Officials, members of the Broadcasting Coordinating Council (BCC) and the representatives of the civil society regard the Council’s activity in its first year as positive, mentioning, at the same time, a number of deficiencies. Vladimir Dragomir, deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Education, Science, Youth, Sports and Mass Media, stated at today’s conference themed “Implementation of the Broadcasting Code” that in the opinion of the commission, the first year of BCC’s activity represents a good beginning, in spite of the difficulties the council’s members had to face. At the same time, Dragomir remarked that there are still problems at the BCC, but avoided telling which. The Chairman of the Broadcasting Coordinating Council, Gheorghe Gorincioi, said that BCC is subject to monitoring, which is beneficial for it, because it stimulates activities for the implementation of the Broadcasting Code. BCC started to implement the provisions of the code in a transparent and open way, with the participation of the civil society and central public institutions, the quoted source asserted. Vlad Turcanu, member of the council, pointed out that BCC didn’t aim to become a repressive body, even though sometimes it was regarded so. The council tries to implement some pioneering actions, given the past situation of uncertainty in the broadcasting field. Based on the Broadcasting code, BCC tried to act in compliance with the principles of transparency and impartiality, Vlad Turcanu added. Eugeniu Rabca, legal expert of the APEL Association of the Electronic Press, mentioned that the activity of BCC is connected with a range of positive results, attained during the first year. However, there’s still much work to do, the expert mentioned. He emphasised on BCC’s responsibility to present official reports in compliance with the legal provisions. Christian-Democrat MP Angela Arama pointed out the fact that BCC performs less intensity in monitoring some very important domains mentioned in the Code, related to the share of local production and the state language. She also solicited BCC to refrain from exceeding its authority by obliging broadcasters to participate in the Council’s meetings in order to have the modifications to their broadcasting schedules approved. If the modifications are unessential, a notification in writing should be enough, Angela Arama explained. Members of BCC were appointed by the Parliament on October 20, 2006, in compliance with the provisions of the Broadcasting Code, which has been in force since August 2006. The first official meeting of the body was held on November 9. Five of the nine members were proposed by communist MPs, three – by Christian-Democrats and one by the Democrat faction of the Parliament.