On 26 June 2015, Law no. 151/2015 regarding the insolvency of individuals (the “Law”) was published with the Official Gazette. The Law sets forth the legal framework for a collective procedure aimed at supporting the financial recovery of good-faith individuals, by means of covering their…

On 11 June 2015, a draft law regarding the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, and for amending and completing certain enactments in the financial field (the “Draft Law”), transposing the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (the “BRRD”), was published for public…

On 2 June 2015, the Law no. 120/2015 on encouraging individual investors – business angels (“Business Angels’ Law”) was published with the Official Gazette. Click here to read the full brief

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On 18 March 2015, the Romanian Parliament passed the law on alternative investment fund managers (“AIFM law”)1, which transposes EU Directive 2011/61 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (“AIFMD”)2 into Romanian legislation. Click here to read the full brief

The Romanian Parliament has recently passed Law no. 12/2015 for the modification and supplementation of Law no. 53/2003 – the Romanian Labour Code (“Law 12/2015”). Law 12/2015 was published in the Romanian Official Gazette, Section 1, No. 52/22.01.2015 and will enter into force on January…

On 30 December 2014, Government Emergency Ordinance no. 90/2014 (“GEO no.90/2014”) amending Law no. 297/2004 on capital markets (“Romanian Capital Market Law”) was published with the Official Gazette. The provisions of GEO no. 90/2014 have entered into force on 9 January 2015. (more…)

The Romanian Parliament has recently adopted Law no. 127/2014 amending and supplementing the Electricity and Natural Gas Law no. 123/2012 and the Petroleum Law no. 238/2004. (more…)

On 6 October 2014, the Ministry of Public Finance launched for public debate a draft law amending and supplementing Law no. 297/2004 on capital market. (more…)

On 30 September 2014, the Romanian Chamber of Deputies adopted a law intended to clarify the legal status of shares traded on the Rasdaq market and the unlisted securities market. (more…)

Government Ordinance no. 12/2014 has recently amended the main Romanian legal enactment on unfair competition – Law no. 11/1991. The scope of these amendments covers the content of the prohibited unfair competition practices, as well as a more precise regulation of the Competition Council’s role…

A new State aid scheme targets electro-intensive industries, by partially relieving them from the payment of the green certificates which they would normally have to pay in relation to their electricity consumption. (more…)

The European Commission has recently approved Romania’s map for granting regional development State aid between 2014 and 2020. (more…)

A new text has recently joined the overabundance of Romanian norms in the area of consumer protection: Government Emergency Ordinance no. 34/2014 on the rights of consumers in contracts concluded with traders, transposing Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer…

On 12 June 2014, the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive was published with the Official Journal of the European Union. (more…)

On 24 June 2014, the President of Romania has promulgated the new Pre-insolvency and Insolvency Law, which had been passed by the Chamber of Deputies on 15 April 2014 and found constitutional by the Romanian Constitutional Court on 21 May 2014. (more…)

The Government of Romania has recently approved Government Ordinance no. 22/2014 amending and supplementing Law no. 50/1991 on the authorization of the performance of construction works bringing certain clarifications to facilitate and expedite the issuance of the building permits necessary to carry out onshore petroleum…

The 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive must be transposed in Romanian law by 5 June 2014. (more…)