Romania

[RO] National Audiovisual Council Increases the Duration of Compulsory Broadcasting of Local Programmes for its Affiliated Broadcasting Stations

IRIS 1997-6:1/19

Constanta Moisescu

Office for Authors' Rights (OAR)

The National Audiovisual Council (NAC) has increased the duration of compulsory broadcasting of local programmes for its affiliated broadcasting stations.

The NAC's latest decision amends the conditions and procedure for broadcasting audio-visual programmes by its affiliated broadcasting stations.

Article 1 of the decision amends a previous decision by the NAC and provides in its first paragraph that the affiliation contract shall not become valid until the station's programme schedule has been authorised. The second paragraph of Article 1 extends the duration of broadcasts of local programmes to a minimum of 3 hours per day for radio and a minimum of 2 hours per day for television, between 6 and 9 am and between 6 and 11 pm. Article 2 of the decision establishes a period of at least 45 days before expiry of the affiliation contract, during which the affiliated station must either renew the contract or submit a new programme schedule in the event of renouncing the status of affiliated station.