Transporters Call On Government To Carry On Measures Aimed At Amending Legislation
The Federation of Romanian Transport Operators (FORT) has called on the government to carry on the measures and procedures aimed at amending the road transport legislation.
Transporters’ demands came after Dan Sova stepped down as transport minister and was replaced with a new minister.
Transporters said past experience showed that high-level changes at ministerial level “reset” the memory of public workers within the Transport Ministry. (Curierul National)
BNR Deputy Governor: Romania May Join Single Supervisory Mechanism In 2015
Romania might be able to complete all procedures needed to join the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) in 2015, part of the EU banking union, which will start operating on November 2014, said Romanian central bank’s deputy governor Bogdan Olteanu.
Olteanu said it will not be an easy process, which implies, among others, an assessment of banks’ assets and an extremely complex legislative reform at institutional level.
The central bank is responsible with Romania’s planned accession to the Single Supervisory Mechanism. (Curierul National)
Former ANAF Consultant Gets Three-Year Suspended Prison Sentence For Corruption
Adrian Gavrila, former consultant with Romania’s tax authority ANAF, received a three-year suspended prison sentence for taking a bribe from a company administrator to help the latter evade tax fraud and smuggling inquiry.
The ruling was made by the High Court of Justice, which decided to issue a suspended sentence after the Bucharest Court of Appeals had sentenced Gavrila definitively to three years in prison on March 13, 2013. (Puterea)
President Basescu Signs Decree Promulgating Insolvency Law
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday signed a decree promulgating the law which regulates the insolvency and insolvency prevention procedures.
Following a notification from the National Liberal Party, the Constitutional Court ruled that the insolvency law is constitutional.
The liberals claimed the law breaches the free access to justice and property, is discriminatory and may affect the industry. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Dan Sova Resigns After Four Months In Office
Romanian Transport Minister Dan Sova on Tuesday stepped down from his position, after just four months in office.
Sova, who serves as deputy president of the leftist Social Democratic Party, or PSD, said his reasons were personal and that he would focus on helping his party during the upcoming presidential elections.
Sova joined the Social Democratic Party in 2003. (Gandul)