Unconstitutionality considerations: The tax liability surviving the right to carry on business
by Teodora Luca, Senior Lawyer at C.A. Luca Mihai-Cătălin In the context of the measures adopted by the authority over the past year, some of which were censored, even temporarily, by the courts, but also in light of the challenges that 2025 seems to bring in the gambling activity, the need for substantial reform of the legislation seems to us to be the only solution to regain predictability and stability in the field of gambling....
Clarifications expected from the ONJN regarding the amendments brought by Law 107/2024
Not so long ago, the gambling industry resounded, once again, by the significant changes brought by the legislator through GEO 82/2023, which entered into force on October 6, 2023, which established, among other things, the requirement of registering a permanent establishment in Romania in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Tax Code, at the level of which the income from the organization and operation of the gambling...
Database on self-excluded and undesirable persons – practical challenges brought by the new legislation from a regulatory and personal data protection perspective
Cosmina Maria Simion Petruș Partene by Cosmina Maria Simion, Managing Partner and Petruș Partene, Senior Associate The legislation applicable to the field of gambling in Romania has undergone significant changes with the entry into force on October 6, 2023 of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 82/2023 for amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 77/2009 on the organization and operation of games of chance,...
GAMBLING UNDER SIEGE
Drastic measures solve nothing… This article is meant to be the opinion of someone who has been in the position of a regulator and is now in the private sector of the Romanian gambling industry. Without claiming to be the holder of miraculous solutions, we are trying to get an idea of what the industry wants in the coming period. Gambling is just a fun activity not a “social problem” If we take into account the...
