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Following a decision taken by the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (national council for electronic media in Romania - CNA) at its meeting on 22 January 2008 ( Decizia CNA privind obligaţia distribuitorilor de servicii de programe de a aduce la cunoştinţa publicului sancţiunile aplicate de Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului ), cable network operators and all “providers of broadcast programmes” in the audiovisual sector ( “distribuitorii de servicii de programe” ) sanctioned by the CNA are obliged to inform the public of the subject matter and reasons for the sanction using the wording set...

On 1 January 2008, a new amendment to the Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovizual (Regulatory Code for Audiovisual Content) entered into force. It was adopted by the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (regulatory authority for electronic media - CNA ) via Decision No. 1105 of 20 December 2007 (see IRIS 2008-1:17). The amendment concerns the rules set out in Art. 138 concerning advertising for food products aimed at children. As before, Art. 138 stipulates that medicinal properties of food products and food supplements ( suplimente alimentare ) must not be mentioned in advertising; (para....

In a recommendation dated 22 August 2007, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA), the Romanian regulator for the electronic media, expressed its concern that sports news in Romanian television programmes, including the programmes of the public broadcasters, often contained reports on violence in football stadiums and aggressive statements and examples of vulgar behaviour by fans. “The excessive media coverage of these rare but regrettable occurrences is leading to their dominating the total time available for sports news.” The CNA accordingly issued a reminder...

In its Decision No. 762 of 11 September 2007, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA), the Romanian regulator for the electronic media, adopted amendments to the Regulatory Code for Audiovisual Content (for information on the previous amendment, see IRIS 2007-4: 19). According to the changes, it is prohibited in advertising and teleshopping to show doctors or doctors’ practices where their identity is mentioned or is recognisable (section 109(3)). Section II of Decision No. 194/2007 (published in the Romanian Official Gazette, Part 1, No. 152 of 2 March 2007)...

On 6 June 2007, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (national broadcasting authority - CNA) published a recommendation on the reporting of tragic events involving children and teenagers. In the recommendation, the CNA states that the fate and problems of many young people currently represent "a sensitive issue, which Romanian society is not dealing with in a satisfactory way". According to the CNA, a lack of parental supervision and guidance in families in which both parents work abroad, and the poor upbringing offered by schools (where education is concerned more with the quantitative transfer...