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Confusing rules around standalone battery storage have long complicated Romania’s renewable energy goals. A legislative proposal aims to fix this by offering clearer rules to support the larger projects ...

On 1 January 2014, the Romanian Government introduced a new property tax, namely a tax on constructions.

On 4 April 2025, Romania government Emergency Ordinance no. 21/2025 ("the GEO") was published and entered into force, introducing several important amendments...

While market's attention has been drawn to the new pre-emption rights and the like introduced by the government to curtail sales of agricultural land, a far more ominous legislative change...

From 1 October 2017, the Romanian fire safety authorities may start imposing sanctions on the beneficiaries of existing construction projects in Romania who failed to obtain (or at least apply for)...

The last few months have been marked by the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic which made obviously the need for digitalization and led the competent authorities to...

On 28 June 2019, Order no. 75/2019 on "Performance criteria regarding the set-up, employment and equipment of voluntary and private emergency services", repealing Order no. 96/2016, was published in the Official Gazette.

The new rules are set out under Government Emergency Ordinance no. 114/2018,1 published in the Romanian Official Gazette no. 1116 dated December 29, 2018 (the Ordinance no. 114/2018).

The Romanian Civil Code regulates the legal mortgage in favour of contractors, sometimes unjustly extended also to the benefit of subcontractors.

As Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards continue to dominate business conversations, the European Union (EU) drives the momentum by placing the ‘energy efficiency first' principle at the heart of its energy policy.

The Romanian Government has recently adopted a new regulation for reception of construction works, which will enter into force on 29 July 2017 and will replace the former regulation from 1994.

Romania's new Code on Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Constructions represents a comprehensive reform of urban development regulations, introducing digital infrastructure, integrated approval processes, and new planning instruments. The Code consolidates fragmented legislation into a unified framework affecting developers, investors, lenders, and property owners through significant changes to permitting, construction authorization, and building lifecycle management.

In the case of the land of public domain, the local authority is entitled to decide whether it will award a concession, or will conclude a lease contract based on the provisions of the EGO no. 54.