On April 22, 2025, the Official Gazette no. 349 published the Procedure issued by the National Authority for Citizenship detailing the organization and conduct of the interviews required under the Romanian Citizenship Law no. 21/1991. Key Points of the Procedure: The procedure regulates the interview process conducted by the Citizenship Commission, being aimed at…
Antoniu Obancia, speaker la Conferința Națională de Drept Penal si Procedură Penală 6 februarie 2025 Sala de Conferințe a Casei Academiei Române Cuvantul colegului nostru se va axa pe Corelația dintre vinovăție ca trăsătură esențială a infracțiunii și vinovația din latura subiectivă a infracțiunilor în legătură cu insolvența. Link pentru detalii: https://www.universuljuridic.ro/conferinta-nationala-de-drept-penal-si-procedura-penala-editia-i-art-1-52-cod-penal-evolutii-jurisprudentiale-si-doctrinare-2014-2024/
Our colleague Antoniu Obancia has met a stringent set of criteria, passed four difficult exams and became a certified fraud examiner (CFE), a certification awarded by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The organization is based in Austin, Texas and is present worldwide. The exams were as follows: Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes…
Our colleague Antoniu Obancia will address the business environment and the law practitioners within a set of webinars held with Wolters Kluwer: On November 16, 2023: The business offences. Problems from the business practice On December 7, 2023: The corruption offences. Problems from the business practice For details and registration: https://info.wolterskluwer.ro/infractiunile-economice/ https://info.wolterskluwer.ro/infractiunile-de-coruptie/
Our colleague Antoniu Obancia will attend the National Insolvency Conference to be held in Iasi on September 29-30, 2023. He will give a speech on The rights of good-faith third parties in the international procedure for mutual recognition of orders for freezing and confiscation of crime proceeds. http://www.inppi.ro/arhiva/conferinte/conferinta-nationala-de-insolventa-iasi-2023-12-pct In a nutshell: The rights of good faith…
The White Collar Crimes Compendium authored by our colleague Antoniu Obancia has now been published. The Compendium covers an analysis on business and corruption crimes, with the author’s comments and a focus on case law. The official launching of the book is scheduled for May 9, 2023, at the headquarters of Rubin, Meyer, Doru &…
Our colleague Antoniu Obancia will give a speech within the National Conference regarding the prevention and control of money laundering. The impact of the new Law on the liberal professions. Fifth edition. He will talk about the company subject to the insolvency procedure and at the same time to the money laundering accusation. The challenges…
Recent legislative amendments to insolvency – Law No. 216/2022 has amended the insolvency Law No. 85/2014 to comply with EU Directive No. 2019/1.023 concerning restructuring and insolvency. The main target of the new law is to expand and regulate the procedures for the treatment of a company in difficulty before the insolvency procedure. There are two alternative procedures: the restructuring…
Our colleague Ioan Baciu’s PhD thesis (on the place of social procurement in the EU’s internal market economy) has just been awarded the prestigious NISPAcee Mzia Mikeladze Award! The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) was established in 1994 by the most prestigious academic institutions in the…
Sechestrele penale aplicate asupra bunurilor unei societăți în insolvență au generat în vremea din urmă blocaje în derularea procedurilor de recuperare a creanțelor prin procedura insolvenței prevăzută succesiv de Legile nr. 85/2006 respectiv nr. 85/2014. Drepturile creditorilor de bună credință au avut de suferit prin temporizări dincolo de o perioadă rezonabilă de soluționare a procedurilor…
The criminal attachments applied to the assets of an insolvent company have in the past generated blockage in the proceedings for the recovery of debts through the insolvency procedure provided for by Laws No. 85/2006 and No. 85/2014 respectively. The rights of bona fide creditors have suffered through delays beyond a reasonable period for the…
În ședința de săptămâna trecută a Guvernului, au fost aprobate două memorandumuri prin care Guvernul a mandatat Ministerul Investițiilor și Proiectelor Europene și Ministerul Finanțelor să semneze Acordul privind contribuția financiară nerambursabilă și Acordul de împrumut dintre Comisia Europeană și România. Din bugetul total de 29.182 milioane euro acordat prin Planul Național de Redresare și…
Romania failed to comply with its obligations under the Landfill Directive and the Waste Management Directive. On Friday, the European Commission referred Romania to the Court of Justice for non-compliance with CJEU judgment dated October 18, 2018, in case C-301/17, compelling it to close and rehabilitate all landfills that failed to obtain the necessary permit…
On Wednesday, the Commission adopted three of the four work programmes promised under Digital Europe Programme. This Programme, which is the first funding programme of the EU trying to bring technology closer to citizens and businesses, aims at reinforcing EU critical digital capacities by focusing on several key areas including: artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, advanced…
RMDT’s Litigation department successfully assisted Caritatea Foundation before of the Romanian Courts in a contractual dispute with the Administration of Hospitals and Medical Services Bucharest (the `ASSMB`). The trial set off in 2011 and, after two reconsiderations, the Bucharest Court of Appeal handed down, on 29 October 2021, its final and binding decision, awarding Caritatea…
Considering the legally binding target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to the 1990 level, renewable and low-carbon hydrogen have become a high priority in Europe. The most awaited hydrogen and decarbonized gas market package, due this December, comes after one intense year in terms of regulatory adopted for clean energy…
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RMDT has successfully advised its global client in a transnational merger and acquisitions process, having complex implications in various jurisdictions.
The Criminal Law Department of RMDT managed to remove from the file tapped conversations which had been authorized by The High Court of Cassation and Justice by way of national security warrants. As a conseqence, the Prosecution Body asked the case back and did not maintain the indictment. Departamentul de Drept Penal al RMDT a…
S-a discutat îndelung de fostele protocoale “strict secrete” semnate între Parchetul de pe lângă Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție și Serviciul Român de Informații, privind cooperarea dintre cele două instituții pentru îndeplinirea sarcinilor în domeniul securității naționale. Legile speciale care normau domeniul securității naționale specificau faptul că Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție putea…