The Court had already found that Romania had failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law in a judgment delivered in 2018 EU law 1 aims to prevent or reduce as far as possible the negative effects of the landfill of waste on the environment. In 2018 2 , the Court held that Romania had failed to fulfil the obligation to put a stop to the landfill of waste and to close down 68 landfills whose operation was not authorised. In 2022, taking the view that Romania had still not complied with the 2018 judgment, the European Commission brought a further action for failure to fulfil obligations. In its judgment, the Court of Justice notes that Romania has still not closed 31 sites not authorised to be in operation. It orders Romania to pay a lump sum of €1.5 million and a penalty payment of €600 per landfill and per day of delay. In fixing the amount of the penalty payment, the Court takes into account the seriousness of the infringement, its duration and Romania’s ability to pay. The incomplete implementation of the 2018 judgment entails a significant risk of pollution and serious consequences for human health, in particular through the release of harmful chemicals into soil, air and water. In addition, the failure to fulfil obligations has persisted for more than four years, which is a considerable duration. Due to the risk to the environment and human health posed by that failure to fulfil obligations, and in order to prevent the recurrence of similar infringements, the Court also orders Romania to pay a lump sum appropriate to the circumstances and proportionate to the infringement committed. (Source:https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2023-12/cp230192en.pdf)
The demand for logistics and industrial spaces reached 575,000 sqm during the first 9 months of this year, a decrease of 20% compared with the same period of 2023, according to a report by real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. The figures for Q3 2024 reveal that 164,000 square meters were contracted, a […]
Dutch classical music star André Rieu will return to Romania for two concerts at BTarena in Cluj-Napoca on November 13 and 14, 2025. Rieu’s concerts in Romania, where he enjoys a high degree of popularity, have set multiple attendance records. In 2015 and 2016, he performed nine sold-out shows in Bucharest’s Constitution Square for over […]
Till Lindemann, the frontman of famous German rock band Rammstein, will embark on his "Meine Welt" tour across European arenas in the fall of 2025. Among his stops he is scheduled to perform in Romania on December 4, 2025, at Romexpo in Bucharest, as announced on his official website. The "Meine Welt" tour will take […]
HR Summit, one of the most important events dedicated to the human resources industry in Transylvania, will take place under the theme Shifting Priorities: Talent, Technology, and Trust, on Friday, November 22, at Radisson Blu Hotel in Cluj-Napoca. This year's edition of HR Summit focuses on leadership, employee well-being, the introduction of innovative...
Fourteen Central and Eastern European startups (CEE) have been selected for the first edition of the Impact Creators accelerator, Impact Hub Bucharest and PurposeTech announced. The application period attracted 133 proposals from 18 countries. The startups will participate in an intensive program to accelerate their businesses, which will end with a Pitch Day. The most […]
The immersive art museum MINA Cluj will host a special event featuring Dumitru Prunariu, the only Romanian who flew in space. Scheduled for November 24, the event will give the public the opportunity to hear the stories directly from the one who represented Romania in the Soyuz 40 mission in 1981, carried out as part […]
