1. Overview
On August 4, 2022, Ordinance no. 18/2022 on the authorization
and functioning of representative offices of foreign companies and
economic organizations in Romania (“GO
18/2022”) adopted by the Romanian Government has
been published in the Official Gazette.
GO 18/2022 represents the first change of Romanian legislation
on representative offices adopted since 1990, thus bringing much
needed updates in the field, including as regards the means by
which the procedure will be undertaken, namely via a digital
platform.
Registering a Romanian representative office implies the payment
of an authorization tax amounting to EUR 1,000 per year.
2. Registration procedure
As anticipated above, the registration of Romanian
representative offices by foreign legal entities will be undertaken
via a digital platform to be set-up by the Romanian Ministry of
Entrepreneurship and Tourism (“MAT”).
Such platform will be put in place within 180 days as of the
