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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...

On 11 April, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) issued a communiqué dealing with the secret filming of prominent figures. It took this step after a famous Romanian TV presenter was followed by a reporter for several weeks without her knowledge or consent, and was even filmed in her own bedroom. The recordings were sold as still pictures to a magazine and broadcast on a private TV channel on 10 April. In its communiqué, the CNA ruled that the secret filming had breached the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 1 of Act no. 48/1992 on the activities of...

On 11 April, the Senate adopted the Legea pentru protectia informatiilor clasificate (Act on the protection of classified information) in the version previously approved by Parliament (see IRIS 2001-5: 15). The Act was adopted as a matter of urgency and was signed by the President on the same day. The Act regulates access to information which is "classified" for reasons of defence, national security and law and order, or to which, as "classified information" of economic and political significance, access is restricted. The Act entered into force on 12 April, when it was published in the Monitorul...

In accordance with a Bill tabled in May 2002, the current Legea Audiovizualului Nr. 48 din 21 mai 1992, modificata prin OUG 48/1999, aprobata, modificata si completata prin Legea Nr. 145 din 26 iulie 2000 (Act no.48 of 21 May 1992 on the activities of the electronic media in Romania) is to be replaced. Act no.48 has been amended many times over the last few years and the new legislation will incorporate the provisions of the relevant EC Directives more effectively. According to the Bill, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) will have exclusive responsibility...