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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...

On 7 November 2017, the former Romanian Prime Minister, Sorin Grindeanu, was appointed as President of the Autoritatea Națională pentru Administrare și Reglementare în Comunicații (National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM, telecom watchdog), for the remaining period of the six-year mandate commenced on 11 May 2017 by Parliament Decision No. 93, published in the Official Journal of Romania No. 877 of 7 November 2017 (see 2009-5/31 and IRIS 2017-7/29). Mr Grindeanu replaced Adrian Diţă, who resigned on 20 September 2017, less than five months after his appointment....

On 27 November 2017, the Romanian Senate (the upper chamber of the Parliament) re-examined and adopted the act on the modification and completion of Act No. 41/1994 on the functioning of the Romanian public radio and television services. The Senate has brought the law into line with the Constitutional Court's decision of 12 July 2017, which rejected some modified articles of the aforementioned law (see inter alia 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 and IRIS...

On 14 November 2017, the Senate, the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, adopted the Emergency Government Decree No. 67/2017 on the modification and completion of the Government Decree No. 39/2005 on Cinematography. The final decision will be taken by the lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies (see IRIS 2002-7/30, IRIS 2003-2/23, IRIS 2016-10/23 and IRIS 2017-8/32). The Emergency Government Decree No. 67/2017 aims at securing the functioning of Romanian film production, as well as at giving the Romanian film industry financial support to produce films dedicated to the Centennial of the union...