Search results : 366

Five advertising spots in which private banks advertised bank loans and lease finance were banned by the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (Romanian regulatory body for the electronic media - CNA) at the beginning of April 2006. The CNA took this step on the grounds that the actual annual interest and the total cost for the consumer were not expressly indicated in the spots. One advertisement mentioned "small monthly instalments of EUR 11", while in the right hand corner of the screen the actual credit value of EUR 16 per month was written in tiny, virtually illegible letters. Similarly, in...

At the beginning of March 2005, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (the Romanian regulatory body for electronic media - CNA ) adopted a new, partly amended code ( Codul de reglementare al Consiliului Naţional al Audiovizualului ) summarising all the important legal provisions on audiovisual content. The code was drawn up following consultations with broadcasters' representatives and the public. With a view to Romania's accession to the EU, it is designed to bring the country's legislation into line with existing EU regulations. The 160 articles of the code are divided into chapters regulating...

At the end of 2005, the Consiliul General al Municipiului Bucureşti (Bucharest City Council) introduced a new municipal tax for professional filming and photography in public areas (Taxa pentru utilizarea locurilor publice pentru filmare şi fotografiere profesionistă) . Depending on how central the location of the filming or photography is (Bucharest is divided into four zones, A to D), film producers have to pay a daily charge of between RON 72 (central zone) and RON 32 (outer zone) per square metre of land used (EUR 1 = RON 3.6). This Decision No. 216 of 11 October 2005 entered into force on...

The Consiliul Concurenţei (Romanian Cartels Office) has approved the proposal that the Romanian State should provide direct credit of RON 74.5 million (EUR 1 = RON 3.6) for film productions. Before taking this decision, it had to verify whether such a loan would infringe the rules on the financial support of film and television productions. The money will be paid to the Centrul Naţional al Cinematografiei (National Centre for Cinematography) and must be repaid interest-free within seven years. According to a statement published by the Cartels Office at the end of January 2006, the state will therefore...

Decision No. 654 of 22 November 2005 of the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Electronic Media (Decizia CNA nr. 654 privind difuzarea programelor locale şi a programelor retransmise) is designed to create a balance between the programmes offered by national, local and regional broadcasters, as well as better regard for the right of local communities to relevant information about current socio-economic, cultural and political affairs. Art. 1 a of the decision defines “local programmes” as news programmes, reports, interviews and debates concerning current events in the life of the community...