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Five new regional and local multiplexes in Suceava, Botosani, Bacau, Buzau and Piatra Neamt (the northern and eastern parts of Romania) have been awarded in the third auction held by the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii - ANCOM) for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) multiplexes (see IRIS 2010-3/34, IRIS 2010-7/32, IRIS 2010-9/35, IRIS 2011-4/33, IRIS 2013-6/30, IRIS 2014-4/26, IRIS 2014-5/29, IRIS 2014-9/27 and IRIS 2015-5/33). A regional multiplex will cover the whole county with digital...

On 3 June 2015, the Romanian Government adopted a Draft Law for the completion of the Law no. 8/1996 on copyright and related rights (Legea nr. 8/1996 privind dreptul de autor şi drepturile conexe). The document is the response of the Government to the infringement procedure against Romania triggered by the European Commission on 27 May 2015 (see IRIS 2006-8/27 and IRIS 2015-5/30). The European Commission launched the infringement procedure against Romania and five other EU countries after setting in a reasoned opinion a term of two months to communicate the transposition of the Directive 2012/28/CE...

The Romanian Senate (upper chamber of the Parliament) rejected on 15 April 2015 the Draft Law on the modification of Article 40 of the Act no. 41/1994 on the organisation and functioning of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company and of the Romanian Television Broadcasting Company (Propunerea legislativă pentru modificarea art. 40 din Legea 41/1994 privind organizarea şi funcţionarea Societăţii Române de Radiodifuziune şi Societăţii Române de Televiziune). The decision of the Senate was final (see inter alia IRIS 2013-5/37, IRIS 2014-1/38, IRIS 2014-6/30). The Draft Law had been tacitly approved...

The Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament) rejected on 6 May 2015 a modification of Article 20 of the Audiovisual Act no. 504/2002. According to the rejected Draft Law, the President of the National Audiovisual Council (Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului - CNA) would have been dismissed, if the Parliament rejected the annual report of the Council. He could not have been re-appointed as President for the rest of the 6 years mandate. The Parliament would appoint another President for the rest of the mandate. The final decision belongs to the upper Chamber, the Senate (see,...

On 12 February 2015, the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM), the telecom authority in Romania, announced that the auction for awarding regional digital television multiplexes in Romania has been completed. Following the allocation round, the allotted multiplexes and the amounts the bidders will pay for them were established (see IRIS 2010-3/34, IRIS 2010-7/32, IRIS 2010-9/35, IRIS 2011-4/33, IRIS 2013-6/30, IRIS 2014-4/26, IRIS 2014-5/29, IRIS 2014-9/27). The companies Regal and Cargo...