32.— (1) The Commission may, in the interests of the effective discharge of its functions, co-operate and enter into co-operation agreements with a body established in the State.

(2) The Commission may, in the interests of the effective discharge of its functions, co-operate, and enter into co-operation agreements, with a body not established in the State, if that body performs similar functions to the Commission.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), a body which is a member of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services established by Article 30b(1) of the Directive shall be considered to be a body which performs similar functions to the Commission.

(4) If the Commission enters into an agreement under this section—

(a) it shall provide the Minister and the Joint Oireachtas Committee with a copy of the agreement, and

(b) it may publish the agreement on a website maintained by it, with the consent of all parties to the agreement, and subject to such redaction as may be agreed between them.]