It reassigned national frequencies to Pink, Happy, Prva and B92, even though its own expert service had recorded for years that they were not complying with their programme plans, and it failed to decide on the fifth licence even after the deadline passed. In the last days of its term, the outgoing Council granted a licence to TV Informer. The regulator then operated without a Council for 20 months, while its service found in 20 cases that Informer was breaking the law and most of the misdemeanour charges expired under the statute of limitations. The European Commission concluded that regulatory bodies in Serbia are not independent.