July 2025 – The
Romanian Parliament has amended Competition Law no. 21/1996 (the
"Competition Law") through Law No.
111/2025 approving Government Emergency Ordinance No. 99/2024,
amending and supplementing certain legislative acts in the field of
competition ("Law 111/2025"). Effective
26 June 2025, the Romanian Competition Council (the
"RCC") has received refined procedural
guidance for handling communications claimed to be protected by
legal professional privilege ("LPP")
during dawn raids.
Law 111/2025 amends, among others, Art. 38 paras. (9) and (11)
of the Competition Law, replacing the July 2024 version, itself
introduced to fix a highly questionable earlier formulation which
had controversially allowed RCC inspectors to read the content of
certain documents potentially covered by LPP in certain cases.
