The National Audiovisual Council (Romanian: Consiliul Național al Audiovizualului, CNA) is the official regulatory agency for the audio-visual market (radio, television) in Romania.
The appointments to its board are politicized, primarily based on incompetence and quid-pro-quo hence as expected the body thus often acts in a biased and ineffective way.
Audiovisual productions forbidden to children under 15 years of age shall be broadcast only between 23:00 and 06:00 and shall be permanently accompanied by a warning sign representing a white circle, and inside it, on a transparent background, white number 15; except for feature films, series and documentaries classified 15, in which case the time allowed is 22:00 and 06:00) 18 - This program is forbidden to children under 18 years of age (Article 24 1.
Article 40 (3) of the Audiovisual Code: "Moderators, presenters and producers of programs have an obligation not to use or allow guests to use abusive language or incite violence against other people."
18 of the Audiovisual Code: According to the previsions invoked, it cannot be broadcast in the time slot 06:00 to 23:00, productions featuring scenes of mental language violence repeteadly or a high degree of intensity and severity, those that present sex scenes, trivial language or behavior, vulgar or obscene, People in Degrading Poses, even if they got consent (Degrading Poses in Romanian version means Nudity or Genitalia) and Free fights not regulated by National or International Sports Federations.