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On 9 October 2013, the Romanian Ombudsman challenged an Emergency Decree before the Constitutional Court - namely the Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 91/2013 privind procedurile de prevenire a insolvenţei şi de insolvenţă (OUG - Government Emergency Decree no. 91/2013 on the procedures to prevent insolvency and on insolvency - OUG 91/2013). The Ombudsman claims that the Emergency Decree violates Articles 1(5) and 15(2) of the Romanian Constitution and the prohibition of retroactive legislation. The OUG 91/2013 had been adopted by the Romanian Government on 2 October 2013 and published in...

On 26 June 2013, the Romanian Government adopted the Ordonanţa de Urgenţă nr. 72/2013 privind reorganizarea unor instituţii publice aflate în subordinea Ministerului Culturii (Emergency Decree no. 72/2013 on reorganisation of public institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Culture), which establishes the Institutul Naţional al Filmului (National Film Institute - INF). According to the Decree, the Arhiva Naţională de Filme (National Film Archives), the Studioul de Creaţie cinematografică (Cinematographic Creation Studio) and the Studioul Video Art (Video Art Studio - formerly Editura Video)...

On 18 June 2013, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) adopted a Recomandare privind nivelul tăriei sonore în programele audiovizuale (Recommendation on loudness in audiovisual programmes). The Recommendation was issued because of the loudness irregularities within programmes, between programmes of the same channel and between different radio and television channels, which triggered numerous complaints from listeners and viewers. The document is in line with the experience accumulated by different European states which put into practice the Recommendation...

Act no. 202/2013 (The Act) for the modification and completion of Act no. 158/2008 regarding misleading and comparative advertising came into force on 6 July 2013. The Act had been adopted on 29 September 2012 by the Romanian Senate (upper chamber of the Parliament) and on 5 June 2013 by the Chamber of Deputies. It was published in the Official Journal of Romania no. 399 of 3 July 2013, Part I. The modified and completed law complies with Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising. The Act intends to assure the legislative coherence, to establish the competent authorities...

On 29 May 2013, the Romanian Government issued the Emergency Decree no. 53/2013 for the completion of Art. 14 of the Emergency Decree no. 22/2009 for the set up of the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM), the Romanian telecom watchdog (see IRIS 2009-5/31). According to the document, which introduces a new paragraph (5) into the above-mentioned Art. 14, the ANCOM has to transfer within 15 days of the Emergency Decree entering into force, the sum of RON 100 million (approximately...