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Updated 04.2010

Legal requirements

Types of collaboration

One type of collaboration is engaging in a cooperative, which uses private capital in its day-to-day running. A cooperative must have at least five members.

  • Law on the organisation and operation of cooperatives msw8 română

Franchise contracts involve close collaboration between financially independent parties, through which the franchisor grants the beneficiary the right to make use of or develop a business, product, service or technology.

The Ordinance on the legal framework for franchising governs franchising in Romania.

  • Ordinance on the legal framework for franchising română

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a means of cooperation between the public authorities and the private sector aiming to provide certain public services.

New types of European business structures

European Economic Interest Groupings carry out their activities in Romania in accordance with European regulations and the Law on certain measures for ensuring transparency in the exercise of senior public offices, public positions and business positions, as well as for preventing and sanctioning corruption.

  • Law on European Economic Interest Groupings pdf [255 KB] română

Other options for expanding your business are taking over an existing one, merging with another company or opening a branch in another EU country.

Administrative procedures

Registration

A cooperative is set up by means of articles of association, drawn up in the form of a memorandum of association. Any cooperative which has its headquarters in Romania is a legal entity.

  • Setting up a cooperative română
  • Formalities for registering cooperatives română Online government service

Details of the procedures for registering European Economic Interest        Groupings, European companies and European cooperative societies in Romania can be accessed on the website of the Oficiul Naţional al Registrului Comerţului, ONRC (National Trade Register Office).

  • ONRC română Online government service
  • Registering an European Economic Interest Group pdf [138 KB] română Online government service
  • Formalities for registering European companies română Online government service
  • Formalities for registering European cooperative societies română Online government service

Resources

Additional information about cooperation between enterprises can be accessed on the website of the Agenţi a Naţional ă pentru Întreprinderi Mici şi Mijlocii şi Cooperaţie, ANIMMC (National Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Cooperation).

  • National Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Co-operation română

Programmes

The UNCTAD/EMPRETEC Romania programme aims to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises from all economic sectors.

  • UNCTAD/EMPRETEC Romania programme română

Check also the legislation on this topic in:

  • References

    Legal texts

    • Law no 1/2005 on the organisation and operation of cooperatives, published in the Official Gazette no 172/28.02.2005 msw8 română
    • Law no 161 of 19 April 2003 on certain measures for ensuring transparency in the exercise of senior public offices, public positions and business positions, as well as for preventing and sanctioning corruption, as amended pdf [255 KB] română
    • Law no 200/2002 approving Emergency Government Ordinance no 97/2000, published in the Official Gazette no 300/08.05.2002 msw8 română
    • Government Ordinance no 52 of 28 August 1997 regarding the legal framework for franchising, republished in the Official Gazette no 180/14.05.1998 română
    • Ordinance no 102 of 27 May 2005 on the Approval Procedure for the compliance of the memoranda of association of county/national-level partnerships or unions of cooperatives with the provisions of Law no 1/2005 on the organisation and operation of cooperatives, published in the Official Gazette no 495/13.06.2005 msw8 română

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Further help

The ANIMMC provides on-line advice for enterprises, as well as a database of SME advice services.

  • ANIMMC - Online advice română

The Camera de Comerț și Industrie a României (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania) provides assistance with regard to opportunities for collaboration between enterprises.

  • Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania română