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A NEW LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT: THE CODE ON TERRITORIAL PLANNING, URBANISM AND CONSTRUCTIONS

The Parliament of Romania has adopted the Code on Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Constructions (“the Code”), a comprehensive legislative instrument which consolidates and replaces the principal laws governing land-use planning, urbanism and construction permitting in Romania. The Code unifies the regulatory framework previously dispersed across Law no. 350/2001 on territorial planning and urbanism, Law no.

New Law no. 239/15.12.2025 establishing certain measures to restore and render more efficient public resources and to amend and supplement certain legal instruments

Law no. 239/15.12.2025 establishing certain measures to restore and render more efficient public resources and to amend and supplement certain legal instruments (hereinafter the “Law”), was published in the Official Gazette of Romania no. 1160/15.12.2025. The main amendments that are relevant to companies’ law, are outlined below and enter into force on 18 December 2025.

The Decision of the Government of Romania to Criminalize the Breach of International Sanctions Established at European Union Level

According to an official press release issued by the Government of Romania on 2 October 2025 [link], during the government meeting held on the same date, the Draft Law amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 202/2008 on the implementation of international sanctions, as well as amending and supplementing other normative acts (the “Draft Law”)

Entry into force of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 38/2025 amending and supplementing Law no. 165/2013 on measures for the finalization of the restitution process, in kind or by equivalent, of real estate abusively taken over during the communist regime in Romania

On 8 August 2025, Government Emergency Ordinance no. 38/2025 amending and supplementing Law no. 165/2013 on measures for the finalization of the restitution process, in kind or by equivalent, of real estate abusively taken over during the communist regime in Romania (“G.E.O. no. 38/2025”), entered into force, having been published in the Official Gazette of