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In Decision no. 274 of 25 September 2003, the Consiliul NaTional al Audiovizualului (the supervisory body for electronic media in Romania - CNA) set out a series of guidelines on the correct handling and dissemination of information aimed at the public. The principles that broadcasters in Romania will have to follow include the obligations: - to promote the free formation of opinion; - to provide balanced reporting by offering different, contrasting points of view; - to distinguish clearly between opinion and objective reporting of facts; - to avoid all forms of discrimination on grounds of...

At the beginning of this year, the Romanian government adopted Decree No. 18/2003, amending Article 40 of Legea Nr. 41/1994 privind organizarea s,i funct,ionarea Societat,ii Române de Radiodifuziune s,i Societat,ii Române de Televiziune ( Act No. 41/1994 on the organisation and functioning of public service broadcasting in Romania). The Decree amended the licence fees and the way they were collected (see IRIS 2003­4: 11). Shortly after the Decree entered into force, the expert committees and subsequently both houses of parliament began to debate a law which was supposed to form the legal basis...

In a communiqué released on 15 May 2003, the Romanian Consiliul Na ional al Audiovizualului (National Audio-visual Council ­ CNA), the regulatory authority for electronic media in Romania, published its conclusions on the recent monitoring of the " Big Brother" reality show currently being shown on the private-sector TV channel Prima TV. The CNA members concluded that this kind of programme promoted behaviour that could have a negative influence on viewers because it violated standards of morality. The communiqué explained that Big Brother type reality shows should also fulfil the requirements...

Decision No. 57 of the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audio-visual Council ­ CNA) , the regulatory authority for electronic media in Romania, published on 13 March 2003, tightens the regulations on the labelling of audio-visual productions in order to protect children and young people from violent content. In order to help parents and guardians decide what minors should watch, broadcasters are now obliged to provide the public with acoustic and visual warnings concerning programme content. The aim is to improve measures to prevent scenes of violence harming the moral, mental and...

In future, whenever the Consiliul Na tionalal al Audiovizualului (Romanian National Audiovisual Council - CNA) reprimands or sanctions a TV or radio broadcaster, the broadcaster concerned will be obliged, according to CNA Decision No. 52/2003, to provide its viewers or listeners with accurate, prompt information about the reason for and form of the punishment. In the case of TV broadcasters, a statement must be broadcast within 24 hours of the decision being announced by the CNA, at least three times between 6 pm and 10 pm and at least once in a main news bulletin. Sanctioned radio broadcasters...