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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...

On 21 August 2002, Decision no.80 of the Consiliul Na tional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) concerning the protection of human dignity and personal image rights entered into force. According to this Decision, freedom of opinion is a fundamental right in any democratic society; however, the exercise of the right of freedom of expression must not infringe personal dignity, honour or privacy, nor personal image rights. On the other hand, the exercise of these rights should not be used to justify the concealment of information that is in the public interest. Matters of public...

As a result of Decision no.78, adopted by the Consiliul Na tional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) on 8 August 2002, new warning symbols will be introduced for films and TV programmes in Romania from this autumn onwards. The new CNA regulations state that, in order to protect minors, TV operators should separate these productions into the following five categories and label them with the appropriate warning symbol: 1) Productions whose content is generally acceptable and which therefore need no particular warning symbol; 2) Productions which may only be watched by children...

At its meeting on 12 September 2002, the supervisory body for electronic media in Romania, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA), took its most severe action yet against a television broadcaster. Following complaints about the content of the chat show "Dan Diaconescu în direct" ("Dan Diaconescu live"), broadcast on 31 July and 10 September 2002, the CNA withdrew the broadcasting licence of the private broadcaster OTV. In the episode shown on 10 September, the presenter, who is also a director of OTV, interviewed the senator from the "România Mare" (PRM)...