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IRIS 2018-10:1/24 [RO] CNA Decisions for the referendum on redefining the family

On 20 September 2018, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council, CNA) adopted Decision No. 441/2018 on the rules for the audiovisual coverage of the campaign for the national referendum on the revision of the Constitution concerning Article 48 (1) of the Romanian Constitution, scheduled in Romania for 6 and 7 October 2018. On 2 October 2018, the CNA adopted Decision No. 454/2018 for the modification of Decision No. 441/2018 (see inter alia IRIS 2004-3/33, IRIS 2005-1/34, IRIS 2008-10/27, IRIS 2009-1/29, IRIS 2009-6/28, IRIS 2009-10/24, IRIS 2011-3/29, IRIS 2011-9/31,...

IRIS 2018-10:1/23 [RO] Project for a new cinematography and film industry law

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...

IRIS 2018-10:1/22 [RO] Modification of the Audiovisual Law with regard to audiovisual communication of an educational character

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...

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...