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On 4 November 2015, the Chamber of Deputies (lower Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) rejected the Propunerea legislativă privind înfiinţarea Fondului Special pentru Jurnalismul de Investigaţii (draft Law on the setting up of a Special Fund for Investigative Journalism). The draft Law had been rejected by the Senate (upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) on 25 February 2015. The decision of the deputies was final (see IRIS 2014-8/4). The draft Law was intended, according to the proponents, to establish a Special Fund for Investigative Journalism meant to support through direct funding any...

On 28 October 2015, the Senate (upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) rejected the Proiectul de Lege pentru completarea articolului nr. 13 din Ordonanţa Guvernului nr. 39/2005 privind cinematografia (draft Law on the completion of Article 13 of the Government Decree no. 39/2005 on Cinematography). The draft Law intends to add, through a new Article 13 (1) e1), another source of revenues for the Cinematographic Fund. The Fund was established to provide financial resources needed to develop cinematographic work as well as to help with the fulfilment of the duties incumbent on the National Film...

On 3 November 2015, the Romanian President promulgated Act no. 261/2015 on the modification and completion of Act no. 8/1996 updating the copyright and related rights (Legea 8/1996 actualizată privind dreptul de autor şi drepturile conexe - see IRIS 2002-3/20, IRIS 2005-3/34, IRIS 2006-8/27, IRIS 2012-4/38, IRIS 2015-5/30, IRIS 2015-7/27 and IRIS 2015-8/28). The draft Law modified Article 131(2) b) and Article 154(3) of Act no. 8/1996 and introduced a new letter i) to Article 1311 (1). The modifications were adopted on 23 March 2015, by the Romanian Senate (upper Chamber of the Parliament) and...

On 21 September 2015, the Romanian Senate (upper chamber of the Parliament) rejected modifications of Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002. The Senate’s decision was final. According to Article 13 of the Audiovisual Law, the appointment of Members of the National Audiovisual Council (Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului, CNA) may be revoked on request by a specialized commission of the Parliament, in case a Member is not able to exert his function for a period longer than 6 months, and in case of a penal conviction applied by a final court decision. According to the rejected modification of Article 13...

On 2 July 2015, the National Audiovisual Council, CNA (Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului) adopted CNA decision no. 350/2015 on the modification and completion of CNA decision no. 72/2012 with regard to the conditions for issuing and amending the retransmission notification (see IRIS 2014-3/39). The decision was published in the Official Journal of Romania no. 533 of 17 July 2015. It intends to clarify the procedure for implementing the must-carry system in the case of the retransmission of programme services at regional and local level according to Article 82 (2) of the Audiovisual Act. According...