Proposed Amendments To Romanian Competition Rules – Catching Up With EU Legislation

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The last amendments to Romanian Competition Law No. 21/1996 (RCL) took place in December 2003. Since then, major legal developments at the EU level have not been transposed into Romanian law. In order to close this loophole, the Romanian Competition Council (RCC) has started an initiative to harmonise national and EU competition rules.

The first draft amendments to the RCL were published on the RCC website in October 2009 to bring national competition laws on a par with EU competition rules. Major amendments have been proposed in relation to cartel prohibition and anti-trust proceedings (the Draft Amendment).