Towards the end of 2019, certain amendments have been brought to the regulation of franchising in Romania. Without representing a paradigm change – otherwise impossible, considering the European franchising regulation, as an exception from the restrictions set out by the competition legislation (although softened throughout the years) – the changes must be taken into account. Setting out certain obligations which did not exist, or existed in u...

In the context of the compulsory insurances against civil liability for the damages caused to third parties by vehicle and tram accidents (RCA), the direct compensation service represents an alternative method available to the injured person for obtaining the payment of the damage, involving the assessment of the damage claim by the injured person’s own RCA insurer and a subsequent settlement between this insurer and the RCA insurer of the pe...

With the purpose of ensuring a unique internal market for all Member States of the European Union, governed by the free movement of persons and judgments principle, the European legislator has adopted numerous regulations on private international law, which attempt to solve, in a uniform manner, the conflict of laws arising out of private legal relations with foreign elements. In this article, we will examine the uniform rules for solving con...

The European Data Protection Board („EDPB”), the European Union’s independent body mandated to ensure the consistent application of Regulation no. 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data („GDPR”), issued, in May 2020, new specific guidelines for the interpretation and application of the GDPR provisions on consent for processing personal data. This articl...

In early 2020, the NIS Cooperation Group published a set of cybersecurity measures in the context of the implementation of the 5G system (called 5G Network EU Toolbox Risk Mitiganting Meaasures), proposing technical and strategic measures to be taken by EU Member States.Some of the recommended measures include an assessment of the risk profile of suppliers and the application of restrictions for those considered to be at high risk for e...

The paper aims to analyze the interference of the COVID-19 pandemic with the execution of civil contracts, discussing how economic agents affected in their activity by the combined action of the pandemic and the legislative measures enacted in order to fight it can use the theory of hardship or force majeure/fortuitous case. The authors consider that a case-by-case analysis shall be needed, as the same fact may have different legal ...

In the usual language, the phrase „droit d’auteur” and the word „copyright” areconsidered synonymous. The meanings of the two terms, however, are different and may generate ambiguities. Neither of the two legal terms – „droit d’auteur” or „copyright” – fails to defi ne the mechanism of protecting the creations of the spirit nor the richness of the provisions included. Among them, the moral rights conferred on the author of cinematographi...

As non-participating tools to outcome of a mining project or making an investment, private royalties are complex provisions and agreements that reflect the degree of business planning, local risks, and include the assumptions of future exploitation.Developed as a contractual practice in large mining companies, these clauses have been improved during use and as a result of incidents or case laws, so the current can be used in a...

The effective protection of personal data throughout the European Union required the strengthening and setting out in detail the obligations of those who process and determine the processing of personal data. In order to ensure a processing which meets the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and protects the rights of data subjects, the controller and the processor have the obligation to apply appropriate technical and orga...

This thesis aims to challenge the hypnotize that while indeed innovating, GDPR does not put in control the people over their data. It was not designed in this propose. All the made statements will be developed, supported, and explained and as much possible try to address in the body of the essay. Such as: Is the privacy yet a fundamental classic freedom right as used to refer in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights or Convention 108? Are yet the ...