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The Draft Law projected to change and complete the Legea Audiovizualului nr. 504/2002 (Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002), proposed by four Deputies of PD-L (Democrat-Liberal Party, the main ruling party), was tacitly adopted by the first chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies (see IRIS 2011-4/31). According to Art. 75 (2) of the Romanian Constitution the Chamber which is first addressed with a draft law has to debate and vote within 45 days (usually) or within 60 days (in exceptional cases). If no vote occurs, the draft is considered tacitly adopted and sent to the second chamber,...

The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) published on 18 April 2011 its Annual Report for the year 2010 (see inter alia IRIS 2010-1/38 and IRIS 2010-9/34). The CNA awarded in 2010 a total of 102 audiovisual licenses (four for radio, 17 for television and 81 for electronic communications networks), 40 audiovisual licenses were extended (35 for radio, five for television) and 57 transferred. In 2010 the Council imposed 388 sanctions, including 142 fines, for audiovisual legislation infringements. The sanctions amount to RON 1,923,000 (EUR 456,800). The...

On 11 April 2011 the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) issued a ranking list of TV stations in order to put into practice the „must carry“ principle according to Art. 82 of the Legea audiovizualului nr. 504/2002, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare (Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002; see IRIS 2010-4/37). The list was drawn up by the Asociaţia Română pentru Măsurarea Audienţei (Romanian Association for Audience Measurement - ARMA). Art. 82 of the Audiovisual Law includes the “must carry” principle that providers of electronic communications networks...

The Centrul Naţional al Cinematografiei (National Centre of Cinematography - CNC) announced the results of the subsidising session for the organisation of or attendance in inter-/national film festivals or fairs, the support of cultural and cinematographic education programmes (workshops), the publishing of cinematographic specialised works and for other activities or projects organised from 1 July to 31 December 2011. In addition the CNC announced the results for the second 2010 direct subsidising session for Romanian film productions and the development of cinematographic projects (see inter...

Two different legislative initiatives with regard to blocking websites with harmful or inappropriate content are under debate in Romania. Firstly, though rejected by the Romanian Senate on 26 April 2011, a draft law on preventing and fighting pornography, aimed at a review of the legislation on pornography (Law no. 196/2003 modified by Law no. 496/2004), proposed by the Government, will be sent to the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of Romania’s Parliament), which will have the final decision. Secondly, the Government adopted Decision no. 150/2011 (Official Journal of Romania no. 179 of 1 March...