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#PRVNÍCH100LET: Cosmina Aron, Agnieszka Siwińska and Galyna Melnyk in live stream

We are proud to be a main partner of the extraordinary project „#PRVNÍCH100LET (žen v právu)“ (Women in Law). The unique “Women in Law” project brings together the inspiring women of today’s legal world and public life. This topic is especially important to us, because at PETERKA & PARTNERS women make up more than half […]

Important legislative update which clarifies several aspects connected to the development of renewable energy projects in Romania

Law 21/2023 amending Construction Law no. 50/1991 (“Law 21/2023”) was published in the Official Gazette on 10 January 2023, and entered into force on 13 January 2023. This important legislative update aims to correct inadvertencies between two previous amendments to Construction Law no. 50/1991 in relation to the permitting process for renewable energy projects created […]

Widely-discussed new ESG rules for corporate sustainability reporting finally enter into force in Romania

As of 5 January 2023, the ambitious new rules of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force. Its aims are to replace its predecessor, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), and to introduce more detailed reporting requirements than ever. The new Directive (EU) 2022/2464 strengthens the transparency and accountability rules compelling companies to disclose […]

New Social Dialogue Law – Significant changes refashion Romanian labour market

On 22 December 2022 was published in the Romanian Official Gazette the Law no. 367/2022 on social dialogue which entered into force on 25 December 2022. Law no. 367/2022 repealed the Law no. 62/2011 which regulated social dialogue in Romania. At the same time, Law no. 367/2022 brought about significant changes, which employers will have […]

Latest legal insights concerning the Romanian Labour Law

On 9 December 2022, Order no. 2171/2022 for the approval of the framework template of the individual labour agreement issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity (“Order 2171/2022”) was published in the Romanian Official Gazette, Part I and came into force on the same day. Order 2171/2022 repealed Order no. 64/2003 for the […]

New legislation regarding crowdfunding in Romania

Law no. 244/2022 implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 on European Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and Directive (EU) 2019/1937 has been adopted, and on this occasion, slight changes have been made to the draft law published in May 2022. In addition to what the draft law stipulated, in order for the […]

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