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The Rumanian Government's emergency Decree No. 67/1997 relating to the setting up, organisation and operation of the National Film Board and the constitution of the National Film Fund provides the general framework for the regulation and organisation of the financing and development of Rumanian film. The National Film Board (NFB) is a specialist, government-run body that replaces the old National Film Centre. The NFB organises film in Rumania and manages the financial resources granted to it by the Government. The responsibilities of the NFB, as provided for in Article 6, are mainly as follows...

In April 1997, the Romanian National Audiovisual Council (CNA) adopted a number of important decisions concerning the audio-visual sector. Decision No 36/1997 establishes the obligation for holders of broadcasting licences granted by the National Audiovisual Council to inform the Council within 10 days of its occurrence of any change of a technical nature or concerning the company's legal status, the structure of its company capital, its programme schedules, address, telephone or fax number, etc. The 10-day period also applies when a licence-holder ceases to meet the conditions for granting the...

By decision no.12/1997 of the Director General of the Romanian Copyright Office, a Commission for negotiating copyright dues and neighbouring rights for the retransmission by cable of musical, literary and audio-visual works, the work of performing artists, and sound recordings has been set up. The legal foundation for the decision is contained in the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act no.8/1996 (see IRIS 1996-8 : 11). The Commission comprises representatives of the companies for the collective management of copyright and neighbouring rights, representing the interests of authors and performing...

The National Audiovisual Council (NAC) has increased the duration of compulsory broadcasting of local programmes for its affiliated broadcasting stations. The NAC's latest decision amends the conditions and procedure for broadcasting audio-visual programmes by its affiliated broadcasting stations. Article 1 of the decision amends a previous decision by the NAC and provides in its first paragraph that the affiliation contract shall not become valid until the station's programme schedule has been authorised. The second paragraph of Article 1 extends the duration of broadcasts of local programmes...

The Romanian Law on audio-visual of 20 May 1992 (No 48/1992) gives authority to the National Audio-visual Council (NAC), to formulate binding rules that implement certain provisions of the Act, for example, in the field of advertising. On 30 January 1997, the NAC issued a Decision concerning measures for the protection of mionors. This Decision prohibits televised broadcasting of programmes which may affect the physical, moral or mental development of minors due to their vicious or extremely violent nature (Art. 1). The same decision restricts the broadcasting of erotic, pornographic or extremely...