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An overview of the activity of the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing in 2023. The main breaches of personal data controllers. Recommendations for 2024 in order to comply with the legal provisions on personal data protection
The main breaches of the Regulation (EU) No. 679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter the “GDPR” or the “Regulation”) committed by
New EU Regulation protecting non-agricultural Geographical Indications
New EU Regulation for Non-Agricultural Geographical Indications The European Parliament has given its green light to a new regulation designed to safeguard non-agricultural products’ geographical indications1 (the “Regulation”). The new rules on geographical indications are particularly relevant for craft and industrial products manufacturers. I. Background Geographical indications are a form of intellectual property rights granted
Law no. 9/2023 amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 41/2016 on the establishment of simplification measures at the level of central public administration and amending and supplementing certain normative acts
Status: Law no. 9/2023 entered into force on 5 July 2023. Purpose: Law No. 9/2023 aims to streamline and digitize the central and local public administration, facilitating a more efficient delivery of public services. The main provisions of Law no. 9/2023 are as follows: the obligation for institutions, central and local public authorities and private
New law no. 222/2023 amending the Companies Law no. 31/1990 and Trade Registry Law no. 265/2022
The Law no. 222/2023 amending and supplementing the Companies Law no. 31/1990 and Trade Registry Law no. 265/2022 (the “Law no. 222/2023”) was published in the Official Gazette No. 667/20 July 2023 and entered into force on 23 July 2023. I. Main amendments brought by the Law no. 222/2023 to the Companies Law no. 31/1990
Law no. 361/2022 on the protection of whistleblowers in the public interest
Law no. 361/2022 is one of the much-awaited legal novelties of the end of 2022. Its objective is to regulate the general framework for the protection of persons who report violations of legislation in certain domains, which occurred or are likely to occur, within public authorities and institutions, other public law entities, as well as
Government Emergency Ordinance No. 41/2022
As of January 1st 2023, the sanctions for failing to comply with the provisions of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 41/2022 on the creation of the National System for monitoring the road transport of high fiscal risk goods enter into force. A. Status The Government Emergency Ordinance no. 41/2022 on the creation of the National
New Government Ordinance No. 18/2022 | Corporate Law | Romania
NEW GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE NO. 18/2022 PERTAINING TO THE AUTHORIZATION AND OPERATION IN ROMANIA OF REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF FOREIGN COMPANIES AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS The Government Ordinance no. 18/2022 pertaining to the authorization and operation in Romania of representative offices of foreign companies and economic organizations (the “GO no. 18/2022”), was published in the Official Gazette No.
New Law No. 265/2022 Replacing the Trade Registry Law No. 26/1990 and amending the Companies Law No. 31/1990
On 26 July 2022, Law No. 265/2022 regarding the trade registry and amending and supplementing other legal instruments applicable to the registration with the trade registry (“Law No. 265/2022”), including the Companies Law No. 31/1990 (“Companies Law”), was published in the Official Gazette No. 750/2022. I. Main amendments brought by the Law No. 265/2022 to