- Law no. 234/2022 for the amendment of art. 183 of Law no. 78/2000 for the prevention, discovery and sanctioning of acts of corruption in Romania and for the disposition of other measures to transpose Directive (EU) 2017/1,371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 5, 2017 on combating fraud directed against the financial interests of the Union by means of criminal law, which will enter into force on 23.07.2022
- Article 183 of Law no. 78/2000 for the prevention, discovery and sanctioning of acts of corruption in Romania, paragraphs (1) and (2) are amended and will have the following content:
- The use or presentation of false, inaccurate or incomplete documents or statements in Romania, which results in the illegal reduction of the resources of the European Union budget or of the budgets administered by it or on its behalf, is punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years and the prohibition the exercise of rights in Romania.
- With the penalty provided for in para. (1) the failure to knowingly provide the data required according to the legal provisions in Romania is sanctioned, if the deed results in the illegal reduction of the resources of the European Union budget or of the budgets administered by it or on its behalf.
- By derogation from the provisions of art. 9 of Law no. 286/2009 regarding the Romanian Criminal Code, as well as in the application of art. 12 of the same law, if the acts are committed outside the territory of the country by a Romanian citizen or a Romanian legal person, regardless of the punishment provided by the Romanian law, even if the act is not provided as a crime by the criminal law of the country where it was committed carried out and without the need for the prior authorization of the public prosecutor in Romania from the public prosecutor’s office attached to the court of appeal in Romania in whose territorial radius the first notified public prosecutor’s office is located or the general public prosecutor from the public prosecutor’s office attached to the Romanian High Court of Cassation and Justice, the criminal law Romanian law applies to the crimes of bribery, bribery, influence peddling, tax evasion, crimes against the financial interests of the European Union, corruption and service crimes, illegal acquisition of funds, etc.
- Order no. 449/2022 regarding some consumer information measures regarding the alternative resolution of disputes adopted by the National Authority for Consumer Protection in Romania- ANPC, which will enter into force from 18.08.2022
- In order to ensure easy access for Romanian consumers to the alternative dispute resolution entity in Romania within the National Authority for Consumer Protection and to the alternative dispute resolution procedures – SAL procedures, with a view to the alternative resolution of their complaints, traders are obliged to display the provided information plate in annex no. 1 which is an integral part of this order.
- Romanian traders who manage websites for sales, taking online orders and/or advertising products and/or services, tourist services, selling tourist service packages or plane tickets, including e-commerce – electronic commerce, are obliged to display on the first page of the site – home page, on the menu bar of the page, the icons provided in annex no. 2 which is an integral part of this order.
- Order no. 450/2022 regarding some consumer information measures regarding the insolvency of natural persons in Romania, adopted by the National Authority for Consumer Protection in Romania – ANPC, which will enter into force from 17.09.2022
- To correctly inform Romanian consumers and to give them the opportunity to find out information about how they can have access to the procedures provided by Law no. 151/2015 regarding the insolvency procedure of natural persons in Romania, financial-banking and non-banking Romanian service providers, as well as pawnshops in Romania, are obliged to display the information plate provided in annex no. 1 which is an integral part of this order.
- The plaque provided for in paragraph (1) will be carried out by the care of financial-banking and non-banking Romanian service providers, as well as pawnshops in Romania, according to the template presented in annex no. 1, and is displayed in the consumer’s field of vision, in a visible place, in the commercial space or, as the case may be, where the service is provided, near the operating hours or near the cash registers.
- Financial-banking and non-banking Romanian service providers, as well as pawnshops in Romania that manage product and service sales sites, are obliged to display on the first page of the site – home page the icon provided for in annex no. 2 which is an integral part of this order.