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IRIS 2018-9:1/30 [RO] Public consultations on the licence fees for terrestrial digital audio broadcasting multiplexes and a tariff for spectrum use

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...

IRIS 2018-9:1/1 European Court of Human Rights: Gîrleanu v. Romania

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...

IRIS 2018-8:1/37 [RO] New state aid scheme for cinematographic industry

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....

IRIS 2018-8:1/36 [RO] The Audiovisual Law, back to the Parliament

More initiatives to modify the Audiovisual Law No. 504/2002 with further modifications and completions were partly rejected and partly approved by the Romanian Parliament (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, IRIS 2018-6/30). On 7 May 2018, the Romanian Senate (upper chamber of the Parliament) rejected a draft law for the modification of the Audiovisual Law No. 504/2002. The decision of the Senate is final. This draft law had already been rejected earlier by the Chamber...

IRIS 2018-7:1/28 [RO] Results of the public consultation on the allotment of radio spectrum for terrestrial digital broadcasting

The Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications, ANCOM) has published the results of a questionnaire on spectrum allotment for terrestrial digital broadcast multiplexes, which was issued in March 2018 (see, inter alia, IRIS 2009-9/26, IRIS 2010-3/34, IRIS 2010-9/35, IRIS 2012-8/34, 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 2016-2/26, IRIS 2017-1/29, IRIS 2017-4/32, IRIS 2018-5/29). Following the consultation with the electronic communications...