Portfolio Archive - Costaș, Negru & Asociații

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...

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...

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...

Landfills. Failure to Meet the Obligations Undertaken by Romania

On the 18th of October 2018, in legal affair C-301/17, European Commission v. Romania, the Court of Justice of the European Union decided that by failing to comply with regarding...

Alitalia Airline in Insolvency

In the forced execution procedure of a judgment pronounced by Judecătoria Sectorului 1 București, pursuant to Regulation no. 261/2004, we have recently learned that Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.P.A....

EU Regulations regarding Iran. Latest developments

Political relations are pretty clear between the European Union and Iran. Not long ago, there were restrictive measures imposed by the EU against the state of Iran, measures that followed...

Unfair terms. Exchange rate risk

The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a new judgment in favour to the consumers who have contracted bank loans. Thus, on the 20th of September 2018,...

Alexandra Tomuța joins Costaș, Negru & Asociaţii lawyers’ civil partnership

We are pleased to announce that our team will expand soon. Alexandra Tomuța passed the entrance exam in the Arad Bar and will be a trainee lawyer in our company....

Recent Amendments to Law No. 554/2004 on Administrative Litigation

Recently, Law no. 212/2018 modified Law no. 554/2004 on Administrative Litigation. We have drawn up, in the following, a synthesis of the main novelties in the matter. It is to...

Single Account Payment. Simplification of Tax Regulations

The simplification of tax legislation enters a new stage, following recent legal changes regarding the payment of current tax liability. It is to be noted that, in this context, by...