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environment, with a view towards promoting consumers' interests.
markets is subject to special regulations.
accordance with the conditions, procedures and limitations established by the following provisions.
justified the Government decision continue.
with Competition Council’s advisory opinion.
to sell to certain parties without reasonable justification.
4. charging, over the long run, substantively lower prices to the consumers.
cases of block exemptions, decisions made by associations of undertakings or concerted practices.
qualification within the categories, are established through Competition Council regulations.
they meet the conditions and the criteria provided in pars. (3) and (4).
exemption, and the conditions and obligations the beneficiaries must observe.
void if it was granted on the basis of false, inaccurate or incomplete information.
submit to certain unjustified commercial conditions.
(1) If the measures and sanctions applied by the Competition Council, in compliance with chaps.
e) restructuring through division of the undertaking.
the administrative body does not make a decision within 30 days after the referral.
proving serious damage to a major public interest resides with the Competition Council.
in compliance with the Code of Civil Procedure.
right to a de novo trial.
undertakings of concerted practices among undertakings which do not compete.
prohibited under Arts. 5 hen they refer to prices, tariffs, market division agreements or auctions.
b) setting discriminatory business conditions to undertakings.
(2) The provisions in par. (1) are not subject to the exemption under Art. 2 par. 1 b.
Council’s decision, the latter may challenge the action before the Bucharest Court of Appeal.
either through acquiring share capital or through acquiring assets, by contract or other means.
concentration for the purposes of par. (2)(b).
decision-making of an undertaking’s management or board of directors.
influence granting such rights and contracts.
directly or indirectly the competitive conduct of the controlled undertaking.
competition on the Romanian market or on a part of it.
f) contribution to technical and economic progress.
the National Bank of Romania valid for the last day of the financial year prior to the operation.
control and must be notified to the Competition Council.
established through the regulations and guidelines adopted by the Competition Council.
concentration shall not be put into effect.
undertakings involved in the operation, or over a third party, and the effects on competition.
granted at any time, both before and after the notification.
section b, to Art. 51 par. 2 section (a) or (b) or (c) or according to Art. 51 par. 3.
this law. The principle office of the Competition Council is in the city of Bucharest.
a half term, set by appointment decree.
independence and enjoy professional reputation and civic probity.
he proved his professional and managerial capabilities.
managers in the business field or high-ranking public servants.
arbitrators, either by parties or by courts or by other institutions.
that appointed them and are independent in their decision-making.
cannot be members of a political party or other political organizations.
e) in case of an incompatible work status or an impediment such as those provided under pars.
court decision, for having committed a criminal offence.
suspended by the same authority.
and appointed to the vacant position for the remainder of the term.
than 10 consecutive days, the member’s term ends and pars. (10) - (11) are applied.
(2) The president of the Competition Council is the first sworn in.
procedure of nominating and appointing another person for the vacancy shall be resumed.
sworn in and terminates 5 years calculated from that date.
the next term is sworn in.
president of the Council for each particular case, and is headed by a vice-president of the Council.
h) the analysis of violations of Art. 9 violations.
shall be put into effect, suspended or abrogated by order of the president.
period of his absence or unavailability.
shall explicitly mention the delegated powers and the period of their delegation.
public servants and the regulations regarding the waging of staff with state contracts.
(3) The public specialized office relative to the Competition Council is of competition inspector.
- to a secretary of state, and the competition counselor - to an under-secretary of state.
Competition Council's organizational, functioning and procedural regulations.
registration of a request from the Competition Council.
Council, shall become revenue to the state budget, according to the law.
g) to notify the Government about situations of monopoly or of other cases subject to Art. 4 par.
q) to take any other decisions in order to meet the duties arising under this law.
opinions, makes recommendations and draws up reports in order to apply the provisions of this law.
h) the disciplinary regime for the staff.
e) payment of fees and charges provided by this law and by regulations.
investigations, inquiries and measures to be taken concerning undertakings.
sanctions, of authorization, of granting and of extension of exemptions.
to the provisions of this law.
enforced by order of the Competition Council’s President.
Bucharest Court of Appeal within 30 days from notice, or from publication of the appealed action.
f) the courts and prosecutors' offices.
public administration bodies, and the employers' organizations.
administration bodies, and shall request them information and assistance.
applicable provisions of the Community legislation.
the undertakings and public authorities observe the rules of competition, according to this law.
(2) The report shall be adopted by the plenum of the Competition Council, and shall be published.
par. 2 sections b) and c).
the regulations of the Competition Council.
within due term and according to the regulations of the fiscal law.
Section II of the Chapter IV shall be abrogated.
Council, through specialized control staff.
take the measures provided in Art. 214 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Art. 30 sections a) -f).
to be submitted, under sanctions stipulated by this law.
related to the business of the undertakings or the association of undertakings.
in a fact-finding and inventorying minutes.
the spot, or upon summoning at the Competition Council principal office.
setting, operation and procedure of the Competition Council.
undertakings or associations of undertakings submitted to investigations.
departments, under conditions stipulated in Art. 27, par. (3) of the Romanian Constitution.
the inspection, and the judge is held to check if the request is grounded.
of the evidence and documents before capture and retrieval.
returned to the occupant of the searched premises.
appeal is not suspensive of execution.
informed without delay about the beginning of the inspection and of the performed operations.
whole duration of the inspection.
from the date the request or complaint was filed.
the observations and to present the report to the Competition Council plenary session, if necessary.
undertakings, the abuse of dominant position, or the economic concentration under investigation.
The hearing shall be ordered by the President of the Competition Council.
not prevent the investigation procedure from going on.
the President of the Competition Council considers it helpful for the investigation.
character, are available for study, duplication or taking excerpts, without the President's decision.
concentration, to the extent to which they can prove a legitimate interest in the cause.
compatibility with a normal competitive environment.
economic concentration could be compatible with a normal competitive environment.
(2), the notified economic concentration operation may take place.
Council the information requested in order to complete the notification.
terminated without delay in order to forestall or stop a serious and certain damage from being done.
what is necessary for correcting an obvious and intolerable alteration of free competition.
to suspend execution of the appealed decision.
referring to an anticompetitive practice banned by Arts.5 and 6 of this law, are null and void.
b) submission of incorrect or incomplete information following a request made under Art. 5 par.
e) the refusal to accept an inquiry conducted in keeping with the provisions of Arts. 42 and 43.
b) putting in effect an economic concentration operation in violation of Art.16, par. (4) and par.
competition. Sanctions shall be on a scale adopted through Competition Council's guidelines.
impose one of the measures stipulated in Art.7, par.(1).
b) to enforce the remedies stated in a decision issued in accordance with the provisions of Art.
d) accept the inspection, as requested in Arts. 42- 44 of this law.
Council’s plenary session or its commissions, or by the competition inspectors.
shall be enforced by the competition inspectors.
under Art. 52 par. (4).
Appeal, the Litigation Division, within 30 days from notice.
offences stipulated and sanctioned by this law shall be disgorged and deposited to the state budget.
and modified through Law no.180/2002, except for Arts.28 and 29 therein.
(b) within 5 years, for all other violations of provisions of this law.
limitations begins the day the last anticompetitive action or fact stopped.
publishing the decisions, so that no business secret be revealed.
commitment of the law violation.
(c) commencement of legal procedures.
associations of undertakings involved in the commitment of the law violation.
of the date the Competition Council has undertaken one of the actions mentioned under par.(2).
the Competition Council did not impose any of the sanctions provided for by this law.
be convicted to jail from 6 months to 4 years or shall be fined.
(2). The criminal action shall start following the Competition Council's notification.
anticompetitive practices banned according to this law.
Competition Council may change this qualification.
the exports (performed directly or through agents).
assets constituting the object of the transaction shall be taken into consideration.
concentration operation, concluded on the date of the last transaction.
by the Competition Council through the guidelines.
Competition Council, by considering the market trend.
the Plenum and of the competition inspectors from the Competition Council.
amendments and completions through Law no. 228/2003.
procedure of the Competition Council.
within a period not exceeding 30 days as of the date this Emergency Decree enters into force.
30 days as of the date this Emergency Decree enters into force.
organizations and institutions, in its field of activity.
the date this Emergency Decree enters into force.
governmental statutes which regulate the fields of activity provided in par. (1).
period not exceeding 30 days as of the date this Emergency Decree enters into force.
revised accordingly within 3 months as of the date this Emergency Decree enters into force.
Emergency Decree enters into force.
shall be renumbered, after the decree is approved by law.

References: Art. 2
 Art. 51
 Art. 51
 Art. 9
 Art. 4
 Art. 214

Art. 30
 Art. 27
 Art. 5
 Art.16
 Art.7
 Art. 52