Romania recently started making new and important steps concerning the management of compostable non–hazardous waste. It is already notorious that upon accession to the European Union (”EU”), Romania has assumed a series of responsibilities, constantly evolving, in the spirit of the Community objectives. Among them, the one which lately has the strongest impact is represented […]

An overview of water law recent updates in Romania 1. General context The slow and lengthy process of completing the cadastral works and real estate publicity seems to affect not only the private property, but also the public one. In this context where the lands are not delimited and registered with the national Land Book […]

1. New provisions regarding environmental studies On June 11, 2020, Order of the Minister of Environment, Water and Forest no. 1.150 from May 27, 2020 was published in the Official Gazette no. 495. (the “Order no. 1.150/2020“). Order no. 1.150/2020 established a new procedure for the annual visa of the Environmental Authorisation and Integrated Environmental […]

1. Background: the European Green Deal On 11 December 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) presented the European Green Deal (the “Green Deal”), with the aim that European Union becomes the first climate – neutral bloc in the world by 2050. To this purpose, European Union will be transformed into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive […]

1. New provisions regarding environmental studies On 27 May 2020, Order of the Minister of Environment, Water and Forest no. 1.134 from May 20, 2020 was published in the Official Gazette no. 445. (the “Order no. 1.134/2020”). Order no. 1.134/2020 established new provisions regarding the following environmental aspects: the requirements for the drawing – up […]