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On 15 August 2002, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) issued the following communiqué: "As the protector of the public interest and the sole regulatory authority for the electronic media, [the CNA has] noted that certain TV broadcasters are breaching the provisions of Act no. 504/2002 (Art. 20) by broadcasting cigarette advertisements. The Council has also noted that the transmission of some commercials for alcoholic beverages infringes Article 32 of the Audiovisual Act. Failure to comply with advertising regulations will be penalised with fines ranging...

At its meeting on 12 September 2002, the supervisory body for electronic media in Romania, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) adopted three recommendations applicable to both public service and private broadcasters designed to help them comply with the legal obligation to guarantee plurality of opinion. According to these recommendations: - in news bulletins, two-thirds of transmission time should be set aside for representatives of the government and parliamentary majority, and one-third for the opposition; - in all matters of public interest or connected...

At a public session held on 13 August 2002, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) adopted a resolution concerning the protection of human dignity and personal image rights. The document is based on the concept that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, as long as such expression does not infringe another person's dignity or public image. As the resolution states, a democratic society can take measures to protect national security, territorial integrity and public order, to protect public health and morals and to safeguard the good reputation...

On 25 July 2002, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) advised all broadcasters that they should no longer allow magicians or occult phenomena to be portrayed in their programmes. The CNA's warning pointed out that the Legea audiovizualului nr. 504 (Act no. 504 on the activities of the electronic media), which entered into force on 22 July 2002, prohibited the direct or indirect promotion of occult practices. On the basis of the Act, the CNA demanded that any advertising for magic and any programme material that might be seen to advocate occult practices...

A number of Member States of the Council of Europe have either signed or ratified treaties of relevance to the audiovisual sector since the publication in IRIS 2002-5 of the table of signatures and ratifications of such treaties. - On 14 May, the Netherlands became the eighth country to accede to the European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access (see IRIS 2000-9: 3). Having signed this Convention on 24 January 2001, Romania proceeded to become the first country to ratify it on 26 August 2002. The Convention will enter into force upon ratification...