Rules and specific measures for locations that operate gambling
by Dumitru Loredana-Marlen, Junior Associate Lawyer – CA Luca Mihai-Cătălin After almost three months from the cessation of traditional gambling activities throughout the country, occurred as a result of the implementation of measures to prevent and combat the spread of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and as a result of industry efforts to identify solutions compatible with the activity in the context of the current...
AUTHORIZATION OF THE GAMBLING MEANS OF THE SLOT MACHINE TYPE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY
By Teodora Luca, Senior Associate at Mihai Luca Law Office Pursuant to the provisions of Article 12(3) and (4) of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 77/2009 on organization and operation of gambling, the gambling operation authorizations have a 1-year validity term, which starts running as of the 1st of the month that follows the month when the gambling organizer made payment of the fees due in advance: (3) The gambling operation...
Ubi Lex Non Distinguit, Nec Nos Distinguere Debemus, in real life. Brief considerations on the provisions of Art. VIII of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 48/2020 on certain fiscal financial measures
by Andrei Cosma (Senior Associate); Ana-Maria Coruga (Senior Associate) și Teodora Popescu (Associate) la SCA Simion & Baciu Since it provoked numerous discussions in the public sphere, but also multiple questions regarding the concrete application of the legal texts, we dedicate this article to the provisions of article VIII of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 48/2020 on certain fiscal financial measures (“GEO 48/2020”), with...
Considerations on the provisions of Article VIII of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 48/2020
by Dan Schwartz, Managing Partner of RSM Romania Under the Presidential Decree no. 195 of March 2020, the state of emergency was declared in Romania further to the Covid-19 pandemic spreading in our country, too. The measures intended to fight against the pandemic, which were introduced under the Military Ordinance no. 1 issued based on the Presidential Decree no. 195/2020 and published in the Official Gazette no. 219 of 18...
Employment relationships in the gambling industry in the COVID-19 context
by Dumitru Loredana-Marlen, Junior Lawyer and Ana Maria Calancea, Fully Qualified Lawyers at CA Luca Mihai-Cătălin Considering that, in the context of the prevention of Covid-19 cases, starting with 18.03.2020, the economic operators that operate traditional gambling and slot-machines suspend their activity throughout the period of emergency state, and having regard to the difficulties that both operators and their employees face...
CORONAVIRUS, GAMES AND THE IMMINENT ECONOMIC CRISIS
The “social and economic restart” is probably the name of the situation we are in now. Like all the crises in the history of mankind, also the one we are experiencing today has, besides the dramatic consequences, some positive aspects too. How will the land based gambling industry in our country will be affected by the brutal cessation of activity, which will be the social and economic consequences, is difficult to say,...
