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On 1 January 2007, Decision No. 401 of 26 June 2006 of the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (Romanian Broadcasting Regulatory Authority - CNA) on the transmission of local programmes entered into force (Decizia Nr. 401 din 26 iunie 2006 privind difuzarea programelor locale de radiodifuziune), replacing Decision No. 654 of 22 November 2005 (Decizia Consiliului Naţional al Audiovizualului 654 din 22 noiembrie 2005 privind difuzarea programelor locale şi a programelor retransmise cu modificările ulterioare, publicată în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 1081 din 30 noiembrie 2005 ;...

Shortly before Romania's accession to the EU, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA ) wrote to Romanian broadcasters, urging them to increase their efforts to prepare the Romanian public for the changes that EU integration would produce. "The CNA believes that more information about the practical repercussions of compliance with European standards should be disseminated through news broadcasts and special programmes", states the CNA Recommendation of 7 November 2006. The Recommendation explains that "media reporting on Community regulations concerning social...

According to statistics (Situaţie statistică - 01.08.2006) published on 1 August 2006 by the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA)) there currently exist in Romania 263 valid licences for terrestrial television, 286 licences for cable television and 92 licences for satellite television. In total there are, regarding radio and television, 4,841 cable licences, 255 of which were granted this year. The overall figure of valid CNA licences came, at the beginning of August this year, to 6,142; 1,025 broadcasting companies owned a CNA licence and CNA licences had...

The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (regulatory authority for the electronic media in Romania - CNA ) has submitted to the lower house of the Romanian Parliament a proposal to amend the current Audiovisual Act ( Legea audiovizualului Nr. 504 din 11 iulie 2002 ). One of the key changes suggested by the CNA is an increase in the penalties laid down in the current Act, which range from ROL 50 to 500 million (RON 500 to 5,000), to penalties ranging from ROL 500 million to 1 billion (RON 5,000 to 100,000). EUR 1 is currently worth RON 3.5. According to Art. 90 of Act No. 504, these fines are imposed...

Thirty-two representatives of Romanian state institutions and organisations with responsibility in the copyright field have signed an agreement founding an institutionalised working group. The aim is to create a structure through which, on the basis of extensive expertise and application of copyright legislation, monitoring and protection of these rights can be improved. Copyright in Romania is protected under Act No. 8/1996, which was improved and completed by Government Decree No. 123 of 1 September 2005 ( Ordonanţa de Urgenţă Nr. 123 din 1 septembrie 2005 pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii...