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On 11 January 2018, the Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis, promulgated Law No. 15/2018 on the approval of the Government Emergency Decree No. 67/2017 on Cinematography (see inter alia IRIS 2002-7/30, IRIS 2003-2/23, IRIS 2016-10/23, IRIS 2017-8/32 and IRIS 2018-1/34). Law No. 15/2018 was published in the Official Journal of Romania No. 35 of 16 January 2018. The Senate, the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, adopted the document on 14 November 2017 and the Chamber of Deputies, the lower chamber, on 20 December 2017. The deputies’ decision was final. Government Emergency Decree No. 67/2017...

On 15 January 2018, the Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis, sent to the Constitutional Court a notice on the Law on the approval of the Government Emergency Decree No. 33/2017, which stipulates that the president and vice-presidents of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications in Romania (ANCOM) shall be appointed by the plenum of the parliament by the majority vote of the present senators and deputies (see IRIS 2009-5/31, IRIS 2017-7/29 and IRIS 2018-1/36). Prior to the aforementioned Government Emergency Decree, the ANCOM management was appointed by the President...

On 18 December 2017, the Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis, sent the Act for amending and completing Law No. 41/1994 on the organisation and functioning of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Society and the Romanian Television Society (see IRIS 2013-5/37, IRIS 2013-10/36, IRIS 2014-1/38, IRIS 2014-2/30, IRIS 2014-4/25, IRIS 2014-6/30, IRIS 2014-7/30, IRIS 2015-6/33, IRIS 2015-8/26, IRIS 2016-5/28, IRIS 2017-3/26, IRIS 2017-8/31 and IRIS 2017-10/31) to Parliament for review. We should recall that the two chambers of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, had re-examined and...

On 29 November 2017, the Romanian Government discussed and approved a memorandum for the modification of both the de minimis aid scheme for participation in domestic and international film festivals and fairs, and the de minimis aid scheme for the distribution and exploitation of Romanian films of all kinds (see IRIS 2004-2/35 and IRIS 2011-2/5). The memorandum was adopted in application of the provisions of Government Ordinance No. 39/2005 with regard to cinematography, approved with amendments and completions by Law No. 328/2006, with further modifications and completions. The memorandum aims...

On 7 December 2016, the European Commission decided to refer Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Romania and Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for their alleged failure to notify the complete transposition of the Collective Rights Management Directive (Directive 2014/26/EU) into their national laws (see IRIS 2014-4/4). The Directive aims to coordinate national rules concerning access to the online music sector by enhancing the workings of collective management organisations and by increasing transparency. The deadline for its transposition into national law was 10 April 2016. According...