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On 28 September 2018, the Centrul Naţional al Cinematografiei (National Centre for Cinematography - CNC) submitted for public consultation a draft law on cinematography and the film industry aimed at replacing the current Government Ordinance no. 39/2005 (GO no. 39/2005) (see, inter alia, IRIS 2013-3/26, IRIS 2014-1/37, IRIS 2014-7 /29, IRIS 2014-9/26, IRIS 2015-10/27, IRIS 2016-2/26, IRIS 2016-10/24, IRIS 2017-1/30, IRIS 2017-7/28 and IRIS 2018-3/29). According to the CNC, the system established by Government Ordinance no. 39/2005 has demonstrated, after more than 12 years of application, both...

The Chamber of Deputies (the lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament) adopted on 26 September 2018 a draft law that modifies and completes Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002, with further modifications and completions, with regard to audiovisual communication of an educational character (see, inter alia, IRIS 2013-6/27, IRIS 2014-1/37, IRIS 2014-2/31, IRIS 2014-7/29, IRIS 2014-9/26, IRIS 2015-10/27, IRIS 2016-2/26, IRIS 2016-10/24, IRIS 2017-7/28, 2017-1/30, IRIS 2018-6/30, IRIS 2018-6/31, and IRIS 2018-8/36). The law awaits the final approval of the Senate (upper chamber), but no deadline for this...

The Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM) published for public consultation on 5 September 2018 the Draft Government Decision on awarding licences for the use of radio frequencies in the terrestrial digital audio broadcasting system (see, inter alia, regarding developments leading to this decision see IRIS 2011-41/33, IRIS 2012-2/34, IRIS 2012-10/24, IRIS 2013-6/30, IRIS 2014-4/26, IRIS 2014-5/29, IRIS 2014-9/27, IRIS 2015-5/33, IRIS 2015-7/28, IRIS 2017-1/29, IRIS 2017-2/28, IRIS...

On 26 June 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered an interesting judgment in support of investigative journalism, criticising the Romanian authorities’ negligence in allowing leaks of secret, sensitive military information. The ECtHR found that the criminal prosecution of a journalist and the measures taken against him for disclosing classified information that gave evidence of the leaks, violated the journalist’s right to freedom of expression as guaranteed under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The applicant is Marian Gîrleanu, a local correspondent...

On 13 June 2018, by way of a Government Ordinance, the Romanian Government adopted a State Aid Scheme for Supporting the Cinematographic Industry (see IRIS 2004-2/35, IRIS 2011-2/5 and IRIS 2018-2/29). The Government Ordinance was published in the Official Journal of Romania No. 508 of 20 June 2018. This state aid scheme is multiannual and will run until the end of 2020. The maximum annual budget of this new fiscal incentive is 233 million lei, which is equivalent to about EUR 50 million. The total maximum budget is 698 million lei, equivalent to about EUR 150 million for the period 2018-2020....