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The Romanian Government decided on 11 August 2010 to postpone the switchover from analogue to digital television until 1 January 2015. The previous deadline foreseen for the switchover was 1 January 2012. The new Decree repealed Government Decree no. 464/2010 on the granting of licenses to use radio frequencies in the digital television system and the modified Strategy of transition from analogue terrestrial to digital television and the introduction of digital multimedia services at national level, approved by Government Decree no. 1213/2009 (Official Journal of Romania no. 357 of 31 May 2010)....

The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) launched on 17 August 2010 a public consultation regarding the proposed changes of Decizia nr. 187/2006 privind Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovizual (Decision no. 187/2006 concerning the Regulatory Code for Audiovisual Content, Audiovisual Code). The project was placed for one month on the Council’s website (see IRIS 2006-4: 19/33, IRIS 2007-1:16/29, IRIS 2007-4: 19/30, IRIS 2008-1: 17/25 and IRIS 2008-2: 17/26). The Audiovisual Code has to be modified to be in line with the Legea Audiovizualului...

The applicant, Gabriel Andreescu, is a well-known human rights activist in Romania. He was among those who campaigned for the introduction of Law No. 187, which gives all Romanian citizens the right to inspect the personal files held on them by the Securitate (the former Romanian intelligence service and secret police). The law also allows access to information of public interest relating to persons in public office who may have been Securitate agents or collaborators. A public agency, the Consiliul Naţional pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securităţii (National Council for the Study of the Archives...

As stated by the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Reglementare şi Administrare în Comunicaţii (National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM) on 2 August 2010, 228 providers have been authorised according to a new Decision on the General Authorisation Regime for the Provision of Electronic Communications Networks and Services (Decision no. 338/2010). In order to remain active on the market, providers need to complete again the general authorisation procedure, by no later than 31 December 2010. Otherwise, they will automatically lose their capacity as providers. The...

On 27 July 2010 the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) imposed sanctions on 10 TV stations and one radio station broadcasting in Romania for having broken the Audiovisual Code rules when covering the death of a Romanian star, the singer Mădălina Manole, who committed suicide on 14 July 2010. The CNA considered the broadcasters had broken the Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovivzual (Regulatory Code for Audiovisual Content) rules with regard to the protection of children, human dignity and of the right to one’s own image, in news programmes...