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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...

Basing itself on the conviction that freedom of opinion and the guarantee of unlimited access to information of public interest constitute important bases for a democratic society and that exercising the right to freely express an opinion has as prerequisites duties and responsibilities, the Romanian Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (supervisory body for electronic media - CNA)has introduced new rules for guaranteeing accurate information and protecting plurality in Romanian broadcasting channels. During news broadcasts on matters of public interest the following principles must be respected...