Our competition experts provided the entire information regarding Cartels in Romania for Chambers and Partners’ Global Practice Guide 2019. Amongst the topics covered we mention procedural framework for cartel enforcement, sanctions and remedies in Government cartel enforcement, private civil litigation involving alleged cartels and many others.

This Q&A gives an overview of the key factors affecting inward investment, including information on the jurisdiction’s legal system; key laws and regulatory authorities; investment restrictions; and details of international treaties, customs and monetary unions. The guide also provides information on investor individuals; visa permits; restrictions on foreign ownership; transfer pricing and thin capitalisation rules; […]

Our competition experts exclusively contributed to the Romanian chapter of ICLG – Merger Control Laws and Regulations, covering all major issues in merger control including relevant authorities and legislation, notification and its impact on the transaction timetable, remedies, appeals & enforcement and substantive assessment. The ICLG Merger Control Guide is accessible online here.

Our team was the exclusive contributor for the Romania chapter of the Cartels Navigator in 2018. The guide consisted of comprehensive information including trends and climate, legal framework, relevant institutions, investigations, publicity and confidentiality and much more.

On July 30, the Romanian Ministry of Finance issued an order launching the procedure whereby investors may obtain non-reimbursable funding for investments made in Romania. The funding is regulated by Government Decision no. 807/2014 on the setting up of a State aid scheme having as object the stimulation of investments with significant economic impact (“Scheme”), […]

Following an invitation from reputed contributing editor Ulrich Soltesz (Gleiss Lutz), our specialists contributed to the Romania chapter of Getting the Deal Through’s State aid guide in 2018.

Our team was the exclusive contributor for the Romania chapter of the Cartels Navigator in 2017. The guide consisted of comprehensive information including trends and climate, legal framework, relevant institutions, investigations, publicity and confidentiality and much more.

Government Emergency Ordinance 39/2017 of May 31 2017 transposed the EU Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions(2014/104/EU) into national law and made a number of other amendments to the Competition Law (21/1996),including as follows: The definition of an undertaking has been modified; Undertakings that engage in the modern trade of foodstuffs and non-foodstuffs must submit the […]

As of April 14, 2017, companies can apply for State aid for investments in highly efficient cogeneration and investments in the promotion of energy production derived from less exploited renewable energy sources (biomass, biogas and geothermal energy). Our competition team prepared an article on the matter.

Although ranked as a “modest innovator” by the European Commission and having one of the lowest research and development (“R&D”) intensities among the EU member states, Romania has targeted substantial growth and improvements in this sector for the year 2020. Our competition team prepared an article on the matter.