After analyzing legislative measures adopted by Romania in December 2018, the Commission found that the system of regulated wholesale prices newly introduced in the Romanian gas market goes against the EU legal requirements.
The Commission also considers that these measures are not adequate to sustainably achieve the objective of protecting household customers from excessive price increases.
Romania’s government froze the price of natural gas at RON68/MWh via emergency decree 114, which introduced a slew of controversial taxes and capped electricity and natural gas prices.