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In mid-January the Consiliul National al Audiovizualu, lui (National Audiovisual Council ­ CNA) imposed fines on two television broadcasters for breaches of regulations designed to protect minors. The two private broadcasters, Antena 1 and Pro TV, had both broadcast video footage in their TV magazine programmes of a young person committing suicide. In addition, Antena 1 had broadcast a documentary on child pornography on the Internet including only slightly concealed scenes from one of the allegedly pornographic films involving minors. The CNA held that in view of their potentially harmful effect,...

The new Film Act adopted in Romania on 27 November 2002 not only introduced new regulations on every aspect of the organisation, funding and production of films; one of its main aims was also to encourage private initiative in the area of national film production while at the same time making Romania attractive for foreign film producers interested in co-productions (see IRIS 2003-­2: 13). This concern also gave rise to the introduction of tax relief for film producers, which will still apply in certain circumstances even after the entry into force of the country's new tax laws on 1 January 2004....

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...