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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...

On 12 November 2013, the Chamber of Deputies (Lower Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) with large majority rejected the Draft Law for the modification of Article 13 of the Legea nr.148/2000, privind publicitatea, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare (Law no. 148/2000 on the advertising, with further modifications and completions). The decision of the Deputies is final. The Draft Law had been rejected by the Senate (Upper Chamber) on 4 June 2013 (see also IRIS 2006-6/33). The Draft Law intended to modify Article 13 (1) by extending the legal permission of advertisements for alcoholic beverages...

On 29 October 2013, the Romanian Constitutional Court decided that the Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 91/2013 privind procedurile de prevenire a insolvenţei şi de insolvenţă (Government Emergency Decree no. 91/2013 on the procedures to prevent insolvency and on insolvency - OUG) is unconstitutional. The decision of the Court, which is final and generally binding, suspended the effects of the entire OUG. The document had been adopted by the Romanian Government on 2 October 2013 and entered into force on 25 October 2013 (see IRIS 2013-10/35). The OUG was harshly criticised by the President...

On 8 October 2013, the Romanian Senate (Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) adopted by a large majority 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 (Bill on the modification and completion of Act no. 41/1994 on the organisation and operation of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation and of the Romanian Television Corporation). The decision of the Senate is final. The bill had been adopted by the Chamber of Deputies (Lower Chamber) on 24 September 2013...