Romania: : Rejected modifications of the Audiovisual Law

• Autores: Eugen Cojocariu
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 10, 2015, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • On 21 September 2015, the Romanian Senate (upper chamber of the Parliament) rejected modifications of Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002. The Senate’s decision was final.

    According to Article 13 of the Audiovisual Law, the appointment of Members of the National Audiovisual Council (Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului, CNA) may be revoked on request by a specialized commission of the Parliament, in case a Member is not able to exert his function for a period longer than 6 months, and in case of a penal conviction applied by a final court decision. According to the rejected modification of Article 13 of the Audiovisual Law, a Member of the CNA would have been automatically suspended in case of a repeated non-compliance or breach of duties as they are laid down in Article 17 of the Audiovisual Law (with regard to the main duties of the CNA) and in case of a criminal prosecution or a criminal indictment. The Council Member would have been suspended either until the end of the criminal prosecution in case it ended without an indictment, or until a final judgment was issued