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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...

On 25 February 2015, the Romanian Senate (Upper Chamber of the Parliament) rejected with an overwhelming majority the Propunerea legislativă privind înfiinţarea Fondului Special pentru Jurnalismul de Investigaţie (draft act on setting up of a special fund for investigative journalism). The final decision rests with the second Chamber, the Chamber of Deputies. The Draft Act intended, according to the initiators, to fight against corruption which affects public money through supporting any step taken by investigative journalists and natural and moral persons towards the disclosure of illegal practices....

In March 2015, the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament) rejected two draft laws intended to modify and complete the Audiovisual Act no. 504/2002 with further modifications and completions (Legea nr. 504/2002 a audiovizualului, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare). The decision of the Senate (Upper Chamber) will be final in both cases (see IRIS 2002-3/20, IRIS 2009-2/29, IRIS 2010-1/36, IRIS 2011-4/31, IRIS 2011-7/37, IRIS 2014-1/37, IRIS 2014-7/29, IRIS 2014-9/26). The first draft law was rejected almost unanimously by the deputies on 11 March 2015. The document...

A new Act on the modification and completion of the Law no. 8/1996 on copyright and related rights (Lege pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr.8/1996 privind dreptul de autor şi drepturile conexe) was promulgated by Romania’s President on 24 March 2015 (Act no. 53/2015) and published in the Official Journal of Romania no. 198/2015 part I. The Draft Law was adopted by the Senate (Upper Chamber of the Parliament) on 15 December 2014 and by the Chamber of Deputies (Lower Chamber) on 25 February 2015 (see IRIS 2006-8/27). The Act transposes Directive 2011/77/EU of the European Parliament and of...