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15 August 2004 saw the entry into force in Romania of new regulations to protect minors with respect to broadcast programmes. One of the most important new provisions introduced by Decision No. 249 of the National Audiovisual Council (CNA) (Decizia CNA Nr. 249 privind prote a copiilor în cadrul serviciilor de programe) is that c ti in the evening slot between 8 and 10 pm the only feature films that can be shown are those in which there are no violent scenes or only a few such scenes. The Decision also imposes a ban on all commercials containing scenes of violence, sexual innuendeo or bad language...

In its Resolution no. 40 of 9 March 2004, the Consiliului National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council, the supervisory body for electronic media in Romania ­ CNA) has issued new regulations governing public information and pluralism. By introducing the new provisions, the CNA, as the "only guarantor of the public interest in the audiovisual field", primarily intended to guarantee balanced, unbiased treatment of political, economic, social and cultural information in the public interest in broadcasting, thereby protecting freedom of opinion. For example, according to Article 1 of...

The launch of this year's season of the reality show "Big Brother" by the private station Prima TV led to intervention by the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audio-Visual Regulatory Agency, CNA) after some sex scenes had been broadcast. In March 2004 the CNA fined Prima TV twice (CNA resolutions of 16 and 26 March respectively). The first fine amounted to ROL 200 million and the second to ROL 500 million (exchange rate: 1 Euro equals ROL 40,700). These penalties originated from the broadcasting of sexual scenes at inappropriate times and without any explicit warnings in the prescribed...

This summer, local elections will be held in Romania, with parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for the end of the year. Several bills relating to these elections are currently being debated in the Romanian Parliament, including one stipulating how much advertising time political parties should be allocated in the electronic media during the campaign. In this regard the proposals of the parliamentary committee responsible for preparing the bills are very different from those of the Consiliului Na tional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council ­ CNA). The relevant bill (Proiectul...

Decision No. 274 of the Consiliului National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council, the supervisory body for electronic media in Romania ­ CNA) of 25 September 2003 on correct public information (see IRIS 2003-10: 15) was amended and completed at the end of 2003. CNA Decision No. 377 states that certain occupational groups may no longer make or present informative audiovisual programmes in the electronic media. The newly added para. 3 of Article 1 of the decision lists the following categories: a.) MPs; b.) representatives of national and local public administration; c.) representatives...