The enactment of Law no. 214/2024 on the use of electronic signatures, timestamps, and the provision of trust services based thereon (“Law no. 214/2024”) marks a significant advancement in the Romanian legislation. It aims to establish a clearer and more predictable legal framework for the…
On 12 July 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the “AI Act”) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (the full text of the AI Act is available here). The AI Act is a pioneering regulation…
Opinion 11/2024 of the European Data Protection Board on the use of facial recognition to streamline airport passengers’ flow On 23 May 2024, the European Data Protection Board (the EDPB) issued an opinion regarding the use of facial recognition technology in airports to streamline…
European Union (EU) landmark court decision regarding copyright for AI-generated works In a recent landmark decision, the Municipal Court of Prague ruled that an image created by an AI tool cannot be protected by copyright because it lacks a natural person as its author.…
The Order No. 377/2024 of the National Institute of Statistics updating the Classification of activities of the national economy – CAEN (the “Order No. 377/2024”), was published in the Official Gazette No. 385/25 April 2024 and shall enter into force on 1 January 2025. This…
On 9 April 2024, the Chamber of Deputies, acting as the decision-making body, adopted the legislative proposal to amend Article 30 of Law No. 51/1995 on the organization and practice of the profession of attorney-at-law and Article 451 of Law No. 134/2010 on the Civil…
Law no. 50/2024 on establishing measures for the application of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a single market for digital services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (the “DSA”), as well as on amending and supplementing Law…
1. The European Commission’s decision: According to a press release published on 06 March 2024, the European Commission has given its prior approval to a Romanian aid scheme aimed at supporting installations that generate electricity from onshore wind and solar photovoltaic power plants. The official…
Status: During the session of the Government of Romania on 28 February 2024, the Government of Romania adopted the government emergency ordinance concerning credit administrators and credit purchasers (”GEO”). The GEO will come into effect only after its publication in the Official Gazette of Romania.…
1. General Aspects The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (”CCIR”) has published in the Official Gazette of Romania no. 77 of 29 January 2024 the Regulation no. 27 of 6 December 2023 regarding the approval, supervision, control and sanctioning of the activity of…
Romania is in process of passing the law for the ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court The Agreement on a Unified Patent Court[1] (the “UPC Agreement”), together the two EU regulations setting up the Unitary Patent (Regulations (EU) No 1257/2012 and (EU)…
On 25 January 2024, the Order of the President of the National Authority for Consumer Protection no. 225 of 25 April 2023 regarding the information provided to consumers by economic operators conducting business online (hereinafter referred to as the ”Order no. 225/2023”) entered into force.…
During the year 2023, the Romanian Criminal Code has been marked by several amendments, both in its general and special sections. We present below certain of the most important changes that the Criminal Code has undergone during the previous year: a. The general section of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…