On November 6, 2020, Emergency Ordinance 192/2020 on Mandatory Organization of Work from Home or Telework during the Entire State of Alert became effective.
10 November 2020
02 November 2020
Amendments to Law 297/2018 on Land Book Registration System
On September 11, 2020, Law 196/2020 entered into force. It is the Law for amendment and supplementation of Law 297/2018 on Land Book Registration System and for abrogation of the Government Ordinance no. 89/2000 on certain measures for authorization of operators and registration with the Electronic Archive for Security Interests in Movable Property.
New measures regarding crowdfunding have been recently adopted by the European Parliament. The new framework is part of the capital markets union’s project which aims at providing an easier access to new financing sources.
29 September 2020
EDPB Publishes Guidelines on the GDPR Concepts of Controller, Joint Controller and Processor
On September 2, 2020, the European Data Protection Board adopted guidelines on the concepts of “controller” and processor” under the GDPR, aiming to clarify these critical concepts by providing concrete examples with respect to each, and specify the consequences attached to the different roles.
16 September 2020
EU Harmonizes Restriction Rules On Free Movement
The European Commission has proposed a series of recommendations aimed at ensuring equality and more predictable measures regarding free movement in the European Union.
02 September 2020
How Does The “Kurzarbeit” Program Work in Romania?
The Romanian Government has recently adopted through an Emergency Ordinance an adapted short-time work scheme intended to keep businesses and jobs afloat.
19 August 2020
New Registration Rules For Companies in Romania
The amendments introduced to the Romanian Companies Law through Law No. 102 / 2020 ease the procedures for setting up new companies, improving the process for registering and communicating with the Trade Registry and encouraging investment in the Romanian economy. Further steps are in view to simplify the formal process of incorporating a company in Romania.
07 August 2020
Significant Changes in the National Trademark Law
On July 12, 2020, the provisions of Law No 112/2020 (“Law 112/2020”) became effective in order to amend and supplement Law No 84/1998 on trademarks and geographical indications following the transposition of Directive (EU) 2015/2.436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to trademarks.
The Romanian legislation will be now aligned to that of other EU member states.
23 July 2020
Public Procurement Changes
What does the new Government Emergency Ordinance no. 114/2020 bring about?