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At the proposal of the Consiliul Nat ional al Audiovi, zualului (National Audiovisual Council), the Government adopted the Evenimentele de important a majora (list of , events of particular significance) at its session on 16 January. The list includes the George Enescu international music festival, the Olympic Summer and Winter Games, football's European Championships and World Cup and the Romanian football team's qualification matches for those tournaments. These important events may be broadcast exclusively, provided a majority of TV viewers (at least 70% of the population, based on the results...

The South Eastern Europe Cinema Network (SEE) was set up in 2000 on the initiative of the Greek Film Centre (a state-owned organisation attached to the Greek Ministry of Culture). It promotes and supports the national film industry of eleven Southeast European states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey, Cyprus). The aim is to provide support for the development, production and advertising of the member states’ films both within and outside the network. A support fund for co-productions...

In a Bill submitted to Parliament on 27 November 2002, the Government proposed harsh penalties for crimes involving the use of information technologies. Persons, for example, who gain unauthorised access to the computerised transmission of data that is not meant for the public or who receive electromagnetic transmissions originating from a system designed for confidential information will be liable to prison sentences of one to seven years. The Bill also stipulates that persons who alter, erase or transfer data without permission, or who unlawfully obstruct the access of authorised persons to...

On 14 October 2002, in accordance with the provisions of the new Romanian Audiovisual Act (Legea audiovizualului), the Consiliul Na tional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) adopted Decision no.114 on the right of reply and correction in broadcasting. The Decision also amends the time-period within which a natural or legal person can exercise their right to reply or correction. Article 4.3, for example, states that persons whose rights are infringed through false reporting or the transmission of inaccurate information may demand a review of the programme concerned up to 20...

Decision no.112 of the Consiliul Na tional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) of 8 October 2002 on the advertising of distilled alcoholic drinks will replace the current regulations on this subject in Romania from 1 January 2003. The CNA explained that the new rules were necessary because of the increasing levels of alcohol consumption among young people, which was having a negative impact on society in general and on minors in particular. For that reason, and based on the provisions of the new Audiovisual Act (Legea audiovizualului No. 504/2002), the CNA has decided to prohibit...