Romanian Citizenship – Attestation, Reacquisition or Acquisition?

In the current geo-political context, citizenship of EU member states has become more desirable in the eyes of foreigners. More than before, when the advantage sought was to grant a free path within the European space, through an European passport, that eliminates the need to obtain entry visas in each such member state, the advantages […]

Water Tax: Unlawful Tax Execution, Violated Rights and Remedies to Redress

In its tax forced execution practice, the team of Costaș, Negru & Asociații is confronted with several practical problems, which are not easily solved even by the courts. One of these problems relates to appeals against enforcement acts of public authorities. By way of example, in a judgment recently handed down by the Cluj Napoca […]

Commission v. Intel Corporation. Competition and abuse of a dominant position

The field of competition, as complex as it is problematic, is the subject of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and of numerous primary and secondary legislative acts, as well as of a rich jurisprudence of the CJEU. This legislative framework ensures the necessary conditions for businesses to operate on a level playing field and protects […]

Rainy Days for Airlines
In its judgment of the 13th of May 2020, the General Court dismissed the actions for annulment brought by three airlines against the Commission’s Decision of the 29th of July 2016 establishing that the implementing rules on State aid granted by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia to the airports on the island, given in order to increase the air traffic of the area, are incompatible with the internal market.
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The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Has Changed the Criminal Code
Under the special conditions we are experiencing - health crisis and state of emergency - the Government has recently decided to amend the Criminal Code by emergency ordinance, in order to criminalize previously qualified acts as contraventions.
Thus, the Emergency Ordinance no. 28 of 18 March 2020 for amending and completing Law no. 286/2009 on the Criminal Code was adopted by the Government in the meeting last week and was published on Friday, 20 March 2020, in the Official Journal no. 228/2020.
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Abusive clauses in banking contracts. Recent interpretations
On 19.03.2020, Attorney General Juliane Kokott presented his conclusions in the case C-81/19, Șerban vs. Banca Transilvania SA, which is in the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union, having as its object, once again, the protection of consumers against the abusive clauses inserted in the credit agreements in foreign currency.

By the decision of reference dated on 27.12.2018, the Cluj Court of Appeal, the Second Civil Section, ordered the referral of the Court of Justice of the European Union with the request for a preliminary ruling on the following questions regarding the interpretation of Directive 93/13 / CEE, respectively consumer protection against abusive clauses inserted in foreign currency credit agreements:
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