By two decisions of 29 March 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union decided on the conflict between the principle of reasonable time and that of the effectiveness of collecting direct taxes and VAT. The winner, in terms of scoring, was the principle of reasonable time which prevails due to the incapacity of administrative authorities and courts to manage the collection of taxes and duties in an efficient manner.These decisions...

Public procurement in Romania is regulated, primarily, by the Emergency Government Ordinance no. 34/2006 regarding the award of the public procurement contracts, public works concession contracts and services concession contracts, with the subsequent amendments. According to this ordinance, any person considering his or her rights to have been harmed and having a legitimate interest by an act of the contracting authority thought to be irregular...