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At the beginning of March 2005, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (the Romanian regulatory body for electronic media - CNA ) adopted a new, partly amended code ( Codul de reglementare al Consiliului Naţional al Audiovizualului ) summarising all the important legal provisions on audiovisual content. The code was drawn up following consultations with broadcasters' representatives and the public. With a view to Romania's accession to the EU, it is designed to bring the country's legislation into line with existing EU regulations. The 160 articles of the code are divided into chapters regulating...

A new Law on Broadcasting Activity entered into force in the Republic of Macedonia on 29 November 2005. One of its purposes is to bring domestic law into line with the EU Television Without Frontiers Directive. The Law is divided into 17 chapters and comprehensively regulates many different aspects of broadcasting. It begins by defining certain terms and dividing broadcasters into public, commercial and non-profit broadcasting companies. The highly detailed Chapter III is devoted to the protection of pluralism, diversity and transparency of the work of broadcasters. In order to control illegal...

On 31 January 2006, the audiovisual Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (regulatory body - CSA) fined Skyrock radio EUR 50,000 for broadcasting comments likely to cause offence to listeners under the age of 16. Under Article 15 of the Act, as amended, of 30 September 1986, the CSA has a duty to “ensure the protection of children and young people”, and it was on this basis that the CSA sent a recommendation to radio stations on 10 February 2004 prohibiting them from broadcasting programmes likely to cause offence to listeners under the age of 16 between 6 am and 10.30 pm. Skyrock broadcasts a phone-in...

On 10 February 2006, the new Flemish Regulator for the Media (FRM) was officially established. As an external autonomous agency, the FRM is responsible for licensing and supervising radio and television broadcasting organisations, cable networks and radio and television services in the Flemish Community. The FRM integrates the competences of the former Vlaams Commissariaat voor de Media (Flemish Media Authority), the former Vlaamse Geschillenraad voor Radio en Televisie (Flemish Council for Radio and Television Disputes) and the former Vlaamse Kijk- en Luisterraad (Flemish Listening and Viewing...

This year, Safer Internet Day was celebrated on 7 February. In 37 countries across the world, including 24 EU countries, around 100 organisations participated in this annual event to promote internet safety for children. Safer Internet Day is organised by Insafe, the EU network for internet safety awareness. The latter is in line with the European Union's ongoing efforts to make the internet safe for children (see IRIS 2005-9: 3). Insafe organised a global “blogathon” or “blog-marathon”. Organisations active in promoting internet safety and special guests made postings, and visitors, children,...