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The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) adopted on 24 April 2012 Decision no. 195 on the principles and rules for the electoral campaign on radio and television stations for the local elections (see IRIS 2011-3/29). The local elections in Romania are scheduled for 10 June 2012. According to the Decision the electoral campaign on radio and television stations, including cable-TV, takes place between 11 May and 7 June, at 24.00 h local time. Broadcasters that intend to cover the campaign have to notify the Council in writing of the expected starting...

The Romanian Government approved on 3 April 2012 an Emergency Decree for the modification and completion of Legea nr. 506/2004 privind prelucrarea datelor cu caracter personal şi protecţia vieţii private în sectorul comunicaţiilor electronice (Law no. 506/2004 with regard to the processing of personal data and the protection of private life in the electronic communications sector). The Decree transposes into Romanian legislation the modifications of Directive 2002/58/EC, the spokesman of the government stated. He explained the Decree was adopted because the transposition of European legislation...

On 23 January 2012 the Oficiul Român pentru Drepturile de Autor (Romanian Copyright Office - ORDA) designated the collective administration body DACIN-SARA - Copyrights for Cinematography-Audiovisual - Romanian Authors’ in Audiovisual Society based in Bucharest, as the collector of the remuneration due to the authors of cinematography and other audiovisual works for the reproduction of their works (see IRIS 2005-6/34, IRIS 2006-8/27 and IRIS 2006-9/30). The decision, which was published in the Official Journal no. 93 of 6 February 2012,provides that the remuneration shall be calculated according...

Starting with 25 February 2012, contracts concluded by consumers with providers of electronic communications services contain more minimum mandatory provisions intending to improve consumer protection (see IRIS 2008-6/24, IRIS 2010-5/33 and IRIS 2010-8/43). The new provisions are included in the Emergency Government Decree no. 111/2011 on electronic communications, published in the Official Journal on 27 December 2011. The maximum initial duration of contracts concluded with resident end-users may not exceed 24 months. Providers are also obliged to give consumers the alternative to benefit from...

The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) imposed in February 2012 numerous severe sanctions on several Romanian television stations for breaching audiovisual rules with regard to the right to private life; the right to one’s own image; the protection of reputation and human dignity; the limit of advertising; the modification of rebroadcasting without permission; and the “must carry” principle (see inter alia IRIS 2011-1/44, IRIS 2011-6/31, IRIS 2012-1/38, and IRIS 2012-2/32). The commercial station Antena 1 was sanctioned for severe infringements of...