Legal Bulletin – Gambling Law

The National Office for Gambling (“NOG”) adopts Order No. 33/2025 and brings long-awaited clarifications on the notion of "significant changes" which must be notified to the NOG The Order No. 33/2025 of the President of the NOG regarding the establishment of significant changes referred to in Article 12 (2) of Government Emergency Ordinance No. 77/2009 on the organisation and operation of the gambling activities (the “Order”), has been published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, on 21.03.2025 and is applicable from this date. Relevant highlights: • General overview • Details To read the entire legal bulletin, please download the .pdf attachedRead More →

Legal Bulletin – Cybersecurity

Establishing a framework for cybersecurity of networks and IT systems in the civilian national cyberspace The Emergency Ordinance establishing a framework for cybersecurity of networks and IT systems in the civilian national cyberspace (the “Ordinance”) was published in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I, No. 1332 of 31 December 2024. The legislative act entered into force on the same date, with the exception of a small number of provisions which entered into force after the publication of the Ordinance in the Official Journal of Romania. The Ordinance imposes a number of new cybersecurity rules on important and critical activity sectors, incident reporting and management mechanisms and a number of sanctions for non-compliance with the obligations set out in such legislative act. The purpose of the Ordinance is to reduce…Read More →

Fiscal Bulletin - New fiscal and budgetary measures to ensure Romania's long-term financial sustainability

Law no. 296/2023 on some fiscal and budgetary measures to ensure Romania's long-term financial sustainability was published in the Official Gazette no. 977/27.10.2023. Relevant highlights: Tax measures: • Minimum turnover tax; • Additional tax for credit institutions; • Additional tax for companies operating in the oil and gas sectors; • Microenterprise tax; • Income tax; • Social security contributions; • Special tax on immovable and movable property of high value; • VAT; • Excise duties. Measures to strengthen financial and fiscal discipline: • General implementation of RO e-Invoice system • Implementation of RO e-Seal system. Measures to ensure tax compliance: • Measures to prevent and combat illegal economic activities; • Strengthening financial discipline and combating tax evasion; • Elimination of the possibility to pay half of the minimum fine. To…Read More →

Legal Bulletin - ECJ Ruling on the Register of Beneficial Owners

Legal Bulletin - Commercial Law

Legal Bulletin - Gambling Law

Fiscal Bulletin - Important amendments brought to the Fiscal Code

Legal Bulletin - Commercial Law - Preventing and Combating Money Laundering

Legal Bulletin - Consumer Protection - The “New Deal for Consumers” Initiative

Legal Bulletin - Competition Law - Unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain