RLWeek May 22 – 28, 2023: Updates on revenge porn, education laws, Christian Identity Month in June, vehicle registrations, and aid for the cinema industry

Revenge porn becomes a crime in Romania

On May 17, 2023, the Chamber of Deputies adopted the Bill amending and supplementing art. 226 of Law no. 286/2009 on the Criminal Code (PL-x no. 606/2019). Via the normative acts, disclosing, broadcasting, presenting, or transmitting, in any way, an intimate image of an identified or identifiable person without the consent of the depicted person, likely to cause them emotional suffering or harm their image, is punishable with prison from 6 months to 3 years or with a fine. [source]

 

Education laws adopted

On May 22, 2023, the Romanian Senate adopted the Bill on per-university education, and the Bill on higher education. [source]

Proposal for June to be declared Christian Identity Month
On May 23, 2023, the proposal for June to be declared Christian Identity Month was published in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I, no. 444. [source]

 

Vehicle registration and de-registration available online

On May 25, 2023, Emergency Government Ordinance (EGO) no. 38/2023 amending and supplementing certain normative acts providing electronic public services for vehicle registration in Romania was published in the Official Journal, Part I, no. 457. [source]

 

State aid for cinema industry

On May 25, 2023, EGO no. 39/2023 establishing the Film and Cultural Investments Office, as well as institutional measures for the management of the state aid scheme for film culture and film production in Romania was published in the Official Journal, Part I, no. 457. [source]

 

Ioana-Cătălina Barbu