<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"A service agreement was recently concluded between the Italian Ministry for Communications and the RAI (Italian public broadcasting company) under which the RAI was given the right to set up a dedicated radio network to carry national broadcasts of parliamentary proceedings. The other operators which had expressed an interest were not given the opportunity to submit competing bids on the basis of an open, transparent tendering procedure.  Up until 21 November 1997, Radio Radicale had held the contract for radio broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings in Italy under an agreement concluded on 21 November 1994 with the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications, several subsequent applications for the renewal of which were rejected.  Would the Commission take the necessary steps to ascertain whether the RAI has not abused its dominant position with a view to further strengthening its position in Italy and expanding its operations into neighbouring European countries?  Would it not agree that contracts for the radio broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings should be awarded on the basis of Europe-wide calls for tenders in compliance with current Community legislation?  Furthermore, would it ascertain whether such abusive behaviour is detrimental to the interests of competitors on the national radio broadcasting market and the listener's right to plurality of information. (Ironically, the licence fee - of which the RAI is the beneficiary - is about to be increased.)"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [23]. </s>
A service agreement was recently concluded between the Italian Ministry for Communications and the RAI (Italian public broadcasting company) under which the RAI was given the right to set up a dedicated radio network to carry national broadcasts of parliamentary proceedings. The other operators which had expressed an interest were not given the opportunity to submit competing bids on the basis of an open, transparent tendering procedure.  Up until 21 November 1997, Radio Radicale had held the contract for radio broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings in Italy under an agreement concluded on 21 November 1994 with the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications, several subsequent applications for the renewal of which were rejected.  Would the Commission take the necessary steps to ascertain whether the RAI has not abused its dominant position with a view to further strengthening its position in Italy and expanding its operations into neighbouring European countries?  Would it not agree that contracts for the radio broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings should be awarded on the basis of Europe-wide calls for tenders in compliance with current Community legislation?  Furthermore, would it ascertain whether such abusive behaviour is detrimental to the interests of competitors on the national radio broadcasting market and the listener's right to plurality of information. (Ironically, the licence fee - of which the RAI is the beneficiary - is about to be increased.)