MPR Partners | Maravela, Popescu & Asociații contributes to the Romania chapter of TMT Country Comparative Guide of The Legal 500’s In-House Lawyer, August 2019

In Romania, technology is regulated under many different laws. As such, technology companies are to observe several different sets of legislation.

Activities in all subsectors are regulated by a mix of dedicated legislation (e.g. telecommunications legislation, online platforms legislation, software copyright legislation etc.) and legislation that is not specific only to them (e.g. consumer
protection, manufacturer’s liability, intellectual property, competition, civil law, media legislation, etc.).

Newer technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data, crypto currencies, social media, autonomous vehicles, the Internet of Things etc., raise issues for which existing legislation does not always provide solutions. That is not to say, however, that they are completely deregulated.

As mentioned above, where dedicated legislation does not exist, general laws may still provide the answers to many questions. Nonetheless, given the complexity of the topic, question marks remain in many cases as regards the exact manner in which the various regulations and other public authorities, courts of law and arbitration tribunals will read and apply older legislation to new technologies.