The EU directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law, a Propo
In light of the European Commission’s recent proposal that an EU Directive be issued regulating insolvency and pre-pack proceedings, Romania’s insolvency and bankruptcy legal framework does not currently provide rules on pre-packs or on the preparation of a sale of a debtor's assets before insolvency proceedings are formally opened.
In the statement of claim filed in 2019, a debtor requested that its tax liability be extinguished as being time-barred on the grounds that the creditor had not carried out any enforcement actions since 2013. Moreover, the debtor company was deregistered in 2012.
The High Court of Cassation and Justice has ruled that the creditor cannot be held liable for having remained passive as long as its debtor had been deregistered and had therefore ceased to exist from a legal standpoint and to be a subject of law from whom one can claim the performance of an obligation.
On 31 August 2023, the Romanian government passed emergency Government Ordinance (GEO 2023), which extends by 90 days the validity of the insurance policies issued by Euroins Romania Asigurare-Reasigurare S.A., which is now in bankruptcy. Prior to the issuance of GEO 2023, motor third liability insurance policies (MTPL) issued by Euroins Romania were due to expire on 8 September 2023 while the guarantee policies issued by this insurer were due to expire within 150 days after the opening of its bankruptcy procedure (i.e. 7 November 2023).
The events in the last few years have had significant and lasting impacts on business in general and restructuring in particular, with the latter referring to the various options available for firms experiencing difficulties. European economies, hit by both the upheavals caused by the health crisis and geopolitical tensions, have also been a
On 17 July 2022, Law 216/2022 came into force amending and supplementing Law No. 85/2014 on insolvency prevention and insolvency proceedings and other normative acts.
Law 216/2022 also amended Romanian Companies Law No. 31/1990 (Romanian Companies Law) on the duties of directors if a company is likely to become insolvent. Also, the law brings derogations from the provisions of the Romanian Companies Law on calling deadlines for shareholders’ meetings in those specific cases when a restructuring agreement or approval of the restructuring plan has been confirmed.
Law 216 of 14 July 2022 amends and supplements Law 85/2014 on insolvency prevention and insolvency proceedings and other legislation. The new law transposes the business prevention mechanisms introduced at European level by Directive 2019/1023.
The amendments to the insolvency law implement the business prevention mechanisms imposed by Directive 2019/1023 and clarify certain concepts and ways of action that were hitherto left to the discretion of the parties or to different interpretations by the courts.
Curtea Europeană de Justiție a Uniunii Europene a decis recent că Articolul 2 alineatul (2) și articolul 12 literele (a) și (c) din Directiva 2008/94/CE a Parlamentului European și a Consiliului din 22 octombrie 2008 privind protecția lucrătorilor salariați în cazul insolvenței angajatorului, astfel cum a fost modificată prin Directiva (UE) 2015/1794 a Parlamentului European și a Consiliului din 6 octombrie 2015, trebuie interpretate în sensul că se opun unei jurisprudențe naționale potrivit căreia o persoană care exercită în mod cumulativ, în temeiul
On 18 May 2020, the same date that Romania switched to a state of alert that will expire on 17 June 2020, Law no. 55/2020 entered into force, which contains amendments to legal provisions for regular insolvency during the state of alert.
The most important amendments include a deferral of the obligation to file for insolvency, an increase in the threshold for petitioning for insolvency, extension of the duration for the reorganisation plan and an extension of other procedural deadlines.
The following is a list of the major amendments contained in the law:
Măsurile administrative adoptate în lupta cu virusul SARS-CoV-2 pentru reducerea extinderii acestuia au produs, în mod previzibil, consecințe financiare negative în mediul de afaceri, care s-a confruntat în contextul acestor măsuri cu o lipsă de lichidăți.