   The Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARTP); Law n°2006-04 of 04 January 2006; The National Radio and Television Regulatory Council (CNRA) established to replace Law 98-09 of 02 March 1998 establishing the Higher Audiovisual Council. 59. Apart from these public bodies, there is also the Ethical Standards Compliance Council (CORED), which is an Autonomous Journalism Practice Regulatory Organization. b. Constraints 60. Senegal has a huge arsenal of texts and laws governing the media. But, in most cases, these texts are not adapted to the current media context. In fact, there are provisions in these laws which limit and restrict access to official information or criminal provisions on seditious and subversive activities, national security, defamation and dissemination of false information. 61. Other no less important bottlenecks like economic, social and cultural environments also influence freedom of the press. 59. Furthermore, the multiplicity of press organisations is not always accompanied by a sufficient level of professionalism. In spite of the existence of schools for qualitative training, many journalists have not received any form of training. 62. As a result, different forms of assistance provided by the government to the press are meant to consolidate media companies, build capacity of journalists, and make freedom of the press effective including pluralism which is an inseparable part of the process. c. Achievements and prospects (1) Draft press code 63. The key legal instrument governing the media in Senegal is Law n°96-04 of 22 February 1996. This text which governs all media and professional journalists and information technology technicians, has a lot of shortcomings today following the vibrant growth of the sector and even when compared with the legislation in force in the major democracies. 64. The draft press code which stemmed from broad consultations among media stakeholders, civil society, parliamentarians, legal experts and academics, proposes solutions to the myriad of challenges currently confronting the media sector. The main issues of this consensus text submitted for adoption by the National Assembly, are: 16