On 1 October 2024, the draft law on the resilience of critical entities was registered with the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for debate, after being adopted by the Senate. The draft law was created to transpose into national legislation the… Read moreRomanian Senate approves draft law transposing EU Directive on the resilience of critical entities
The Romanian government published a draft decision to regulate the nutrition label Nutri-Score, an optional form for declaring the nutritional content of food products. According to Article 35 para. (2) of Regulation No. 1169/2011 on the provision of food information… Read moreRomania publishes draft decision regulating the Nutri-Score label to market foods
On 15 August 2024, the National Cyber Security Directorate in Romania (DNSC) released for public debate the draft law establishing a framework for cybersecurity of networks and information systems in the national civil cyberspace (Draft Law), transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2555… Read moreRomania publishes draft law on cybersecurity implementing the NIS2 Directive
The Romanian Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC) issued Order 539/2024 on the information of consumers regarding the trading of pre-packed products whose volume or weight has decreased (Order 539), officially published in the Official Gazette on 10 September 2024. Order 539,… Read moreRomania fights “shrinkflation” by requiring traders to inform consumers of reduced product weight/volume
On 22 July 2024, Romania enacted Law 232/2024, amending Advertising Law 148/2000 and Audiovisual Law 504/2002, which adds to the existing prohibition on advertising tobacco products by including the following: electronic cigarettes (including vape cigarettes), products for smokeless inhalation of… Read moreRomania enacts law restricting ads for electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products
On 28 March 2024, Romania enacted Law No. 64/2024 on amending and supplementing certain laws on tobacco products, implementing important restrictions on the marketing, sale and packaging of tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products and related products in Romania…. Read moreRomanian law tightens restrictions on sale of tobacco, electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products and related products
Romanian Competition Council recently published, for public consultation, the Instructions on the individualisation of penalties for offences under Law no. 81/2022 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain and on granting favourable treatment… Read moreRomanian Competition Council publishes new Instructions on penalties for unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain
On 25 April 2023, Romania’s Chamber of Deputies adopted a draft law for supplementing Law no. 46/2003 on patients’ rights, giving each patient the right to personalised medicine, based on a medical recommendation. This Draft Law defines personalised medicine as… Read moreRomania introduces patients’ right to personalised medicine
On 14 March 2023, the Regulation on the procedure for the registration, investigation and resolution of complaints concerning unfair trading practices between undertakings in the agricultural and food supply chain finally entered into force in Romania. The Regulation implements the… Read moreRomania’s regulation on the procedure for resolving complaints over unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain enters into force
As of 14 January 2023, requests can be made with the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trade Marks (OSIM) to cancel trade marks by using an administrative-jurisdictional procedure. According to Romania’s recently updated Trade Marks Law (Law no. 84/1998… Read moreRomanian trade marks can be cancelled by the OSIM
