ROMANIA IS ENACTING THE SECONDARY LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO CYBERSECURITY IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID EUROPEAN SANCTIONS
Background On October 30, 2020, the European Commission sent a reasoned opinion[1] regarding Romania’s failure to notify the national measures allowing for the identification of operators, the number of operators of essential services and the thresholds used in the identification process. The notification process is part of the implementation process of the Directive (EU) 2016/1148 …
NEW DISPUTES RESOLUTION RULES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
The Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (“ANRE”) issued a new procedure applicable for the settlement by ANRE of the complaints filed by the existing or future final clients of electricity and gas, as well as by the existing and future grid users (both producers and consumers) against the providers of services and activities in the energy …
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UPDATES OF THE ROMANIAN CRIMINAL LAW IN ACCORDANCE WITH RELEVANT EU LAW PROVISIONS
Background As a part of European Union (”EU”), Romania regularly updates its legislation to reflect the direction provided by the European legal framework.
SALE OF ENERGETIC CAPACITIES TO CONCESSIONAIRE DISTRIBUTION OPERATORS
Introduction By means of recent changes to the Energy and Gas Law no. 123/2012 (the “Energy Law”), the operators holding concession over the electricity distribution grid (the “Distribution Operators”) have been compelled to take over the ownership over private electricity distribution grids and related energetic capacities (the “Energetic Capacities”) in specific cases set out thereby. …
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CHANGES TO THE ROMANIAN PHARMACY LAW
Introduction Pharmacy Law no. 266/2008 (the “Pharmacy Law”) was recently amended by Law no. 243/2020 approving the Government Ordinance no. 4/2018 amending and supplementing the Pharmacy Law no. 266/2008 which was published in the Official Gazette of Romania no. 1042 (“Law no. 243/2020”). The new amendments entered into force on November 9, 2020.
EU jurisprudence on web linking
The CJEU Advocate General’s opinion in case-392/19 – A step into supplementing European jurisprudence on web linking.
GDPR – ePrivacy Interplay
Data breach notification under e-privacy directive and general data protection regulation.
Romania: Consumer protection updates in the audio-visual field
In November 2018, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have enacted the Directive (EU) 2018/1808 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination on certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administration in Member States concerning the provision of audio-visual media services in view of changing market realities (the “Audio-Visual Media Services …
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Romania: New grid connection rules
After two stages of public consultations in which the grid connection operators became intensively involved, the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (“ANRE”) adopted new rules for connection to the power grid.After two stages of public consultations in which the grid connection operators became intensively involved, the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (“ANRE”) adopted new rules for connection …
New Provisions Concerning Critical Infrastructure in Romania
I. General context One of the major objectives of the EU is reducing the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and increasing their resilience. An adequate level of protection must be ensured and the harmful effects of disruptions on the society and citizens must be limited as far as possible. Critical infrastructures extend across many sectors of …
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