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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS: IMPORTANT...
In an effort to reduce the courts’ workload and to ensure compliance with natural and legal persons’ right of access to justice, the Romanian Parliament recently passed Law no. 212 of 25 July 2018, amending [...] Read more
24 August 2018
TRANSNATIONAL POSTING: NEW RULES - A ...
Directive no. 96/71/EC on the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services was amended by Directive no. 2018/957 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018, which [...] Read more
24 August 2018
FROM NOW ON, DIVIDENDS CAN BE DISTRIB...
Dividend distribution has always been a sensitive subject for investors in Romanian companies. Thus, irrespective of whether they are shareholders in limited liability companies or or in joint-stock companies, investors have always been dissatisfied with Read more
13 August 2018
MERGER BY ACQUISITION: LEGAL ASPECTS
In this week’s article, we present to you the main legal aspects concerning mergers by acquisition, given the propensity manifested in Romania for this type of operations. This propensity does not cease to grow, and [...] Read more
13 August 2018
PROPERTY CONFISCATED BY THE COMMUNIST...
Persons whose property has been abusively seized by the communist regime and whose restitution in kind has not been possible so far have the possibility to obtain compensation through an administrative procedure. The amount of [...] Read more
13 August 2018
SERVICE OF JUDICIAL DOCUMENTS: WHAT Y...
Given the fast development of international trade relations, conflicts between partners can become more frequent, hence the need for uniform rules regarding the communication of legal documents between EU Member States. Such a procedure was [...] Read more
13 August 2018
HOW TO TERMINATE A COMMERCIAL CONTRACT
Have you concluded a commercial contract which, for various reasons, has become a real nuisance and you want to terminate it? Any professional or natural person has been at least once in such a situation… Read more
2 July 2018
POSTING OF WORKERS IN FRANCE: PAY ATT...
The clear preference of European Union companies for posted workers instead of local ones has already sparked controversy and has led Brussels to take initiatives for a reform in the field. Also, the debate launched [...] Read more
2 July 2018
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES: IMPORT...
The legislative package governing public procurement has recently undergone new changes, following the publication of Government Emergency Ordinance (OUG) no. 45/2018 in Official Journal no. 459 as from 4 June 2018. These amendments attempt to [...] Read more
2 July 2018
COUNTRY FOCUS COMMUNITY FORUM
The GRUIA DUFAUT Law Office was partner of Business Review at the second edition of the “Country Focus Community Forum", which brought together the main foreign investor communities and Romanian policy makers, in order to [...] Read more
13 June 2018
CADASTRE AND REAL ESTATE PUBLICITY: S...
GEO no. 31 as from 18 April 2018, published in Official Journal no. 353 as from 23 April 2018, brings certain changes to Law no. 7/1996 on cadastre and real estate publicity. Such changes simplify [...] Read more
6 June 2018
NEW RULES REGARDING OCCASIONAL WORK
The law regulating occasional work was recently changed and new sectors where economic agents can use unskilled work on an occasional, seasonal basis were added. Law no. 86/2018, published in Official Journal no. 313 as [...] Read more
6 June 2018
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP: NEW CHANGES
The legislation governing Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) has just undergone further changes, aimed at creating the premises for an effective use of this mechanism in public investment projects having a major impact in the economy. So [...] Read more
6 June 2018
Tax INCENTIVES FOR INVESTMENTS IN IND...
Foreign and local investors can benefit from a range of tax incentives when they establish themselves in industrial parks in Romania, created in order to stimulate direct investments, regional development and the creation of new [...] Read more
6 June 2018
REMOTE WORKING: NEW RULES
In an effort to bring Romanian legislation in line with European practice and current working conditions in light of the development of technological means of communication, Romania has just adopted a special law on remote [...] Read more
2 May 2018