Romanian companies to face forthcoming ESG rules for corporate sustainability
PETERKA & PARTNERS Romania brings into your attention important information regarding the ESG rules for corporate sustainability. The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rules were first imposed through EU Directive 95/2014 NFRD (Non-Financial Reporting Directive – NFRD) and set out the core criteria for evaluating corporate behaviour and screening potential investments. In Romania, the European […]
The term to submit financing applications from the P.N.R.R. for renewable energy projects has been extended, from 31.05.2022 to 15.06.2022
On the website of the Ministry of Energy http://energie.gov.ro, was published Order of the Minister of Energy no. 507/ 24.05.2022 (“Order 507”) for the amendment of the Specific Guideline – Special Requirements to access financing from European funds allocated to the P.N.R.R. related to Investment Measure I.1 within Component C.6 Energy – Pillar I (“Specific […]
Investors can access Romania’s quota from EU modernization fund for investments to modernize efficiency of energy systems and improve energy efficiency
On 4 May 2022, the Romanian Government adopted Emergency Ordinance no. 60/2022 (EGO 60/2022) on establishing the institutional and financial framework for the implementation and management of the funds allocated to Romania through the Modernization Fund, as well as for the modification and completion of some normative acts (published in the Official Gazette no. 459 […]
PETERKA & PARTNERS strengthens Romanian team and global Real Estate and Energy practices by recruiting expert Dan Ciupala
PETERKA & PARTNERS has strengthened its Romanian team by recruiting expert Dan Ciupala, well-known on the Romanian market and the CEE region especially for his extensive Real Estate experience. Dan, whose wide expertise includes Energy amongst his main focus areas, has more than 20 years of experience in various top international law firms and was […]
New rules for foreign direct investments screening process in Romania
PETERKA & PARTNERS Romania brings into your attention important updates regarding the legal framework for direct investments and new investments made by foreign investors in Romania. Our Romanian team has prepared a brief article focused on the recent legal changes brought by the Ordinance no. 46/ 2022 (EGO 46/2022) adopted by the Government on 14 […]
Consumer protection associations may file claims for infringements of personal data protection in absence of specific mandate
The recent decision of the European Court of Justice announces important changes regarding the position of the Consumer Protection Associations. As a short summary, through the decision taken in Case C-319/20, the Court of Justice of the European Union decided that consumer protection associations may bring representative actions against infringements of a data subject’s rights […]
Financial support for employees affected by the armed conflict in Ukraine
The Romanian Government has enacted an emergency ordinance in order to ensure support for those employees whose individual employment agreements have been temporarily suspended in the context of the military conflict in Ukraine and/or as a result of the international sanctions applied to the Russian Federation and Belarus. In this regard, some categories of employees […]
PETERKA & PARTNERS Romania, a speaker at the Belgian Week – Reshape the Future event organised by BEROCC
PETERKA & PARTNERS Romania is proud to be one of the speakers at the Belgian Week – “Reshape the Future” event , organised by BEROCC at Hotel Caro in Bucharest. On 3 May starting with 9:30 am, Ioana Sebestin, Deputy Director at our office in Bucharest will give a speech entitled ”The future of Labour […]
Business guides dedicated for Ukrainian companies and entrepreneurs
As the part of the PETERKA & PARTNERS Ukrainian desk’s activities, our international team led by Lenka Paluchova, Galyna Melnik and Taras Utiralov is working on a series of business guides dedicated for Ukrainian companies and entrepreneurs interested in doing business in the countries where we have our offices. We will provide you with unified […]
International Lawyers Network Spring Annual Conference in Amsterdam
Last week, we had the pleasure to participate in the International Lawyers Network Spring Annual Conference in Amsterdam which was especially important for our colleagues. This was the very first in-person conference since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 which Pavla Kopeckova Prikrylova attended in person as the ILN Chair of the […]