The activity of companies that ignore the rules imposed by the authorities will be suspended for 15 or 30 days

Authorities will be able to decide to suspend the activity of companies that do not comply with the rules for 15 or 30 days.

The OUG on the abolition of investment grants (measure 3), which allocates this money to working capital grants (measure 2), was published in the Official Gazette.

The procedure for implementing the grants for the companies in the area of HoReCa was published in the Official Gazette.

In order to document compliance with the principle of market value, the transfer pricing file must be prepared annually by the big taxpayers.

Firms must periodically review the compliance of their processing operations with the applicable regulations.

When determining the tax regime applicable to the consideration of the COVID tests borne by the employer for his employees, it is necessary that the employer examine the purpose for which the tests were carried out.

Labor law currently allows any document between the employee and the employer to be signed electronically by means of a qualified or advanced signature.

New amendments to the OUG 132/2020 were recently published to protect and support employers and employees. Employers will have greater flexibility and employees will have greater protection.

In Emergency Ordinance 211/04.12.2020, it was decided to extend the period of application of the social protection measures adopted in the context of the spread of coronavirus.

According to Law No 172/2020 new regulations have emerged.

The amendments to Law 448/2006 on the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities enter into force on 25.07.2020.

We remind you that the rights of persons with disabilities (a disabled person also means a grade III disabled person) employed or seeking employment are as follows:

6 months ago we announced the appearance of some positive amendments to the Company Law n. 31/1990, such as:

• cancelation of the provisions whereby a natural or legal person may be a sole member of a single limited liability company

• the abolition of the provisions providing that different companies may operate in the same establishment only if the building, through its structure and its useful surface, allows more companies to operate in different premises or in separate shared spaces

• Abolishment of the obligation to obtain an aproval from the Owners’ Association of the building to change the destination of the real estate, in the case of companies whose registered office is to be registered in an apartment building, for companies with registered office of which no activity is exercised.

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As of the 3^rd of April 2020, the procedures for submitting the documents required to obtain the technical unemployment indemnity have changed. According to the new methodology, all those who submit applications for April (therefore all applications that will be submitted after 1^st of May) must send them via the online platform made available by the Romanian Government, namely https://aici.gov.ro/home.

In addition, it is important to know that documents sent by e-mail to AJOFM will no longer be accepted.

The transmission of documents through the above-mentioned platform will ensure faster processing, better record keeping and easier access to documents to be filled in.

In addition, applications will be written intelligently to help employers calculate the compensation to be claimed and therefore errors in identifying the company will be limited.

Unfortunately, in these difficult days, we are the victims of a serious disinformation coming from the ANAF.

A few days ago the finance minister Florin Citu announced through a public announcement on his Facebook page several measures that will be taken in favor of the business environment to combat the effects of the current crisis. Shortly thereafter, ANAF published on its website an official statement containing the same measures. You can find it on the ANAF website, here, and also in the attached image. Details of these provisions are also available here.

Many companies are or will soon be severely affected by the spread of SAR-CoV-2 coronavirus. Some companies will probably be in a position to adopt the solution of technical unemployment, which involves temporary cessation of activity, i.e. temporary suspension of employment, but also payment of minimum 75% of the basic salary.