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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...

On 25 June 2002, the Proiectul Legii Cinematografiei (Draft Romanian Cinema Act), which had already been adopted by the Senate, was approved by the Romanian Parliament. The Act sets out the powers of the Centrul National al Cinematografiei (National Film Centre - CNC), which will operate under Government control and whose Chairman will hold the position of State Secretary. The Act regulates the CNC's extra-budgetary revenue, which is to be used to create a national cinema fund ("Fondul cinematografiei"). Under the provisions of the Act, the CNC will receive 3% of the advertising income of public...

On 25 June, the draft Electronic Media Act, which had already been adopted by the Senate, was approved by the Romanian Parliament (see also IRIS 2002-6: 11). In addition to the principles previously established, the Act regulates the ban on censorship in the audiovisual media and legally recognises and ensures the editorial independence of TV and radio editors. Natural and legal persons from Romania or abroad are prohibited from interfering with the form or content of programmes. The principles laid down by the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (regulatory body for audiovisual activities...