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A Memorandum of Understanding on mutual co-operation and exchange of information between the Czech Council for Radio and TV Broadcasting, the Hungarian National Radio and TV Commission, the Polish National Broadcasting Council, the Romanian National Audiovisual Council, the Serbian Republic Broadcasting Agency and the Slovak Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission was signed on 10 December 2009 in Prague. Each signatory shall prepare a brief summary of the relevant legislation in the respective country for the regulation of the content of and advertising in TV and radio broadcasts. The purpose...

At its meeting on 5 November 2009, on the basis of a monitoring report drafted by its own experts concerning compliance with legal advertising time restrictions, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (national council for electronic media - CNA) sanctioned three private broadcasters for exceeding the legal advertising limit during the observation period (15-22 October 2009, between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.). CNA decision no. 927 imposed a fine of RON 20,000 (EUR 1 = RON 4.3) on TV broadcaster ANTENA 1 for non-compliance with the hourly upper limit for advertising. According to Art. 35 para. 1 of...

The Romanian Fondul Cinematografiei (Cinematography Fund) could be cut by approximately 40% in 2010. This would be the effect of the decrease in financial contributions from TV advertising and gambling. The Ordonanţa de Urgenţă nr. 77/2009 (Emergency Government Decree no. 77/2009, OUG 77/2009) has cancelled the 4% financial contribution from the profits of the gambling sector which constitutes about 20% of the Cinematography Fund’s budget. In addition, it is assumed that the Fund will diminish even more (10-20%), because of the decrease in advertising revenues of TV broadcasters due to the financial...

On 10 November 2009, Act no. 333/2009, amending Audiovisual Act no. 504/2002, was promulgated by the President. This enacts the Ordonanţa de Urgenţă nr. 181/2008 (Emergency Government Decree no. 181/2008, OUG 181/2008) which modified the Legea Audiovizualului nr. 504/2002 (Audiovisual Law 504/2002) (see IRIS 2009-3: 18). The amendments aim at implementing Directive 2007/65/EC into Romanian law (see IRIS 2009-2: 17 and IRIS 2009-3: 18) and set up the general framework inter alia for introducing digital radio and TV services for the public. On the one hand the amended Act relaxes the rules on advertisement,...

In connection with the Romanian presidential elections on 22 November 2009, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council) has adopted Decision No. 853 on the rules governing the audiovisual presidential election campaign in Romania. The election campaign began for all broadcasters at midnight on 23 October 2009 and will end on 21 November 2009 at 7am (section 1(1)). The candidates, political parties, and members of political and electoral alliances must have equal access to the electronic media free of charge (section 2(1)). Broadcasters are obliged to adhere to the following...