On 4 April 2021, entered into force Law no. 55/2021, bringing modifications to Law no. 241/2005 on the prevention and fight against tax evasion. These modifications were first proposed in 2017 and approved by the President of Romania on 31… Read moreRomanian law giving impunity to tax-fraudsters enters into force
On 17 February 2021, Romania’s Constitutional Court rejected, as ungrounded, the plea of non-constitutionality raised by the High Court of Cassation and Justice, the Romanian government and the Romanian Ombudsman over Draft Law No. 241/2005 on the prevention and fight… Read moreConstitutional Court of Romania: green lights for absolving tax-fraudsters
On the 19 December 2020 EU Regulation 2018/1805 on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders went into force, applying to all freezing and confiscation certificates and representing the first mutually recognised regulation for criminal matters in the EU…. Read moreNew EU rules speed up confiscation and freezing of criminal assets
On 11 June 2020, as part of new measures to ease restrictions put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced that land-based gambling activities in the country such as lottery and sports betting… Read moreRegulatory challenges for land-based gambling and sports betting operators as they resume business
The Romanian authorities recently announced controls and severe sanctions for employers which may have illegally claimed (and obtained) technical unemployment support offered by the government in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we previously reported, the Romanian Government has… Read morePotential criminal liability for employers who illegally claimed technical unemployment support
