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On 15 April 2014, the Senate (upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) approved the draft law on the approval of the Government Emergency Decree no. 110/2013 for the completion of the Law no. 41/1994 on the organization and operation of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation and of the Romanian Television Corporation. The Emergency Decree was meant to allow the Parliament to appoint easily an interim Director General of the public broadcasters in case that the plenum of the Parliament does not succeed in reaching the legal quorum. On the other hand, the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber)...

The Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM) suspended the activity of 49 electronic communications providers for 60 days for failure to comply with their obligations of sending statistical data for the first semester of 2013. The decision was made public through a press release issued on 16 April 2014 (see IRIS 2010-8/43 and IRIS 2012-10/23). After the expiry of the deadline for sending the statistical data for the first semester of 2013, in February 2014, ANCOM communicated the suspension decisions...

On 6 March 2014, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) issued the Recommendation no. 1/2014 with regard to the accidents and medical subjects coverage in the audiovisual programmes services (see IRIS 2011-1/44, IRIS 2011-10/37, IRIS 2012-3/31, and IRIS 2014-1/40). The Recommendation was issued due to the accelerated tabloidisation of the audiovisual media in Romanian, to the important emotional impact of the news and current affairs TV programmes and is in line with the legal provisions. According to Art. 29 (1) of the Audiovisual Code (CNA Decision no....

The Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM) launched the auction for digital television multiplexes, by publishing on 27 March 2014 the official announcement on the availability for sale of the Terms of Reference (see IRIS 2009-9/26, IRIS 2010-3/34, IRIS 2010-7/32, IRIS 2010-9/35, IRIS 2011-4/33, and IRIS 2013-1/30). In Romania, the digital switchover shall be completed by 17 June 2015, according to the strategy approved by the Government. On 17 June 2015, all analogue terrestrial broadcasting...

On 27 March 2014, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) adopted the Decizia nr. 197/2014 privind modificarea și completarea Deciziei Consiliului Naţional al Audiovizualului nr. 220/2011 privind Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovizual, cu modificările și completările ulterioare (the Decision no. 197/2014 for the modification and completion of the CNA Decision no. 220/2011 with regard to the Audiovisual Content Regulatory Code, with further modifications and completions - Audiovisual Code) (see inter alia IRIS 2006-4/33, IRIS 2011-7/37, IRIS 2013-6/27). A...