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On 18 December 2013, the Romanian Government issued the Ordonanţa de Urgenţă nr. 110/2013 pentru completarea Legii nr. 41/1994 privind organizarea şi funcţionarea Societăţii Române de Radiodifuziune şi Societăţii Române de Televiziune, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare (Emergency Decree no. 110/2013 on the completion of Law no. 41/1994 on the organisation and operation of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation (RRBC) and the Romanian Television Corporation (RTC), with further modifications and completions). According to the Emergency Decree, the permanent offices of the Senate and...

On 29 October 2013, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) issued a Recommendation regarding media coverage of seismic activity in Romania. The Recommendation was issued based on the analysis of news and current affairs programmes and of talk-shows aired by audiovisual media in Romania dealing with the intensifying seismic activity in Romania. Romania is the country most exposed to earthquakes in the European Union. In modern times Romania has had earthquakes damage with severe consequences in 1802, 1838, 1940, and 1977. Taking into account the history...

On 7 November 2013, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) adopted the Decision No. 614 on the modification and completion of CNA’s Decision No. 277 of 6 June 2013 on the procedure for the granting, the modification, or the extension of the validity and the transfer of a licence and of the audiovisual authorisation decision, except for terrestrial digital system broadcasting, along with the conditions with regard to broadcasting of local programmes, the rebroadcasting or the release of other broadcasters’ programmes (see IRIS 2002-7/28, IRIS 2005-5/24, IRIS...

On 28 October 2013, the President of Romania sent back to the Parliament the Proiectul de lege pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr. 41/1994 privind organizarea şi funcţionarea Societăţii Române de Radiodifuziune şi Societăţii Române de Televiziune (Draft Law on the modification and completion of the Law No. 41/1994 on the organisation and operation of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation and of the Romanian Television Corporation). The Draft Law had been adopted by the Chamber of Deputies (Romania’s Parliament Lower Chamber) on 24 September and by the Senate (Upper Chamber) on 8 October...

On 5 November 2013, the Romanian Senate (i.e. Upper Chamber of the Parliament) rejected the Draft Law on the modification and completion of the Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002 at the request of the President of Romania, with a large majority. The Draft Law included an obligation of the broadcasters to air weekly at least 120 minutes of programmes with cultural and educational content, excepting the period from 1 to 7 a.m. Furthermore, news channels would have had to air weekly at least 30 minutes of cultural and educational shows per week, excepting the same period (1 a.m to 7 a.m.). The decision...