The Romanian Senate adopted a draft law regarding the
"electronic headquarters of economic operators" (the
"Draft Law"). The Draft Law regulates the mandatory use
by professionals of predefined electronic mailboxes (e-mails), as
identification element and means of receiving correspondence.
Similar legal provisions are already in force in certain
countries in the CEE/SEE region, such as Slovakia, where the
mandatory use of electronic mailboxes for legal entities has been
originally instituted as of 1 August 2016 (but for various reasons
the deadline was moved to 1 July 2017), or the Czech Republic,
where similar provisions are in place for quite some time.
Why?
The Draft Law aims at facilitating communication of documents to
professionals by replacing the traditional transmission of
documents through court agents, post mail or courier. In addition,
the Draft Law should eliminate time delays and reduce costs
generated by the traditional communication of documents.
