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Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance
🔴Fuel Market Crisis Measures: The Government has declared a fuel market crisis for the period 1 April – 30 June 2026, adopting measures to stabilize prices. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance in the energy sector
🔴Fuel market intervention shifts to operational control: Romania has adopted GEO No. 19/2026 declaring a crisis situation on the crude oil and petroleum products market until 30 June 2026. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance
🔴New Consumer Protection Rules: The Government has adopted a new emergency ordinance tightening consumer protection rules for online financial services and sustainable products. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance
🔴Minimum Wage Rises from July 2026: The national gross minimum wage will rise to 4,325 RON/month from July 2026, according to the government’s latest decision. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance in the energy sector
🔴Strategic gas project regime may be extended to storage infrastructure: A legislative proposal registered in Parliament would extend the scope of Law No. 185/2016 on projects of national importance in the gas sector to underground gas storage infrastructure. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate financial relevance
🔴EU rules on concentration risk to central counterparties:A new law aligns Romania’s prudential framework for investment firms with EU rules on concentration risk to central counterparties, clarifying the legal status and treatment of CCP exposures in line with Directive (EU) 2024/2994. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance
🔴Fiscal Governance Discipline:The Government adopted a draft bill to align Romania with the EU’s 2024 economic governance standards, which could mean a more stable and predictable economic framework. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance in the energy sector
🔴Gas market returns to temporary administrative pricing:The Government adopted an emergency ordinance introducing a temporary regulated gas price for household supply between April 2026 and March 2027. Domestic producers must deliver defined volumes at 110 RON/MWh. The mechanism links supply allocation to winter storage obligations and the target of reaching 90% national storage capacity. Read more…
Legislative developments in the labor code and work relations sectors
🔴Minimum Wage Increase:National gross minimum salary set at 4,325 lei/month starting July 1, 2026. Read more...
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance
🔴Economic Relaunch Measures: The Government has adopted and published in the Official Gazette the new measures for the economic relaunch of Romania. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance in the energy sector #3
🔴Biomethane enters regulated gas framework: The Government adopted GEO 9/2026 integrating biomethane into Law 123/2012 and triggering secondary ANRE rules within 90–120 days, while shifting excise reauthorisation deadlines to mid-March 2026. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate digital and telecom relevance #2
🔴New E-Waste Rules: The Government adopted and sent to the MPs a new bill on new obligations for the collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of e-waste. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance #4
🔴2026 Minimum Wage Increase: The government is discussing a raise in the national gross minimum wage to 4,325 RON per month starting July 1, 2026. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance #3
🔴Economic Relaunch Bill becomes Emergency Ordinance: The Ministry of Finance converted the PSD bill into an emergency ordinance, updating depreciation and pension contribution rules while keeping investment support and tax incentives. Read more…
Romania: Legislative developments in the labour code and work relations sectors #1
🔴Granular Classification of Special Working Conditions: A draft bill that seeks to refine the recognition of „special working conditions” within the Pensions Law by strictly limiting this classification to the time actually spent performing hazardous or specialized tasks was registered with the Chamber of Deputies after being adopted by the Senate. Read more…
Romania: Legislative developments in the energy sector with immediate business relevance #2
🔴AFIR Implementation: Enforcement Framework Established The Government adopted the Emergency Ordinance establishing Romania’s institutional framework for implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 on alternative fuels infrastructure. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate financial relevance #1
🔴CRD VI transposition and strengthening of the prudential framework. The Ministry of Finance has launched a draft law to embed CRD VI and related EU prudential rules into primary legislation, significantly upgrading supervisory, governance, and risk management requirements for credit institutions and investment firms. Read More
Romania: legislative developments with immediate digital and telecom relevance #1
🔴New Rules for the use of e-Signatures. Romania now has the implementing rules for the use of e-signatures, after the Economy and Digitalization Minister unblocked the application of Law 214/2024. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance #2
🔴 Draft Bill for Economic Relaunch: At the proposal of PSD, the finance minister published for debate the bill for economic recovery. A broad package of measures with a direct impact on the business environment. Read more…
Romania: legislative developments with immediate business relevance #1
🔴 DAC9 and Automatic Exchange of Tax Info: New rules to implement the EU DAC9 directive, requiring multinational companies to automatically report information on additional taxes, into force after Government adoption. Read more…
Romania: Legislative developments in the energy sector with immediate business relevance #1
🟠 Undergrounding of Electricity Distribution Lines: A parliamentary proposal introduces a formal right for landowners to request undergrounding of overhead distribution lines at their own expense, creating new procedural obligations for distribution operators and integrating relocated assets into the regulated network. Read more…
