The newsletter summarizes upcoming events hosted by the GRUIA DUFAUT Law Office, including presentations on legal frameworks for investments in Romania and labor law. It also provides summaries of new regulations regarding remote working, tax audits of individuals, and debt collection across the EU. Additionally, it announces that microenterprises can now opt for corporate tax instead of turnover tax and that the founder of the law office was appointed an ambassador for a program encouraging Romanian entrepreneurship. Finally, it discusses services available related to the new European General Data Protection Regulation taking effect in May 2018.

1. INFOLEGALMonthly newsletter of the GRUIA DUFAUT Law Office
April 2018 www.gruiadufaut.com
LEGAL NEWS PARTNER EVENTS
MAY
14-15
“Villes durables“ – Comment réussir
la transition ; B2B & symposium
On May 14, Mrs. Dana GRUIA
DUFAUT, Managing Partner, will hold
a presentation of the legal and fiscal
framework for investments in
Romania. The presentation for French
companies precedes the B2B
meetings and the symposium, which
take place on May 15, 2018
Organizers: : Business France, CCIFER,
Place: Bucharest
MAY
16
The Labour Law Forum
With Mrs. Mihaela NITU, Senior
Associate, GRUIA DUFAUT Law
Office, as speaker
Organizer: Legal Magazin
Place: Bucharest
 REMOTE WORKING: New Rules
In an effort to bring Romanian legislation in line with European
practice and current working conditions in light of the
development of technological means of communication,
Romania has just adopted a special law on remote working.
Law no. 81/2018 on remote working was published in Official
Journal no. 296/02.04.2018 and has entered into force on
05.04.2018. Thus, without canceling in any way the provision of
the Romanian Labor Code regarding "work from home", the new
law expressly regulates the situation in which the employee
works: at his/her usual place of residence; in another place
(telecentre, co-working space etc.) READ MORE
 TAX AUDIT OF RESIDENT NATURAL PERSONS
After a very active period in terms of new tax regulations
introduced by the authorities, new rules aimed at verifying the
fiscal situation of natural persons resident in Romania have
become effective on 23.03.2018. In this article, we try to review
the most important legal provisions recently adopted on this
subject, namely the Order of the President of the National Tax
Agency no. 675 of 15 March 2018 approving the indirect
methods of income determination and their application
procedure, published in the Official Journal no. 257. READ
MORE
 THE EUROPEAN ACCOUNT PRESERVATION ORDER
The development of commercial relations increases the
difficulties encountered by creditors in collecting their claims
from debtors in other EU countries.
To mitigate this risk, the EU has adopted Regulation no.
655/2014 of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account
Preservation Order procedure. Through this procedure and
under certain conditions, the accounts of a debtor can be
preserved at the creditor’s request. This Regulation also applies
in Romania as from 18 January 2017. READ MORE
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2. April 2018 www.gruiadufaut.com
Latest news from our Law Office
 MICROENTERPRISES: POSSIBILITY TO OPT
FOR THE CORPORATE TAX
Long-expected and heavily debated by
the business environment, the
Government Ordinance allowing
microenterprises to opt again for the
corporate tax has just been published in
Official Journal no. 291 as of 30.03.2018
(OUG no. 25/29 March 2018).
We hereby remind you that the rule is that
microenterprises pay a flat-rate tax on
turnover and not a corporate tax, as
follows:
1. 1% of turnover if they have 1 or more
employees;
2. 3% of turnover if they have no
employees.
The turnover threshold below which a
company is considered a microenterprise
for taxation purposes is 1 million Euros
(the equivalent in Lei). READ MORE
entreprenariat
Me Dana GRUIA DUFAUT, Avocat Fondateur du
Cabinet GRUIA DUFAUT, a été nommée Ambassadeur
RePatriot à Paris, une fonction honorifique reconnaissant
son implication et le soutien accordé à la cause de la
rapatriement par entreprenariat des roumains de la
Diaspora. RePatriot est un projet qui vise le rapatriement
par l’entreprenariat des roumains de la Diaspora, un
projet lancé par la Fondation Romanian Business
Leaders. Au total, RePatriot compte 59 ambassadeurs
honorifiques.
Latest news from our Law Office
entreprenariat
Mrs. Dana GRUIA DUFAUT, Founder of the GRUIA
DUFAUT Law Office, has been appointed RePatriot
Ambassador in Paris, an honorific position recognizing
her involvement and the support she has been offering
to the cause of repatriation through entrepreneurship of
Romanians from the Diaspora. RePatriot is a project
aimed at the repatriation through entrepreneurship of
Romanians from the Diaspora, a project launched by
Romanian Business Leaders Foundation. In total,
RePatriot currently has 59 honorary ambassadors .
Personal data: The European Regulation comes
into force starting from May 25, 2018
Starting from May 25, 2018, the date of entry into force of the General Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard
to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, all companies operating in the EU, regardless of
where they are established, will have to follow a set of rules on data protection. According to the European Commission, the
strengthening of data protection rules means that citizens will have better control over their personal data and, at the same
time, that companies will benefit from fair competitive conditions.
Please find below our article regarding the main new stipulations of the European Regulation on the protection of personal
data. READ MORE
GDPR SERVICES
GRUIA DUFAUT LAW OFFICE
Latest news from our Law Office
 Legal audit of data and processing methods in order to identify the legal grounds for an optimal processing (legal
obligation, contract, legitimate interest, consent etc.) by reference to its needs and obligations as a personal data
controller;
 Legal audit of data, processing methods and processing grounds, in order to identify the legal obligations to be
complied with by the operator (e.g. whether or not to carry out an impact assessment, whether or not to
designate a DPO etc.).
 Legal audit on how the personal data operator complies with the obligations provided by GDPR;
 Drafting or amending internal documents/policies that the operator needs to have in place, in order to ensure
compliance with GDPR;
 Drafting contractual clauses referring to data processing, for the contracts concluded by the operator with its
proxies;
 Legal advice on specific issues encountered during the processing of personal data;
 Legal training on the operator’s and/or DPO’s obligations.
Foto:RePatriot