(e)Expenditure incurred by the franchise holder, in the eighth, ninth and tenth franchise years, on research and development for the purpose of producing elite genre programmes that are purchased local productions meeting the Council's rules set pursuant to section 60 of the Law, up to an amount of NIS 2 million per year, shall be recognised as part of the expenditure pursuant to the elite genre completion plan in the said years; for this purpose, "research and development" – development of programmes and writing of scripts, including for programmes that have not reached the stage of production and broadcasting.
(f)The scope of hours referred to in subsection (b) shall increase, in each year of the eighth, ninth and tenth franchise years, in accordance with the ratio between the increase in the scope of expenditure in each year under this section and the annual expenditure amount under subsection (a), as the Council shall determine.

Expenditure on the Production of Israeli Films§

s2i5a.
(a)In this section, "proportional share", in relation to a franchise holder in Channel 2 – the ratio between the number of broadcasting units allocated to the franchise holder and the total broadcasting units allocated to franchise holders in that channel.
(b)In each franchise year, commencing from the eighth franchise year of a franchise holder in the third channel and the fourth franchise year of a franchise holder in Channel 2, and in each licence year of a holder of a television broadcasting licence, franchise holders or a holder of a television broadcasting licence, as the case may be, shall expend, for the production of Israeli films, amounts as detailed below:
(1)in relation to each of the franchise holders in Channel 2, if there are two franchise holders in that channel – NIS 2 million;
(2)in relation to a franchise holder in the third channel, and also in relation to a franchise holder in Channel 2 if there is one franchise holder in that channel, and in relation to a holder of a television broadcasting licence – NIS 4 million.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), franchise holders shall incur the expenditure they are required to incur for the production of Israeli films in the eighth franchise year of a franchise holder in the third channel and in the fourth franchise year of a franchise holder in Channel 2, by the 16th day of Iyar 5770 (30 April 2010).
(d)Seventy-five per cent of the amount expended by a franchise holder or a licence holder under subsection (b) shall be recognised as part of the expenditure that he is required to incur for the production of elite genre programmes in that franchise year or licence year, as the case may be.
(e)If there are two franchise holders in Channel 2 and the amount equal to seventeen per cent of the minimum annual expenditure of a franchise holder in that channel exceeds that holder's proportional share in the amount of NIS 56.7 million in a particular franchise year, the franchise holder shall expend, in that franchise year, an amount of NIS 2 million on the production of Israeli films, in addition to the amount he is required to expend under subsection (b)(1).
(f)If the amount equal to seventeen per cent of the minimum annual expenditure of a franchise holder in the third channel, or of the franchise holder in Channel 2 – if there is one franchise holder in that channel – or of a holder of a television broadcasting licence, exceeds an amount of NIS 56.7 million in a particular franchise year or a particular licence year, as the case may be, the franchise holder in that franchise year or the holder of a television broadcasting licence in that licence year, as the case may be, shall expend an amount of NIS 4 million on the production of Israeli films, in addition to the amount he is required to expend under subsection (b)(2).
(g)Where a franchise holder or a holder of a television broadcasting licence has expended an amount pursuant to the provisions of subsection (e) or (f), the lower of the amounts detailed below shall be recognised as part of the expenditure that the franchise holder or the holder of a television broadcasting licence, as the case may be, is required to incur for the production of elite genre programmes in that franchise year or licence year, as the case may be:
(1)half of the amount expended pursuant to the provisions of subsection (e) or (f);
(2)the difference between the amount equal to seventeen per cent of the minimum annual expenditure of the franchise holder or the holder of a television broadcasting licence, as the case may be, and that holder's proportional share in the amount of NIS 56.7 million in that franchise year – in relation to a franchise holder in Channel 2, if there are two franchise holders in that channel, or the amount of NIS 56.7 million in that franchise year – in relation to a franchise holder in the third channel and in relation to a franchise holder in Channel 2, if there is one franchise holder in that channel, or the amount of NIS 56.7 million in that licence year – in relation to a holder of a television broadcasting licence.
(h)The amounts of expenditure under this section shall be incurred by franchise holders in each channel and by a holder of a television broadcasting licence, in accordance with the rules set by the Council.
(i)The scope of hours referred to in section 5(b) shall decrease proportionally in accordance with the amount of investment in Israeli films recognised under subsection (d) as part of the expenditure that the franchise holder or the holder of a television broadcasting licence, as the case may be, is required to incur for the production of elite genre programmes in that franchise year or licence year, as the case may be, as the Council shall determine.
6.§

(Repealed — תשע״ח|עוגן=תוספת 2 פרט 6)

7.§

(Repealed — תשע״ח|עוגן=תוספת 2 פרט 7)

Linkage§

8.
(a)The amounts specified in this Schedule, except for the amounts specified in sections 5(c) to (e) and 5a, shall be updated on 1 January of each year according to the rate of increase of the index, from the index published for June 2003 to the index most recently published before the date of the update.
(a1)(Repealed).
(b)The amounts specified in section 5(c) and (e), in relation to the ninth franchise year, shall be updated on the 15th day of Tevet 5770 (1 January 2010), according to the rate of change of the new index relative to the base index.
(c)The amounts specified in section 5(d) and (e), in relation to the tenth franchise year, shall be updated on the 25th day of Tevet 5771 (1 January 2011), according to the rate of change of the new index relative to the base index.
(d)The amounts specified in section 5a shall be updated on 1 January of each year, according to the rate of change of the new index relative to the base index.
(e)In this section –

"the new index" – the index published for the month of November preceding the date of the update;

"the base index" – the index published for the month of September 2009.

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