M bucur s fiu alturi de dumneavoastr

i de echipa dumneavoastr. Implicarea i

responsabilitatea dumneavoastr sunt
impresionante. Continuai tot aa!

Neelie KROES, Comisar European

Bucureti, 11-12 mai 2005

It is great to be with you and your people.

Your involvement and your responsibility are
impressive. Go on like this!

Neelie KROES, European Commissioner,

Bucharest, 11- 12 May 2005
 CUVNT NAINTE

n anul 2000, Romnia a deschis negocierile cu Uniunea European pentru

Capitolul 6 Politica n domeniul concurenei i, n prezent, dup nchiderea
negocierilor de aderare n decembrie 2004, Consiliul Concurenei din Romnia
este pregtit pentru funcionarea la nivel european.

Prin modificarea succesiv a Legii concurenei nr. 21/1996 i a Legii privind

ajutorul de stat nr.143/1999, Consiliul Concurenei a trecut printr-o reform
instituional important, devenind singura autoritate autonom n domeniul
concurenei cu atribuii n domeniul concurenei i al ajutorului de stat.

innd cont de negocierile finale cu Uniunea European, Consiliul Concurenei a

fcut eforturi considerabile pentru a-i construi o structur care s-i permit s
acioneze ca un gardian al funcionrii normale a mecanismelor de pia prin
consolidarea celor trei piloni de baz ai activitii sale legate de legislaie,
aplicarea acesteia i capacitatea administrativ.

Ca o condiie esenial pentru aderare, legislaia primar i secundar n

domeniul concurenei i al ajutorului de stat este pe deplin armonizat cu ultimele
dezvoltri ale acquis-ului comunitar, permind Romniei s o aplice cu mult
nainte de aderare pentru a fi pregtit s nfrunte provocrile de pe piaa unic.

Rezultatele aplicrii legislaiei (the enforcement record) a fost barometrul pe

care Comisia European s-a bazat n evaluarea progreselor nregistrate de
Consiliul Concurenei. Astfel, n domeniul concurenei, Consiliul s-a concentrat
asupra descoperirii i sancionrii celor mai grave nclcri ale legii prin
analizarea mecanismelor de pia i deschiderea de investigaii din oficiu. Un
instrument eficient i modern adoptat de ctre Consiliu n lupta mpotriva
practicilor anticoncureniale este programul de clemen implementat deja, n
timp ce Lista sectoarelor eseniale pentru economia romneasc , Ghidul
privind abordarea pro-activ a procesului de aplicare a regulilor de concuren,
precum i Instruciunile privind inspeciile inopinate ofer, de asemenea,
instrumente utile n abordarea cazurilor cu care se confrunt.

n domeniul ajutorului de stat, activitatea s-a desfurat n strns colaborare cu

Comisia European. Consiliul Concurenei a fost i continu s fie determinat s
respecte cerinele de ordin calitativ i cantitativ n vederea aderrii: analiza
notificrilor de ajutor de stat n baza noilor regulamente adoptate, monitorizarea
ajutoarelor de stat existente i compatibilizarea acestora cu noile reguli,
ntocmirea inventarului ajutoarelor de stat.
 FOREWORD

In 2000, Romania opened the negotiations with the European Union for Chapter
6 Competition Policy and at present after the closure in December 2004 of the
accession negotiation, the Romanian Competition Council is ready to function at
European level.

Amending successively the Competition Law no. 21/1996 and the Law on State
aid no. 143/1999, the Romanian Competition Council passed through an
important institutional reform remaining the sole and autonomous Romanian
competition authority with attributions in both competition and State aid field.

On the grounds of final negotiations with the European Union, the Competition
Council made considerable efforts to build itself such a structure that allowed it to
act as the guardian of normal functioning of market mechanisms by the
strengthening three basic pillars of its activity related to legislation, enforcement
and administrative capacity.

As an essential condition for accession, the competition and State aid primary
and secondary legislation in force is fully harmonized with the latest
developments of the EU acquis, enabling Romania to apply it far before
accession in order to be prepared to face the challenges of the Single market.

The enforcement record was the barometer on which the European Commission
based its assessment over the progress made. Thus, in the competition field the
Competition Council focused its activity on finding out and sanctioning the most
severe infringements of the Law by analyzing the competitive market
mechanisms and opening ex-officio investigations. An extremely efficient and
modern instrument adopted by the Competition Council in fighting against the
anticompetitive practices is the leniency programme already put into force while
The list of sectors essential for the Romanian economy, Guidelines for a more
pro-active approach in the enforcement of competition rules as well as the
Guidelines on unannounced inspections offer also very useful tools in
approaching the cases it deals with.

In the State aid field, the activity was very sustained and intensive and carried
out in close cooperation with European Commission. The Competition Council
was and continues to be determined to meet the quantitative and qualitative
accession requirements: the assessment of the State aid notifications on the
basis of new State aid adopted regulations, monitoring the existing State aids
and making them compatible with the new rules, the carrying out of the State aid
inventory.
Una dintre activitile relevante ale Consiliului care merit a fi amintit este
promovarea culturii concurenei, datorit creia activitatea i puterile Consiliului
au devenit cunoscute n rndul mediului academic, mediului de afaceri,
instituiilor publice, precum i publicului larg.

Consiliul Concurenei a emis n acest sens documente, cum sunt Cartea Alb a
liberei concurene n Romnia, Foaia de parcurs pentru promovarea regulilor de
concuren, Planul de aciune pentru promovarea regulilor de concuren , a
transmis comunicate de pres i articole de pres. Pentru un dialog permanent
cu actorii de pe pia, Consiliul a construit i a actualizat permanent pagina sa de
internet (www.competition.ro).

O alt prioritate major a Consiliului este consolidarea relaiilor sale cu alte

autoriti de concuren, n special cu cele din Statele Membre. Pn n prezent,
acorduri de cooperare s-au ncheiat cu autoritile de concuren din Frana i
Portugalia, iar acorduri de cooperare cu autoriti din alte state sunt n curs de
realizare. Chiar dac nu s-au ncheiat acorduri formale, relaii foarte strnse au
existat cu autoritile de concuren din Marea Britanie, Germania i Olanda, n
timp ce Consiliul i propune consolidarea poziiei sale n relaia cu organizaiile
internaionale, cum sunt OECD, UNCTAD i ICN.

n perspectiva integrrii viitoare n structurile Uniunii Europene, Consiliul

Concurenei se angajeaz pe deplin n respectarea obligaiilor ce-i revin ca
urmare a negocierilor de aderare, spre exemplu asigurarea unui control efectiv
asupra oricrui potenial ajutor de stat, ntrirea aplicrii legislaiei n domeniul
concurenei i al ajutorului de stat, ntrirea capacitii administrative, acionnd
astfel ca o instituie a Uniunii Europene lrgite.

Prof. univ. dr. Mihai Berinde

Preedinte
One very relevant side of the Competition Councils activity that is worth to be
mentioned concerns the competition advocacy owing to which the Competition
Councils activity and powers became popular amongst the business and
academic environment, public institutions as well as public at large.

The Competition Council has issued in this respect programmatic documents

(White paper of free competition in Romania, Road map for competition
advocacy, Action plan for promoting the competition advocacy in Romania),
press releases and articles in the press. For having a permanent dialogue with
the market actors, the Competition Council constructed and permanently updated
its web page (www.competition.ro).

Another major priority of the Competition Council is to consolidate its relations in

the field with foreign competition agencies, especially those of the member
states. To this end, cooperation agreements were signed with the competition
authorities from France and Portugal and the cooperation agreements with
agencies from other countries are under preparation procedure. Even without
concluding formal agreements, very close cooperation relations have been
developed with competition authorities from United Kingdom, Germany and
Netherlands while the Competition Council is working to consolidate its position
within international organization such as OECD, UNCTAD and ICN.

In the perspective of the future integration in the EU structures, the Romanian

Competition Council is fully committed to comply with the obligations arisen
framing the accession negotiations, e.g. to ensure effective control of any
potential State aid, to further strengthen antitrust and State aid enforcement
record as well as the administrative capacity of the Competition Council, and to
successfully behave as an institution of the enlarged European Union.

Professor Dr. Mihai Berinde

President
 CUPRINS SUMMARY Pag.
Introducere Introduction 1
Capitolul 1. Concurena Chapter 1. Competition 17
1.Cadrul legislativ 1. Legislative framework 17
1.1. Legislaia primar 1.1. Primary legislation 17
1.2. Legislaia secundar 1.2. Secondary legislation 19
2.Implementarea legislaiei 2. Implementation of legislation 21
2.1. Investigaii 2.1. Investigations 21
2.1.1. Investigaii declanate prin autosesizare 2.1.1. Own initiative (ex-officio) investigations 23
2.1.2. Investigaii declanate ca urmare a unor 2.1.2. Investigations initiated following complaints / 31
plngeri/sesizri intimations
2.1.3. Investigaii ca urmare a unor cereri/notificri 2.1.3. Investigations following requests / 35
notifications
2.2. Decizii 2.2. Decisions 39
2.2.1. Inelegeri ntre agenii economici - art.5 2.2.1. Agreements between undertakings article 5 41
2.2.2. Abuzul de poziie dominant - art.6 2.2.2. Abuse of dominant position art.6 43
2.2.3. Concentrri economice 2.2.3.Economic Concentrations 45
2.2.4. Alte decizii 2.2.4. Other decisions 47
3. Intervenii ale Consiliului Concurenei. Avize i 3. Interventions of the Competition Council.Advisory 49
puncte de vedere opinions and points of view
3.1.Intervenii ale Consiliului Concurenei 3.1 Interventions of the Competition Council 49
3.2. Avize 3.2. Advisory Opinions 49
3.3. Puncte de vedere 3.3. Points of view 51
4. Acte ale Consiliului Concurenei contestate n 4. Acts of the Competition Council appealed before 53
justiie the Court
Capitolul 2. Ajutorul de stat Chapter 2. State Aid 55
1.Cadrul legislativ 1. Legislative framework 55
1.1. Legislaia primar 1. 1. Primary Legislation 55
1.2. Legislaia secundar 1.2. Secondary Legislation 57
2. Implementarea legislaiei 2. Legislation Implementation 59
2.1. Decizii 2.1. Decisions 59
Ajutoare de stat autorizate Authorized State Aids 61
Dezvoltare regional Regional Development 63
Ajutoare de stat pentru SNP Petrom State aids for SNP Petrom SA 65
Ajutoare de stat pentru SC Automobile Dacia SA State aids for SC Automobile Dacia SA 67
Parcuri industriale Industrial Parks 67
Restructurare Restructuring 67
Sectorul siderurgic The steel industry 71
Servicii de interes economic general Services of general economic interest 71
 CUPRINS SUMMARY Pag.
Intreprinderi mici i mijlocii Small and medium sized enterprises 71
Proiecte mari de investiii Large investment projects 73
Instruirea angajailor i ocuparea forei de munc Training and employment 73
Alte ajutoare Other aids 73
Ajutoare de stat interzise Prohibited state aids 73
Msuri ce nu constituie ajutor de stat Measures that do not constitute state aid 73
Certificarea cuantumului Certification of the volume 73
Msuri ce nu intr sub incidena Legii privind Measures that are not covered by the State Aid Law 75
ajutorul de stat
2.2. Investigaii 2.2.Investigations 75
3. Activitatea de monitorizare 3. Monitoring activity 75
Zone libere Free zones 79
Zone defavorizate Deprived areas 79
Ajutorul de stat pentru siderurgie State aid for the steel industry 81
4. Avize i puncte de vedere 4. Binding opinions and points of view 83
4.1. Avize 4.1. Binding opinions 83
4.2. Puncte de vedere 4.2. Points of view 85
5. Mecanismul de preconsultare 5. Pre-consultation mechanism 87
6. Asigurarea transparenei 6. Ensuring transparency 89
Capitolul 3. Concurena n unele sectoare Chapter 3. Competition in some reglemented 89
reglementate sectors
1. Consideraii generale privind evoluia cadrului 1. General opinions regarding the evolution of the 89
legislativ legislative framework
2. Comunicaii electronice i servicii potale 2. Electronic communication and postal services 91
2.1. Comunicaii electronice 2.1. Electronic communications 91
2.2. Servicii potale 2.2. Postal services 101
3. Gaze naturale 3. Natural gas 101
4. Energie electric 4. Electric Energy 107
5. Petrol 5. Oil 111
Capitolul 4. Promovarea culturii concurenei Chapter 4. Advocacy 117
1. Rolul politicii de promovare a culturii 1. The advocacy role in the enforcement of the 117
concurenei n aplicarea politicii concurenei competition rules
2. Obiectivele strategiei Consiliului Concurenei 2. The objectives of the Competition Council 117
de promovare a culturii concurenei i msuri Advocacy Strategy and measures for its
pentru aplicarea acesteia enforcement
3. Activiti de promovare a culturii concurenei 3. Competition advocacy activities 119
3.1. Seminarii, ntlniri, conferine i reuniuni 3.1.Seminars, meetings, conferences and reunions 121
3.1.1. Seminarii 3.1.1.Seminars 121
3.1.2. ntlniri 3.1.2. Meetings 123
3.1.3. Conferine 3.1.3. Conferences 125
 CUPRINS SUMMARY Pag.
3.1.4. Reuniuni 3.1.4. Reunions 127
3.1.5. Alte aciuni 3.1.5. Other actions 127
3.2. Participarea la diferite evenimente interne i 3.2. Participation in different domestic and 129
internaionale international events
3.2.1. Evenimente interne 3.2.1. Domestic events 129
3.2.2. Evenimente internaionale 3.2.2. International events 129
Vizite de lucru ale preedintelui Consiliului Working visits of the President of the Competition 129
Concurenei Council
Vizite n Romnia ale reprezentanilor altor Visits to Romania of other competition authorities 131
autoriti de concuren i ale altor personaliti representatives and European notable persons
de seam europene
3.2.3. Pregtirea personalului propriu 3.2.3. Personnel training 135
3.3. Sistemul de consultri ex-ante 3.3. Ex ante consulting system 135
3.3.1. Grupul inter-ministerial de lucru pe 3.3.1. Inter ministerial meeting on competition 137
concuren
3.3.2. Grupul inter-ministerial de lucru pe 3.3.2. Inter ministerial meeting on state aid 137
probleme de ajutor de stat
3.4. Acorduri de parteneriat cu diferite instituii i 3.4. Partnership agreements with various institutions 139
organizaii and organizations
3.5. Relaiile Consiliului Concurenei cu mass- 3.5. Competition Council relation with mass media 139
media
Capitolul 5. Activitatea Consiliului Concurenei Chapter 5: The Competition Council activity in 141
n domeniul integrrii europene i relaiilor European Integration and international Relations
internaionale
1. Activitatea de negociere cu Uniunea 1. Negotiation activity with European Union 141
European
2. Relaii bilaterale ale Consiliului Concurenei 2. Competition Council bilateral relations 145
3. Relaii cu organizaii internaionale 3. Relation with international organisations 147
4. Asistena PHARE 4. PHARE assistance 147
4.1. Componenta de Twinning 4.1. Twinning component 147
4.2. Componenta de asisten tehnic 4.2. Technical assistance component 147
4.3. Componenta de investiii 4.3. Investment Component 147
Capitolul 6. Proiectul de Twinning Chapter 6: The Twinning Project 149
A. Componenta Concuren A. Competition Component 151
I. Identificarea prioritilor din domeniul I. The identification of priorities in the competition 153
concurenei n contextul procesului de negociere field, in the context of the negotiation process
privind aderarea Romniei la Uniunea European regarding Romania accession to EU
II. Consolidarea aplicrii legislaiei II. Consolidation of the legislation enforcement 155
III. Studii privind mbuntirea activitii III. Studies on improving Competition Councils 155
Consiliului Concurenei activity
IV. Promovarea culturii concurenei IV. Competition advocacy 157
 CUPRINS SUMMARY Pag.
V. Aciuni organizate de echipa de Twinning V. Actions organized by the Twinning team 159
VI. Concluzii VI. Conclusion 161
B. Componenta Ajutor de stat B. State Aid Component 163
I. Examinarea legislaiei I. Legislative scrutiny 165
II. Msuri de instruire n vederea aplicrii regulilor II. Training measures for the application and 167
de ajutor de stat de ctre Consiliul Concurenei enforcement of the State aid rules
III. Promovarea culturii concurenei III. Competition advocacy 169
IV.Concluzii IV. Conclusion 171
Anexa nr.1. Legislaia secundar n domeniul Annex no.1 - Secondary legislation in the 173
concurenei adoptat n anul 2004 competition field adopted in 2004
Anexa nr.2. Valoarea amenzilor aplicate n anul Annex no.2 - Quantum of fines applied in 2004 178
2004
Anexa nr.3. Investigaii declanate n anul 2004 Annex no.3 - Opened investigations in 2004 180
Anexa nr.4 Situaia deciziilor emise n perioada 1 Annex no.4 - Situation of decisions issued in period 182
ianuarie-31 decembrie 2004 January,1 - December, 31, 2004
Anexa nr.5. Legislaia secundar n domeniul Annex no.5 - Secondary legislation in the state aid 183
ajutorului de stat adoptat n anul 2004 field adopted in 2004
 INTRODUCERE

1. Din anul 1991, Constituia Romniei a consacrat opiunea Romniei

Rolul politicii pentru o economie de pia, care nu poate exista fr mecanismul su
concurenei n de baz, concurena. Rolul determinant al concurenei pentru progresul
funcionarea economic este unanim recunoscut n teorie i a fost confirmat de
practica economic a rilor puternic dezvoltate.
economiei de pia
Concurena reprezint cel mai bun mijloc de a aloca resursele, de a
elimina profiturile excedentare, de a stimula firmele s produc bunuri de calitate la costuri reduse i n
cantitile dorite de consumatori i, nu n ultimul rnd, de a favoriza inovaiile tehnologice. De aceea,
reglementrile n domeniul concurenei sunt considerate o Magna Carta a liberei iniiative, fiind la fel de
importante pentru aprarea libertii economice, precum este Carta Drepturilor Omului pentru aprarea
libertilor fundamentale ale individului.

2. Manifestarea concurenei ca factor de cretere economic nu se realizeaz,

CONCURENA -
ns, n mod automat, ci este necesar o politic adecvat, care s aib ca scop
factor de cretere
creterea eficienei economice i a concurenei, n scopul protejrii intereselor
economic
consumatorilor. Concurena poate funciona numai n condiiile asigurrii unei
uniti, omogeniti i vizibiliti ale pieei, a cror realizare reprezint atribute ale
unei politici coerente, consistente i consecvente n domeniu. Astfel de scopuri pot fi realizate, ntre altele, prin
combaterea monopolizrii pieelor, ca urmare a unor practici anticoncureniale sau a unor concentrri
economice, precum i prin prevenirea distorsionrii concurenei datorat interveniei pe pia a statului, care
creeaz discriminare ntre agenii economici.

3. n anul 1993, prin Legea nr.20/1993, Parlamentul Romniei a

Acquis-ul Comunitar ratificat Acordul european instituind o asociere ntre Romnia, pe de o
parte, i Comunitile Europene i statele membre ale acestora, pe de
alt parte. Acest acord prevede instituirea regulilor de concuren (art.64) i armonizarea acestora cu legislaia
Uniunii Europene (art.69 i 70), n perspectiva integrrii Romniei n Uniunea European.
Opiunea pentru integrarea n Uniunea European nu poate deveni o realitate fr preluarea acquis-ului
comunitar, care s asigure n Romnia aceleai reguli cu cele existente pe piaa intern a Uniunii Europene.
Dup cum este cunoscut, acquis-ul comunitar include att legislaia adoptat de ctre instituiile Uniunii
Europene pentru punerea n practic a prevederilor Tratatelor (regulamente, directive, decizii, opinii i
recomandri), ct i criteriile, principiile i obiectivele politice cuprinse n Tratatele originare ale Comunitilor
Europene i n cele ulterioare (Tratatul de la Maastricht, Tratatul de la Amsterdam .a.). La rndul su,
adoptarea acquis-ului comunitar presupune nu doar armonizarea legislativ, dar i crearea instituiilor necesare
aplicrii legislaiei i monitorizarea funcionrii acestora.

4. Politicile concureniale ale Uniunii Europene urmresc un

scop precis: protejarea concurenei pe piaa intern, concurena
Politicile concureniale ale
fiind considerat mecanismul de baz al economiei de pia. Uniunii Europene
Pentru a fi eficient, concurena presupune existena pe pia a
ofertanilor independeni, astfel nct fiecare dintre acetia s exercite presiuni concureniale asupra celorlali.

Ca urmare, politicile concureniale promovate de Tratatul UE se concentreaz pe patru domenii principale de

aciune, respectiv:
INTRODUCTION

1. Starting from 1991, the Romanian Constitution defined the

The role of the
Romanias option for a market economy, which can not exist without its
basic mechanism, the competition. The decisive role of competition for competition policy in
the economic progress is unanimously recognized in theory and the market economy
confirmed by the economic practice of the developed countries. The
competition represents the best way for allocating the resources, eliminating the exceeding profits, stimulating
the companies to produce qualitative goods at reduced costs and in the quantities desired by the consumers
and, not the last, favouring the technology innovations. Therefore, the regulations in the competition field are
considered Magna Charta of the free initiative, being important for defending the economic liberty, as the
Charta of Human Rights is for defending the fundamental freedom of each individual.

2. The competition as a factor for economic growth is not carried out automatically, it
The competition
is necessary an adequate policy aiming at increasing the economic and competition
as a factor for
efficiency, in order to protect the consumers interests. The competition can function
economic
only under the conditions of ensuring the unity, homogeneity and visibility of the
growth
market, which achievement represents the attribute of a coherent, consistent and
consequent policy. Such purposes can be achieved, among others, through fighting against market monopoly,
as a consequence of certain anticompetitive practices or economic concentrations, as well as through
preventing the competition distortion caused by the State intervention on the market that creates discrimination
between undertakings.

3. In 1993, by the Law no.20/1993, the Romanian Parliament ratified

the Europe Agreement, instituting an association between Romania, on Acquis Communautaire
one hand, and the European Communities and their Member States
thereof, on the other hand. This Agreement provides the establishment of the competition rules (art.64) and
their harmonization with the legislation of the European Union (art.69 and 70), in the perspective of Romanias
integration in the European Union.
The integration in the European Union can not become reality without taking over the acquis communautaire,
which to ensure in Romania the same rules with the ones existing on the Internal Market of the European
Union. As it is known, the acquis communautaire includes both the legislation adopted by the institutions of the
European Union for applying the provisions of the Treaties (regulations, directives, decisions, opinions and
recommendations), and the criteria, principles and political objectives included in the original and subsequent
Treaties of the European Communities (Treaty of Maastricht, Treaty of Amsterdam etc.). The adoption of the
acquis communautaire does not imply only the legislative harmonization, but also the creation of the institutions
necessary for applying the legislation and monitoring its functioning.

4. The competition policies of the European Union survey a

European Union Competition precise purpose: protecting the competition on the internal
Policies market, the competition being considered the basic mechanism
of the market economy. In order to be efficient, the competition
presumes the existing on the market of the independent offerers, as, each of them to exercise competitive
pressures on the others.

As a consequence, the competition policies promoted by the EU Treaty are focused on 4 main activity fields,
respectively:

2
 eliminarea nelegerilor restrictive i a abuzului de poziie dominant;
controlul concentrrilor economice;
liberalizarea sectoarelor economice considerate, pn nu demult, sensibile din punct de vedere
concurenial;
controlul ajutoarelor de stat.

5. Aderarea Romniei la Uniunea European este condiionat de ndeplinirea criteriilor stabilite la Copenhaga
n 1993. Unul dintre aceste criterii privete chiar existena unei economii de pia funcionale, deoarece numai
astfel capacitatea agenilor economici romni de a face fa presiunilor concureniale de pe piaa intern unic
a UE se poate dezvolta.

6. Convingerea c fr asigurarea unui mediu concurenial normal

UN MEDIU CONCURENIAL
nu poate exista o economie de pia funcional, pe de o parte, i
NORMAL necesitatea de a respecta angajamentele Romniei fa de
Uniunea European, pe de alt parte, au determinat autoritile din
Romnia s-i intensifice eforturile pentru ndeplinirea acestor obiective. Noua orientare n anul 2004 a avut n
vedere o abordare capabil s asigure credibilitatea Romniei n procesul de negociere pentru aderarea la
Uniunea European.
Un mediu concurenial normal presupune, n primul rnd, existena unor reguli clare, pe care s le respecte toi
juctorii de pe pia. Din anul 1997, an n care a intrat n vigoare Legea concurenei nr.21/1996, denumit n
continuare Legea concurenei, precum i prin regulamentele i instruciunile adoptate de Consiliul Concurenei
n aplicarea acestei legi, au fost impuse reguli, care ns au fost doar parial armonizate cu legislaia
comunitar.

De asemenea, fr controlul ajutoarelor de stat acordate, mediul concurenial ar fi grav afectat i, implicit,
creterea economic sustenabil nu ar fi posibil. Ajutorul de stat este justificat atunci cnd este acordat pentru
a corecta eecurile pieei sau ca instrument de promovare a modificrilor structurale cu scopul de a crete
competitivitatea. n astfel de situaii, ajutoarele de stat servesc interesului comun, deoarece contribuie la
dezvoltarea de structuri industriale competitive i inovatoare.

Scopul politicii concurenei n domeniul ajutoarelor de stat este de a realiza un echilibru ntre necesitatea i
admisibilitatea interveniilor publice pe pia, pe de o parte, i de a proteja concurena, pe de alt parte. n anul
2000, a intrat n vigoare Legea nr.143/1999 privind ajutorul de stat, denumit n continuare Legea ajutorului de
stat, n aplicarea creia Consiliul Concurenei a adoptat regulamente i instruciuni.
Lund n considerare acquis-ul comunitar, Consiliul Concurenei a adoptat o serie de regulamente i instruciuni
i a amendat altele vechi pentru a se adapta la practica european n materie.

7. innd seama de evoluia acquis-ului comunitar i de necesitatea ntririi capacitii administrative a

Consiliului Concurenei, ncepnd cu anul 2003, dar mai ales n cursul anului 2004, legislaia din domeniul
concurenei i ajutorului de stat a fost modificat i completat, astfel nct s rspund exigenelor impuse de
calitatea Romniei de viitor stat membru al Uniunii Europene.

8. Pentru a face ca mecanismele pieei s funcioneze i s produc efectele scontate nu este suficient ca
politica concurenei s stabileasc regulile jocului i sanciuni descurajante pentru nerespectarea acestora, ci
trebuie s promoveze i s ncurajeze iniiativele economice care influeneaz pozitiv mediul concurenial. De
aceea, concomitent, Guvernul Romniei a luat i alte msuri necesare asigurrii ambianei concureniale.
Astfel, a fost continuat procesul de restructurare i descentralizare i a fost accelerat procesul de privatizare. n
cazul unor sectoare cheie ale economiei au fost emise reglementri speciale i au fost nfiinate autoriti de
reglementare. Operatorii utilitilor eseniale (reele, conducte .a.) au fost supui unor reglementri de
asigurare a accesului liber i nediscriminatoriu, crendu-se astfel premisele pentru consolidarea lor i
deschiderea la concuren.

3
 Eliminating the restrictive agreements and the abuse of dominant position;
The control of the economic concentrations;
Liberalizing the economic sectors considered, not long time ago, sensitive from competition point of
view;
The control of the State aids.

5. The Romanias accession to the European Union is conditioned by the fulfillment of the Copenhagen criteria
(1993). One of these criteria refers at the existing of a functioning market economy, because, only in such a
manner the capacity of the Romanian undertakings to cope with the competition pressures from the Single
Internal Market of EU can be developed.

6. The persuasion that without ensuring a normal competitive A NORMAL COMPETITIVE

environment a functioning market economy can not exist and the
necessity to observe the commitments of Romania to EU
ENVIRONMENT
determined the Romanian authorities to intensify their efforts for
fulfilling these objectives. The new 2004 approach took into consideration an approach capable to ensure
Romanias credibility in the negotiation process for the accession to the European Union.

A normal competitive environment presumes, first, the existence of certain clear rules, for all the market actors
to observe. Starting with 1997, when the Competition Law no.21/1996 entered into force, as well as by the
Regulations and Guidelines adopted by the Competition Council for the application of this Law, there were
imposed rules that were only partially harmonized with the community legislation.

Also, without controlling the granted State aids, the competition environment would be severely affected and
the economic growth would not be possible. The State aid is justified when is granted for correcting the market
failures as an instrument for promoting the structural modifications, aiming at increasing the competitiveness. In
such situations, the State aids serve the common interest, because they contribute to the development of
competitive and innovative industrial structures.

The purpose of the competition policy in the State aid field is to achieve equilibrium between the necessity and
admissibility of the public interventions on the market, on one hand, and the protection of competition, on the
other hand. In 2000, the Law no. 143/1999 on State aid, hereinafter referred to as the State Aid Law, in which
application the Competition Council adopted regulations and guidelines.
Taking into consideration the acquis communautaire, the Competition Council adopted several regulations and
guidelines and amended the old ones, in order to adapt to the European practice in the field.

7. Taking into account the evolution of the acquis communautaire and the necessity to strengthen the
administrative capacity of the Competition Council, beginning with 2003, and especially in 2004, the legislation
in the competition and State aid field was amended and completed, such as to respond to the exigencies
imposed by Romanias status as future Member State of the European Union.

8. In order to make the market mechanisms to function and to produce the foreseen effects it is not enough for
the competition policy to settle the rules and deterring sanctions for not observing these rules, but it must
concurrently promote and encourage the economic initiatives that influence positively the competitive
environment. Therefore, the Romanian Government also took other measures necessary for ensuring the
competition environment. Thus, the restructuring and decentralization process continued and the privatization
process was accelerated..In the case of certain key sectors of the economy, there were issued special
regulations and established Regulatory Authorities. The operators of utilities (networks, pipes, etc.) were
subject of certain regulations for ensuring the free and non-discriminatory access, creating thus the premises
for opening the markets at competition.

4
9. Eforturile Romniei pentru realizarea unei economii de pia funcionale, n care politica concurenei deine
un rol esenial, au dat rezultatele ateptate. Dup o lung perioad de tranziie, anul 2004 marcheaz
confirmarea de ctre Comisia European, n Raportul privind progresele nregistrate de Romnia n vederea
aderrii la Uniunea European, a existenei economiei de pia funcionale.
n procesul crerii i dezvoltrii economiei de pia funcionale, Consiliul Concurenei i-a asumat un rol activ,
inclusiv n procesul de liberalizare a pieelor.

Consideraii generale privind liberalizarea 10. n scopul asigurrii unui mediu concurenial
preurilor i tarifelor normal, Legea concurenei stabilete i regimul
juridic al preurilor i tarifelor din Romnia. Principiul
general este c preurile produselor i tarifele serviciilor se determin n mod liber prin concuren, pe baza
cererii i ofertei. Ca urmare, n majoritatea cazurilor, agenii economici dispun de libertatea de a-i stabili
strategia de preuri i tarife n funcie de costurile proprii i de condiiile concrete de pia.

11. Avnd n vedere unele situaii n care mecanismele pieei nu permit formarea liber a preurilor i tarifelor,
cum ar fi existena monopolurilor naturale n unele domenii de activitate ori apariia temporar a unor factori
perturbatori ai liberei concurene pe anumite piee (de exemplu, o penurie durabil n cazul unui produs), Legea
concurenei prevede i cteva excepii de la regula general de formare liber a preurilor i tarifelor. n astfel
de cazuri, controlul preurilor i tarifelor se exercit de ctre autoritatea abilitat, cu respectarea metodologiei
specifice care, n unele situaii este aprobat prin hotrre a Guvernului, iar n altele este aprobat de ctre
autoritatea de reglementare sectorial.

12. Preurile i tarifele practicate n cadrul unor activiti cu caracter de monopol natural sau al unor activiti
economice, nominalizate prin lege, se stabilesc i se ajusteaz cu avizul Ministerului Finanelor Publice, cu
excepia celor pentru care, prin legi speciale, sunt prevzute alte competene. Preurile i tarifele supuse
acestui regim privesc un numr restrns de grupe de produse i servicii, majoritatea fiind servicii publice (de
exemplu, transport de cltori pe calea ferat, transport urban de cltori cu metroul, servicii specifice de
gospodrire a apelor).

13. Guvernul poate institui forme de control a preurilor i tarifelor numai pe termen limitat, n situaiile
prevzute de Legea concurenei. Astfel de intervenii ale Guvernului necesit avizul Consiliului Concurenei i
vizeaz situaiile de disfuncionalitate evident a pieei.

14. Pentru a consolida mecanismele pieei i pentru a face ca acestea s produc efectele scontate asupra
alocrii eficiente a resurselor, prin libera lor funcionare, au fost aplicate msuri de continuare a procesului de
creare a ambianei concureniale prin restructurare, descentralizare i asigurare a independenei funcionale i
a autonomiei de decizie a agenilor economici, n paralel cu accelerarea procesului de privatizare. Pe msura
deschiderii spre concuren a unor sectoare de activitate, preurile i tarifele au ieit de sub controlul
autoritilor publice (de ex. transportul de marf pe cile ferate).

15. In spiritul unei economii de pia moderne, n cazul unor sectoare cheie ale economiei (energie electric,
gaze naturale, petrol, comunicaii electronice i pot, transport pe calea ferat, servicii de interes local) au fost
emise reglementri speciale, care asigur separarea utilitilor eseniale de prestarea de servicii i, dup caz,
modalitile de control al preurilor i tarifelor. n unele dintre aceste sectoare au fost nfiinate autoriti de
reglementare specializate, ca de exemplu:

Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Domeniul Energiei (ANRE);

Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Domeniul Gazelor Naturale (ANRGN);
Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare pentru Serviciile Publice de Gospodrie Comunal (ANRSC);
Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Comunicaii (ANRC).

5
9. The Romanias efforts for achieving a functioning market economy, in which the competition policy has an
essential role, recorded the expected results. After a long transition period, 2004 represents the confirmation
from the European Commission, in the Reports regarding the progresses recorded by Romania in order to
access the European Union, that the functioning market economy exists.
In the process of creating and developing the functioning market economy, the Competition Council committed
itself to play an active role, including in the process of liberalizing the markets.

10. In order to ensure a normal competitive

Overall considerations regarding the prices and
environment, the Competition Law settles also the tariffs liberalization
juridical regime of prices and tariffs in Romania.
The general principle is that the product prices and the service tariffs are determined, in general, freely by
competition, based on offer and demand. As a consequence, in most of cases, the undertakings have the
liberty to establish the price and tariff strategy in accordance with their own costs and the concrete market
conditions.

11. Taking into account that certain situations in which the market mechanisms do not allow the free settlement
of prices and tariffs, such as natural monopolies in certain fields of activity, or the temporary apparition of
disturbing factors of the free competition on certain markets (e.g. a durable lack of one product), the
Competition Law provides also certain exemptions from the general rule of forming the prices and tariffs. In
such cases, the prices and tariffs control is made by the habilitated authority, observing the specific
methodology which, in some situations is approved by Governmental Decision and in others is approved by the
Sectoral Regulatory Authority.

12. The prices and tariffs practiced in activities with character of natural monopoly or of economic activities,
assigned by Law, are settled and adjusted with the advise of the Ministry of Public Finances, with the exception
of those for which, by special laws, are provided other competences. The prices and tariffs under this regime
address to a reduced number of products and tariffs, the majority being public services (e.g. passengers
transport on railway, passengers urban transport by subway, specific services for managing the waters).

13. The Government can institute forms of prices and tariffs control only on limited period of time, in
circumstances provided by the Competition Law. This type of Governmental interventions implies the advise of
the Competition Council and is focused on obvious market dysfunctions.

14. In order to strengthen the market mechanisms and for these to produce the expected effects over the
efficient allocation of resources, by their free functioning, measures were applied to continue the process of
creating the competition environment by restructuring, decentralization and ensuring the functional
independence and self decision-making process of the economic operators, concurrent with the acceleration of
the privatization process. As some activity sectors are open to competition, the prices and tariffs fall outside the
control of public authorities (e.g. freight railway transport).

15. In the context of a modern market economy, in case of certain key economy sectors (electric power, natural
gas, oil, electronic communication and postal services, railway transport, services of local interest) special
regulations were issued, ensuring the dissociation of essential utilities and services supply, and by case, of
modalities to control prices and tariffs. In some sectors, there were established regulatory authorities, such as:

National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE);

National Regulatory Authority in Natural Gas Sector (ANRGN);
National Regulatory Authority for Municipal Services (ANRSC);
National Regulatory Authority for Communication (ANRC).

6
n alte cazuri, rolul de reglementator revine ministerului de resort (ex. n cazul transportului pe calea ferat).

16. Sectorul agricol este reglementat de Legea nr.73/2002, care prevede c pe pieele produselor agricole i
alimentare pot fi folosite o serie de instrumente de reglementare (preul minim garantat, preul de referin,
preul prag, preul indicativ, restrngerea voluntar a produciei, .a.), i au fost nfiinate organisme specializate
de reglementare, respectiv Autoritatea Naional a Pieelor Produselor Agricole i Alimentare i Comitetul
Interministerial.

17. Cadrul instituional i procedural al aplicrii

legislaiei n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de
Cadrul instituional i procedural al
stat de ctre Consiliul Concurenei este asigurat de aplicrii legislaiei n domeniul
Legea concurenei i de Legea ajutorului de stat. concurenei i ajutorului de stat
Consiliul Concurenei este o autoritate administrativ autonom n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat;
deciziile emise n aplicarea legislaiei n domeniul concurenei se iau de ctre plenul Consiliului Concurenei,
care este un organ colegial, format din 7 membri: un preedinte, doi vicepreedini i 4 consilieri de concuren.
Membrii plenului Consiliului Concurenei sunt numii de ctre Preedintele Romniei, la propunerea Guvernului,
pe baza unor criterii (reputaie profesional, studii superioare, vechime n activiti economice sau juridice .a)
prevzute de Legea concurenei.

Celor 7 membri ai plenului Consiliului Concurenei, precum i personalului de specialitate, respectiv

inspectorilor de concuren, le este interzis prin lege s fac parte din partide sau alte formaiuni politice.
Membrii plenului Consiliului Concurenei nu reprezint autoritatea care i-a numit i sunt independeni n luarea
deciziilor. Consiliul Concurenei i desfoar activitatea, delibereaz i ia decizii n plen i n comisii, cu
majoritatea voturilor membrilor.

18. Rolul Consiliului Concurenei rezult din sfera competenelor i atribuiilor pe care i le confer Legea
concurenei i Legea ajutorului de stat, care l abiliteaz s adopte reglementri, s sancioneze i s dispun
msuri corective n cazurile de nerespectare a dispoziiilor legale n domeniu, precum i s monitorizeze
pieele, n scopul cunoaterii i propunerii msurilor necesare, dup caz, pentru dezvoltarea sau prevenirea
unor distorsiuni ale mediului concurenial.

19. mbuntirea capacitii administrative a Consiliului Concurenei a constituit unul dintre obiectivele anului
2004 i este reflectat prin noua organizare i funcionare a instituiei, inclusiv n privina modului de funcionare
i de luare a deciziilor de ctre plen sau comisii.

innd seama de practica Uniunii Europene n activitatea de investigare, de analiz i de luare a deciziilor,
precum i de propunerile Comisiei Europene privind mbuntirea activitii de luare a deciziilor, Consiliul
Concurenei a ntreprins o serie de aciuni menite s rspund exigenelor comunitare i s conduc la
eficientizarea activitii de analiz, investigare i decizie. Astfel, prin regulamente i instruciuni cu caracter
normativ sau, dup caz, prin reglementri interne, au fost stabilite i puse n aplicare reguli clare privind:

procedura de analiz a plngerilor, sesizrilor, cererilor sau notificrilor primite i procedura de

investigaie;
forma, coninutul i alte detalii referitoare la cererile i notificrile depuse;
informaiile minime pe care trebuie s le conin o plngere pentru a putea fi admis (informaii
privind prile implicate, detalii despre presupusa nclcare a legii .a.);
informaiile minime pe care trebuie s le cuprind fiecare tip de decizie din domeniul ajutorului de
stat;
procedura de deliberare i decizie n plenul Consiliului Concurenei;

7
In other cases, the Ministry in line has the regulatory role (e.g. railway transport).

16. The agricultural sector is regulated by the Law no. 73/2002, which stipulates that a number of regulatory
tools (minimum price guaranteed, reference price, threshold price, indicative price, voluntary reduction of
production) can be used on the markets of agriculture and food products. In this respect, specialized regulatory
authorities were established, respectively the National Authority of Agriculture and Food Products Markets and
the Interministerial Committee.

17. The institutional and procedural framework for

The institutional and procedural the application of the legislation in competition and
framework for the application of State aid field by the Competition Council is
competition and State aid legislation provided under the Competition Law and the Law
on State aid.

Competition Council is an autonomous administrative authority in the competition and State aid field; the
decisions issued in the application of the competition legislation are taken by the Plenum of the Competition
Council, a collegial body made up of 7 members: one president, who is the President of the Authority, 2 Vice-
presidents, and 4 competition councilors. The members of the Plenum are appointed by the President of
Romania, at Governments proposal, based on criteria (professional reputation, university education,
experience in economic or juridical activities) provided by the Competition Law.

According to the law, the members of the Plenum of the Competition Council and competition inspectors cannot
be members of a political party or other political organizations.
The members of the Plenum do not represent the Authority that appointed them and are independent in their
decision-making.

18. The Competition Councils role derives from its competences and attributions which the Competition Law
and the Law on State aid confer it, according to which the Competition Council is habilitated to adopt
regulations, to apply sanctions and corrective measures whenever the legal provisions in the field are infringed,
as well as to survey the markets, aiming at a better insight overview and at taking the necessary measures for
competition development or preventing from competition distortion.

19. The improvement of Competition Councils administrative capacity represented one of the objectives in
2004 and is reflected by its new organization and function, including the functioning of and the decision-making
process implemented by Plenum and committees.

Taking into account the EU practice as regards the investigation, analysis, and decision-making processes, as
well as the EC recommendations on improving the decision-making process, the Competition Council
undertook numerous actions aiming at reaching the community standards and leading to efficient analysis,
investigation and decision-making activities. Thus, by regulations and guidelines, with law character or, by
case, through internal regulations, clear rules have been established and put into application, regarding the
following:

Procedure of analyzing the complaints, intimations, requests or notifications submitted, and the
investigation procedure;
Form, content and other details regarding requests and notifications submitted;
Minimum of information a complaint should contain in order to be admitted (information regarding
parties involved, details about the presumed law infringement );
Minimum of information each type of State aid decision should contain;
Deliberation and decision-making procedures within the Plenum of the Competition Council;

8
 delimitarea precis a atribuiilor fiecrei structuri organizatorice din cadrul Consiliului Concurenei i
modul de conlucrare ntre aceste structuri, precum i atribuiile raportorului unei investigaii, astfel
nct aciunile instituiei s fie corelate.

n vederea asigurrii desfurrii n cele mai bune condiii a audierilor i deliberrilor, prin ordinul preedintelui
autoritii, a fost pus n aplicare Procedura audierilor n faa Plenului Consiliului Concurenei, care
reglementeaz att procedura administrativ premergtoare, ct i edina de audiere i deliberarea.

20. n cursul anului 2004, practica decizional a Consiliului Concurenei a fost substanial mbuntit.
Deciziile Consiliului Concurenei n domeniul ajutorului de stat se iau pe baza unor criterii precise, armonizate
cu legislaia comunitar. Ponderea mare a deciziilor de autorizare condiionat n totalul deciziilor n domeniul
ajutorului de stat emise n ultimul an, precum i faptul c, n anul 2004, au fost emise pentru prima dat i
decizii de interzicere a acordrii unor ajutoare de stat, constituie exemple care atest progresele nregistrate pe
linia mbuntirii practicii decizionale a Consiliului Concurenei n aceast materie.

Amendamentele aduse legislaiei de baz n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat asigur temeiul legal
pentru publicarea tuturor deciziilor Consiliului Concurenei. Pe lng asigurarea transparenei necesare oricrui
act emis de o autoritate public, msura publicrii deciziilor autoritii de concuren a contribuit i la
promovarea culturii concurenei.

Transparena este, de altfel, regula de baz n activitatea autoritii de concuren.

Deciziile, regulamentele i instruciunile adoptate, publicaiile proprii, comunicatele de
pres i multe alte informaii pot fi consultate n orice moment pe site-ul
www.consiliulconcurentei.ro. Susinerea n public a unor conferine i prezentarea de
expuneri n cadrul unor reuniuni, seminarii, mese rotunde etc., acordarea de interviuri
pentru presa scris i audiovizual, difuzarea publicaiilor proprii, constituie alte ci prin
care Consiliul Concurenei a asigurat transparena i vizibilitatea instituiei. De
asemenea, au fost gsite noi forme de colaborare cu ministerele i instituiile
interesate, precum i cu diferite organizaii (ntlniri n cadrul grupurilor de lucru
interministeriale pe probleme de concuren i ajutor de stat, protocoale de colaborare
.a.).

21. n scopul eliminrii suprapunerilor

de atribuii ale celor dou instituii cu Lrgirea sferei de activitate a Consiliului Concurenei
competene n domeniul concurenei
pn n anul 2004 i pentru ntrirea capacitii administrative a Consiliului Concurenei, amendamentele aduse
legislaiei de baz n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat au vizat i restructurarea cadrului instituional.

Atribuiile Oficiului Concurenei n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat, precum i personalul i patrimoniul,
aferente acestor activiti, au fost preluate de Consiliul Concurenei, care, n prezent, este singura autoritate n
domeniu. Ca urmare, pe lng activitatea de autorizare, Consiliul Concurenei este responsabil i de
monitorizarea, inventarierea i raportarea ajutoarelor de stat.

22. Amendamentele aduse legislaiei de baz n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat confer Consiliului
Concurenei o real putere de a se opune propunerilor de reglementri cu posibil efect anticoncurenial. Astfel,
Legea concurenei prevede avizul conform (obligatoriu) al Consiliului Concurenei pentru toate proiectele de
acte normative (inclusiv proiecte de legi i ordonane ale Guvernului) care conin prevederi cu posibil impact
anticoncurenial.

De asemenea, Legea ajutorului de stat prevede c ajutoarele de stat nscrise n proiecte de acte normative
(inclusiv proiecte de legi i ordonane ale Guvernului) sau administrative se notific Consiliului Concurenei i
se acord numai dup autorizarea lor de ctre acesta.

9
 clear definition of each organizational structure attributions and of the cooperation between these, as
well as attributions of a rapporteur, thus all the actions to be correlated.

In order to ensure the carrying out of hearings and deliberations under the best conditions, the Procedure of
hearings before the Plenum of Competition Council was put into application by Presidential Order, regulating
the preliminary administrative procedure and both the hearing and deliberation meetings.

20. During 2004, the Competition Councils decisional practice was substantially improved. The Competition
Councils State aid decisions are taken based on concrete criteria, harmonized with the community law. The
higher weight of authorization decisions with conditions in total State aid decisions issued in the last year, and
the fact that during 2004, prohibition decisions were issued for the first time, represents examples showing the
decision practice progresses, registered by the Competition Council in this field.

The amendments brought to the competition and State aid legislation provide for the legal grounds for
publication of all Competition Councils decisions. Besides ensuring transparency necessary to every normative
act issued by a public authority, the measure to publish the Competition Authoritys decisions contributed also
to the competition advocacy.

Transparency is actually the basic rule of competition authoritys activity. Decisions,

regulations and guidelines adopted, its own publications, press releases and other
more information can be found at any time on the site www.competition.ro. Organizing
public conferences and delivering presentations within meetings, workshops,
roundtables, granting interviews in newspapers and audiovisual media, distributing its
own publications, constitute another ways of ensuring the Competition Councils
transparency and visibility. Furthermore, new cooperation methods with ministries and
involved institutions, as well as with different organizations (meetings of Inter-
ministerial Working Groups on Competition and state aid, collaboration protocols) were
implemented.

21. In order to eliminate the

Enlargement of the Competition Councils scope of activity
overlapping of attributions of
the two institutions with
competences in competition fields until 2004 and to strengthen the administrative capacity of the Competition
Council, the amendments brought to the primary legislation in the competition and State aid field focused also
on restructuring the institutional framework.

The Competition Office attributions in competition and State aid field, the human resources and assets, were
taken over by the Competition Council, which at present, is the single authority in the field. Therefore, besides
State aids authorization, the Competition Council is responsible for State aids monitoring, inventorying and
reporting.

22. The amendments to the primary legislation in competition and State aid field give the Competition Council a
real power to withstand the proposals of regulations with possible anticompetitive effect. Thus, the Competition
Law foresees the Competition Councils conformity advise (mandatory) for draft normative acts (including draft
Governmental laws and ordinances) which contain provisions with potential anticompetitive impact.

Likewise, the Law on State aid foresees that the State aids contained by draft normative or administrative acts
(including draft Governmental laws and ordinances) are to be notified to the Competition Council and granted
only after authorized by it.

10
n acest scop, Consiliul Concurenei a iniiat organizarea unor consultri ex-ante n cadrul grupurilor de lucru
interministeriale pe probleme de concuren i ajutor de stat, particip printr-un reprezentant la lucrrile
pregtitoare ale edinelor de Guvern i conlucreaz cu Grupul central de analiz i coordonare a activitilor
de prevenire a criminalitii din cadrul Consiliului Naional de Prevenire a Criminalitii, n cadrul componentei
Combaterea corupiei a Planului de aciune al strategiei naionale anticorupie 2005-2007.

Noile atribuii ale Consiliului Concurenei implic o mare responsabilitate i sunt deosebit de importante pentru
asigurarea prevalenei legislaiei din domeniu, n faa oricrei legislaii care conine prevederi cu posibil impact
anticoncurenial, precum i pentru controlul ajutoarelor de stat acordate n Romnia.

Acest ansamblu de competene i atribuii privind ajutoarele de stat, la care se adaug cele din domeniul
concurenei asigur Consiliului un statut de organism cheie al economiei de pia funcionale.

23. Anul 2004 a reprezentat o real provocare pentru Consiliul Concurenei, deoarece a fost necesar
Prioritile Consiliului Concurenei n anul 2004

s-i intensifice eforturile pentru negocierile de aderare a Romniei la Uniunea European.

n contextul negocierilor pentru aderarea Romniei la Uniunea European i innd seama de
calitatea sa de integrator al Cap.6 - Politica n domeniul concurenei, Consiliul Concurenei i-a
orientat obiectivele prioritare ctre cerinele acquis-ului comunitar care, n domeniul concurenei,
sunt de aplicabilitate imediat i nu dup aderare, cum este cazul altor capitole de negociere. Ca
urmare, obiectivele prioritare ale Consiliului Concurenei au vizat, n principal:
armonizarea deplin a legislaiei naionale cu cea comunitar;
continuarea ntririi capacitii administrative a instituiei, astfel nct legislaia n domeniul
concurenei i ajutorului de stat s fie aplicat la standardele comunitare;
aplicarea efectiv a legislaiei n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat (s-a pus un accent
deosebit pe continuarea compatibilizrii msurilor de ajutor de stat existente cu acquis-ul
comunitar);
elaborarea i aplicarea unei strategii coerente de promovare a culturii concurenei, care s
fac posibil promovarea efectiv i eficient a politicii n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de
stat ;
asigurarea transparenei activitii instituiei ;
promovarea unui larg dialog cu autoritile centrale n cadrul grupurilor de lucru
interministeriale, cu autoritile de reglementare sectorial i cu alte instituii i organizaii pe
baza unor protocoale de colaborare, precum i cu mediul privat din Romnia.

n acest fel, Consiliul Concurenei a devenit cu adevrat un organism care i-a asumat rolul de garant al
funcionrii regulilor specifice economiei de pia n Romnia.

24. Procesul de armonizare a legislaiei romneti cu reglementrile comunitare reprezint un obiectiv esenial
al strategiei de aderare la Uniunea European i, n acelai timp, o obligaie juridic ce decurge din Acordul
European de Asociere Romnia - Uniunea European, ratificat prin Legea nr.20/1993. Armonizarea legislaiei
naionale cu acquis-ul comunitar este totodat una dintre condiiile care determin progresul n procesul de
negocieri pentru aderare.

25. Ca urmare, n cursul anului 2004, Consiliul Concurenei i-a intensificat eforturile pentru asigurarea
armonizrii depline a legislaiei naionale n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat. Pe lng finalizarea
prelurii legislaiei de baz n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat, Consiliul Concurenei a adoptat noi
regulamente i instruciuni i le-a amendat pe cele existente, astfel nct acquis-ul comunitar n domeniu se
regsete transpus n ntregime n legislaia secundar.
Fa de anul 2003, cnd au fost adoptate i publicate numai 5 regulamente i instruciuni (1 regulament i 4
instruciuni), n anul 2004, Consiliul Concurenei a adoptat i publicat un numr de 52 regulamente i
instruciuni.

11
To this purpose, the Competition Council initiated ex-ante consultations within the Inter-ministerial Working
Groups on Competition and State aid, is represented at the preliminary meetings of the Government sessions
and is actively cooperating with the Central Group of analysis and coordination of crime prevention activities
within the National Crime Prevention Council, within the Fighting Corruption component of the Action Plan to
the Anticorruption National Strategy for 2005-2007.

The new attributions of the Competition Council imply a great responsibility and are extremely important for
ensuring the prevalence of legislation in the field before the any other legislation which contains provisions with
potential anticompetitive impact, as well as for controlling the State aids granted in Romania.

This package of competences and attribution regarding State aids and competition ensure the Council a key-
organism status for a functional market economy.

23. 2004 represented for Competition Council a real challenge, due to the necessity to intensify the
efforts towards Romanias accession negotiations to EU.

Priorities of Competition Council for 2004

Framing the negotiation process and taking into account its quality of Integrator of Chapter 6
Competition Policy, the Competition Council oriented its main objectives towards the acquis
communautaire which in the competition field are of immediate applicability and not only after
accession, as for other negotiation chapters. The main objectives of the Competition Council were
focused especially on:
full harmonization of the national legislation with the community one;
further improvement of competition authoritys administrative capacity as to apply the
competition and State aid legislation at EU standards;
effective application of the competition and State aid legislation (with special attention on
continuing to make compatible the existing State aid measures with the acquis
communautaire);
elaboration and application of a coherent competition advocacy strategy, to make possible the
effective and efficient advocacy of competition policy and State aid rules;
ensuring the transparency of activity;
promoting a large dialogue with central authorities within the Interministerial Working Groups,
with sector regulatory authorities and other institutions and organizations based on protocols of
collaborations, as well as with the Romanian business environment.

In this way, the Competition Council became indeed an organism who assumed the role of the guarantor of
market economy specific rules functioning in Romania.

24. The harmonization process of the Romanian legislation with the community regulations represents an
essential objective of the strategy towards EU accession and at the same time, a juridical obligation deriving
from the Europe Agreement establishing an association between Romania and EU, ratified by Law no. 20/1993.
This harmonization is also one of the conditions which determine the progress of the accession negotiation
process.

25. Subsequently, during 2004, Competition Council intensified its efforts for a full harmonization of the national
competition and State aid legislation. Besides the complete overtaking of the primary legislation in competition
and State aid field, Competition Council adopted new regulations and guidelines and amended the existing
ones, thus the acquis communautaire is entirely transposed into the secondary legislation.
In comparison with 2003, when only 5 regulations and guidelines were adopted and published (1 regulation and
4 guidelines), in 2004, the Competition Council adopted and published a number of 52 regulations and
guidelines.

12
26. Consiliul Concurenei a susinut n faa comisiilor parlamentare modificrile i completrile aduse Legii
concurenei prin Ordonana de urgen a Guvernului nr.121/2003, n vederea aprobrii acesteia prin lege, i a
formulat i susinut propunerile de modificare a Legii ajutorului de stat, care au fost aprobate prin Ordonana
Guvernului nr.94/2004. La solicitarea Comisiei Europene, n cursul lunii iulie a.c. au fost propuse noi modificri
i completri ale Legii concurenei, n vederea eliminrii unor prevederi care instituiau un regim difereniat
pentru anumite categorii de ageni economici (regii autonome, societi comerciale cu capital majoritar de stat
.a.), care au fost adoptate de ctre Parlamentul Romniei prin Legea nr.538/2004.

27. innd seama de evoluia acquis-ului comunitar i de noul suport juridic pe care l asigur legislaia
naional primar, Consiliul Concurenei a adoptat i publicat n Monitorul Oficial al Romniei un numr de 52
de regulamente i instruciuni (18 regulamente i 10 instruciuni, n domeniul concurenei i 21 regulamente i 3
instruciuni, n domeniul ajutorului de stat), cu 47 mai multe dect n anul 2003. De asemenea, prin ordine ale
preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei au fost modificate pragul minim prevzut de art. 20 din Legea ajutorului de
stat i plafonul valoric prevzut de art. 8 alin. (1) din Legea concurenei.

n urma amendrii Legii concurenei,

Consiliul a fost mputernicit s stabileasc
condiiile i criteriile de aplicare a unei politici
de clemen, care poate merge pn la
absolvirea de rspundere pecuniar,
aliniind astfel Consiliul Concurenei la noile
concepte n plan european.

Pentru prima oar, n anul 2004, Consiliul

Concurenei a avut temei legal pentru
acordarea unui tratament favorabil agenilor
economici care coopereaz la descoperirea
i sancionarea cartelurilor. Condiiile i
criteriile de aplicare a politicii de clemen
fac obiectul de reglementare al unor
instruciuni aprobate prin Ordinul nr. 93/2004
al preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei
(publicat n Monitorul Oficial al Romniei nr. 430/2004).

28. n scopul ntririi capacitii administrative a Consiliului Concurenei, astfel nct acesta s poat aplica
legislaia n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat la standardele comunitare, au fost ntreprinse att msuri
legislative, ct i msuri organizatorice i funcionale.

Astfel, n urma modificrilor legislative, numrul de personal al Consiliului Concurenei a ajuns la 350, iar nivelul
de salarizare al personalului de specialitate a devenit motivant, ceea ce asigur stabilitatea cadrelor
specializate i face posibil atragerea tinerilor i a celor mai performani specialiti. De asemenea, n prezent,
Consiliul Concurenei i-a constituit un aparat specializat la nivel teritorial, ceea ce-i permite realizarea unui
control mai riguros, att n privina respectrii legislaiei din domeniul concurenei, ct mai ales a celei din
domeniul ajutorului de stat, care prevede obligaia Consiliului Concurenei de a raporta i monitoriza ajutoarele
de stat acordate n Romnia.

n scopul eficientizrii aplicrii legislaiei, structura organizatoric a instituiei a fost mbuntit. Au fost
nfiinate dou direcii specializate n domeniul ajutorului de stat, una fiind responsabil cu autorizarea
ajutoarelor de stat, iar cealalt cu monitorizarea, inventarierea, controlul i raportarea ajutoarelor de stat,
precum i trei direcii de concuren specializate pe domenii de activitate economic, respectiv industrie i
energie, servicii i bunuri de consum.

13
26. Competition Council supported before Parliament committees the amendments and completions brought
to the Competition Law by GEO no. 121/2003, in order to be approved by law, and formulated and argued the
proposals to amend the Law on State aid, which were approved by GO No. 94/2004. At EC request, during July
2004, amendments and completions to the Competition Law were proposed, in order to eliminate certain
provisions instituting a special regime for certain categories of economic operators (regies autonomous, trading
companies majority owned by the State etc.), adopted by the Romanian Parliament by Law no. 538/2004.

27. Taking into account the development of the acquis communautaire and the new juridical support ensured by
the domestic primary legislation, the Competition Council adopted and published in the Official Gazette of
Romania 52 regulations and guidelines (18 regulations and 10 guidelines in the competition field and 21
regulations and 3 guidelines in the State aid field) with 44 more than in 2003. In addition, by Orders of the
President of the Competition Council, the de minimis threshold provided by art.20 of the Law on State aid and
the ceiling provided by the art. 8 (1) of the Competition Law were amended.

Following the amendments of the

Competition Law, the Council was
entrusted to establish conditions
and criteria for applying the
leniency policy, which provides for
even full immunity, aligning thus
the Competition Council to the new
European concepts.

For the first time, in 2004, the

Competition Council had the legal
ground for granting a favorable
treatment to economic operators
which cooperate to cartels
disclosure and sanction. The
conditions and criteria for applying
the leniency policy are subject of
the guidelines approved by
Presidential Order nr 93/2004 (published in the Official Gazette of Romania no. 430/2004).

28. In order to improve the Competition Councils administrative capacity as to apply at EU standards the
legislation in the competition and State aid field, legislative organizational and functional measures were taken.

Thus, following the legislative amendments, the number of personnel reached 350, and the salary grid for
specialized experts became motivating, ensuring thus the stability of the specialized personnel and the
employment of the young and most performant specialists. Also, at present, the Competition Council
established a specialized apparatus at local level which allows a rigorous control, as regards both the
observance of the competition legislation and especially of the State aid rules, which provide for the obligation
of the Competition Council to report and monitor the State aids granted in Romania.

Aiming at an efficient enforcement of the legislation, the organizational structure of the authority was improved.
Two specialized directorates were established, one for State aid authorization and the other for State aid
monitoring, inventorying, control and report; as well, three directorates specialized on economic sectors,
respectively industry and energy, services and consumer goods were established.

14
Direciile specializate n domeniul ajutorului de stat i, respectiv, n domeniul fuziuni i antitrust sunt coordonate
de cte un vicepreedinte al Consiliului Concurenei i de cte doi consilieri de concuren. Sub coordonarea
direct a preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei funcioneaz alte 4 direcii de specialitate, respectiv Direcia
Relaii Externe, Integrare European, Direcia Juridic-Contencios, Direcia Cercetare-Sinteze i Direcia
Monitorizare Teritorial.

Conform Legii bugetului de stat nr.507/2003, Consiliul Concurenei a beneficiat de un buget aprobat pentru anul
2004 n sum de 149,4 miliarde lei.

Sumele provenind din amenzi i alte sanciuni aplicate de Consiliul Concurenei, precum i cele reprezentnd
taxe de autorizare pentru operaiunile de concentrare economic realizate i taxe privind exceptarea individual
prin dispens care se fac venit i se vars la bugetul de stat au nsumat 235,3 miliarde lei.

29. O importan deosebit a fost acordat pregtirii personalului propriu prin aciuni de instruire organizate n
cadrul colaborrilor cu instituii naionale i internaionale (Proiectul de Twinning PHARE derulat cu Ministerul
Federal de Finane al Germaniei i cu Autoritatea de concuren din Italia; Proiectul de Asisten i Colaborare
pe termen scurt cu Autoritatea de Concuren i Ministerul Afacerilor Economice din Olanda), precum i prin
organizarea, la nivelul instituiei, a unor dezbateri lunare intra i interdepartamentale, n scopul aplicrii unitare
a legislaiei n domeniu.

30. Unele dintre modificrile legislative (mrirea plafoanelor pentru concentrrile economice supuse controlului,
eliminarea obligaiei agenilor economici de a notifica nelegerile, deciziile i practicile concertate care se
ncadreaz n categoriile exceptate .a.) au condus la degrevarea personalului Consiliului Concurenei de
anumite activiti, astfel c acesta i-a putut concentra eforturile asupra analizei cazurilor cele mai grave de
distorsionare a concurenei.

31. n acelai timp, Consiliul Concurenei i-a intensificat eforturile pentru mbuntairea aplicrii efective a
legislaiei relevante n domeniul ajutorului de stat i pentru monitorizarea ajutoarelor de stat (inclusiv n privina
controlului respectrii condiiilor din deciziile de autorizare a ajutoarelor de stat acordate), astfel nct s existe
sigurana c acordarea ajutoarelor de stat n Romnia se face numai n condiiile i pe baza criteriilor prevzute
de lege. n scopul asigurrii alinierii msurilor de ajutor de stat incompatibile cu acquis-ul comunitar, procesul
de compatibilizare a schemelor de ajutor de stat prevzute de acte normative a continuat.

32. n urma aciunilor Consiliului Concurenei, iniiatorii unor acte normative care conineau msuri de ajutor de
stat incompatibile au neles c trebuie s se alture efortului Consiliului Concurenei i au propus amendarea
unui set de acte normative, n scopul punerii de acord cu legislaia din domeniul ajutorului de stat.

33. Activitatea de monitorizare a fost intensificat i a vizat, n primul rnd, ajutoarele de stat acordate n zonele
defavorizate, n parcurile industriale, n zonele libere i n sectorul de construcii de nave.

15
The directorates specialized on State aid and respectively mergers and antitrust are each coordinated by a
Vice-president of the Competition Council and two competition councilors. Under the coordination of the
President of the Competition Council, 4 specialized directorates are functioning, respectively International
Relations and European Integration, Legal, Research-Synthesis and Territorial Monitoring.

According to the Law on State budget no. 507/2003, the Competition Council benefited of a budget approved
for 2004 in amount of ROL 149.4 billion.

It is to be mentioned that the amounts from fines and other sanctions applied by the Competition Council, as
well as those representing authorization taxes for economic concentrations and taxes for individual
exemptions - are revenues to the State budget, in total amount of ROL 235.3 billion.

29. A special importance was given to personnel training through activities carried out within cooperation with
national and international institutions (Twinning Project, Short term Assistance Programme with the Competition
Authority and Ministry of Economic Affairs from the Netherlands), as well as by monthly organizing, within the
authority, intra and inter-departmental meetings as to a unitary enforcement of the legislation in the field.

30. Some of the legislative amendments (increase ceilings for economic concentrations under control,
elimination of undertakings obligation to notify agreements, decisions and concerted practices falling under the
exempted categories) led to an efficient daily activity, the personnel being able to focus its efforts on analyzing
the most serious cases of competition distortion.

31. At the same time, the Competition Council intensified its efforts to improve the effective application of the
relevant legislation in the State aid field and to monitor the State aids (including to control the observance of the
conditions stipulated by the State aid authorization decisions), as to ensure that the State aid granting in
Romania is done only under the conditions and based on criteria provided by the law. In order to align the
incompatible State aid measures to the acquis communautaire, the process of making the State aid schemes
contained in normative acts compatible continued.

32. Following the Competition Councils actions, the initiators of normative acts containing incompatible State
aid measures understood that they must join the efforts of the Competition Council and proposed to amend
numerous normative acts, in order to observe the State aid legislation.

33. The monitoring activity was intensified and aimed primarily at the State aids granted in deprived areas, to
industrial parks, in free zones and to the shipbuilding sector.

16
 Capitolul 1. CONCURENA

1. CADRUL LEGISLATIV

34. n cursul anului 2004, Consiliul Concurenei

a desfurat o intens activitate legislativ n
domeniul concurenei. Adoptarea i punerea n
practic a acquis-ului comunitar n domeniul
concurenei a reprezentat o prioritate deosebit
n contextul negocierilor la capitolul 6 -Politica
n domeniul concurenei. De aceea, la
amendarea Legii concurenei au fost avute n
vedere, n primul rnd, evoluia acquis-ului
comunitar n domeniu i recomandrile Comisiei
Europene formulate pe perioada negocierilor, dar i existena unor disfuncii n aplicarea Legii concurenei .

1.1. Legislaia primar

35. n scopul armonizrii depline cu prevederile comunitare relevante, precum i pentru a ntri capacitatea
administrativ de implementare a legislaiei din domeniu, Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, a fost modificat n
dou etape.
n prima etap, a fost adoptat Ordonana de Urgen a Guvernului nr. 121/2003 pentru modificarea i
completarea Legii concurenei nr. 21/1996, aprobat prin Legea nr. 184/17.05.2004 publicat n MO nr. 461 din
24.05.2004.

Amendamentele aduse vizeaz, n principal:

Eliminarea suprapunerii de atribuii derivat din existena a dou instituii (Consiliul Concurenei, ca
autoritate autonom i, respectiv, Oficiul Concurenei, ca instituie guvernamental), ntreaga responsabilitate
revenind unei singure instituii, puternice i autonome, nesubordonat politic;
Reducerea numrului de membri ai plenului Consiliului Concurenei, de la 10 la 7 i schimbarea criteriilor
de numire n funcie. n prezent membrii plenului sunt numii pe criterii strict profesionale de ctre Preedintele
Romniei.
Asimilarea inspectorilor din Consiliul Concurenei, din punct de vedere al salarizrii, cu personalul din
sectorul judiciar, respectiv judectori i procurori, prin majorarea substanial a salariilor, care s conduc la
ntrirea stabilitii i independenei autoritii de concuren;
Obligativitatea emiterii avizului conform de ctre Consiliul Concurenei pentru proiectele de acte normative
cu posibil impact anticoncurenial. Astfel, se asigur prevalena legislaiei din domeniul concurenei n faa
oricrei legislaii care reglementeaz alte domenii de activitate;
Prevederea expres a posibilitii Consiliului Concurenei de a stabili, prin instruciuni,
condiiile i criteriile de aplicare a unei politici de clemen, n vederea ncurajrii cooperrii agenilor economici
cu Consiliul, n scopul descoperirii i sancionrii nclcrilor grave ale legislaiei n domeniul concurenei;

17
 Chapter 1. COMPETITION

1. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

34. During 2004, the Competition Council carried out

an intensive legislative activity in the competition
field. The adoption and application of the acquis
communautaire in the competition field represents a
special priority in the context of negotiations for
Chapter 6 Competition Policy. That is why in the
amendment of the Competition Law the following
aspects were taken into consideration: first of all, the
evolution of the acquis in the field and the European
Commission recommendations stated during the negotiations, as well as certain dysfunctions in the application
of the Competition Law.
1.1. Primary legislation

35. In order to fully align to the relevant Community provisions as well as to strengthen the administrative
capacity of implementing the legislation in the field, the Competition Law no. 21/1996, was modified in two
steps.
In the first step, the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 12/2003 amending and completing the
Competition Law no. 21/1996 was adopted. This Government Ordinance was approved by the Law no.
184/17.05.2004 published in the Official Gazette no. 461 of 24.05.2004.

The amendments mainly aim at:

Eliminating the existing overlapping of competencies, generated by the existence of two institutions (the
Competition Council, as autonomous authority, and the Competition Office, as governmental body,
respectively), the entire responsibility reverting to a single institution, strong and not politically subordinated;
Reducing the number of the Competition Councils Plenum, from 10 to 7 and changing the appointment
criteria. Currently, the Plenum members are nominated by the President of Romania on the basis of strict
professional criteria.
The assimilation of Competition Councils inspectors, from remuneration point of view with the staff from
judicial, respectively judges and attorneys, substantially increasing the salaries. This action must lead to the
strengthening of the stability and independence of competition authority;
The obligation to issue mandatory opinions by the Competition Council for drafts of normative acts with
alleged anticompetitive impact. It is assured thus, the prevailing of the competition legislation over any
legislation regulating other sectors;
Explicitly providing the Competition Councils possibility to establish through guidelines the applying
conditions and criteria for a leniency policy for encouraging the cooperation of economic agents with the
Competition Council in order to discover and sanction the severe infringements of the competition legislation;

18
 Majorarea plafoanelor valorice privind concentrrile economice, de la 100 miliarde lei la echivalentul a
10.000.000 Euro cifra de afaceri cumulat, i totodat introducerea unei noi condiii cumulative, respectiv, cel
puin doi ageni economici implicai n operaiune, s realizeze pe teritoriul Romniei, fiecare n parte, o cifr de
afaceri mai mare dect echivalentul n lei a 4.000.000 euro, astfel nct Consiliul Concurenei s analizeze
numai concentrrile economice care, prin dimensiune, pot afecta n mod substanial concurena;
Creterea transparenei activitii Consiliului Concurenei prin publicarea tuturor deciziilor emise pe site-ul
propriu.
36. Similar cu legislaia comunitar, inspectorii din cadrul Consiliului Concurenei, n baza atribuiilor conferite
de lege, pot solicita agenilor economici sau asociaiilor de ageni economici orice informaie necesar
descoperirii i sancionrii nelegerilor, deciziilor, practicilor concertate interzise, abuzului de poziie dominant,
fiind abilitai s ntreprind inspeciile necesare pentru ndeplinirea misiunii lor.

37. Amendamentele aduse Legii concurenei au vizat i armonizarea cu noile prevederi comunitare, respectiv
cu cele ale Regulamentului Consiliului (CE) nr.1/2003, privind implementarea regulilor de concuren
nscrise n articolele 81 i 82 ale Tratatului CE, regulament intrat n vigoare la 1 mai 2004. Romnia a aplicat o
parte a acestor noi reguli europene chiar naintea rilor membre ale Uniunii Europene (decembrie
2003).

Aceste amendamente se refer la :

Eliminarea obligaiei de notificare a nelegerilor i practicilor concertate care se pot ncadra n

exceptrile pe categorii i a obligaiei obinerii exceptrii prin decizie a Consiliului Concurenei, pentru
a da posibilitate autoritii de concuren s-i direcioneze resursele ctre cazurile grave de
distorsionare a concurenei pe piat;
nsprirea politicii de sancionare, prin majorarea substanial a amenzilor prevzute pentru
nclcarea prevederilor legislaiei n domeniul concurenei, acestea fiind calculate ca procent,
putndu-se ajunge pn la 10% din cifra de afaceri a contravenienilor;
Stabilirea unor termene clare de prescriere a dreptului la aciune (prescripia extinctiv), n
conformitate cu cele prevzute n legislaia comunitar, astfel:
- 3 ani, n cazul nclcrilor privind furnizarea informaiilor, documentelor, nregistrrilor, evidenelor
i refuzul de a se supune inspeciei prevzut de lege;
- 5 ani, n cazul nclcrii celorlalte prevederi ale legii.

38. n cea de a doua etap, a fost adoptat Legea nr.538/25.11.2004, privind modificarea i completarea Legii
concurenei nr.21/1996, publicat n MO nr.1130 din data de 30.11.2004.
Demersurile legislative ale Consiliului Concurenei au avut n vedere preluarea recomandrilor formulate de
Comisia European, n scopul armonizrii cu legislaia de referin.
Aceste modificri au condus la eliminarea tratamentului difereniat pentru regiile autonome i societile
comerciale cu capital majoritar de stat, fa de ceilali ageni economici. Astfel, au fost abrogate prevederile art.
6 lit. e) i a art. 7 alineatele (4) i (6).
39. n vederea armonizrii depline cu legislaia comunitar i corelrii 1.2. Legislaia secundar
legislaiei secundare cu legislaia primar, n temeiul Legii concurenei,
Consiliul a adoptat un set important de noi regulamente i instruciuni i a amendat sau, dup caz, a abrogat
unele dintre regulamentele i instruciunile existente. Astfel, innd seama de evoluia acquis-ului comunitar i
de noile reglementri prevzute de Legea concurenei, ncepnd cu luna martie i pn la sfritul anului 2004,
Consiliul Concurenei a adoptat 18 regulamente i 10 instruciuni (prezentate n Anexa nr.1), spre
deosebire de anul anterior cnd nu au fost adoptate nici un regulament sau instruciune n domeniul
concurenei.
19
 Increasing the threshold in case of economic concentrations from 100 billion ROL at the equivalent in ROL
of 10.000.000 Euro cumulated turnover, and the introduction of a new cumulative condition, respectively, at
least two economic agents involved in the operation to have on the Romanian territory, each of them, a
turnover more than the equivalent in ROL of 4.000.000 Euro, so that the Competition Council to assess only the
economic concentrations which, by dimension, may substantially affect the competition;
Increasing the transparency of the Competition Councils activity by publishing all issued decisions on its
own web site.
36. In a similar way the Community legislation, the Competition Councils inspectors, based on attributions
given by the Law, may ask the undertakings or the associations of undertakings all necessary information for
discovering and sanctioning the agreements, decisions, forbidden concerted practices, abuse of dominant
position. They are empowered to make the inspections required for fulfilling their mission.

37. The amendments brought to the Competition Law were also aiming at harmonizing its provisions with the
new Community provisions, respectively the Council Regulation (EC) no. 1/2003 on the enforcementof
articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty that entered into force on May 1st, 2004. Romania applied part of these
new European rules even before the Member States of the European Union (December 2003).

These amendments refer to:

The abolition of the obligation to notify the agreements and concerted practices that may be framed
as block exemptions and the obligation to obtain exemptions by decision of the Competition Council
so that the competition authority to focus its resources on the most severe distortions of competition
on the market;
Applying a more deterrent sanctioning policy, by substantially increasing the fines set for the
infringements of the competition legislation; the fines are calculated as a percentage that may reach
up to 10% of the offenders turnover;
The establishment of clear prescription deadlines (extinctive prescription) in accordance with the
European Union legislation, as follows:
- 3 years, for infringements concerning the supply of information, documents, recordings, evidence
and the refuse to comply with the inspection stipulated by the Law;
- 5 years, for the infringement of the other provisions of the Law.

38. In the second phase, the Law no. 538/25.11.2004, amending and completing the Competition Law no.
21/1996, was adopted and published in the Official Gazette no. 1130/ 30.11.2004.
The legislative efforts of the Competition Council were meant to adopt the European Commissions
recommendations for a complete harmonization with the reference legislation.
These amendments lead to the abolition of discriminatory treatment for the regies autonomous and State
owned companies as compared to the other undertakings. The provisions of articles 6 e) and 7 (4) and (6)
were thus abrogated.
39. For a complete harmonization with the Community legislation and for
1.2. Secondary legislation correlating the secondary legislation with the primary legislation on the
grounds of Competition Law, the Competition Council adopted an
important package of new regulations and guidelines and amended or, depending on each case, abrogated
some existing regulations and guidelines. Consequently, in accordance with the evolution of the acquis and the
new provisions of the Competition Law, since March, 2004, until the end of the year, the Competition Council
adopted 18 regulations and 10 guidelines (presented in the Annex no. 1) as compared to the previous
year when neither regulations nor guidelines were adopted in the competition field.

20
 2. IMPLEMENTAREA LEGISLAIEI

40. Pentru mbuntirea gradului de implementare a prevederilor Legii concurenei, Consiliul i-a intensificat
activitatea de monitorizare i supraveghere a comportamentului agenilor economici care acioneaz pe piaa
romneasc, n vederea detectrii unor posibile acte i practici anticoncureniale, prin aceste intervenii
urmrind restabilirea i meninerea unui mediu concurenial normal. Prezena mult mai activ a Consiliului
Concurenei pe pia s-a concretizat n deschiderea unor investigaii din proprie iniiativ i n sancionarea
celor mai grave nclcri ale Legii concurenei (Anexa nr.2 - Valoarea amenzilor aplicate).

41. Prin investigaiile declanate n anul 2004, Consiliul Concurenei a acordat o

2.1. Investigaii
atenie deosebit cazurilor de nclcare a prevederilor art.5, respectiv nelegerilor
anticoncureniale i n special nelegerilor pe orizontal considerate cele mai
nocive, datorit distorsionrilor grave ale concurenei, dar i celor de nclcare a prevederilor art.6 privind
abuzul de poziie dominant.

Au fost deschise 33 investigaii, din care:

13 investigaii din oficiu (prin autosesizare);
20 investigaii ca urmare a unor plngeri/sesizri i a unor cereri/notificri ale agenilor economici.

Situaia investigaiilor n funcie de structura i de stadiul derulrii acestora este prezentat n Anexa nr. 3 i
redat n figura 1.

Fig. 1
14

12

10

8
13 Autosesizari
11 Plangeri/sesizari
6
9 Cereri/notificari
9
4 8

5
2 5 4
2
0
TOTAL Finalizate In curs

n figura 2 este prezentat evoluia investigaiilor declanate n perioada 2000-2004.

33 Fig. 2
35
30
25 19
20 13
10 10 Total investigatii
15
6 Autosesizari
10 4
0 1 0
5
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

21
 2. LEGISLATION ENFORCEMENT

40. For improving the enforcement process of the provisions of the Competition Law, the Competition Council
intensified the activities consisting in monitoring and surveillance of the behavior of undertakings acting on the
Romanian market, in order to detect alleged anticompetitive acts and practices. Through these interventions
the Competition Council had in view to re-establish and maintain a normal competitive environment. The
Competition Councils more active presence on the market materialized in opening ex-officio investigations
and in sanctioning the most severe infringements of the Competition Law. (Annex no. 2 The value of
fines applied).

41. By the investigations opened in 2004, the Competition Council paid a special 2.1. Investigations
attention to the cases infringing the article 5, respectively to the anticompetitive
agreements and especially to horizontal agreements considered the most harmful, due to the important
distortions of competition, but also to the infringements of article 6 concerning the abuse of dominant
position.

33 investigations have been opened, out of which:

13 ex-officio investigations (through own initiative intimations);
20 investigations following the complaints/intimations and the requests/notifications of economic agents.

The situation of investigations according to the structure and the stage of performance is illustrated in Annex
no. 3 and showed in the figure 1.

Fig. 1

14

12

10

8 ex-officio
13 complaints/intimations
6 11
9 requests/notifications
9 8
4

2 5 5 4
2
0
TOTAL finalized pending

The evolution of investigations opened in the period 2000-2004 is presented in figure 2.

33 Fig. 2
35
30
25 19
20
13
10 10 Total investigations
15
6 ex-officio investigations
10 4
0 1 0
5
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

22
42. Analiza n dinamic a situaiei investigaiilor a condus la urmtoarele concluzii:
O evoluie constant ascendent a numrului total al investigaiilor declanate. Astfel, numrul
investigaiilor a crescut de peste 3 ori n anul 2004, fa de anii 2000 i respectiv 2001, de cca. 2 ori
fa de anul 2002 i de peste 5 ori fa de anul 2003;
Creterea numrului investigaiilor din oficiu (prin autosesizare), ca urmare a intensificrii activitii
de monitorizare a pieelor n vederea depistrii situaiilor favorizante recurgerii la practici
anticoncureniale. De menionat c n anul anterior nu a fost declanat nici o investigaie din proprie
iniiativ.

43. Investigaiile deschise urmare a autosesizrii autoritii de 2.1.1. Investigaii declanate

concuren reprezint cca. 40% din totalul investigaiilor prin autosesizare
declanate n cursul anului 2004.

n funcie de obiectul avut n vedere, acestea au analizat:

posibilele nelegeri ntre agenii economici (art.5);

abuzul de poziie dominant (art.6);
operaiuni de concentrare economic (art.13-16).

Grafic, situaia acestor investigaii este prezentat n figura 3:

Fig.3

1
2

10

Pn la sfritul anului, au fost

finalizate 5 investigaii din
cele deschise n 2004 i 3
Art.5 Art.6 Art.13-16 investigaii declanate n anii
anteriori.

23
42. The dynamic analysis of the investigations determined the following conclusions:
A constant upward evolution of the total number of opened investigations. Thus, the number of
investigations increased in 2004 by 3 times in comparison with 2001 and 2002, by nearly 2 times in
comparison with 2002 and by over 5 times in comparison with 2003;
Increased number of ex-officio investigations (own initiative), following an intense monitoring of the
markets in order to reveal situations that would favour anticompetitive practices. Note should be made
that in the previous year no ex-officio investigations were opened.

2.1.1. Own initiative (ex-officio) 43. The own initiative investigations constitute nearly 40% of the
investigations total investigations opened during 2004.

Depending on their objective, these investigations assessed:

potential agreements between undertakings (art.5);

abuse of dominant position (art.6);
economic concentrations (art.13-16).

The situation of these investigations is presented in figure 3:

Fig.3

1
2

10
By the end of the year, 5
investigations opened in
2004 were finalised, while 3
more investigations
opened in the previous Art.5 Art.6 Art.13-16
years were also finalised.

24
 Investigaii finalizate

nelegerea cu privire la stabilirea unui nivel minim al comisionului practicat n relaiile contractuale
cu angajatorii, intervenit ntre societile active pe piaa serviciilor de emitere, gestionare i
comercializare a tichetelor de mas (art.5).

44. n perioada ianuarie-martie 2004, societile emitente de tichete de mas din Romnia s-au ntlnit n
repetate rnduri n scopul ntocmirii unui document cu propuneri de modificare a legislaiei din domeniu, viznd
printre altele stabilirea unui nivel minim al comisionului practicat n relaiile cu angajatorii, comision care urma
s acopere costul imprimrii i cheltuielile aferente activitii de emitere, gestionare i comercializare, precum i
cheltuielile pentru personalizare, transport etc. Iniial, acest comision, care era diferit de la o societate emitent
la alta, se negocia de fiecare dintre acestea cu clienii si.

Potrivit celor declarate de societi n cadrul investigaiei, practicarea, n special de ctre cele mari, a unor
comisioane reduse, n unele cazuri foarte apropiate de zero sau chiar zero, ar fi fost motivul determinant pentru
ncheierea unei nelegeri ce a avut ca obiect fixarea concertat a nivelului minim al comisionului practicat n
relaiile contractuale cu angajatorii.

Urmare acestei nelegeri, s-a ncheiat o Minut n care s-a consemnat practicarea de ctre toate societile
emitente, n relaiile contractuale cu angajatorii, a unui comision de minim 2%.
Aceast nelegere ar fi condus, pe de o parte, la restrngerea concurenei, iar, pe de alt parte, la creterea
cheltuielilor suportate de clieni (angajatori) datorit tarifelor mai ridicate pe care urmau s le plteasc pentru
procurarea serviciilor respective.

nelegerea dintre societile emitente are o inciden defavorabil asupra unuia dintre principalii parametrii ai
concurenei, respectiv preul, eliminnd rivalitatea ntre prile acordului. Practica anticoncurenial constatat
privete fixarea concertat a tarifelor, aceasta fiind una dintre cele mai grave restricionri ale concurenei. n
urma primelor intervenii ale Consiliului Concurenei, societile emitente nu au mai pus n practic hotrrea de
a percepe angajatorilor un comision minim.

Prin decizia luat n urma investigaiei a fost stabilit vinovia societilor implicate, de nclcare a prevederilor
art.5 (1). n baza dispoziiilor art. 54 i art.60 alin.(3) din Legea concurenei, s-a declarat nulitatea nelegerii
intervenite ntre societile emitente de tichete de mas i s-a luat totodat msura de sancionare a celor 8
societi implicate cu amend contravenional n valoare total de 47.066.849.000 lei (Decizia
nr.270/29.09.2004).

n temeiul prevederilor art.27 lit. l) din Legea concurenei, s-a recomandat Ministerului Finanelor Publice i
Ministerului Muncii i Proteciei Sociale, s renune la prevederile ce stabilesc modalitatea de alocare a cotelor
de utilizatori de tichete de mas societilor emitente, respectiv la Precizrile la Normele de aplicare a Legii
nr.142/1998 privind acordarea tichetelor de mas, ntruct acestea contravin Legii concurenei i s adopte
msuri care s faciliteze dezvoltarea pieei i a concurenei.

nelegerea pe vertical, ntre dou societi care activeaz n sectorul farmaceutic, prin aceasta
urmrindu-se eliminarea de pe pia a altor firme concurente (art.5).

45. Investigaia derulat de Consiliul Concurenei a stabilit faptul c societile Sicomed SA Bucureti i
Microsin SRL au nclcat Legea concurenei. Acestea au ncheiat o nelegere avnd ca obiect i ca efect, n
perioada 2001-2002, eliminarea concurenei de pe piaa piafenului, medicament n compoziia cruia intr trei
substane principale, a cror asociere i confer un efect analgezic i antispastic.

25
 Finalised investigations

Agreement fixing the minimum level of the commission imposed to employers in contractual
relations the agreement was concluded between companies carrying out meal tickets issuing,
managing and selling activities (art.5).

44. During January-March 2004, the Romanian meal tickets issuing companies met several times to draft a
proposal for the modification of the legislation in the field. The proposal aimed at fixing a minimum level of the
commission imposed to employers. The commission was intended to cover printing costs, expenses for issuing,
managing and selling activities, as well as expenses for individualisation, transportation etc. Initially, this
commission, different from one company to another, was negotiated by each company with its own costumers.

Based on the companies statements issued during the investigation, the conclusion of an agreement fixing the
level of the commission imposed to employers in contractual relations was determined by the fact that some
companies, mainly the large ones, applied a very low commission. In a number of cases, the commission was
close to zero or even zero.

Following this agreement, a Minute was concluded establishing that all issuing companies should apply in their
contractual relations with the employers a minimum commission of 2%.
On one hand, this agreement would have determined a restriction of the competition; while on the other hand,
the customers (employers) would have been forced to bear increased expenses due to higher commissions to
be paid for receiving the relevant services.

The issuing companies agreement had a negative impact on one of the main parameters of competition,
namely the price, thus eliminating the rivalry between the involved parties. This anticompetitive practice
concerned the joint fixing of tariffs, one of the most distorting restrictions of the competition. Following the first
interventions of the Competition Council, the issuing companies did not enforce the decision to apply a
minimum commission to the employers.

The Decision issued following the investigation stated that the involved companies infringed article 5(1). Based
on articles 54 and 60(3) of the Competition Law, the agreement concluded between the issuing companies
was declared void and the 8 involved companies were fined by 47,066,849,000 ROL (Decision
no.270/29.09.2004).

Based on article 27, letter l) of the Competition Law, the Competition Council recommended the Ministry of
Public Finances and the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to abolish the provisions establishing the
allocation of meal ticket users for the issuing companies Notes on the Norms enforcing Law no.142/1998 on
providing meal tickets. As the aforesaid Notes infringe the Competition Law, the two Ministries were requested
to adopt measures favouring the development of the market and competition.

Vertical agreement between two pharmaceutical companies with the aim to drive out competitors from the
market (art.5).

45. The investigation carried out by the Competition Council proved that Sicomed SA Bucureti and Microsin
SRL infringed the Competition Law. These companies concluded an agreement driving out competitors from
the Piafen market. This pharmaceutical product includes 3 main substances with analgesic and anti-spastic
effects.

26
Acordul ntre cele dou societi prevedea ca SC Microsin SRL s vnd dou din componentele pentru piafen,
respectiv clorhidrat de pitofenon i bromometilat de fenpipramid, exclusiv societii Sicomed. De precizat, c
societatea Microsin este productor unic pentru aceste dou componente.

n acest mod, Sicomed a rmas, pentru o perioad, singurul productor de piafen pe piaa romneasc,
eliminndu-i concurentul, respectiv societatea Antibiotice Iai. Astfel, Sicomed a dobndit o poziie de
monopol pe pieele tuturor formelor galenice ale medicamentului piafen.

Consiliul Concurenei, a decis sancionarea societilor implicate n nelegere, lund totodat msura
confiscrii profitului suplimentar realizat de ctre Sicomed prin recurgerea la practica anticoncurenial
n cauz. Valoarea amenzilor aplicate a fost n sum de 505.000.000 lei, iar cea a profitului de
1.162.617.493 lei (Decizia nr.318/30.11.2004).

Manifestarea abuziv a poziiei deinute pe piaa romneasc de ctre societile membre ale Grupului
Kronospan, prin impunerea n mod direct a preurilor de vnzare ale produselor stratificate din
lemn, respectiv Pal simplu i PAL melaminat (art.6).

46. Grupul Kronospan a dobndit controlul asupra principalului su concurent din Romnia, respectiv SC Sepal
SA Sebe, ceea ce a determinat poziia dominant pe piaa produselor de tip PAL. Ulterior, grupul a majorat cu
procente de pn la 50% preurile la produsele fabricate, n condiiile n care rentabilitatea activitii era deja
asigurat, acest comportament neputnd fi ncadrat ca unul firesc pe o pia concurenial.
Prin creterea preurilor la PAL simplu i PAL melaminat a fost afectat att activitatea agenilor economici
beneficiari ai acestor produse - productori de mobil - care aveau contracte n derulare n aceast perioad, la
preuri stabilite anterior (n special contracte externe), ct i interesele consumatorilor, n mod indirect, prin
achiziionarea unor produse cu pre ridicat datorit creterii costurilor.

Consiliul Concurenei a decis sancionarea Kronospan Sepal SA Sebe cu amend contravenional n

valoare de 35.067.227.190 lei (Decizia nr.329/22.12.2004).

Totodat, pentru asigurarea unui mediu concurenial normal, societatea va fi monitorizat 24 de luni
urmnd s prezinte lunar situaia financiar proprie i fundamentarea costurilor, precum i situaia privind
negocierile purtate cu beneficiarii, n vederea stabilirii preurilor pentru produsele contractate n condiiile
pieii.

Licitaiile organizate de Ministerul Educaiei i Cercetrii (MEC) pentru achiziiile de manuale colare
noi pentru nvmntul obligatoriu primar i gimnazial (clasa a I-a, a II-a i clasa a IX-a) i pentru
aprobarea manualelor colare noi i vechi privind nvmntul obligatoriu cls.a IX-a i a X-a.(art.5)

47. n cadrul Proiectului de reform a nvmntului preuniversitar, finanat de Guvernul Romniei, este
prevzut realizarea de manuale alternative. MEC urmrete asigurarea de variante ale manualelor pentru o
disciplin, prin realizarea acestora de ctre mai multe edituri, respectiv autori, care trebuie s asigure aceleai
obiective educaionale prevzute de programele colare.

Consiliul Concurenei s-a autosesizat ca urmare a reaciilor din mass-media ale unora dintre editurile
participante la licitaie, care au adus acuze cu privire la preurile practicate de unii dintre ofertani, ca fiind foarte
mici, fr o fundamentare economic.

27
The agreement between the two companies stipulated that SC Microsin SRL should sell two of the substances
needed to obtain Piafen, namely pitophenone hydrochloride and phenpipramid brommethylate, exclusively to
Sicomed. Note should be made that Microsin is the sole producer of these two substances.

This way, for a period of time, Sicomed was the sole producer of Piafen on the Romanian market, driving out its
competitor, namely Antibiotice Iasi. Thus, Sicomed gained a monopoly on this market.

The Competition Council decided to sanction the companies involved in the agreement, also
confiscating the additional profit gained by Sicomed through enforcing the aforesaid anticompetitive
practice. The fines applied amounted up to 505,000,000 ROL, while the profit was 1,162,617,493 ROL
(Decision no.318/30.11.2004).

The abuse of dominance on the Romanian market by members of the Kronospan Group through fixing
directly the sale price for stacked wood products, namely simple and melamine wood panels (art.6).

46. Kronospan Group gained control over its main Romanian competitor, namely SC Sepal SA Sebes, thus
building a dominant position on the wood panel products market. Subsequently, the Group increased by 50%
the price of the products even though the profitability was already ensured. This market behaviour could not be
qualified as normal on a competitive market.
The price increase for simple and melamine wood panels affected the activities of the undertakings benefiting
of these products furniture producers having ongoing contracts concluded on previous settled prices (mainly
external contracts), as well as consumers interests as they are forced to pay higher prices due to increased
costs.

The Competition Council decided to sanction Kronospan Sepal SA Sebes with a fine of 35,067,227,190
ROL (Decision no.329/22.12.2004).

Also, in order to ensure a normal competitive environment, the company shall be monitored for the
following 24 months. The company shall submit on a monthly basis its own financial situation and costs
substantiation, as well as a situation of the negotiations carried out with their clients for establishing the
products market price.

Tenders organised by the Ministry of Education and Research (hereinafter named MER) for purchasing
school books for primary and secondary compulsory education (1st, 2nd and 9th grades) and for
approving new and previous school books for the 9th and 10th grades compulsory education.

47. Within the framework of reforming the pre-college education system, financed by the Romanian
Government, the elaboration of alternative manuals is stipulated. MER aims to ensure that several versions of
the manuals for one study subject are elaborated by different publishing houses and authors in line with the
same educational objectives provided in the curricula.

The Competition Council, from its own initiative, took note of the mass-media reactions of various publishing
houses involved in tenders. These publishing houses accused some bidders of practicing low prices, without
economic substantiation.

28
n urma investigaiei declanate s-a constatat c exist o pia a manualelor cumprate de MEC n urma
licitaiilor organizate, pia care nu a fost restricionat prin recurgerea la vreo practic incriminabil n baza
prevederilor Legii concurenei.

n paralel exist i o pia considerat complementar, pe care sunt comercializate, prin librrii sau, uneori,
direct prin coli, publicaii auxiliare manualelor, cum sunt, spre exemplu, caietele speciale.

n vederea stimulrii concurenei pe pieele manualelor colare, att pe piaa licitaiilor, ct i pe cea
complementar acesteia, n temeiul prevederilor legale, s-au fcut unele recomandri MEC cu privire la:
- procedura de ofertare/adjudecare n cadrul licitaiilor, urmat de comercializarea ctre MEC a
manualelor colare aferente claselor care beneficiaz de gratuitate;
- procedura de avizare calitativ a manualelor colare care nu sunt cumprate de MEC, destinate att
claselor care beneficiaz de gratuitate, ct i celor care nu beneficiaz;
- procedura de avizare a tuturor publicaiilor auxiliare, n vederea comercializrii pe piaa
complementar a licitaiilor.
Investigaia a fost nchis prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.231/16.09.2004, deoarece
nu au fost descoperite acte sau fapte care s conduc la distorsionarea concurenei pe pia.

Identificarea operaiunilor de concentrare economic nenotificate Consiliului Concurenei i analiza

posibilei nclcri a legii cu privire la crearea i consolidarea unei poziii dominante urmare realizrii
acestor concentrri, n care a fost implicat o persoan fizic (art.13-16).

48. n perioada 1997-2000, domnul Cornel Ctlin Bulf a realizat patru concentrri economice, prin dobndirea
controlului direct i indirect asupra unor societi, operaiuni ce trebuiau notificate la Consiliul Concurenei n
termenul prevzut de lege.
Din analiza tuturor operaiunilor de concentrare economic realizate i nenotificate a rezultat c acestea nu au
avut ca efect crearea sau consolidarea unei poziii dominante i nu au condus la restrngerea, nlturarea sau
denaturarea semnificativ a concurenei pe piaa romneasc.

Investigaii n curs

49. Cele 8 investigaii aflate n curs de desfurare la 31 decembrie 2004 au ca obiect posibila nclcare a
prevederilor art.5 (7 investigaii) i art.6 (1 investigaie) i se deruleaz pe urmtoarele piee:

Investigaia pe piaa bancar (comisioanele practicate la utilizarea plilor cu carduri VISA i

MASTERCARD ) referitoare la posibila nclcare a prevederilor art. 5 alin. (1) din Legea concurenei
de ctre bnci/organizaiile Visa i Mastercard, prin stabilirea comisioanelor pentru tranzaciile realizate
la punctele de vnzare (n cazul folosirii cardului ca instrument de plat);

Investigaia pe piaa serviciului de transport public urban ocazional de persoane, efectuat cu

autoturisme, n regim de taxi, pe teritoriul Municipiului Bucureti (art.5)1;

Investigaia pe piaa reparaiilor de vagoane de marf i serviciilor de acces ale transportatorilor pe

calea ferat (art.5);

Investigaia pe piaa lemnului pe picior n legtur cu participarea a dou grupuri de firme cu oferte
trucate la licitaia organizat de ROMSILVA pentru vnzarea masei lemnoase pe picior (art.5);

1
Investigaia s-a finalizat n luna mai 2005

29
Following the investigation, the Competition Council found out that there is a market for the manuals that are
bought by MER through tenders. This market was not restricted by applying practices prohibited by the
Competition Law.

Correspondingly, there is a complementary market where auxiliary publications, such as special exercise
books, are traded through bookshops or, sometimes, directly through schools.

In order to encourage competition on the school books markets, both on tender and auxiliary markets, based
on the legal provisions in force, some recommendations were submitted to MER concerning:
- The bidding/awarding procedures within the tenders, followed by the sale of the manuals carried out by
MER in case of charge-free regime classes;
- The quality endorsement procedure used in case of manuals that are not bought by MER, designated
to all types of classes;
- The endorsement procedure of all auxiliary publications that are traded on the complementary market.
The investigation was closed by Order of the Competition Councils President no.231/16.09.2004 as no acts or
deeds were found to generate a competition distortion.

Identification of non-notified economic concentrations and analysis of potential law infringements

caused by the creation and consolidation of a dominance following these concentrations involvement
of a natural person (articles 13-16).

48. During 1997-2000, Mr. Cornel Catalin Bulf performed 4 economic concentrations by gaining direct and
indirect control over several companies. These operations should have been notified to the Competition Council
within the legal time limits.
Following the analysis of these non-notified economic concentrations, the creation or consolidation of a
dominant position was not generated and the competition on the Romanian market was not significantly
restricted, obstructed or distorted.

Ongoing investigations

49. The 8 ongoing investigations on 31 December 2004 assess the potential infringement of articles 5 (7
investigations) and 6 (1 investigation) on the following markets:

Banking services market (the commissions applied for paying with Visa and Mastercard cards) the
investigation assesses the potential infringement of article 5(1) of the Competition Law by
Visa/Mastercard banks/organisations through setting the commissions for POS transactions (when the
card is used as a paying instrument);

The market of occasional urban public transport services carried out by auto-vehicles, in taxi regime,
within the Bucharest area (art.5)2;

Freight carriage maintenance market and services for transporters access to rail infrastructure (art.5);

Standing timber market investigation on the bid rigging performed by two groups of companies at the
tender organised by ROMSILVA for the sale of standing timber (art.5);

2
The investigation was finalised in May 2005

30
 Investigaia pe piaa serviciilor portuare privind posibila nclcare a Legii concurenei de ctre Asociaia
Armatorilor i Operatorilor Portuari Fluviali din Romnia, prin negocierea n numele membrilor
asociaiei, cu CN Administraia Porturilor Maritime SA Constana, CN Administraia Porturilor Dunrii
Maritime SA Galai, CN Administraia Porturilor Dunrii Fluviale SA Giurgiu i CN Administraia
Canalelor Navigabile SA Constana i, eventual, cu alte administraii portuare sau maritime, a clauzelor
contractuale i a tarifelor pentru serviciile prestate membrilor asociaiei (art.5)3;

Investigaia pe piaa serviciilor imobiliare, privind posibila nclcare a art.5 alin.(1) de ctre ageniile
imobiliare membre ale Uniunii Naionale a Ageniilor Imobiliare (UNIM), ca urmare a hotrrii
Comitetului Central al UNIM n ce privete consolidarea unui comision de referin de 3%+TVA i a
unui comision minim de 2%+TVA4;

Investigaia pe piaa ngrmintelor chimice (art.5);

Investigaia pe piaa nisipurilor cuaroase privind posibila nclcare a prevederilor legii de ctre Grupul
Bega (art.6).

50. Investigaiile declanate n urma unor plngeri sau sesizri 2.1.2. Investigaii declanate ca
privind posibile nclcri ale prevederilor legii au fost n numr de urmare a unor plngeri/sesizri
11, din care:
- 4 investigaii privind posibile nelegeri ntre agenii economici (art.5);
- 6 investigaii acuznd abuzul de poziie dominant (art.6);
- 1 investigaie urmare a unei sesizri privind prevederile unui act administrativ (art.9).

Investigaii finalizate

51. Pn la sfritul anului au fost finalizate 5 investigaii, din care 2 din cele declanate n anul 2004 i 3
investigaii din anii anteriori.

Cele 2 investigaii din anul 2004 s-au desfurat pe urmtoarele piee:

Piaa serviciilor imobiliare, n cazul unei nelegeri anticoncureniale de tip cartel ntre ageniile
imobiliare concurente din oraul Brila, care au stabilit un anumit tip de contract/antecontract i un nivel
fix obligatoriu al comisionului pentru serviciile prestate.

52. nelegerile intervenite ntre ageniile imobiliare investigate de a practica acelai comision intr sub incidena
prevederilor art.5 alin.(1) lit.a) din lege, cu efecte directe asupra clienilor, acetia fiind privai de posibilitatea de
a beneficia de serviciile respective la comisioane mai mici, care ar fi rezultat ca urmare a manifestrii
concurenei ntre ageniile imobiliare.
Consiliul Concurenei a considerat c aceste nelegeri au avut ca efect denaturarea grav a concurenei pe
piaa serviciilor de intermediere a tranzaciilor imobiliare.

Prin decizia luat, a fost stabilit vinovaia celor 32 de agenii imobiliare implicate prin nclcarea
prevederilor Legii concurenei. S-a impus nulitatea nelegerii intervenite ntre ageniile imobiliare i a fost
luat totodat msura de sancionare cu amenzi n valoare total de 539.016.000 lei (Decizia
nr.313/22.11.2004).

3
Investigaia s-a finalizat n luna mai 2005
4 Investigaia s-a finalizat n luna mai 2005

31
 Harbour services investigation on the potential infringement of the Competition Law by the Romanian
Fluvial-Harbours Ship-owners and Freighters through the negotiation of the contractual clauses and
tariffs to be applied for the services carried out. The negotiation was carried out on behalf of the
Associations members with the Constanta Maritime Harbours Administration, Galati Maritime Danube
Harbours Administration, Giurgiu Fluvial Danube Harbours Administration, Constanta Navigable
Channels Administration, as well as with other harbour and maritime administrations (art.5)5;

Real estate market investigation on the potential infringement of article 5(1) by the real estate
agencies members of the National Real Estate Agencies Association (NREAA). The investigation was
opened following the NREAA Central Committee decision to establish a reference commission of
3%+VAT and a minimum commission of 2%+VAT6;

Chemical fertilisers market (art.5);

Quartz sand market investigation on the potential infringement of the law by Bega Group (art.6).

2.1.2. Investigations initiated 50. There were 11 investigations initiated following complaints or
following complaints / intimations intimations concerning possible infringements of the provisions of
Competition Law, out of which:
- 4 investigations concerning possible agreements between undertakings (art. 5);
- 6 investigations accusing abuse of dominant position (art. 6);
- 1 investigation following an intimation concerning provisions of an administrative act (art. 9).

Finalized Investigations

51. Until the end of the year, 5 investigations were finalized, out of which 2 investigations were out of those
initiated during 2004, and 3 investigations from previous years.

The two investigations from 2004 were carried out on the following markets:

Real estate services market, in case of an anticompetitive agreement - a cartel established among
the competing real estate agencies in Braila town, which set up a certain type of contract / ante-
contract and a compulsory fixed level of the commission for the provided services.

52. Agreements occurred among the investigated real estate agencies to apply the same commission are
subject to provisions of art. 5 (1) a) of the Law, having direct effects on customers, by depriving them of the
possibility to benefit from the respective services at lower commissions, which could result from the real
functioning of the competition among real estate agencies.
The Romanian Competition Council considered that these agreements had as effect the serious distortion of
competition on the market for services of intermediating real (estate) transactions.

Through the decision made, it has been established the guiltiness of 32 real estate agencies, for
infringement of the Romanian Competition Law provisions. The nullity of the agreement occurred among
the real estate agencies was established, and it has been taken, at the same time, the sanctioning measure
with fines having a total amount of ROL 539,016,000 (Decision no. 313 / 22.11.2004).

5
The investigation was finalised in May 2005
6 The investigation was finalised in May 2005

32
 Piaa extraciei de iei, a produciei i a distribuiei de combustibili auto (benzine i motorine)

53. Investigaia a fost deschis urmare a sesizrii formulate de SC Shell SRL Romnia, mpotriva SNP Petrom
SA Bucureti, cu privire la comportamentul abuziv al acesteia n legtur cu:

meninerea unui pre redus al ieiului extras din Romnia n comparaie cu preul internaional al
ieiului;

creterea preului de rafinare prin introducerea unor cheltuieli de transport;

refuzul de a livra combustibili auto de ctre sucursala Cluj;

practicarea unor preuri de vnzare ctre teri mai mari dect preurile cu amnuntul practicate n
reeaua proprie de distribuie.

Pieele relevante au fost definite ca fiind:

- piaa extraciei de iei;

- piaa produciei de combustibili auto (benzine i motorine);
- piaa distribuiei en-detail de combustibili auto.

n urma investigaiei au rezultat urmtoarele:

Preurile de referin ale ieiului extras n Romnia au fost stabilite avndu-se n vedere normele
Ageniei Naionale pentru Resurse Minerale;

Creterile preurilor la combustibili auto au fost determinate att de fluctuaiile preului ieiului pe
piaa internaional, ct i de evoluia cresctoare a elementelor componente ale preului
combustibililor auto (acciza, taxa pentru fondul special al drumurilor publice);

Tariful unic de transport practicat pentru serviciile de transport al produselor petroliere de la

productor (rafinrie) la distribuitorul din sistemul Petrom (sucursalele Peco) sau din afar (teri) a
fost stabilit n scopul de a asigura condiii egale de pre la livrarea din depozitele Peco din sistemul
Petrom, att la staiile proprii ct i la cele private;

Refuzul de livrare a combustibilor auto de ctre sucursala Cluj a fost determinat de asigurarea n
primul rnd a necesitilor de combustibili pentru consumatorii vitali: transportul n comun,
salubritate, agricultur.

Urmare a faptului c nu au fost descoperite dovezi suficiente privind nclcarea legii, care s justifice
impunerea de msuri sau sanciuni de ctre Consiliul Concurenei, investigaia a fost nchis (Decizia
nr.272/29.09.2004).

54. n cursul anului 2004, au fost nchise 3 investigaii preluate din anii anteriori (2002/2003), n urma
derulrii acestora nefiind descoperite dovezi care s justifice impunerea de msuri i sanciuni mpotriva
societilor reclamate.

33
 Market for oil extracting, for production and distribution of motor fuels (gas and diesel oils)

53. The investigation was opened following the intimation submitted by SC Shell SRL Romania, against SNP
Petrom SA Bucuresti, concerning its abusing behaviour related to:

Maintaining a low price for oil extracted from Romania by comparison with the international oil price;

Increasing the refining price, by means of including certain transport expenses;

Refusal of Cluj branch as concerns delivery of motor fuels;

Applying sales prices to third parties higher than the retail prices applied within its own distribution
network.

The following markets have been defined as relevant:

- oil extracting market;

- market for production of motor fuels (petrol and diesel oils);
- market for motor fuels retail (distribution).

Following the investigation, it resulted that:

Reference prices for oil extracted in Romania have been established taking into account rules of
the National Agency for Mineral Resources;

Increases in motor fuels prices have been caused both by oil price fluctuations on the international
market, and by ascending evolution of the components of motor fuels price (excise tax, tax for the
public roads special fund);

The sole transport fee applied at transportation services for oil petroleum products, from the
producer (refinery) to the distributor within the Petrom system (Peco branches) or of abroad (third
parties), has been established in order to ensure equal price terms for the delivery from Peco tanks
within the Petrom system, both at its own filling stations and at the private ones;

The refusal of the Cluj branch to deliver motor fuels has been justified by ensuring, first of all, fuel
needs for vital consumers: public transport, salubrity (sanitation service), agriculture.

Following that not enough evidence concerning Law infringement have been found, as to justify imposing
measures or sanctions by the Romanian Competition Council, investigation has been closed (Decision no. 272
/ 29.09.2004).

54. During 2004, 3 investigations taken over from previous years (2002/2003) have been closed, since no
evidence to justify imposing measures and sanctions against claimed undertakings had been found.

34
Investigaiile au analizat urmtoarele situaii:

Posibila nelegere ntre societi de asigurare n vederea participrii cu ofert comun la licitaia
organizat pentru atribuirea contractului de prestri servicii privind asigurrile obligatorii de
rspundere civil pentru pagube produse terilor prin accidente de autovehicule (Decizia
nr.209/09.07.2004);
Licitaiile organizate n vederea nchirierii de spaii comerciale pentru vnzare de pres i carte i
participarea ilegal a unei societi care nu ar fi avut n obiectul de activitate comerul cu aceste
produse (Decizia nr.210/09.07.2004);
Posibila nelegere pe piaa lucrrilor de foraj sonde, care ar conduce la mpiedicarea i denaturarea
concurenei pe aceast pia (Decizia nr.273/29.09.2004).

Investigaii n curs

55. La sfritul anului au rmas n curs de desfurare 9 investigaii, care au ca obiect posibila nclcare a
prevederilor:
art.5 - 3 investigaii;
art.6 - 5 investigaii7;
art.9 - 1 investigaie8.

56. Urmare a unor cereri/notificri adresate Consiliului Concurenei de

2.1.3. Investigaii ca ctre agenii economici, au fost declanate 9 investigaii n vederea
urmare a unor analizei acestora, pentru stabilirea compatibilitii lor cu un mediu
cereri/notificri concurenial normal.

Investigaiile au avut ca obiect:

cereri ale agenilor economici care au solicitat n baza prevederilor art.5 alin.(2):
- acordarea beneficiului exceptrii individuale prin dispens pentru contracte de distribuie
exclusiv (5 cereri);
- certificarea prealabil a neinterveniei Consiliului Concurenei n cazul unor acorduri dintre
agenii economici (3 cereri);
precum i o notificare privind concentrarea economic realizat pe piaa presei scrise.

Dintre acestea, pn la sfritul anului au fost finalizate 5 investigaii. De asemenea, a fost nchis i o
investigaie declanat n anul 2003.

Investigaii finalizate

Concentrarea economic realizat n urma achiziionrii controlului asupra societilor care aparin
grupului Expres Bucureti, respectiv: SC Expres SRL Bucureti, SC Info Presa Romnia SRL
Bucureti, SC Expres Consulting SRL Bucureti i SC Vitrina Press SRL Cluj-Napoca de ctre Tabora
BV din Olanda i o persoan fizic, pe piaa cotidianelor naionale i piaa publicitii realizate prin
cotidianele naionale ce ofer cititorilor informaii de interes general.

7
O investigaie s-a finalizat n luna mai 2005
8 Investigaia s-a finalizat n luna aprilie 2005

35
Investigations analysed the following situations:

Possible agreement among insurance undertakings in order to participate by joint offer in the auction
organised for assigning the service performing contract concerning compulsory insurance for the
third person liability regarding damages caused by vehicles accidents (Decision no. 209 /
09.07.2004)
Auctions organised in order to rent commercial areas for press and books selling, and unlawful
participation of an undertaking which appeared that had not within its activity object the trading of
these products (Decision no. 210 / 09.07.2004)
Possible agreement on the market of derrick drilling works, which could lead to competition
prevention and distortion on this market (Decision no. 273 / 29.09.2004)

Ongoing Investigations

55. At the end of the year, 9 investigations remained ongoing, having as object possible infringement of the
following provisions:
art.5 - 3 investigations;
art.6 - 5 investigations9;
art.9 - 1 investigation10.

56. Following requests / notifications submitted to the Romanian

2.1.3. Investigations
Competition Council by several undertakings, 9 investigations have been
following requests /
initiated, in order to analyse them and to establish their compatibility with a
notifications
normal competitive environment.

These investigations had as object:

requests of economic operators, based upon art. 5 pars. (2), for:
- individual exemption, granted by dispense, for contracts of exclusive distribution (5 applications);
- preliminary negative clearance, by the Romanian Competition Council, in cases of certain
agreements among undertakings (3 requests);
as well as a notification concerning the economic concentration on the written press market.

Until the end of the year, 5 investigations from the above mentioned ones have been finalised. Also, an
investigation initiated in 2003 was closed in 2004.

Finalised Investigations

The economic concentration achieved through acquiring the control, by Tabora BV from Netherlands
and a natural person, over undertakings belonging to Expres Bucuresti Group, namely: SC Expres SRL
Bucuresti, SC Info Presa Romnia SRL Bucureti, SC Expres Consulting SRL Bucureti and SC Vitrina
Press SRL Cluj-Napoca, on the national daily journals market and on the market for advertising
made by national daily journals which offer to their readers information of general interest.

9
One investigation has been finalised in May 2005
10 This investigation was finalised in April 2005

36
57. Din evaluarea acestei operaiuni a rezultat c piaa presei scrise din Romnia are un caracter concurenial
determinat de existena unui numr mare de cotidiane naionale care ofer cititorilor informaii de interes
general, precum i de un numr nsemnat de cotidiane locale care prezint, pe lng informaiile de interes
local, i informaii de interes general.

Concentrarea economic realizat respect criteriile legale cu privire la compatibilitatea cu un mediu

concurenial normal, conducnd totodat la mbuntiri n activitatea de tiprire a publicaiilor, ceea ce va
permite reducerea costurilor de producie i creterea nivelului calitativ al publicaiilor, avantaje de care vor
beneficia ntr-o mare msur cititorii acestora.

Prin Decizia nr.112/05.04.2004, Plenul Consiliului Concurenei a autorizat aceast operaiune de

concentrare economic.

Contractele de distribuie ncheiate ntre SC Philip Morris Romnia SRL cu un numr de 16 distribuitori
exclusivi pe segmentele de pia ale igaretelor de lux i medii

58. Raportul de investigaie i celelalte materiale din dosarul cauzei au condus la concluzia c prin sistemul de
distribuie practicat pe piaa igaretelor are loc o reducere a costurilor de distribuie, care influeneaz pozitiv
preul maxim stabilit i declarat de productor, n conformitate cu legislaia fiscal n vigoare, crendu-se astfel
premisele practicrii unor preuri de vnzare reale mai reduse pentru consumatorul final; prin decizia luat s-a
acordat beneficiul exceptrii individuale (Decizia nr.271/29.09.2004).

Contractele ncheiate ntre SC Kandia-Excelent SA Bucureti cu un numr de 43 de distribuitori

exclusivi, pe piaa produselor din zahr

59. n urma investigaiei, s-a constatat c prin derularea contractelor ncheiate de Kandia-Excelent cu
distribuitorii exclusivi, concurena nu este afectat n mod semnificativ, aceasta continund s se manifeste n
special sub forma concurenei inter-marc, n Romnia existnd un numr important de productori interni i
importatori de produse zaharoase, ceea ce este benefic pentru consumatori; sistemul de distribuie supus
investigaiei a beneficiat de acordarea exceptrii (Decizia nr.310/16.11.2004).

Concentrarea economic realizat prin dobndirea controlului legal, unic i direct, de ctre SC Lafarge
Romcim SA Bucureti asupra SC Sicim SA - investigaie declanat n anul 2003

60. n cadrul analizei efectuate, piaa relevant a fost definit ca fiind piaa prestrii serviciilor portuare
(descrcare, ncrcare, transbordare, depozitare, ambalare, paletizare etc, inclusiv arimare i debordajare)
pentru operarea vrac a cimentului, dar i a altor produse din industria silicailor i a produilor oxidici,
destinate n principal exportului via mare, pentru toate societile din Romnia.

Prin aceast operaiune nu se aduc modificri din punct de vedere al ofertei, deoarece nu produce efecte de
reducere a numrului concurenilor sau de cretere a valorii cotei deinute pe piaa relevant.

Prin decizia luat, a fost respins raportul de investigaie privind posibila nclcare a prevederilor art.13 din lege,
motivat de faptul c elementele existente la dosarul cauzei nu au constituit probe care s demonstreze
nclcarea legii i s conduc la refuzul autorizrii operaiunii (Decizia nr.1/06.01.2004).

37
57. From the assessment of this operation, it resulted that the written press market in Romania has a
competitive character, due to the existence of a large number of national daily journals which are offering their
readers information of general interest, as well as of a significant number of local daily journals which are
presenting, besides information of local interest, information of general interest.

The achieved economic concentration is observing legal criteria concerning its compatibility with a normal
competitive environment, having, at the same time, as an effect, improvements in the publications printing
activity, which may allow to reduce production costs and to increase qualitative standard of publications, all
these being advantages which their readers will benefit in a substantial extent from.

Through Decision no. 112/05.04.2004, the Romanian Competition Council Plenum authorised this
operation of economic concentration.

Distribution contracts concluded among SC Philip Morris Romania SRL and 16 exclusive distributors
on the market segment for luxury and medium cigarettes

58. Investigation Report and other materials from the case file led to the conclusion that, through the distribution
system applied on the cigarettes market, a diminishing of distribution costs is achieved, which is positively
influencing the maximum established price, declared by the producer, accordingly to fiscal enforce legislation,
thus the pre-requisites for applying smaller real sales prices for the final consumer being created. Through its
decision, the Romanian Competition Council has granted the individual exemption benefit (Decision no.
271 / 29.09.2004).

Contracts concluded by SC SC Kandia-Excelent SA Bucureti with 43 exclusive distributors, on the

market of sugar products

59. Following the investigation, it resulted that, through developing the contracts concluded by Kandia
Excelent with exclusive distributors, competition is not significantly affected, but it is going on to develop,
especially as inter-brand competition, since in Romania there is an important number of domestic producers
and importers of sugar products, that is beneficial for the consumers; the investigated distribution system
benefited from the exemption granting (Decision no. 310 / 16.11.2004).

The economic concentration fulfilled through acquiring the legal, sole and direct control by SC Lafarge
Romcim SA Bucureti over SC Sicim SA investigation initiated in 2003

60. By the analysis, the relevant market was defined as harbor services performing market (downloading,
loading, storing, packaging, palletization, stowage, etc ) for bulk operation of the cement and other silicates
products and oxide products, destined mainly to export Via sea for all Romanian companies.

By the operation, there are no modifications from the offer viewpoint since it does not involve a reduction of
competitors number or an increase of market share.

By the decision made, the investigation report concerning the possible infringement of the provisions of Art. 13
of the Law, was rejected grounded by the fact that the existing elements did not represent evidence to prove
the infringement of the law and to lead to a refusal to authorize the operation (Decision no. 1/06.01.2004).

38
 Contractele ncheiate de ctre Grupul Renault, respectiv SC Renault Romnia SA i SC Automobile
Dacia SA, cu un numr de 116 ageni pentru comercializarea autovehiculelor marca Renault, Nissan i
Dacia i contractele de distribuie de piese de schimb i service aferente mrcilor comercializate
ncheiate cu un numr de 138 distribuitori.

61. Investigaia a avut ca obiect verificarea ndeplinirii condiiilor legale pentru certificarea neinterveniei
Consiliului Concurenei n baza prevederilor art.5 alin.(1) i art.6 i pentru acordarea exceptrii individuale de la
interdicia prevzut la art.5 alin.(1) din lege. Contractele notificate se ncadreaz n prevederile legii, fiind
exceptate prin ncadrarea n categorie; investigaia a fost nchis prin Ordinul nr.190/28.07.2004.

Contractele de distribuie ncheiate de ctre SC Rompak SRL Pacani i un numr de 12 distribuitori

privind distribuia produselor fabricate de SC Rompak SRL (drojdie proaspt comprimat purtnd
marca Pakmaya, amelioratori i premixuri pentru panificaie).

62. n urma analizrii contractelor ncheiate nu s-au confirmat suspiciunile privind existena unei nelegeri tacite
ntre Rompak i distribuitorii si pentru alocarea teritorial a zonelor de distribuie i nu au fost nregistrate
semnale sau indicii referitoare la un eventual comportament abuziv manifestat de societate.
Investigaia a fost nchis prin Ordinul nr.522/23.12.2004.

Investigaii n curs

63. La sfritul anului au rmas n analiz 4 investigaii, din care 3 privind cereri de dispense11 i o investigaie
privind o cerere pentru certificarea prealabil a neinterveniei12.

2.2. Decizii 64. Aplicarea legislaiei n perioada 1 ianuarie - 31 decembrie 2004 s-a transpus n
emiterea a 248 decizii (Anexa nr.4), din care 242 decizii (figura 4) referitoare la:

Fig. 4
16 Intelegeri-art.5
11
50
Abuz de pozitie
dominanta-art.6

Concentrari economice

Alte decizii
165

Celelalte 6 decizii se refer la:

2 cereri pentru acordarea derogrii de la interdicia prevzut de art.16 alin.(4);
o modificare a nivelului taxei de autorizare;

11
Din cele 3 investigaii privind cereri de dispense, 2 investigaii s-au finalizat n lunile februarie i martie 2005
12 Investigaia s-a finalizat n luna mai 2005

39
 The contracts concluded by Renault Group, respectively SC Renault Romania SA and SC Automobile
Dacia SA with 116 undertakings for marketing Renault, Nissan and Dacia motor vehicles and the distribution
contracts of spare parts and service afferent to trade marks concluded with 138 distributors.

61. The investigation had as object the verification of fulfillment of legal conditions to certify the non-intervention
of the Competition Council according to the provisions of Art. 5(1) and Art. 6 and to grant the individual
exemption from the interdiction of Art. 5(1) of the Law. The notified contracts are in line with the Law, being
exempted by including in a category; the investigation was closed by Order no. 190/28.07.2004.

The distribution contracts concluded among SC Rompak SRL Pascani and its 12 distributors (distributing
bakery yeast Pakmaya and other products for bread manufacture).

62. The analysis of concluded contracts did not confirm suspicions concerning the existence of tacit
agreement between Rompak and its distributors on the territorial allocation of distribution zones and no clues
appeared referring to an abusive behavior of the company. The investigation was closed by Order no.
522/23.12.2004.

Ongoing investigations

63. At the end of the year 4 investigations were ongoing, out of which 3 concerning dispenses request13 and an
investigation regarding a request to certify the non-intervention14.

64. The enforcement of legislation in the period January 1st December 31 2004 has 2.2. Decisions
transposed in issuing of 248 decisions (Annex 4), out of which 242 decisions (figure 4)
refers to:

Fig. 4
16 11 agreements -art.5
50
Abuse of dominant
position -art.6

Economic concentration

Others
165

The other 6 decisions refer to:

2 request for granting the derogation from the interdiction provided by Art. 16 (4)
A modification of authorizing fee;

13 Out of 3 investigations on dispenses request, 2 investigations were finalized in February and March 2005
14 The investigation was finalised in May, 2005

40
 o modificare/corectare a unei decizii emise anterior cu privire la obiectul de activitate al societii
implicate n realizarea concentrrii economice;
2 exceptri pe categorii.

65. n structur, cele 16 decizii au fost emise pentru soluionarea

unor cazuri privind: 2.2.1. nelegeri ntre agenii
Autosesizri ale Consiliului Concurenei - 2 decizii; economici - art.5
Plngeri formulate mpotriva unor nelegeri
anticoncureniale - 7 decizii;
Certificarea neinterveniei -5;
Exceptare individual - 2;

Deciziile privind autosesizarea15 Consiliului Concurenei i 4 dintre deciziile privind plngeri16 formulate
mpotriva unor practici anticoncureniale, au fost adoptate urmare a investigaiilor declanate, cazurile fiind
prezentate n cadrul seciunii Investigaii (Seciunea 2.1.1. i 2.1.2.).

Trei dintre deciziile adoptate n urma investigaiilor au stabilit vinovia prilor implicate, de nclcare a
prevederilor art.5, prin aceleai decizii lundu-se totodat i msura de sancionare cu amend
contravenional a agenilor economici implicai n nelegeri anticoncureniale.
Valoarea total a amenzilor aplicate a fost de 48.110.865.000 lei.

Pentru 3 dintre plngerile formulate, avnd ca obiect posibila nclcare a prevederilor art.5, au fost emise
decizii de respingere n baza prevederilor art.46 alin.(2) din Legea concurenei, motivat de faptul c aspectele
semnalate nu au prezentat suficient temei pentru a justifica pornirea unor investigaii (Decizia
nr.175/03.06.2004, Decizia nr.248/09.08.2004, Decizia nr.283/18.10.2004) .

66. Consiliul Concurenei a analizat i au fost soluionate, n baza

Certificarea neinterveniei prevederilor Regulamentului pentru aplicarea prevederilor art.5 i 6 din
Legea concurenei nr.21/1996, privind practicile anticoncureniale, cereri
ale agenilor economici, formulate anterior stabilirii unei nelegeri, decizii sau practici concertate, pentru
certificarea neinterveniei sale.

Au fost emise 5 decizii pentru urmtoarele acorduri:

vnzarea unor medicamente pentru afeciuni cardio-vasculare (Decizia nr.145/03.05.2004);

activitatea de construcii i tranzacii imobiliare (Decizia nr.176/07.06.2004);
serviciul de transfer monetar (Decizia nr.208/09.07/2004);
serviciile de telefonie mobil i cele de acces la internet (Deciziile nr.255/07.09.2004 i
nr.256/07.09.2004).

67. Urmare a cererilor naintate Consiliului Concurenei de ctre SC Philip Exceptare individual
Morris SRL Romnia SRL i SC Kandia-Excelent SA Bucureti, au fost (dispens)
declanate investigaii avnd ca obiect verificarea ndeplinirii condiiilor
prevzute de art.5 alin.(2) din Legea concurenei, de ctre acordurile de distribuie exclusiv ncheiate de cele
dou societi cu distribuitorii produselor lor.

15
Se refer la nelegerea pe orizontal de tip cartel pe piaa tichetelor de mas i la nelegerea pe vertical pe piaa
medicamentelor
16 Cele 4 investigaii au vizat: dou cazuri pe piaa licitaiilor organizate i dou cazuri de nelegeri pe piaa lucrrilor de foraj sonde i

respectiv pe piaa serviciilor imobiliare

41
 A modification of a decision issued before, on the activity object of the company involved in the
economic concentration;
2 block exemptions.

65. The 16 decisions were issued for solving cases on:

own initiatives of the Competition Council 2 decisions;
2.2.1. Agreements between complaints against anti-competitive agreements- 7 decisions;
undertakings article 5 certification of non-intervention 5 decisions;
individual exemption- 2 decisions.

The decisions on own initiative17 of the Competition Council and 4 decisions on complaints18 against anti-
competitive agreements were adopted further to the investigations opened; the cases are presented at
Investigations ( Section 2.1.1 and 2.1.2.).

3 of the adopted decisions further to the investigations opened provided that the involved parties infringed the
provisions of Article 5 and consequently they were sanctioned by decisions with fine amounting of 481,109
RON ( 48,110,865,000 ROL).

For 3 complaints, having as object the possible infringement of Art. 5 of the Law, according to the Art. 46(2) of
the Law, there were issued denying decisions reasoned by the fact that the aspects showed in the
complaints were not sufficient to justify the opening of the investigations (Decision no. 175/03.06.2004,
Decision 248/09.08.2004 and Decision no. 283/18.10.2004).

66. To certify its non-intervention, the Competition Council Certification of non-intervention

analyzed and solved according to the Regulation for application of
Articles 5 and 6 of the Competition Law no. 21/1996 on anti-competitive practices, requests of the undertakings
worked out before the establishment of agreement, decision or concerted practice.

5 decisions were issued for the following agreements:

selling of medicines for cardio-vascular disease ( Decisions no. 145/03.05.2004);

constructions and real estate transactions ( Decision no. 176/07.06.2004);
monetary transfer services ( Decision no. 208/09.07.2004);
mobile phone and access to the internet services (Decision no. 255/07.09.2004 and no.
256/07.09.2004)

67. Further to the request of SC Philip Morris SRL Romania and SC Kandia-
Individual exemption Excelent SA Bucuresti, the Competition Council opened investigations to
verify the fulfillment of the conditions provided by Art. 5(2) of the
Competition Law by the exclusive distribution agreements concluded among the 2 companies and its
distributors.

17It refers to the horizontal agreement as the cartel on meal tickets market and to the vertical agreement on medicines market
18The 4 investigations refer to: 2 cases on organized tender market and 2 agreements on probe soil log market and on real estate
services market

42
n urma investigaiilor efectuate, cererile au fost soluionate favorabil, beneficiul exceptrii individuale de la
interdicia prevzut la art.5 alin.(1) fiind acordat pentru contractele de distribuie exclusiv pe piaa igaretelor
(Decizia nr.271/29.09.2004) i a produselor din zahr (Decizia nr.310/16.09.2004). Cazurile sunt prezentate n
cadrul seciunii Investigaii (Sectiunea 2.1.3.)

68. Au fost emise 11 decizii, din care:

2.2.2. Abuzul de poziie
o decizie n urma autosesizrii19 Consiliului dominant art.6
Concurenei, prin care a fost stabilit att vinovia
societii implicate, ct i amenda contravenional aferent, aceasta fiind cea mai mare sanciune
aplicat, n anul 2004, unui singur agent economic;
10 decizii au fost emise pentru soluionarea unor plngeri formulate cu privire la posibila nclcare a
prevederilor art.6 din Legea concurenei, din care o decizie a fost emis n urma investigaiei20
declanate.

Cazurile sunt prezentate la Seciunea Investigaii (Seciunea 2.1.2 - investigaii finalizate).

Celelalte plngeri adresate Consiliul Concurenei au fost soluionate prin 9 decizii de respingere, motivate de
faptul c nu au prezentat suficiente temeiuri de fapt i de drept pentru intervenia Consiliului Concurenei n
baza legii i se refer la urmtoarele situaii:

creterea tarifelor practicate pentru nchirierea de locuri de parcare ntr-un parcaj subteran din
municipiul Bucureti (Decizia nr.22/14.01.2004);
creterea chiriei n cadrul unui contract ncheiat ntre dou societi comerciale (Decizia
nr.97/22.03.2004);
impunerea creterii preurilor de vnzare la produse de pe piaa oxigenului lichid i gazos medicinal i a
protoxidului de azot medicinal (Decizia nr.122/13.04.2004);
posibilul comportament concertat al unui grup de distribuitori autorizai, n scopul mpririi pieelor de
desfacere, pe piaa aparatelor de marcat electronice fiscale din Romnia (Decizia nr.128/15.04.2004);
efectuarea de ncercri de laborator pentru produse alimentare pe baz de analize pentru agenii
economici privai, la tarife cu mult sub nivelul costurilor (Decizia nr.133/23.04.2004);
costul mai mic al abonamentului pentru programele de televiziune difuzate (Decizia nr.174/03.06.2004);
concesionarea fondului de marf, n spe ciupercile comestibile de pdure (Decizia
nr.241/03.08.2004) ;
practicarea unor preuri de ruinare pe piaa pinii (Decizia nr.244/06.08.2004);
litigii aprute ntre ageni economici n legatur cu respectarea obligaiilor asumate n baza unor
contracte comerciale pe piaa produselor zaharoase i pe piaa cafelei (Decizia nr.280/11.10.2004).

19
Investigaie din oficiu pe piaa produselor stratificate din lemn (Decizia nr.329/22.12.2004)
20 Investigaie urmare a unei plngeri pe piaa extraciei, a produciei i a distribuiei de combustibili auto (Decizia nr.272/29.09.2004)

43
The requests were solved favorably, the individual exemption from the interdiction provided by Art. 5 (1) was
granted to the exclusive distribution contracts on the cigarette market (Decision no. 271/29.09.2004) and for
that on the sugar products market (Decision no. 310/16.09.2004). The cases are presented at Investigations
(section 2.1.3.).

2.2.2. Abuse of dominant 68. 11 decisions were issued, out of which:

position art.6
a decision following an ex-officio investigation
done21 by the Competition Council, through which it has been decided not only the guiltiness of the
involved company but also the respective penalty, considered to be the highest fine applied to a single
undertaking in 2004.
10 decisions for solving complaints having as object a possible violation of the provisions of art.6 of
the Competition Law, out of which a decision have been issued following the opening of the
investigation22.

The cases are presented in the Investigations Section (Section 2.1.2 finalized investigations);

The other complaints addressed to the Competition Council have been solved by issuing 9 rejecting
decisions, certifying that there is no ground for the intervention of the Competition Council within the scope of
the law. They are referring to the following situations:

The increase of the tariffs related to the renting of the parking lots in an underground parking from
Bucharest (The Decision no.22/14.01.2004);
The increase of the rent within a contract concluded between two companies (The Decision
no.97/22.03.2004);
Enforcing the selling price increase of the products on the fluid and gas therapeutic oxygen and the
therapeutic nitrous oxide markets (The Decision no.122/13.04.2004);
The possible concerted behaviour of a group of authorized distributors having as an object sharing the
outlets on the fiscal electronic cash registers Romanian market (The Decision no.128/15.04.2004);
Carrying out laboratory tests for private undertakings concerning food products on the basis of
analyses, at tariffs positioned below the costs level (The decision no.133/23.04.2004);
The lower cost of the subscription pay for the broadcasted television programmes (The decision
no.174/03.06.2004);
The leasing of the merchandise stock, respectively edible forest mushrooms (The decision
no.241/03.08.2004) ;
Use of predatory prices on the bread market (The Decision no.244/06.08.2004);
Litigations arose between undertakings related to the observance of the obligations consented to, on
the basis of the commercial contracts on the sugar products and coffee markets (The Decision
no.280/11.10.2004).

21Ex-officio investigation on the market of stacked wood products (Decision no.329/22.12.2004)

22Investigation following a complaint on the market of extraction, production and distriburion of auto fuels (Decision no.
272/29.09.2004)

44
 69. n perioada 1 ianuarie 31 decembrie 2004, Consiliul
2.2.3. Concentrri economice Concurenei a emis 165 decizii ca urmare a analizei notificrilor de
concentrare economic. Structura acestora, dup tipul autorizrii,
este prezentat n figura 5.

Fig. 5 2 Decizii de
45
autorizare
Decizii de
neinterventie
Decizii de
neobiectiune
118

70. Deciziile de autorizare au fost emise n urma investigaiilor efectuate (o decizie pentru o investigaie
declanat n anul 2003 i finalizat la nceputul anului 2004). Investigaiile s-au derulat pe piaa cotidianelor
naionale i piaa publicitii realizate prin cotidianele naionale23, respectiv pe piaa prestrii serviciilor
portuare24. Cazurile au fost prezentate la seciunea Investigaii (Sectiunea 2.1.3.)

71. Consiliul Concurenei a emis un numr de 45 decizii pentru operaiunile de

concentrare economic notificate care nu au intrat sub incidena legii.
Decizii de neintervenie
Reprezentarea grafic a structurii acestor decizii, n funcie de domeniul unde au avut loc concentrrile
economice, este redat n figura 6.
16
Fig. 6
15
Industrie si
energie
Bunuri de
consum
Servicii

14

72. Consiliul Concurenei a autorizat, prin decizii de neobieciune, 118

Decizii de neobieciune operaiuni de concentrare economic, care dei au intrat sub incidena legii,
nu au prezentat ndoieli serioase privind compatibilitatea cu un mediu
concurenial normal. Situaia deciziilor este prezentat n figura 7:
Fig. 7

47 48

Industrie si energie
Bunuri de consum
Servicii
23

23 Decizia nr.112/05.04.2004
24 Decizia nr.1/06.01.2004

45
 69. Within 1st of January 31st of December 2004, the
2.2.3.Economic Concentrations Competition Council issued 165 decisions following the analysis
of the notified economic concentrations. By the type of
authorization, their structure is presented in figure 5.
Fig. 5 2
45 authorisation decisions

negative clearence
decisions

non-objection
decisions
118

70. The authorization decisions were issued following the pursued investigations (one decision for an
investigation was opened during 2003 and finalized at the beginning of 2004). The investigations were pursued
on the market of national daily newspapers, the market of advertisement in the national daily newspapers,25, as
well as on the market of providing harbor services26. The cases were presented in the Investigations Section
(Section 2.1.3.)

71. The Competition Council issued a number of 45 decisions

Negative clearance decisions concerning notified economic concentrations actions which were not
subject to the law. The graphical representation of the decisions
structure by the field where the economic concentrations took place is shown below.
Fig. 6 16
15
industry and
energy
consumer
goods
services

14

72. Competition Council authorized by issuing non-objection decisions a

number of 118 economic concentrations that although they were within Non-objection decisions
the law scope, did not lead to serious doubts concerning their
compatibility with a normal competitive environment. The situation of the decisions is presented in figure 7.

Fig. 7

47 48

industry and energy

consumer goods
services
23

25
Decision no. 112/05.04.2004
26 Decision no.1/06.01.2004

46
 73. Au fost emise un numr de 50 decizii, din care:
2.2.4. Alte decizii 2 decizii pentru soluionarea unor plngeri formulate mpotriva unor acte ale
administraiei publice (art.9);
46 decizii pentru omisiunea notificrii unor operaiuni de concentrare economic;
2 decizii pentru cazuri care au vizat domeniul concentrrilor economice, astfel:
- o decizie n urma unei cereri de neintervenie n cazul unei operaiuni de concentrare economic;
- o decizie pentru o plngere acuznd crearea unei poziii dominante.

Reprezentarea grafic a acestor decizii, este redat n figura 8.

2% 2% Fig. 8
4%

Sanctionare omisiunea
notificarii
Plangeri art.9

Neinterventie concentrare
economica
Plangere art.13
92%

74. Sesizrile formulate mpotriva unor acte ale administraiei publice

Aciuni ale organelor centrale sau locale, considerate a constitui abuzuri, au fost
administraiei publice - art.9 soluionate prin decizii de respingere, ntruct faptele reclamate nu
au fost probate. Aspectele contestate se refer la urmtoarele situaii:
un posibil avantaj financiar n ceea ce privete preul mixturilor asfaltice n detrimentul preului
betoanelor rutiere de ciment (Decizia nr.84/01.03.2004);
favorizarea unui agent economic pe piaa serviciilor de salubrizare din municipiul Tulcea (Decizia
nr.150/10.05.2004).

75. n perioada analizat, Consiliul Concurenei a emis 46 decizii pentru

sancionarea agenilor economici care nu au respectat prevederile legale cu Decizii privind
privire la obligaia (conform prevederilor art.16) de a notifica operaiunile de omisiunea
concentrare economic ce intr sub incidena Legii concurenei, valoarea total a
amenzilor aplicate fiind de 2.726.143.246 lei, din care, pe domenii:
notificrii
industrie i energie: 629.000.000 lei;
bunuri de consum : 425.000.000 lei;
servicii: 1.672.143.246 lei.

Grafic, situaia amenzilor este prezentat n figura 9.

Fig. 9
23%
Industrie energie

Bunuri de consum

61% 16% Servicii

47
 73. There were issued a number of 50 decisions, out of which: 2.2.4. Other decisions
2 decisions issued for solving some complaints drafted against certain deeds of public administrative
bodies (art.9);
46 decisions for the failure to notify an economic concentration action;
2 decisions for cases related to the field of economic concentrations:
- a decision following a negative-clearance request in case of an economic concentration;
- a decision following a complaint accusing the creation of a dominant position.

The graphical representation of these decisions is presented in figure 8.

4% 2% 2% Fig. 8
The sanctioning of the failure
to notify
Complaints art. 9

Negative clearence for

economic concentrations
Complaint art. 13
92%

74. The intimations formulated against some acts of the central and
Actions of Public local public administration, deemed to be abuses, have been solved
administrative bodies - art.9 by rejecting decisions as the facts denounced have not been
proved.
The denounced aspects refer to the following:
a possible financial advantage related to the price of asphalt mixtures in spite of the price of asphalt
concrete (Decision no.84/01.03.2004);
facilitating an undertaking on the market of sanitation services of Tulcea municipality (Decision
no.150/10.05.2004).

75. Within the analyzed period, the Competition Council issued 46 decisions for
sanctioning the undertakings which did not observe the legal provisions Decisions on the
concerning the obligation (according to the provisions of art. 16) to notify the failure to notify
economic concentrations actions which are within the Competition Law scope. In
this respect, the total volume of the fines applied amounted to ROL, 2.726.143.246, out of which, on fields of
activity:
industry and energy: ROL 629.000.000;
consumer goods : ROL 425.000.000;
services: ROL 1.672.143.246.

The situation of the fines is presented hereinafter within a chart.

Fig. 9 23%
Industry and
energy
consumer goods

61% 16% services

48
 3. INTERVENII ALE CONSILIULUI CONCURENEI. AVIZE I PUNCTE DE VEDERE

76. n conformitate cu puterile conferite de lege, 3.1. Intervenii ale Consiliului Concurenei
Consiliul Concurenei poate interveni, prin sesizarea
organelor competente, atunci cnd dispoziiile unor acte normative au un efect anticoncurenial.

n anul 2004, ca urmare a interveniilor Consiliului Concurenei, s-a realizat:

Anularea O.U.G. nr.5/11.03.2004 privind autorizarea unor mprumuturi, pentru finanarea Programului
de construcii de locuine pentru tineri, destinate nchirierii. Ordonana preciza c acordarea creditelor
s se fac n exclusivitate de Casa de Economii i Consemnaiuni (C.E.C. SA), prin acest tratament
preferenial nclcndu-se prevederile Legii concurenei;

Modificarea O.U.G. nr.28/1999 privind obligaia agenilor economici de a utiliza case de marcat
electronice fiscale, n sensul eliminrii obligaiei de a utiliza consumabilele pentru casele de marcat
fiscale comercializate de anumii distribuitori agreai de productorul caselor de marcat;

Modificarea Legii nr.571/2003 privind codul fiscal, astfel nct prevederile acesteia s corespund n
egal msur att obiectivelor de ordin fiscal, ct i principiilor concurenei. Recomandarea a fost
fcut n sensul eliminrii din text a prevederilor referitoare la preul minim (preul productorului i
acciza legal aferent) la alcool, distilate i buturi alcoolice distilate;

ncetarea aplicabilitii, la data de 19.11.2004, a prevederilor Ordinului comun nr.3656/868/2000 al

ministrului muncii i proteciei sociale i al ministrului finanelor publice, referitor la Normele de aplicare
a Legii nr.142/1998 privind acordarea tichetelor de mas, care contraveneau Legii concurenei;

Modificarea Ordinului nr.290/2000 al ministrului transporturilor privind admiterea tehnic a produselor

i/sau serviciilor destinate utilizrii n activitile de construire, modernizare, ntreinere i de reparare a
infrastructurii feroviare i a materialului rulant, pentru transportul feroviar i cu metroul. Ordinul a fost
modificat prin OMTCT nr.2068/09.11.2004.

77. n conformitate cu prevederile art.27 lit.k), coroborate cu cele ale art.28 alin.(1) i (6),
3.2. Avize Consiliul Concurenei formuleaz avize pentru proiectele de acte normative care pot avea
impact anticoncurenial i propune modificarea acelora care pot avea un asemenea efect.

n cursul anului 2004 au fost formulate 7 avize favorabile privind proiecte de: legi, ordonane, ordonane de
urgen i hotrri ale Guvernului Romniei, precum i un aviz favorabil pentru un proiect al Autoritii
Naionale de Reglementare n Comunicaii (ANRC), dup cum urmeaz:

Proiectul de Lege pentru aprobarea OUG nr.86/2003 de modificare i completare a Legii

nr.73/2000 privind Fondul de Mediu, urmare a amendamentelor propuse de Senatul Romniei.
Scopul acestei legi este constituirea unui fond prin colectarea unor sume de la agenii economici, sume
care apoi vor fi utilizate pentru susinerea proiectelor avnd ca obiect protecia mediului (aviz favorabil,
cu observaii i propuneri) ;

49
 3. INTERVENTIONS OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL. ADVISORY OPINIONS AND
POINTS OF VIEW

3.1 Interventions of the Competition Council 76. By virtue of powers granted by the law, the
Competition Council may intervene by intimating
the competent bodies on any legislation that contains anticompetitive provisions.

During 2004, as a consequence of the Competition Councils interventions, it has been achieved:

The annulment of the Government Emergency Ordinance (G.E.O.) no.5/11.03.2004 regarding the
authorization of certain loans having as objective the financing of The Programme of building houses in
favour of young people in order to be given in rent. The Ordinance stated that the credits should be
exclusively granted by C.E.C. S.A. The granting of this facility could infringe the Competition Law
provisions.

The amendment of G.E.O no.28/1999 concerning the undertakings obligation to use fiscal electronic
cash registers, with a view towards eliminating the obligation to use consumables for fiscal cash
registers traded by certain distributors chosen by the producer of cash registers.

The amendment of Law no.571/2003 concerning the fiscal code, so that its provisions would refer
both to the fiscal objectives and to the competition principles. The recommendation was made with a
view towards the removing from the text of the provisions concerning the floor price (the producers
price and the corresponding legal excise duties) of alcohol, distillates, distilled alcohol beverages;
Bringing to an end the enforcement of the provisions set out in the Common Order
no.3656/868/2000 signed by both the labour and social solidarity minister and the public finance
minister on 19.11.2004 concerning the Norms for application of Law no.142/1998 regarding meal
tickets, which violated the Competition Law;

The amendment of Order no.290/2000 signed by the transport minister that lays down the technical
requirements for pressure equipments and assemblies used in building, modernizing, maintenance and
mending activities of the infrastructure for railways and rolling stock and of the railway and subway
transport. The order was amended by OMTCT no.2068/09.11.2004.

77. According to the provisions of art.27 lit.k), corroborated with those of art.28 align. (1)
3.2. Advisory and (6), The Competition Council formulates advisory opinions referring to drafts of
Opinions normative acts that may have an anticompetitive impact and suggests the amendment
of those that may have such an effect.

During 2004, the Competition Council formulated 7 favorable advisory opinions referring to drafts of: laws,
ordinances, emergency ordinances and decisions of the Government. Further more, it formulated a favorable
advisory opinion for a draft issued by The National Regulatory Authority for Communications, as it follows:

The draft of Law for the approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance no.86/2003 of
amendment and completion of Law no.73/2000 concerning the environmental framework,
following the amendments suggested by the Romanian Senate. The law purpose is to create a fund by
collecting certain sums of money from the undertakings, which can then be used for backing the
projects having as an objective the environmental protection (favorable advisory opinions, with remarks
and suggestions) ;

50
 Proiectul de Lege privind obligaia de serviciu public aerian intern, iniiat de Ministerul
Transporturilor, Construciilor i Turismului. Prin acest act, se introduce n legislaia romneasc
noiunea de obligaie de serviciu public pe rute aeriene interne. Aceast obligaie const n asigurarea
unui transport aerian regulat pe o astfel de rut, cu impunerea unor cerine stricte referitoare la
continuitatea, regularitatea, capacitatea de transport i tariful diferit, obligaii pe care un transportator
aerian nu i le-ar asuma dac ar lua n considerare numai interesul comercial (aviz favorabil);
Proiectul de Hotrre de Guvern privind aprobarea preului de referin pentru gru n anul 2004-
2005, iniiat de Ministerul Agriculturii, Pdurilor i Dezvoltrii Rurale. Preul are un caracter orientativ
pentru negocierile contractelor de vnzare-cumprare dintre productorii agricoli i procesatori sau
comerciani. Stabilirea acestui pre orientativ a derivat din necesitatea informrii operatorilor de pe piaa
grului cu privire la preul de referin, n vederea contracarrii tendinelor de dezechilibru care s-ar
putea manifesta (aviz favorabil);
Proiectul de Lege privind unele msuri pentru finalizarea privatizrii SNP Petrom SA Bucureti,
iniiat de Ministerul Economiei i Comerului (aviz favorabil, cu observaii i propuneri);
Proiectul de Ordonan a Guvernului privind reglementarea unor msuri financiare, iniiat de
Ministerul Finanelor Publice (MFP), cu referire la seciunea privind obligaia agenilor economici de a
utiliza aparate de marcat electronice fiscale i la sistemul de comercializare a consumabilelor destinate
acestor aparate (aviz favorabil). De menionat, c acest proiect a fost modificat anterior de MFP la
propunerea Consiliului Concurenei (seciunea : Intervenii ale Consiliului Concurenei, modificarea OUG
nr.28/1999);
Proiectul de Hotrre de Guvern privind aprobarea preului de intervenie pentru mierea de
albine poliflor n anul 2004, iniiat de Ministerul Agriculturii, Pdurilor i Dezvoltrii Rurale. Proiectul
supus avizrii a avut n vedere necesitatea interveniei statului n cazul surplusului de miere de albine
poliflor nregistrat n anul 2004, n scopul contracarrii tendinelor de dezechilibru care se pot
manifesta pe pia. Nivelul preului de intervenie a luat n considerare calculaiile i propunerile
formulate de reprezentanii asociaiilor de cresctori de albine, avnd un caracter informativ pentru
negocierile ce au avut loc pe piaa mierii de albine poliflore (aviz favorabil);
Proiectul de Hotrre de Guvern pentru modificarea i completarea Normelor metodologice
pentru aplicarea OUG nr.28/1999, iniiat de MFP (aviz favorabil);
Proiectul Deciziei privind completarea Deciziei Preedintelui ANRC nr.136/2002 pentru aprobarea
Regulamentului privind identificarea pieelor relevante din sectorul comunicaiilor electronice.
Prin acest proiect, ANRC a propus o segmentare a pieelor n funcie de utilizatori (persoane fizice sau
juridice) i a inut seama de Recomandarea Comisiei Europene privind pieele relevante ale produselor
i serviciilor din sectorul comunicaiilor electronice.

78. Consiliul Concurenei formuleaz i comunic punctul su de vedere

asupra oricrui aspect n domeniul politicii concureniale, n baza 3.3. Puncte de vedere
prevederilor art.28 alin.(6) coroborate cu cele ale art.30 din Legea
concurenei.

Punctele de vedere comunicate n anul 2004, au fost solicitate de:

Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Domeniul Gazelor Naturale, cu privire la un proiect
de Norme pentru prevenirea abuzului de poziie dominant pe piaa gazelor naturale. Proiectul a
fost analizat i au fost fcute propuneri de modificare a unora dintre prevederile cuprinse n norme,
astfel ca acestea s corespund principiilor concurenei;
Autoritatea pentru Privatizare i Administrarea Participaiunilor Statului (APAPS), cu referire
la proiectul de Ordonan de Urgen a Guvernului privind unele msuri pentru finalizarea
privatizrii societilor comerciale aflate n portofoliul APAPS i consolidarea unor privatizri; prin
dispoziiile cuprinse n proiectul supus analizei a fost acoperit sfera de inciden a prevederilor
legale viznd domeniul concurenei, dar i al ajutorului de stat;

51
 The draft of Law on the obligation of internal air public service, issued by the Ministry of Transports,
Constructions and Tourism. Through this act, public service obligation on internal air routes is introduced
within the Romanian legislation. This obligation consists in insurance of a regularly air transportation on
such a route by imposing certain firm obligations on the continuance, regularity and capacity of transport
and on the diverse tariff, requirements an air consigner would not undertake unless he was interested only
in the commercial benefit (favorable advisory opinion);
The draft of Government Decision on the approval of the benchmark price for wheat established for
2004-2005, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Rural Development. The price has an
indicative character in the negotiations of the purchase/sales contracts between farm producers and
process-makers or traders. Due to the fact the wheat markets operators need to be informed on the
benchmark price, the establishment of such of price would countervail the imbalance trend that could arise
(favorable advisory opinion).
The draft of Law concerning certain measures in completing the privatization of SNP Petrom SA
Bucharest, issued by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (favorable advisory opinion, with remarks
and suggestions)
The draft of the Government Ordinance on the regulation of certain financial measures, issued by
the Ministry of Public Finance (MFP), related to the draft section that underlines the obligation of the
undertakings to use electronic fiscal cash registers and the trading system of the consumers used for these
cash registers (favorable advisory opinion). It is important to stress that this draft was previously amended
by MFP, following the recommendation of the Competition Council (section : The interventions of the
Competition Council, amendment of the Government Emergency Ordinance no.28/1999);
The draft of the Government Decision on the approval of the intervention price for poliflor honey
within 2004, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development. The draft submitted to
notification required the state intervention in case of an excess of poliflor honey recorded in 2004, with a
view towards countervailing the imbalance trend that may arise on the market. The intervention price level
took into consideration the calculations and the recommendations made by the representatives of the
associations of bee growers, which had an instructive role for the negotiations occurred on the poliflora
honey market (favorable advisory opinion);
The draft of the Government Decision for the amendment and completion of the Guidelines for the
application of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 28/1999, issued by MFP (favorable advisory
opinion);
The draft of Decision concerning the completion of the Decision no. 136/2002, signed by the
President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC) for the approval of the
Regulation on identifying the relevant markets within the electronic communications sector. Through this
draft, ANRC recommended a segmentation of the markets taking into account both the number of users
(natural or legal persons) and the European Commission Recommendation on the relevant markets of the
products and services within the electronic communications sector.

78. The Competition Council formulates and submittes its opinion on any aspect
concerning the competition policy on the basis of the provisions of art.28 align.(6) 3.3. Points of view
corroborated with those of art.30 of the Competition Law.

The opinions submitted in 2004 were required by:

National Regulatory Authority in Natural Gas Sector, with reference to Guidelines a draft of
preventing the abuse of dominant position on the natural gas market. The draft was analyzed and
there were made suggestions of amending certain provisions set out in the Guidelines, so that they
would be in line with the Competition principles.
Authority for State Assets Recovery, with reference to the draft of the Government Emergency
Ordinance on issuing certain measures in completing privatization of the undertakings existing in
the APAPS portfolio and the consolidation of some privatizations; the scope of the legal provisions
on both competition and state aid fields was covered through the requirements of the analyzed
draft;

52
 Uniunea Sindical Romtabac, n legtur cu prevederile coninute de Hotrrea Guvernului
nr.977/2004 privind majorarea nivelului accizelor pentru unele produse. Msura luat a fost aplicat
unitar i a fost n concordan cu directivele Uniunii Europene. Consiliul Concurenei nu este abilitat
s intervin n algoritmul de calcul al accizelor avnd n vedere c acesta asigur un tratament egal
pentru toi productorii de igarete;

Ministerul Transporturilor, Construciilor i Turismului, referitor la proiectul de Hotrre a

Guvernului pentru aprobarea condiiilor referitoare la introducerea pe pia a anvelopelor uzate
destinate reutilizrii n activitatea de transport rutier sau destinate reaprii. Proiectul de hotrre
supus analizei stabilea condiiile tehnice i de siguran rutier pentru anvelopele uzate destinate
introducerii pe pia.

4. ACTE ALE CONSILIULUI CONCURENEI CONTESTATE N JUSTIIE

79. Dintre actele emise de Consiliul Concurenei n 2004 au fost atacate n instan un numr de 19 decizii
(respectiv deciziile nr. 17, 19, 44, 52, 53, 110, 151, 210, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 270, 280, 313, 329, 333)
i un ordin (Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.298/2004 cu privire la declanarea unei
investigaii), precum i 3 procese verbale de sancionare pentru nefurnizarea de informaii, fiind constituite 34
de dosare pe rolul instanelor, avnd ca obiect att suspendarea executrii actelor emise, ct i anularea lor .

n cursul anului 2004, Consiliul Concurenei a avut calitatea de parte procesual, activ sau pasiv, pentru un
numr de 96 de dosare (62 de dosare constituite n anii anteriori) aflate pe rolul instanelor judectoreti
competente n materie.

Stadiul acestor dosare la 31 decembrie 2004 a fost dup cum urmeaz:

Instanele de judecat s-au pronunat ntr-un numr de 62 de dosare, celelalte aflndu-se n

continuare pe rolul instanelor de judecat;

Procentul dosarelor soluionate n favoarea Consiliului Concurenei este de 92%.

Fig. 10

35%

Dosare admise

Dosare respinse
60%

Dosare pe rol

5%

53
 The Trade Union Romtabac, with reference to the provisions set out by the Government Decision
no.977/2004 concerning the augmentation of the excise duties level for certain products. The taken
measure was completely enforced in line with the E.U directives. The Competition Council is not
enabled to interfere within the numerical algorithm of establishing the excise duties, taking into
account that it ensures an equal treatment for all the producers of cigarettes.

The Ministry of Transports, Constructions and Tourism, with reference to the draft of the
Government Decision for approval of the terms in which are launched on the market the ageing
tires aimed at being recycling in the road transport activity or tyre soling. The draft Decision subject
to the analysis was providing for the technical and traffic road safety terms in which the ageing tires
are launched on the market.

4. ACTS OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL APPEALED BEFORE THE COURT

79. During 2004, out of the total decisions issued by the Competition Council, 19 decisions (respectively the
decisions no. 17, 19, 44, 52, 53, 110, 151, 210, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 270, 280, 313, 329, 333) and an
Order (The Order of the Competition Council President on the pursuing of an investigation) were appealed
before the courts as well as 3 Minutes for sanctioning the failure to provide information. Consequently, 34 files
were pending before Courts, having as an objective both the deferral of the execution of the issued acts and
their annulment.

During 2004, Competition Council acted actively or passively as a legal part within a number of 96 files (62 files
from the prior years) which are pending before the Law Courts.

The status of these files on 31st of December, 2004 was the following:

Law Courts brought to a verdict a number of 62 files. The other files kept on pending before the Law
Courts;

The percentage of the files solved in favor of the Competition Council was of 92%

Fig. 10

35%

Approved files

Rejected files
60%

Pending files

5%

54
 Capitolul 2 : AJUTORUL DE STAT

1. CADRUL LEGISLATIV

80. Scopul Legii privind ajutorul de stat este reglementarea

ROL sau RON ? modalitilor de autorizare, acordare, control, inventariere,
monitorizare i raportare a ajutorului de stat, n vederea
crerii i meninerii unui mediu concurenial normal.

n sensul Legii ajutorului de

stat, constituie ajutor de stat
1.1. Legislaia primar
orice msur de sprijin care
ndeplinete anumite condiii :

este acordat, de ctre stat sau de ctre unitile

administrativ-teritoriale, din resurse de stat sau din
resurse ale unitilor administrativ-teritoriale, ori de
alte organisme care administreaz surse ale statului
sau ale colectivitilor locale;
favorizeaz anumii ageni economici, producerea
anumitor bunuri sau prestarea anumitor servicii;
distorsioneaz sau amenin s distorsioneze
concurena sau
afecteaz comerul dintre Romnia i statele
membre ale Uniunii Europene.

81. Legea ajutorului de stat a fost modificat i completat de Legea nr. 603/22.12.2003 i de Ordonana
Guvernului nr.94/26.08.2004 aprobat cu modificri prin Legea nr.507/2004.

Modificrile i completrile aduse Legii ajutorului de stat au vizat, n principal, asigurarea cadrului juridic,
armonizat cu legislaia comunitar, pentru ca analiza ajutoarelor de stat s se fac n conformitate cu criteriile
prevzute n regulamentele i instruciunile specifice adoptate de Consiliul Concurenei, iar rolul Consiliului s
se ntreasc n domeniul controlului ajutoarelor de stat acordate.

55
 Chapter 2: STATE AID

1. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

80. The scope of the Law on state aid is the

regulation of state aid authorization, granting,
ROL or RON ?
control, inventory, monitoring and reporting with a
view to creating and maintaining a normal
competitive environment.

For the
1.1.Primary Legislation purposes of the
State Aid Law, it
represents state aid any measure of support
meeting the following conditions:

It is granted, by the state or by

administrative and territorial bodies, from
state resources or from resources of the
administrative and territorial bodies, or by
other bodies which manage state sources
or resources belonging to the local
communities;
Favors certain undertakings, the
production of certain goods or the
performance of certain services;
Distorts or threatens to distort competition or
Affects trade between Romania and the European Union is Member States.

81. The Law on state aid was modified and completed by Law no. 603/22.12.2003 and by the Government
Ordinance no.94/26.08.2004, amended and approved by Law no. 507/2004.

The amendments and completions to the State Aid Law aimed mainly at ensuring a Community harmonized
legal framework, so that state aid analysis may be done in line with the criteria provided for by the specific
regulations and guidelines adopted by the Competition Council, and ar reinforcing Competition Councils role in
the field of monitoring the state aids granted.

56
82. Ajutorul de stat este, de principiu, incompatibil cu mediul concurenial normal. Legea ajutorului de stat
prevede situaiile i condiiile n care, ca excepie de la regula general, poate fi acordat un ajutor de stat.

Amendamentele aduse Legii ajutorului de stat confer Consiliului Concurenei o real putere de a controla
ajutoarele de stat prevzute n proiecte de acte normative (inclusiv legi i ordonane ale Guvernului) sau
administrative. Aceste ajutoare de stat se notific Consiliului Concurenei i se acord numai dup
autorizarea lor de ctre acesta. Obligaia notificrii ajutoarelor de stat revine furnizorului i iniiatorului
ajutorului de stat, astfel nct acetia s poat susine n faa Consiliului Concurenei obiectivele avute n
vedere prin introducerea msurilor de ajutor de stat.

83. n urma amendrii, Legea ajutorului de stat prevede reguli clare privind aciunea Consiliului
Concurenei n cazul ajutoarelor de stat ilegale i a ajutoarelor de stat interzise acordate prin acte
normative sau administrative i prevede un termen special de prescripie, de 10 ani, n care Consiliul
Concurenei are dreptul de a solicita recuperarea ajutorului de stat.
O modificare deosebit de important pentru aplicarea regulilor de acordare a ajutoarelor de stat const n
eliminarea prevederilor care ddeau posibilitatea autorizrii ajutoarelor de stat pe baza unei analize
privind balansarea efectelor pozitive cu cele negative, insuficient de precis i de relevant n privina
efectelor asupra mediului concurenial. n prezent, autorizarea ajutoarelor de stat se face numai n
condiiile respectrii criteriilor prevzute de regulamentele i instruciunile specifice fiecrui obiectiv,
care sunt armonizate cu acquis-ul comunitar.
Atribuiile privind raportarea, inventarierea i monitorizarea ajutoarelor de stat revin, dup modificarea
Legii concurenei, prin OUG nr. 121/2003, Consiliului Concurenei, asigurndu-se astfel transparena n
domeniu, celeritatea procesului decizional i o mai bun coordonare a activitii la nivelul Consiliului
Concurenei.

84. n vederea asigurrii unei depline transparene a activitii Consiliului Concurenei, modificrile aduse
Legii ajutorului de stat au vizat i obligaia Consiliului Concurenei de a asigura publicarea, prin orice
mijloace, a unor informaii privind notificrile primite, a ordinelor privind deschiderea investigaiilor i a deciziilor
luate n domeniul ajutorului de stat.

85. Ulterior, prin O.G. nr. 94/2004 privind reglementarea unor msuri financiare, s-au fcut ultimele ajustri ale
legislaiei de baz n domeniul ajutorului de stat.

Aceste modificri vizeaz:

obligativitatea notificrii la Consiliul Concurenei a ajutoarelor cu caracter social acordate
consumatorilor individuali, fr discriminare n ceea ce privete originea produselor sau serviciilor
implicate, precum i a ajutoarelor acordate pentru nlturarea efectelor produse de evenimente
excepionale sau dezastre naturale;
completarea sferei furnizorilor de ajutor de stat, prin includerea pe lng stat i unitile
administrativ-teritoriale i a altor organisme care administreaz surse ale statului sau ale colectivitilor
locale;
introducerea unei dispoziii imperative n ceea ce privete recuperarea ajutoarelor de stat ilegale i
interzise.

1.2. Legislaia secundar 86. innd seama de evoluia acquis-ului comunitar i de noile prevederi
ale Legii ajutorului de stat, Consiliul Concurenei i-a intensificat
activitatea de preluare, prin regulamente i instruciuni, a legislaiei comunitare n domeniul ajutorului de stat.
Astfel, n cursul anului 2004, au fost adoptate 21 regulamente i 3 instruciuni (Anexa nr.5) fa de 1
regulament i 4 instruciuni adoptate anul anterior (figura 11).

57
82. Generally speaking, state aid is incompatible with a normal competition environment.The State Aid Law
stipulates the situations and conditions under which, as an exception from the general rule, state aid may be
granted.

The amendments to the State Aid Law grant the Competition Council a genuine power of monitoring the
state aids stipulated in the draft normative acts (including laws and Government ordinances) or administrative
acts. These state aids are to be notified to the Competition Council and they are granted only after
authorization by this body. The state aid notification obligation belongs to the state aid grantor and initiator, so
that they may uphold before the Competition Council the envisaGEO objectives by granting those state aid
measures.

83. Following the amendment, the State Aid Law provides for clear rules that should be applied for the
actions of the Competition Council in matters of unlawful and prohibited state aids, granted through
normative or administrative acts, and also provides for a special prescription term of 10 years time, in which
the Competition Council is entitled to request recovery of the state aid recovery.
A very important amendment made for enforcing the rules of granting state aids consist in the elimination of
those provisions allowing for the authorization of state aids made on basis of an analysis which
compares the positive and the negative effects, which is considered inexact and irrelevant in terms of the
effects on competition. Currently, the state aid may be authorized under exclusive observance of the
criteria provided for by the regulations and guidelines specific to each objective, which are tailored with
the community acquis.
After the amending the Competition Law, through GEO 121/2003, the attributions of reporting,
inventorying and monitoring state aids fall under the Competition Councils competences ensuring
transparency in the field, the speed of decision making process and a better coordination of the activity of the
Competition Council.

84. In order to ensure complete transparency of the activity of the Competition Council, the
amendments brought to the State Aid Law also referred to the obligation of the Competition Council to ensure
publication by any means, of certain information concerning on the notifications received, the orders to start
investigations and decisions issued in the state aid field.

85. Subsequently, through GO 94/2004 on regulation of some financial measures, there were made the
last adjustments of the basic legislation in state aid field..

These amendments refer to:

the obligation to notify to the Competition Council social aids granted to individual consumers,
without discrimination on the origin of products or services involved, and also the aids granted to
prevent the effects due to exceptional events or natural disasters;
the completion of the range of state aid grantors, by adding, besides the state and the
administrative and territorial bodies, other bodies which administer state resources or resources of the
local communities;
the introduction of an imperative provision regarding the recovery of unlawful and prohibited aids.

86. Given the evolution of the community acquis and the new
provisions of the State Aid Law, the Competition Council intensified its 1.2. Secondary Legislation
activity to take over, through regulations and guidelines, the
community legislation in the field of state aid. Thus, during 2004, 21 regulations and 3 guidelines (see
Annex 5), were adopted compared to 1 regulation and 4 guidelines adopted the previous year (figure
11).

58
 Fig. 11

18 2002
7 2003
4 2004
1 2
3
Regulamente Instructiuni

Patru dintre noile regulamente privesc ajutoarele de stat care pot fi acordate n funcie de obiectiv, respectiv
orizontale (susinerea i promovarea ntreprinderilor mici i mijlocii), regionale, sectoriale (pentru industria
carbonifer i pentru industria construciilor de nave), dou privesc raportarea i monitorizarea ajutoarelor de
stat (procedurile de raportare i monitorizare, respectiv transparena relaiilor financiare dintre autoritile
publice i ntreprinderile publice, precum i transparena financiar n cadrul anumitor ntreprinderi), un
regulament are ca obiect forma, coninutul i alte detalii care trebuie prevzute de o eventual plngere privind
ajutorul de stat pretins ilegal, un altul ajutorul de stat sub forma compensrilor acordate anumitor ntreprinderi
crora le-a fost ncredinat prestarea serviciilor de interes economic general, iar unul se refer la
individualizarea sanciunilor pentru contraveniile prevzute de Legea ajutorului de stat.

Majoritatea regulamentelor care le amendeaz pe cele existente se refer la ajutoarele de stat clasificate n
funcie de obiectiv (protecia mediului, instruirea angajailor, ocuparea forei de munc, salvarea i
restructurarea firmelor aflate n dificultate, regional, cercetare i dezvoltare, regional pentru proiecte mari de
investiii, ntreprinderi mici i mijlocii), iar un regulament modific Regulamentul privind forma, coninutul i alte
detalii ale notificrii unui ajutor de stat.

Instruciunile au ca obiect modificarea i completarea instruciunilor privind:

autorizarea ajutoarelor de stat n domeniul transportului aerian;
ajutorul de stat i capitalul de risc;
ajutorul de stat n domeniul asigurrii creditelor pentru export pe termen scurt.

2. IMPLEMENTAREA LEGISLAIEI

87. n anul 2004, Consiliul Concurenei a emis 90 decizii n domeniul ajutorului 2.1. Decizii
de stat, a cror clasificare n funcie de tip este reprezentata n figura 12:

Fig. 12 decizii de autorizare

37 decizii de autorizare conditionata

27 decizii de interzicere
22
decizii pentru masuri ce nu
constituie ajutor de stat
decizii de certificare a cuantumului
2 1 1 ajutorului de stat
decizii pentru masuri de ajutor care
nu intra sub incidenta legii

59
 Fig. 11

18 2002
7 2003
4 2004
1 2
3
Regulations Guidelines

Four of the new regulations refer to state aid that may be granted on an objective-basis, that is: horizontal
(support and promotion of the small and medium sized enterprises), regional, sectoral (for the coal and the
shipbuilding industries), two refer to the reporting and monitoring of state aids (reporting and monitoring
procedures, and transparency of financial relations between public authorities and public enterprises, and
financial transparency within certain enterprises), one regulation on the form, content and other details to be
included in a complaint on an allegedly unlawful aid, one other regulation on state aids in the form of
compensations granted to certain enterprises entrusted with the performance of services of general economic
interest, and one regulation referring to individualized sanctions for the offences provided by the State Aid Law.

The majority of the regulations amending the existing ones refer to state aids classified upon objectives
(environment protection, training employees, employment, rescue and restructuring of firms in difficulty,
regional, research and development, regional for large investments, small and medium sized enterprises), and
one regulation which amends the Regulation on the form, content and other details of state aid notifications.

The Guidelines focused on amending and completing the following guidelines:

Authorization of state aids in the air transport industry;
State aid and risk capital;
State aid for short-term export credits.

2. LEGISLATION ENFORCEMENT

2.1. Decisions 87. In 2004, the Competition Council issued 90 decisions in the state aid field,
which are classified upon specific types in figure 12.

Fig. 12 Decisions to authorize

37 Decisions to authorize with conditions

Negative decisions
27
22 Decisions on measures that do not
represent stats aids
Decisions to certify the state aid volume

2 1 1 Decisions on measures that are not

subject to the law

60
Pentru prima dat de la intrarea n vigoare a Legii privind ajutorul de stat, Consiliul Concurenei a interzis
acordarea unor ajutoare constnd n scutirea la plat a dobnzilor i penalitilor de ntrziere aferente
obligaiilor la bugetul de stat, ntruct acestea nu ndeplineau criteriile cuprinse n Regulamentul privind
ajutorul de stat pentru salvarea i restructurarea firmelor n dificultate referitoare la contribuia
beneficiarului i restaurarea viabilitii societii prin implementarea Planului de restructurare.

Deciziile de autorizare condiionat a ajutoarelor de stat reprezint o treime din total, fa de doar 3% n
2003, ceea ce arat o mbuntire a calitii deciziilor emise i preocuparea Consiliului Concurenei de a
asigura respectarea cu strictee a criteriilor de acordare prevzute att n Regulamentele i Instruciunile
adoptate n anii anteriori, ct i n cele emise n cursul anului 2004.

Deciziile referitoare la msuri care nu constituie ajutor de stat sau nu intr sub incidena Legii ajutorului
de stat reprezint un sfert din numrul total al deciziilor emise n anul 2004, cu 3% mai mult dect n
anul anterior.

Ajutoare de stat autorizate

88. n funcie de forma ajutorului de stat (figura 13) , cele 64 de decizii de autorizare i autorizare
condiionat sunt:
Fig. 13

35

30

25

20
34

15

18
20
10
15 16

5
5 6
4 4
2 2 2
0
autorizare autorizare conditionata total decizii

scheme noi alocari specifice modificari scheme existente ajutoare individuale

89. Consiliul Concurenei a autorizat msurile de ajutor de stat notificate n relaie direct cu obiectivul
principal avut n vedere, pe baza analizei ndeplinirii criteriilor prevzute n reglementrile emise n scopul
evalurii compatibilitii ajutoarelor de stat cu un mediu concurenial normal.

61
For the first time since State Aid Law entered into force, the Competition Council prohibited the granting of
aids consisting in exemption from payment of interest rates and penalties for late payments related to state
budget obligations, since they did not meet the criteria included in the Regulation on state aid for rescue
and restructuring firms in difficulty regarding the beneficiarys contribution and the restoration of the
companys viability by implementing the Restructuring Plan.

Decisions to authorize aids with conditions represent one third of the total, compared to only 3% in 2003,
which shows an enhancement in the quality of the decisions and the Competition Councils concern of ensuring
that the granting criteria are strictly observed, both those from the regulations and guidelines adopted in the
previous years, and from those issued during 2004.

The decisions referring to measures that do not represent state aid or are not subject to the State Aid Law
stand for one quarter of the overall number of decisions in 2004, i.e. 3% more than the previous year.

Authorized State Aids

88. Depending on the form of state aid (figure 13), the 64 decisions of authorization and authorization with
conditions are:

Fig. 13

35

30

25

20
34

15
18
20
10 16
15

5
5 6
4 4
2 2 2
0
authorization conditional authorization overall decisions

new schemes specific allocations modification of existing schemes individual aids

89. The Competition Council authorized the state aid measures notified in direct relation to the main objective
envisaged, based on an analysis of the way the criteria in the regulations are met, in order to assess the
compatibility of state aids with a normal competition environment.

62
n funcie de obiectivul ajutorului, structura deciziilor este (figura 14):

Fig. 14
29
30

25
20
20

15

10 7

2 3
5 1 1 1

restructurare dezvoltare regionala

servicii de interes economic general IMM-uri

ocuparea fortei de munca instruirea angajatilor

proiecte mari de investitii alte ajutoare (industria extractiva)

Deciziile emise privind ajutoarele de stat pentru restructurare i cele pentru dezvoltare regional dein ponderea
n cadrul deciziilor de autorizare emise, acestea reprezentnd 45%, respectiv 31% din total.

Cuantumul ajutoarelor de stat autorizate de Consiliul Concurenei n 2004 este de 108.087.372.686.268 lei,
echivalentul a 2.666.709.74427 Euro.

90. n funcie de tip, deciziile privind ajutoare pentru dezvoltare regional Dezvoltare regional
sunt 13 de autorizare i 7 de autorizare condiionat.
n funcie de forma ajutorului, deciziile se refer la 14 alocri specifice, 2 ajutoare individuale, 3 modificri
de schem i 1 schem nou.
Valoarea ajutoarelor autorizate pentru dezvoltare regional este de 696.275.672.844 lei/17.178.372 Euro.

Aceasta nu cuprinde valoarea ajutoarelor de stat autorizate prin decizia nr. 28 (ajutor acordat SNP Petrom SA,
coninut n decizia nr.155), decizia nr.119 (ajutor pentru SC Automobile Dacia SA, modificat prin decizia nr.297)
i decizia nr.155 (revocat prin decizia nr.316).

Ajutoarele de stat autorizate, exceptnd cele 3 ajutoare cuprinse n deciziile amintite anterior au fost acordate
pentru:
societi comerciale cu statut de parcuri industriale (8),
operatori din zonele libere (1),
IMM-uri (2).

27 Calculat n funcie de cursul mediu al anului 2004 Leu/Euro, publicat de Banca Naional a Romniei

(40.532,11 lei/1 euro)

63
This is the structure of the decisions based on the objective of the aid (figure 14):
Fig. 14

29
30

25
20
20

15

10 7

2 3
5 1
1 1

restructuring regional development

services of economic interest SMEs

employment training

large investment projects other aids (extraction industry)

The decisions on rescue and restructuring aid for regional development have a share of 45% of the decisions of
authorization, and 31% of the overall number of decisions.

The volume of state aids authorized by the Competition Council in 2004 is ROL 108.087.372.686.268, the
equivalent of Euro 2.666.709.744.28

Regional development 90. Depending on the type, in the field of regional development aids, there were
13 decisions to authorize and 7 to authorize with conditions.

Depending on the form of aid, the decisions refer to 14 specific allocations, 2 individual aids, 3 scheme
modifications, and 1 one new scheme.

The amount of authorized aids for regional development is ROL 696.275.672.844 / Euro 17.178.372.

This amount does not include the value of state aids authorized through decision no. 28 (aid granted to SNP
Petrom SA, included in decision 155), decision 119 (aid to SC Automobile Dacia SA, modified through decision
297) and decision 155 (revoked through decisions 316).

Authorized state aids, except for the 3 aids included in the decisions previously mentioned were granted for:
Trading companies having the statute of industrial parks (8),
Free zones operators (1),
SMEs (2).

28
Calculed at the average ROL/Euro exchange rate in the year 2004, published by the National Bank of Romania
(ROL 40.532,11 /Euro 1).

64
 Celelalte 6 ajutoare autorizate se distribuie, n funcie de sectorul de activitate al beneficiarilor, dup cum
urmeaz:

Fig. 15

industria prelucratoare
constructii
media

4
1 1

91. Prin decizia nr.28/21.01.2004, Consiliul Concurenei a Ajutoare de stat pentru SNP Petrom SA
autorizat alocarea specific de ajutor de stat avnd ca scop
modernizarea procesului tehnologic, prin achiziionarea de noi
echipamente i repararea celor existente, precum i retehnologizarea unor utilaje. Ajutorul a constat n scutirea
la plat a dobnzilor i penalitilor de ntrziere pentru neplata la termen a obligaiilor restante la bugetul de
stat. Societatea nu a beneficiat ns de aceast facilitate, deoarece nu s-a finalizat convenia cu furnizorul
ajutorului, Ministerul Finanelor Publice.
Ulterior, Ministerul Economiei i Comerului (MEC) a notificat Consiliului ajutorul de stat individual constnd n
tergerea obligaiilor fiscale ale SNP Petrom, avnd acelai scop ca cel autorizat n luna ianuarie.
Consiliul Concurenei a autorizat ajutorul acordat prin decizia nr.155/17.05.2004.
Dup 4 luni de la autorizare, MEC a renotificat facilitatea fiscal sub forma scutirii de la plata obligaiilor ctre
bugetul de stat, motivnd c notificarea anterioar nu a avut n vedere faptul c msurile respective fac parte
din complexul de condiii necesare pentru realizarea privatizrii agentului economic n cauz i, n consecin,
nu trebuiau analizate izolat. De asemenea, furnizorul a artat c preul oferit de OMV reflect anularea
obligaiilor fiscale, iar statul, prin tergerea datoriilor, s-a comportat ca un investitor privat prudent i, n
consecin, facilitatea nu conine elemente de ajutor de stat. Consiliul Concurenei a considerat c anularea
tuturor obligaiilor fiscale neachitate ale Petrom nu constituie ajutor de stat, deoarece aceast prevedere a fcut
parte din pachetul oferit oricrui investitor potenial n cadrul unei proceduri de licitaie transparent i deschis
n urma creia s-a stabilit valoarea just de pia. Acionnd n acest mod, statul a respectat principiul
investitorului privat.
n ceea ce privete cota geologic29 instituit prin HG nr.168/1998 i limitat pn la 31 decembrie 2006,
aceasta reprezint un ajutor existent pentru investiii care nu afecteaz n mod nejustificat concurena i
comerul Romniei cu Statele Membre ale U.E.
Consiliul Concurenei a emis decizia nr.316/29.11.2004, potrivit creia msura notificat nu reprezint ajutor
de stat, cu condiia ca SNP Petrom SA s nu beneficieze de un alt ajutor n legtur cu Proiectul de investiii
furnizat de Petrom i OMV i inclus n notificarea MEC. Prin aceast ultim decizie, a fost revocat, n temeiul
art.10 din Legea ajutorului de stat, decizia nr.155.

29 Deducerea din punct de vedere fiscal, pentru dezvoltarea i modernizarea explorrii, cercetrii i produciei de iei i gaze naturale,

a unui procent de 35% din valoarea produciei de petrol i gaze naturale[...] n scopul calculrii redevenelor petroliere

65
The other 6 authorized aids are distributed, depending on the business sector of the beneficiaries, as below:

Fig. 15

processing industry
constructions
media

4 1
1

91. Through Decision 28/21.01.2004, the Competition Council authorized

State aids for SNP Petrom SA
the specific allocation of state aids aiming at updating the technological
process, by acquisition of new equipment and repair of the existing ones,
and installation re-modernization. The aid consisted in exemption from payment of interest rates and penalties
for late payment of arrear payment to the state budget. However, the company did not benefit from this
incentive, since the agreement with the aid grantor, the Ministry of Public Finances, was not signed.

Eventually, the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) notified to the Council the individual state aid
consisting in fiscal debt write-off of SNP Petrom, which had the same objective as the aid authorized in
January.

The Competition Council authorized the aid granted through Decision 155/17.05.2004.
Four months after authorization, MEC renotified the fiscal incentive in the form of exemption from payment of
obligation to the state budget, providing the reason the previous notification overlooked the fact that the
measures were part of a package of conditions necessary to achieve the privatization of the undertaking at
issue and, consequently, did not have to be analyzed separately. Also, the supplier showed that the offered by
OMV reflected the cancellation of fiscal obligation, and the state, by writing off the debts, behaved like a private
prudent investor and, consequently, the incentive did not contain state aid elements. The Competition Council
deemed that the annulment of fiscal debts that Petrom did not pay does not constitute state aid, since this
provision was part of the package offered to any potential investor within a transparent and open public tender
procedure that sets the correct market value. This action of the state proved that it observed the private
investor principle.

The geological tax30 created through GD 168/1998, limited to December 31, 2006, is an existing aid which does
not unduly affect competition and trade between Romania and the EU Member States.

The Competition Council issued Decision 316/29.11.2004, according to which the notified measures is not
state aid, provided that SNP Petrom SA should not benefit from another aid related to the Investment Project
created by Petrom and OMV, included in MECs notification. This latter decision revoked Decision 155, under
Art. 10 of the State Aid Law,.

30
Fiscal deduction for the development and modernization of the operation, research and production of crude oil and natural gas, of
35% of the production value of oil and natural gas [] to calculate oil levies.

66
 92. Ministerul Finanelor Publice a notificat Consiliului Concurenei ajutorul de stat
Ajutoare de stat
individual constnd n scutirea de la plata impozitului pe profit pn la data de 1
pentru SC
Automobile Dacia SA octombrie 2007, conform prevederilor art.38 (9) din Codul Fiscal, aprobat prin
Legea nr.571/2003. Consiliul a autorizat ajutorul de stat ca ajutor regional destinat
realizrii programului de investiii pentru perioada 2003-2007 (Decizia
nr.119/07.04.2004)

n luna septembrie, acelai minister a adus la cunotina Consiliului Concurenei intenia de a nlocui facilitatea
constnd n scutirea de la plata impozitului pe profit cu scutirea de la plata taxelor vamale i a TVA pentru
achiziiile destinate realizrii de investiii. n urma analizei efectuate s-a constatat c ajutorul de stat
ndeplinete criteriile de acordare n conformitate cu Regulamentul privind ajutorul de stat regional i
Regulamentul multisectorial privind ajutorul de stat pentru proiecte mari de investiii, aa nct Consiliul l-a
autorizat, condiionat de meninerea investiiilor n cauz pentru o perioad minim de 5 ani (Decizia
nr.297/28.10.2004). n caz contrar, ajutorul va fi recuperat. Totodat, societatea beneficiar nu va mai putea
primi ajutor de stat pentru proiectul de investiii aferent ajutorului autorizat. (vezi Proiecte mari de investiii)

93. Dintre deciziile emise pentru dezvoltare regional, 7 decizii de alocare specific
Parcuri industriale
de ajutor de stat i 1 decizie pentru modificarea schemei coninut de Programul
de dezvoltare regional Parcuri industriale au fost pentru societi comerciale cu
statut de parcuri industriale.
Valoarea ajutoarelor de stat acordate este de 136.725.503.686 lei/ 3.373.264 Euro i reprezint 0.13 % din
suma total a ajutoarelor autorizate i 19.6% din ajutoarele pentru dezvoltare regional.

94. n perioada analizat au fost emise 29 decizii privind ajutoare de stat pentru
Restructurare restructurare, din care 12 decizii sunt de autorizare i 17 de autorizare condiionat.
Valoarea ajutoarelor de stat autorizate pentru acest obiectiv este de 80.116.583.200.261
lei/1.976.620.097 Euro. Aceasta nu cuprinde valoarea ajutoarelor individuale autorizate n sectorul siderurgic
prin Decizia nr. 103 (ajutor acordat SC INDUSTRIA SRMEI SA Cmpia Turzii), Decizia nr. 114/06.04.2004
(ajutor acordat SC COS SA Trgovite), Decizia nr.115/06.04.2004 (ajutor acordat SC CSR Reia SA) i
Decizia nr.124/13.04.2004 (ajutor acordat SC SIDERURGICA SA Hunedoara), de aceea, ajutoarele pentru
restructurare analizate sunt n numr de 25.

Cuantumul ajutoarelor de stat acordate celor patru companii siderurgice au fost modificate ulterior, n
conformitate cu Strategia de restructurare a industriei siderurgice i criteriile prevzute n Protocolul nr.2 i
renotificate Consiliului Concurenei n decembrie 2004.
Modificrile intervenite n planurile de viabilitate i plafonul maxim al ajutorului de stat pentru restructurarea
companiilor siderurgice din Romnia au fost autorizate prin deciziile Consiliului Concurenei nr 336 - 340 din 31
decembrie 2004 (vezi Sectorul siderurgic).

95. n funcie de form, ajutoarele de restructurare sunt: 18 ajutoare individuale, 6 alocri specifice i 1
schem nou de ajutor.
Schema de ajutor de stat privind facilitile prevzute de art. 18 din Legea nr.137/1002 privind accelerarea
privatizrii, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, notificat de AVAS, urmrete sprijinirea ntreprinderilor
mici i mijlocii aflate n dificultate, n vederea reorganizrii activitii pe baza unui plan de restructurare care
s asigure reinstaurarea viabilitii pe termen lung. Schema se aplic n toate sectoarele de activitate, cu
excepia agriculturii, pisciculturii, oelului i crbunelui.

67
92. The Ministry of Public Finances notified to the Competition Council the State aids for
individual state aid consisting in the write-off of profit tax until October 1, 2007, SC Automobile
under the provisions of Art. 38 (9) of the Tax Code, approved through Law Dacia SA
571/2003. The Council authorized the state aid as regional aid for the investment
program during 2003-2007 (Decision 119/07.04.2004).

During the month of September, the same Ministry put the Competition Council on notice regarding the
intention to replace the incentive consisting in profit tax exemption with the exemption from custom taxes and
VAT for acquisitions for investment. After the analysis, it was ascertained that the state aid meets the granting
criteria in accordance with the Regulation on regional aid and the Multisectoral Regulation on state aid for large
investment projects; for this reason, the Council authorized the aid with the condition of maintaining the
respective investments for a period of minimum 5 years (Decision 297/28.10.2004). Otherwise, the aid will be
recovered. At the same time, the beneficiary company will not be able to receive state aid for the investment
project related to the authorized aid (see Large investment projects).

93. Out of the decisions issued for regional development, 7 decisions for specific
Industrial Parks allocation of state aid, and 1 decision to modify the scheme included in the Regional
Development Program Industrial Parks were related to trading companies having the
standing of industrial parks.
The value of state aids granted is 136.725.503.686 ROL/ Euro 3.373.264 and stand for 0.13% of the overall
sum of authorized aids and 19.6% of regional development aids.

94. During the reporting period, 29 decisions on restructuring aids were issued, from Restructuring
which 12 decisions to authorize, and 17 authorizations with conditions.

The value of authorized aids for this objective is ROL 80.116.583.200.261 / Euro 1.976.620.097. This does not
include the value of individual aids authorized in the steel sector through Decision no.103 (aid granted to SC
INDUSTRIA SRMEI SA Cmpia Turzii), Decision no. 114/06.04.2004 (aid granted to SC COS SA
Trgovite), Decision no.115/06.04.2004 (aid granted to SC CSR Reia SA) and Decision no.124/13.04.2004
(aid granted to SC SIDERURGICA SA Hunedoara), hence there are 25 restructuring aids.

The value of state aids granted to the four steel companies were eventually modified, in accordance with the
Strategy for the restructuring of the steel industry and the criteria of Protocol 2, and they were renotified to the
Competition Council in December 2004.

The modifications brought to the viability plans and the maximum threshold of aid for the restructuring of steel
companies in Romania were authorized through the decisions of the Competition Council no. 336-340 of
December 31, 2004 (see Steel sector).

95. In terms of form, restructuring aids are classified: 18 individual aids, 6 specific allocations, and 1 new
aid scheme.
The state aid scheme on the facilities provided by Art. 18 of Law 137/2002 on measures to accelerate
privatization, with subsequent amendments and completions, notified by AVAS, seeks to support small and
medium sized enterprises in difficulty, in order to reorganize their business based on a restructuring plan
meant to ensure their long-term viability. The scheme is applicable to all business sectors, excepting
agriculture, fishery, steel and coal.

68
Agenii economici care au primit ajutoare de stat sub forma alocrilor specifice i a ajutoarelor individuale (24)
activeaz n urmtoarele domenii de activitate (figura 16):

Fig. 16

industria prelucratoare

transporturi

constructii

13 servicii de apa si
canalizare
constructii navale
6
siderurgie
1 1 1
2

Se observ c din cele 24 ajutoare individuale i alocri specifice, 9 au fost acordate n sectoare
considerate sensibile la nivel european: oel, construcii navale i transporturi.
Acestea reprezint ca numr mai mult de o treime din totalul ajutoarelor de restructurare i dein o pondere de
94% din valoarea total (75.556.000.020.571 lei/1.864.102.314 Euro) a acestora.

96. Din punct de vedere al structurii acionariatului societilor beneficiare de ajutor de stat pentru
restructurare, 87,5% dintre acestea au capital privat, iar 12,5% capital de stat.

97. Lund n considerare mrimea agenilor economici, majoritatea ajutoarelor de stat (20) s-au ndreptat
ctre ntreprinderi mari (80%) i doar 20% spre ntreprinderi mici i mijlocii.

98. Modalitile de acordare a ajutoarelor de stat autorizate sunt n cea mai mare parte de natur fiscal i
reprezint scutiri, reduceri sau amnri de la plata obligaiilor bugetare, respectiv conversii n aciuni a
creanelor deinute de creditori bugetari.
n unul din cazuri (CN TAROM SA), statul romn a garantat credite interne i externe contractate de companie
i a finanat un proiect destinat, n principal, achiziionrii unei aeronave i a unor echipamente.

99. Concluzia de ansamblu care se desprinde analiznd toate aceste aspecte este aceea c, ponderea ridicat
a ajutoarelor de restructurare n totalul ajutoarelor autorizate se datoreaz, n mare msur, ajutoarelor
acordate n sectorul siderurgic, acestea reprezentnd aproape jumtate din total, nsumnd 49.912.399
milioane lei/1.231.428.588 Euro.

De asemenea, ponderea majoritar a ajutoarelor de stat acordate, pe de o parte, ntreprinderilor din sectorul
privat, iar, pe de alt parte, ntreprinderilor mari, se explic prin faptul c, dintre societile beneficiare, o treime
sunt combinate siderurgice.

69
Undertakings who received aid in the form of specific allocation and individual aids (24) are doing business in
the following business areas (figure 16):
Fig. 16

processing industry

transport

construction

13 water services and

sewage
shipbuilding
6
steel industry
1 1 1
2

We should note that from the 24 individual aids and specific allocations, 9 were granted to sectors deemed
as sensitive at the European level: steel, shipbuilding and transport.

As a number, they represent more than one third of the overall number of restructuring aids and hold 94% of
their total value (75.556.000.020.571 ROL/ Euro 1.864.102.314).

96. In respect of ownership structure of the beneficiaries of restructuring aids, 87.5% have private capital,
and 12.5% have state capital.

97. Given the size of the undertakings, the majority of state aids (20) were directed toward large enterprises
(80%) and only 20% to small and medium sized enterprises.

98. The modalities to grant authorized state aids are to the greatest extent fiscal aids and stand for write-
offs, reductions or budget obligations deferrals, and conversions of accounts receivable held by budget
creditors into shares.
In one of the cases (CN Tarom SA), the Romanian state guaranteed domestic and external credits contracted
by the company and financed a project meant in principal for the acquisition of one airplane and certain
equipment.

99. The overall conclusion of this analysis is that the large share of restructuring aids within the overall number
of authorized aids is due, to a great extent, to aids granted in the steel sector, which stand for almost half of the
total, and amount to ROL49.912.399 million / Euro 1.231.428.588.

Also, the majority share of aids granted, on the one hand, to private enterprises, and on the other hand, to large
enterprises, is the result of the fact that one third of the beneficiaries are steel companies.

70
 Sectorul siderurgic 100. Dintre cele 25 ajutoare de stat, 6 constituie msuri de ajutor acordate n
sectorul siderurgic, sub forma ajutoarelor de stat individuale, prezentate n cele
ce urmeaz:
Ajutorul de stat acordat SC GAVAZZI STEEL SA Oelul Rou, de ctre AVAS, a fost autorizat
condiionat de implementarea msurilor coninute de planul de restructurare a beneficiarului i
respectiv, participarea societii cu o contribuie minim de 20% la realizarea acestuia (Decizia nr.
102/26.03.2004). Avnd n vedere negocierile cu UE privind cuantumul ajutorului de stat pentru
restructurare n sectorul siderurgic i criteriile de viabilitate stricte ce trebuiesc ndeplinite de societile
siderurgice aflate n restructurare, furnizorul a renunat la acordarea ajutorului de stat pentru SC
Gavazzi Steel Oelu Rou.
Ajutoarele de stat pentru SC INDUSTRIA SRMEI SA Cmpia Turzii (Decizia nr. 103/26.03.2004), SC
COS SA Trgovite (Decizia nr. 114/06.04.2004), SC CSR Reia SA (Decizia nr. 124/13.04.2004) i
SC SIDERURGICA SA Hunedoara (Decizia nr. 115/06.04.2004), acordate pentru perioada 2003-2010
de ctre AVAS, au fost iniial autorizate de Consiliul Concurenei, cu condiia ca societile beneficiare
s nu-i majoreze capacitile de producie peste nivelul celor aferente anului 2002, n cazul primilor
trei ageni economici, i cu condiia aplicrii integrale a planului de restructurare, n cazul SC
Siderurgica Hunedoara.
101. Potrivit clauzei specifice de salvgardare acceptat n luna decembrie de Romnia, n vederea nchiderii
provizorii a negocierilor la Capitolul 6, respectiv finalizrii negocierilor n procesul de integrare a Romniei la
Uniunea European, n sectorul siderurgic, Consiliul Concurenei trebuie s asigure att respectarea
angajamentului de a nu se mai acorda, n perioada 1 ianuarie 2005 - 31 decembrie 2008, ajutoare de stat
companiilor prevzute n Strategia de restructurare a industriei siderurgice, ct i respectarea nivelului
ajutorului de stat agreat n contextul Protocolului 2 privind produsele CECO, anexa la Acordul European
instituind o asociere ntre Romnia, pe de o parte, i Comunitile Europene i statele membre ale acestora, pe
de alt parte.
Ca urmare, ajutoarele de stat acordate celor patru societi amintite anterior au fost modificate n consecin i
autorizate de Consiliul Concurenei prin Deciziile nr.336-339 din 31.12.2004. De asemenea, ajutorul de stat
acordat SC ISPAT SIDEX SA i autorizat de Consiliu prin decizia nr.99/2002 a fost modificat, n conformitate cu
criteriile prevzute n Protocolul nr. 2. (Decizia nr.340/31.12.2004)
Cuantumul ajutoarelor de stat astfel modificate i autorizate de Consiliul Concurenei pentru perioada 1993-
2004 este de 49.912.399.000.000 lei/ 1.231.428.588 Euro.
102. Msurile de sprijin notificate reprezint ajutoare de stat
individuale acordate pentru asigurarea producerii energiei Servicii de interes economic general
electrice i termice (5), furnizrii i distribuiei gazelor naturale
(1), respectiv realizrii n condiii normale de siguran i confort a serviciului de transport public de cltori cu
metroul (1). Consiliul Concurenei a autorizat fr condiii ajutoarele de stat prin 7 decizii. Valoarea
ajutoarelor de stat autorizate pentru realizarea unor servicii de interes economic general este de
18.301.177.495.083 lei/ 451.522.941 Euro.

103. Consiliul Concurenei a emis 2 decizii de autorizare condiionat a

ntreprinderi Mici i Mijlocii unor scheme de ajutor de stat pentru IMM-uri, din care una n baza
Programului multianual pentru sprijinirea dezvoltrii ntreprinderilor mici i
mijlocii prin fonduri n limita sumelor pltite pentru impozitul pe profitul reinvestit i una n scopul dezvoltrii
sectorului IMM sub forma unor alocaii financiare nerambursabile, acordate n baza Ordinului preedintelui
Ageniei Naionale pentru ntreprinderi Mici i Mijlocii nr. 215/2004 pentru aprobarea procedurii de
implementare a Programului naional de nfiinare i dezvoltare a incubatoarelor de afaceri n Romnia.
Valoarea ajutoarelor de stat autorizate pentru ntreprinderi mici i mijlocii este de 326.670.000.000 lei/
8.059.536 Euro.

71
100. Out of the 25 aids, 6 aids represent measures granted in the steel sector in The steel industry
the form of individual aids, and are presented below:

State aid granted to SC GAVAZZI STEEL SA Oelul Rou, by AVAS, was authorized with the
condition that the measures in the beneficiarys restructuring plan should be implemented and,
secondly, that the company should participate by minimum 20% to its achievement (Decision no.
102/26.03.2004). Given the negotiations with the EU on the amount of restructuring aid to the steel
industry and the strict viability criteria which must be met by steel companies under restructuring, the
grantor renounced to granting the aid to SC GAVAZZI STEEL SA Oelul Rou.
State aids to SC INDUSTRIA SRMEI SA Cmpia Turzii (Decision no. 103/26.03.2004), SC COS SA
Trgovite (Decision no. 114/06.04.2004), SC CSR Reia SA (Decision no. 124/13.04.2004) and SC
SIDERURGICA SA Hunedoara (Decision no. 115/06.04.2004),, granted for the interval 2003-2010 by
AVAS were initially authorized by the Competition Council with the condition that the beneficiary
companies should not increase their production capacities above the 2002 level, for the first three
undertakings, and with the condition of fully application of the restructuring plan, for SC Siderurgica
Hunedoara.

101. According to the specific safeguard clause accepted by Romania in December, in view of temporary
closure of the negotiations on Chapter 6, and the finalization of negotiations for Romanias integration in the
European Union, in the steel sector, the Competition Council should ensure both observance of the
commitment not to grant state aids during January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2008 to the companies listed in the
Strategy for the restructuring of the steel industry, and of observance of the state aid level as agreed in the
context of Protocol 2 on ECSC products, annexed to the Europe Agreement, which creates an association
between Romania, on the one hand, and the European Communities and the Member States, on the other.
Consequently, state aids granted to the four previously mentioned companies were modified and authorized by
the Competition Council through Decisions no. 336-339 of 31.12.2004. Also, the state aid granted to SC ISPAT
SIDEX SA and authorized by the Council through Decision no. 99/2002 was modified, in accordance with the
criteria provided by Protocol no. 2. (Decision no. 340/31.12.2004).
The amount of the state aids modified and authorized by the Competition Council for the period 1993-2004 is
ROL 49.912.399.000.000 / Euro 1.231.428.588.

102. The notified measures of support represent individual state

Services of general economic interest aids granted for the production of electrical and heating energy
(5), the supply and distribution of natural gas (1), and to ensure
the safety and comfort conditions for the public subway passenger transport (1). The Competition Council
authorized these aids without conditions through 7 decisions. The value of the authorized state aids for the
performance of some services of general economic interest is ROL 18.301.177.495.083 / Euro 451.522.941.

103. The Competition Council issued 2 decisions of

authorization with conditions of state aid schemes for Small and medium sized enterprises
SMEs, of which one was based on the Multiannual Program for
the support of SME development through funds limited to the
reinvested profit tax, and one aiming at the developing the SME sector, in the form of a non-reimbursable
financial allocation, granted under the Order of the President of National Agency for Small and Medium sized
Enterprises no. Competition Council 215/2004 to approve the procedure to implement the National Program of
setting up and development of enterprise incubators in Romania.
The value of the authorized state aids for small and medium sized enterprises is 326.670.000.000 ROL/
8.059.536 Euro.

72
 Proiecte mari de investiii 104. Consiliul Concurenei a autorizat condiionat un ajutor de stat individual
pentru proiecte mari de investiii acordat n sectorul autovehiculelor SC
Automobile Dacia SA Piteti, n conformitate cu prevederile Regulamentului
privind ajutorul de stat regional i Regulamentului multisectorial privind ajutorul de stat pentru proiecte mari de
investiii.
Valoarea ajutorului de stat autorizat pentru proiecte mari de investiii este de 2.791.240.366.000 lei/ 68.864.916
Euro.

105. Schema de ajutor de stat Pregtirea

profesional prevzut la art. 48 din Proiectul de Instruirea angajailor i ocuparea forei de munc
modificare i completare a Legii nr. 76/2002 privind
sistemul asigurrilor de omaj i stimularea ocuprii forei de munc, avnd ca obiectiv instruirea angajailor
i modificarea schemei de ajutor de stat pentru stimularea ocuprii forei de munc Angajarea de
persoane cu handicap prevzut la art.85 din acelai Proiect au fost autorizate de Consiliul Concurenei.
Ajutoarele de stat autorizate pentru aceste obiective nu pot fi cuantificate ex-ante.

106. Consiliul Concurenei a autorizat 2 ajutoare de stat individuale acordate n industria

Alte ajutoare carbonifer (SC Compania Naional a Huilei SA Petroani, SC Miniera Banat SA Anina) i
1 schem nou de ajutor de stat n vederea continurii procesului de restructurare a
sectorului minier (11 ageni economici). Valoarea ajutoarelor de stat autorizate pentru
industria extractiv este de 5.855.425.952.080 lei / 144.463.882 Euro.

107. Consiliul Concurenei a emis pentru prima dat 2 decizii privind Ajutoare de stat interzise
interzicerea acordrii unor ajutoare de stat, societilor comerciale STOFE
Buhui i FOSERCO Trgu Ocna, constnd n scutirea la plat a dobnzilor i
penalitilor de ntrziere aferente obligaiilor la bugetul de stat, ntruct acestea nu au ndeplinit criteriile
cuprinse n Regulamentul privind ajutorul de stat pentru salvarea i restructurarea firmelor n dificultate
referitoare la efortul financiar al beneficiarului i perspectivele viabilitii societii prin implementarea Planului
de restructurare.

Msuri ce nu constituie ajutor de stat 108. Consiliul Concurenei a emis 22 decizii pentru msuri care
nu au ndeplinit cumulativ condiiile ce caracterizeaz un ajutor
de stat (ajutorul s fie acordat din resurse de stat, s favorizeze
un anumit agent economic, producia anumitor bunuri, a prestrii anumitor servicii, s denatureze sau s
amenine s denatureze concurena i s afecteze comerul dintre Romnia i statele membre ale Uniunii
Europene).

109. APAPS a naintat Consiliului Concurenei notificarea privind ajutoarele de Certificarea cuantumului
stat acordate societii comerciale Siderca SA Clrai n perioada 1993-
1999, constnd n infuzii de capital de la bugetul de stat, prescrierea
mprumuturilor i a dobnzilor de la bncile de stat, prescrierea impozitelor nepltite, mprumuturi fr dobnd
pentru plata energiei electrice i a gazelor naturale, .a. Scopul ajutoarelor de stat a fost de a sprijini o societate
aflat n regim de supraveghere economico-financiar.

n conformitate cu art.3 alin.(1) lit.a) din Legea ajutorului de stat, aceste ajutoare sunt ajutoare existente, ele
fiind acordate nainte de intrarea n vigoare a Legii. n consecin, Consiliul Concurenei a adoptat o decizie n
sensul certificrii cuantumului ajutoarelor de stat de care a beneficiat SC Siderca SA Clrai, autorizarea
acestora neavnd obiect. Ajutoarele de stat acordate SC Siderca SA Clrai au fost incluse n plafonul maxim
al ajutorului de stat aprobat de Comisia European i prevzut n Strategia de restructurare a industriei
siderurgice din Romnia.

73
104. The Competition Council authorized with conditions an individual state
Large investment projects
aid for large investments granted, in the motor vehicle sector, to SC
Automobile Dacia SA Piteti, according to the provisions of the Regulation on
regional aid and to the Multisectoral Regulation on aid for large investment projects.

The value of the authorized state aids for large investment projects is ROL 2.791.240.366.000 / Euro
68.864.916.

105. The state aid scheme Occupational training provided under Art. 48
Training and employment of the Draft to amend and complete Law 76/2002 on the unemployment
contribution system and incentives for employment, having as objective the
training of employees and the amendment of the state aid scheme for employment incentives Training
disables provided under Art. 85 of the same Draft were authorized by the Competition Council.

The authorized aids granted for this objective cannot be calculated ex ante.

106. The Competition Council authorized 2 individual aids granted to the coal industry (SC Other aids
Compania Naional a Huilei SA Petroani, SC Miniera Banat SA Anina) and 1 new aid
scheme for the continuation of the restructuring process in the mining sector (11
undertakings). The value of the authorized aids for the extraction industry is Lei 5.855.425.952.080 / Euro
144.463.882.

Prohibited state aids 107. The Competition Council issued for the first time 2 negative decisions on
state aids to STOFE Buhui and FOSERCO Trgu Ocna, consisting in write-off of
interest rates related to state budget obligations, since they did not cumulatively
meet the criteria of the Regulation on the aid for rescue and restructuring firms in difficulty, related to
the financial effort of the beneficiary and the viability outlook of the company through the implementation of the
restructuring plan.

108. The Competition Council issued 22 decisions for Measures that do not represent state aid
measures that did not cumulatively meet the criteria that
define a state aid (the aid should be granted from state resources, it should favor a certain undertaking, the
production of certain goods or the performance of certain services, it should distort or threaten to distort
competition and it should affect the trade between Romania and the EU Member States).

Certification of the volume 109. APAPS submitted to the Competition Council the notification on state
aids granted to Siderca SA Clrai during 1993-1999, consisting in capital
injection from the state budget, cancellation of loans and interest rates from
state banks, cancellation of unpaid taxes, loans without interest rates for the payment of electricity and natural
gas etc. The objective of these aids was to support a company being under economic and financial monitoring.

In accordance with Art. 3 par. (1) section (a) of the State Aid Law, these aids are existing aids, having been
granted before the Law entered into force. Consequently, the Competition Council adopted a decision for the
purposes of certifying the amount of aids the company SC Siderca SA Clrai benefited from, since their
authorization had no legal purpose. Stat aids granted to SC Siderca SA Clrai observed the maximum
threshold as approved by the European Commission and stipulated in the Strategy for the restructuring of the
steel industry in Romania.

74
 110. Garaniile acordate de ctre
Msuri ce nu intr sub incidena Legii privind ajutorul de stat Ministerul Finanelor Publice pentru
obinerea unor credite contractate de
ctre ase societi comerciale din
domeniul agricol nu intr sub incidena Legii ajutorului de stat, ntruct ajutoarelor de stat acordate pentru
agricultur i produse piscicole nu li se aplic regulile stipulate n legea amintit. Aceste sectoare fac obiectul
controlului comunitar prin intermediul fondurilor administrate prin SAPARD.

111. Consiliul Concurenei a decis declanarea a 5 investigaii n scopul analizrii 2.2. Investigaii
oportunitii msurilor de sprijin ce constituie ajutoare de stat.

Investigaiile declanate au avut n vedere:

identificarea fluxurilor financiare care compenseaz costurile determinate de prestarea unui serviciu de
interes economic general, n condiiile stabilite de autoriti, n cazul societilor Metrorex Bucureti i
CET Bacu;

verificarea viabilitii planului de restructurare aprobat i stabilirea contribuiei societii pentru punerea
n practic a acestuia, n cazul uzinelor Govora;

verificarea contribuiei societii la finanarea planului de restructurare, n cazul societii Stofe Buhui;

existena unor dubii n privina respectrii criteriilor prevzute n Regulamentul privind salvarea i
restructurarea firmelor aflate n dificultate, n cazul societii Aris Arad).

Pn la sfritul anului, patru dintre investigaii au fost finalizate, iar una se afla n curs de desfurare
(cazul Aris Arad)31. Trei dintre cele finalizate s-au nchis prin decizii de autorizare a ajutoarelor de stat i una
prin ordin al preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei, n urma retragerii notificrii naintate de ctre Ministerul
Finanelor Publice privind facilitile ce se intenionau a se acorda CET Bacu n temeiul O.U.G nr. 40/2004.

3. ACTIVITATEA DE MONITORIZARE

112. Monitorizarea ajutoarelor de stat nseamn supravegherea i controlul propriu-zis al ajutoarelor de stat
existente, dar i al celor exceptate de la obligaia de notificare.

n anul 2004, au fost ntreprinse aciuni de monitorizare cu diferite obiective:

a) monitorizarea unor societi din categoria marilor contribuabili, care n baza unor decizii de autorizare
urmau s beneficieze de ajutoare de stat; aciunea s-a concretizat prin ntocmirea Raportului privind
monitorizarea ajutoarelor de stat de care urmau s beneficieze unele societi din categoria marilor
contribuabili n care este prezentat stadiul derulrii ajutoarelor de stat acordate cele mai multe dintre
societi au pierdut facilitile acordate , precum i situaia economico-financiar a societilor la data
controlului societile se aflau n procedura de lichidare judiciar;

b) ajutoarele de stat acordate n sectorul antierelor navale; aciunea s-a ncheiat prin redactarea unui
Raport de monitorizare a ajutoarelor de stat acordate antierelor navale n perioada 2002-2003, care a
fost transmis i la Comisia European DG Concuren;

31
Investigaia s-a finalizat n luna aprilie 2005 prin decizie de interzicere a ajutorului de stat

75
 Measures that are not covered by the State Aid Law 110. The guarantees granted by the Ministry of
Public Finances for credits to be obtained by six
trading companies in the agricultural field are not
covered by the State Aid Law, since aids granted to agriculture and fishery are not subject to the rules in the
above-mentioned law. These sectors are subject to community control through the funds administered by
SAPARD.

111. The Competition Council decided to start 5 investigations in order to

analyze the opportunity of some measures of support that represent state aids. 2.2. Investigations

The investigations started focused on:

identification of the financial flows that compensate costs triggered by performance of a service of
general economic interest, under the terms set out by the state authorities, for Metrorex Bucureti and
CET Bacu;

checking the viability of the approved restructuring plan and determining the contribution of the
company to the implementation of the plan, in the case of the Govora works;

checking the companys contribution to the financing of the restructuring plan, for Stofe Buhusi;

existing doubts whether the criteria set out in the Regulation on aids of rescue and restructuring of
firms in difficulty, for Aris Arad company are observed.

Until the end of the year, four of the investigations were finalized, and one is ongoing (Aris Arad).32 Three
of the investigations were closed through decisions to authorize the aids and one through an Order of the
President of the Competition Council, after the Ministry of Public Finances withdrew its notification on the
incentives intended to be granted to CET Bacau by virtue of GEO 40/2002.

3. MONITORING ACTION

112. State aid monitoring consist in assistance and proper control of existing state aids and also of those
aids exempted from the notification obligation.

In 2004, the monitoring actions were aimed at the following objectives :

a) Monitoring large tax paying companies which were going to benefit from authorized state aids; the
action consisted in drafting the Report on monitoring of state aid planned to benefit some large tax
paying companies which describes the actual stage of granted aids most of the companies lost
the facilities they received and the companies economic and financial status on the date of the
control operation the companies were under bankruptcy procedure.

b) State aids granted to the shipbuilding sector; the action ended with a Report on monitoring of state
aids granted to the shipbuilding industry during 2002-2003, also submitted to the European
Commissions DG Competition;

32
The investigation ended in April 2005 through a negative decision on the state aid.

76
 c) monitorizarea ajutoarelor de stat acordate n zonele defavorizate, n baza schemei instituite prin O.U.G.
nr. 24/1998, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare; rezultatele acestei aciuni fac obiectul unei note
publicat pe pagina de internet a instituiei;

d) identificarea actelor normative pe baza crora s-au acordat ajutoare de stat nainte de intrarea n
vigoare a Legii ajutorului de stat - Raportul privind evaluarea actelor normative emise nainte de
intrarea n vigoare a Legii nr.143/1999 n vederea stabilirii compatibilitii msurilor de ajutor de stat
instituite prin acestea cu acquis-ul comunitar.

Astfel, au fost identificate un numr de 85 de acte normative emise n perioada 1993-1999.

Din evaluarea acestora a rezultat c un numr de 45 de acte nu mai au nici un efect n prezent, 17 acte
normative nu cuprind elemente de ajutor de stat, ntruct privesc msuri acordate sub forma compensrilor ca
urmare a prestrii unor servicii publice de interes economic general, 19 acte normative instituie msuri de
sprijin compatibile, ntruct, ulterior, au fcut obiectul deciziilor de autorizare emise de Consiliul Concurenei
sau au fcut obiectul actelor normative de amendare a acestora prin instituirea unor scheme compatibile. Un
numr de 4 acte normative instituie ajutoare de stat ce sunt n curs de compatibilizare pentru care s-au solicitat
informaii autoritilor furnizoare.
113. n luna aprilie, Consiliul Concurenei a demarat activitatea de inventariere i monitorizare a msurilor de
ajutor de stat care au fcut obiectul a 135 decizii adoptate n perioada 2000 - 2002. Obiectivul acestei activiti
l-a constituit reanalizarea ajutoarelor existente, n vederea transpunerii n conformitate cu noile reguli prevzute
n legislaia secundar aplicabil ncepnd cu 1 ianuarie 2003.
La sfritul lunii mai, a fost finalizat aciunea prin ntocmirea Raportului privind compatibilizarea ajutoarelor
de stat existente autorizate de Consiliul Concurenei n perioada 2000-2002 prin prisma noii legislaii.
Potrivit acestuia, din analiza efectuat asupra celor 135 decizii au rezultat urmtoarele:
n cazul a 37 decizii, ajutoarele de stat nu au fost acordate urmare nendeplinirii condiiilor de ctre
beneficiari;
n cazul a 44 decizii, ajutoarele de stat au fost acordate efectiv n perioada 2001-2002 i nu mai produc
efecte n prezent;
pentru 7 decizii, ajutoarele de stat vizeaz agricultura;
n cazul a 47 decizii, ajutoarele de stat sunt n derulare i fac obiectul activitii permanente de
monitorizare.Situaia sintetic a acestora se prezint n figura 17:

Fig.17 masuri de ajutor de stat

compatibile
27% 30%
masuri de ajutor
compatibilizate

alocari specifice, in baza O.G

nr.11/1996 cu modificarile si
43% completarile ulterioare,
monitorizate permanent

77
 c) Monitoring aids granted to the deprived areas, based on a scheme created through GEO 24/1998,
subsequently amended and completed; the results of this action were published in a note on the
authoritys website;

d) Identificating the normative acts through which aids were granted before the State Aid Law entered into
force the Report on the assessment of normative acts issued before Law 143/1999 entered into force
in view of setting the compatibility with the acquis communautaire of the state aid measures created
through these acts.

Thus, there were identified 85 normative acts, issued during 1993-1999.

The assessment showed that 45 acts have no effect in the present, 17 normative acts do not contain state aid
elements since they are related to measures granted in the form of compensation for services of general
economic interest, 19 normative acts institute compatible measures of support and they were authorized
through decision by the Competition Council or were subject to normative acts which amended the aids and
created compatible schemes. Four normative acts institute state aids, in an ongoing process of
compatibilization, for which information was requested to the granting authorities.

113. In the month of April, the Competition Council started the inventorying and monitoring of the measures of
aid which were the object of 135 decisions adopted during 2000-2002. The objective of this activity was a new
analysis of the existing aids, in view of tailoring them to the new rules provided in the secondary legislation,
applicable since January 1, 2003.
At the end of May, the process was finalized by drawing up the Report on compatibilization existing state aids,
authorized by the Competition Council during 2000-2002 in the light of the new legislation.

The analysis made on 135 decisions in this Report showed the following results:

For 37 decisions, aids were not granted as the beneficiaries did not meet the criteria;
For 44 decisions, aids were granted during 2001-2002 and do no longer produce effects;
For 7 decisions, state aids refer to agriculture;
For 47 decisions, aids are under ongoing granting process, and are subject to permanent monitoring.
The following graph is a synthesis of these aids :

Fig.17 Compatible state aid measures

27% 30%
Aid measures made compatible

Specific allocations, under GO

11/96 with subsequent
43% amendments, under permanent
monitoring

78
114. n luna decembrie a anului 2004, a fost finalizat Raportul privind ajutoarele de stat acordate n Romnia n
perioada 2001-2003, aprobat de Guvernul Romniei i publicat n Monitorul Oficial al Romniei Partea I
nr.116 bis din 4 februarie 2005. Potrivit Raportului, analiza comparativ a ajutoarelor de stat acordate a
condus la concluzia c n Romnia s-au acordat ajutoare de stat n valoare medie de 1274,5 milioane euro,
echivalentul a 2,82% din PIB. Estimarea nu cuprinde ajutoarele acordate n agricultur, pescuit i transporturi.

115. Consiliul Concurenei a autorizat condiionat ajutoarele de stat prevzute de art. 38

Zone libere
alin.(3) i (4) din Codul Fiscal acordate conform schemei de ajutor de stat prevzut de
art. 14 din Proiectul de modificare i completare a Legii nr.84/1992 privind regimul zonelor libere. Beneficiarii
ajutorului de stat sunt operatori - persoane fizice sau juridice, romne sau strine - care desfoar activiti n
zone libere, pe baza licenelor de lucru eliberate de administraiile acestor zone.
Legea nr. 84//1992 privind regimul zonelor libere a fost modificat i completat prin Legea nr. 244/09.06.2004,
publicat n Monitorul Oficial nr. 543/17.06.2004 i intrat n vigoare la data de 15.09.2004, asigurndu-se
astfel compatibilizarea facilitilor acordate agenilor economici din zonele libere.

Zone defavorizate 116. Consiliul Concurenei a efectuat n perioada septembrie - noiembrie 2004 o
aciune de verificare a agenilor economici cu certificat de investitor n zonele
defavorizate, n scopul evalurii ajutoarelor de stat acordate acestora, precum i a
impactului pe care acestea l-au produs asupra nivelului de dezvoltare economic a zonelor defavorizate.
n Nota privind rezultatele aciunii de monitorizare a ajutoarelor de stat acordate n zonele defavorizate se arat
c, potrivit datelor transmise de Ageniile de Dezvoltare Regional, s-au acordat certificate de investitor, nainte
de 1 iulie 2003, unui numr de peste 2800 ageni economici. Dintre acetia au fost verificai peste 1900 ageni
economici care au beneficiat de ajutor de stat n perioada 2000-2004. Un numr de cca.900 ageni economici
s-au aflat n una din urmtoarele situaii: lichidare judiciar, retragere certificat investitor, ncetarea activitii,
schimbarea sediului, nu au beneficiat de ajutoare de stat.

117. n vederea monitorizrii unitare a ajutoarelor regionale, s-au elaborat Proceduri de monitorizare a
ajutoarelor de stat acordate n zonele defavorizate, zonele libere i parcuri industriale, stabilind obiectivele
de urmrit n timpul controlului, precum i modalitatea de evaluare a ajutoarelor conform Regulamentului
privind ajutorul de stat regional.
n urma centralizrii i prelucrrii informaiilor i datelor obinute de ctre echipele inspectoratelor teritoriale,
s-au constatat urmtoarele:
marea majoritate a zonelor defavorizate sunt foste zone miniere n cadrul crora activitatea de minerit
s-a restrns considerabil n ultimii ani i, ca urmare, rata omajului atinge o cot de pna la 90% din
rata omajului la nivel de jude;
marea majoritate a societilor nfiinate n aceste zone s-au axat pe activiti n domeniul industriei
prelucrtoare, respectiv exploatarea i prelucrarea lemnului, confecii textile, fabricarea produselor de
patiserie, construcii metalice, comer, etc.

n judeele Maramure i Hunedoara sunt cei mai multi ageni economici cu certificat de investitor n zona
defavorizat, beneficiari de ajutor de stat. Astfel, Maramureul are cca. 33% din totalul agenilor economici
nregistrai, iar Hunedoara cca. 25%.

In cadrul ajutoarelor de stat autorizate pentru zonele defavorizate, ajutoarele de stat pentru investiii dein
ponderea, respectiv cca.70% (figura 18), iar valoarea investitiilor realizate in judeele cu un numr de peste
100 de beneficiari de ajutor de stat a fost mai mare dect valoarea ajutoarelor autorizate.

n vederea modificrii schemei de ajutor de stat privind zonele defavorizate n schema de ajutor de stat
regional, respectndu-se prevederile Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat regional aprobat de Consiliul
Concurenei, O.U.G. nr. 24/1998 privind zonele defavorizate a fost completat prin Legea nr. 239/2004 i
Legea nr. 507/2004 pentru aprobarea O.G nr. 94/2004 privind reglementarea unor msuri financiare.

79
114. During the month of December 2003, the Report on state aids granted in Romania during 2001-2003 was
finished, approved by the Romanian Government and published in the Official Journal of Romania Part I
no. 116 bis of February 4, 2005. The Report made a comparative analysis of aids granted which led to the
conclusion that Romania granted aids amounting to the average value of Euro 1274.5 million, the equivalent of
2.82% of GDP. The estimation does not include aids to the agriculture, fishery and transport.

Free zones 115. The Competition Council authorized with conditions the aids provided under Art. 38
par. (3) and (4) of the Fiscal Code, granted under the aid scheme provided by Art. 14 of the
Draft of amendment and completion of Law 84/1991 regarding the free zones. The aid beneficiary are
operators individuals or legal entities, Romanian or international doing business in the free areas, based on
working certification issued by the administrations of these areas.
Law 84/1991 regarding the free zones was amended and completed by Law 244/09.06.2004 published in the
Official Journal 543/17/06/2004 and entered into force on 15.09.2004, which made the incentives granted to
beneficiaries in the free zones compatible.

116. The Competition Council achieved during September-November 2004 an Deprived areas
operation of checking undertakings having an investor certificate in the deprived areas,
with the aim of assessing the aids granted to these companies, and the impact it produced over the economic
development of the deprived areas. The Note on the results of monitoring the aids granted in the deprived
areas shows that, according to the data from the Agency for Regional Development, 2800 undertakings
received investor certificates before July 1, 2003.
From these, there were checked over 1900 undertakings who benefited from state aid between 2000-2004.
Around 900 undertakings were in one of these situations: winding up, withdrawal of investors certificate,
ceasing of business, shift of headquarters or they did not benefit from State aids.

117. With a view to a uniform monitoring of regional aids, the Council drafted the Procedures to monitor state
aids granted for the deprived areas, free zones and industrial parks, setting the several objectives to be met
during the control, and the aid assessment modality in accordance with the Regulation on regional state aid.

These are the results of consolidating information and data obtained by the regional teams of the Competition
Council:

The great majority of the deprived regions are former mining areas, whose mining business was
restrained to a large extent in the recent years, and, consequently, the rate of unemployment reaches
until 90% of the county unemployment rate;
The large majority of companies set up in these areas focused on business in the processing industry,
namely timber operation and processing, textiles, pastry production, metal construction, trade, etc.

Most of the undertakings having investor certificate in deprived areas, beneficiaries of state aid, are located in
the counties of Maramures and Hunedoara. Thus, Maramures has around 33% of the total number of
undertakings, and Hunedoara, has about 25%.

In the category of state aids authorized in deprived areas, state aids for investments hold approx.70% (fig.18),
while the amount of investments made in the counties with more than 100 state aid beneficiaries has been
larger than the value of authorized aids.

In order to modify the state aid scheme on deprived areas into a scheme on regional aid, observing the
provisions of the Regulation on regional state aid approved by the Competition Council, the GEO no. 24/1998
on deprived areas was completed by Law no.239/2004 and Law no.507/2004 for the to approval of GO no.
94/2004 on regulation of some financial measures.

80
Legea nr. 239/2004 completeaz O.U.G. nr. 24/1998 cu prevederi referitoare la intensitatea maxim admis a
ajutorului de stat i ajutorul de stat pentru operare, respectndu-se dispoziiile Regulamentului privind ajutorul
de stat regional.

O.G. nr. 94/2004 abrog facilitile legate de scutirea de la plata taxelor vamale pentru materiile prime i
componentele importate, necesare realizrii produciei proprii n zon, scutirea de la plata taxelor percepute
pentru modificarea destinaiei sau scoaterea din circuitul agricol a unor terenuri destinate realizrii investiiei i
acordarea, din Fondul special de dezvoltare aflat la dispoziia Guvernului, a unor sume destinate finanrii unor
programe speciale, aprobate prin hotrre de Guvern, astfel nct singura facilitate de natura ajutorului de stat
prevzut de O.U.G. nr. 24/1998 const n scutirea de la plata impozitului pe profit acordat numai agenilor
economici care au obinut certificat de investitor n zona defavorizat pn la data de 1 iulie 2003.

Fig. 18

69,80%
Aj. Investitii

Aj. Operare
Fond nerambursabil
Aj. pt.locuri munca

26,90%
0,80% 2,50%

118. Strategia Guvernului privind restructurarea n sectorul

Ajutorul de stat pentru siderurgie siderurgic, precum i planurile de viabilitate i planurile de afaceri
ale ntreprinderilor din acest sector au fost prezentate Comisiei
Europene.
Pe baza lor au avut loc mai multe runde de consultri tehnice la Bruxelles i Bucureti, pentru finalizarea
evalurii acestei strategii.

Consiliul Concurenei a efectuat evaluarea ajutoarelor de stat acordate n siderurgie pentru combinatele care
primesc ajutoare de stat, conform criteriilor cuprinse n Protocolul 2 privind produsele CECO pentru perioada
1998-2004, anexa la Acordul European, fiind avute n vedere msurile compensatorii induse de reducerea
capacitilor de producie, totaliznd 2.050 mii tone de produse laminate la cald.
Totodat, au fost analizate costurile restructurrii, contribuia beneficiarilor de ajutor de stat, investiiile
tehnologice i de mediu i s-a stabilit ajutorul minim necesar pentru asigurarea viabilitii companiilor n condiii
normale de pia.

81
Law no.239/2004 completes GEO no.24/1998 on provisions related to the maximum state aid threshold and the
operating aid, observing the provisions of the Regulation on regional state aid.

GO no. 94/2004 abrogates the incentives consisting in the write-off of custom duties for raw materials and
imported spare parts, necessary to achieve own production in the area, the exemption from payment of taxes
levied to modify the destination or to cut out from the agricultural system some lands for investment, and in the
granting, from the Special Development Fund of the Government, of sums for financing special programs,
approved through Government decision, so that the only incentive of a state aid nature provided by GEO no.
24/1998 consists in exemption from profit tax granted solely to undertakings who obtained investor certificate in
deprived areas until July 1, 2003.

Fig. 18

69,80%
Investments aid

Operating aid
Grants
Aid for job creation

26,90%
0,80% 2,50%

118. The Government Strategy on restructuring in the steel sector, as well

State aid for the steel industry
as the viability and business plans of the companies in this sector were
submitted to the European Commission.

Based on these documents, several technical consultation rounds took place in Brussels and in Bucharest, in
order to finalize the assessment of this strategy.

The Competition Council performed the assessment of state aids granted to the steel sector for the steel work
that receive aids, in agreement with the criteria of Protocol 2 on the ECSC products for 1998-2004, attached to
the European Agreement, having before it the compensatory measures triggered capacity reduction, amounting
at 2.050 thousand tons of warm laminated products.

At the same time, restructuring costs were analyzed; the contribution of the beneficiaries of aid, technological
and environment investments and the minimum necessary aid was set for ensuring the companys viability
under normal market conditions.

82
 4. AVIZE I PUNCTE DE VEDERE

119. Consiliul Concurenei a formulat, n baza art. 28 din Legea concurentei, avize referitoare
4.1. Avize
la:

Proiectul de Hotrre de Guvern naintat de ctre Ministerul Agriculturii, Pdurilor i Dezvoltrii Rurale
privind aprobarea preului de referin pentru gru n anul de pia 2004-2005.
Preul are un caracter orientativ pentru negocierile contractelor de vnzare-cumprare dintre productorii
agricoli i procesatori sau comerciani. Stabilirea acestui pre orientativ deriv din necesitatea informrii
operatorilor de pe piaa grului cu privire la preul de referin, n vederea contracarrii tendinelor de
dezechilibru care se pot manifesta.

Proiectul de Lege privind unele msuri pentru finalizarea privatizrii Societii Naionale a Petrolului
,,PETROM S.A. Bucureti, naintat de ctre Ministerul Economiei i Comerului.
Au fost formulate mai multe propuneri de modificare a proiectului de Lege, dintre care amintim pe aceea privind
introducerea unui nou alineat la articolul 3, cu referire la notificarea msurilor de natura ajutorului de stat
prevzute n proiectul de lege naintat i acordarea acestora numai dup autorizarea de ctre Consiliul
Concurenei.

Proiectul de Hotrre a Guvernului Romniei privind contractarea de ctre Societatea Naional de

Transport Feroviar de Cltori CFR Cltori S.A. a unor credite externe garantate de Ministerul
Finanelor Publice, necesare finanrii achiziiei de automotoare Diesel cu carcas din oel, naintat de
ctre Ministerul Transporturilor, Construciilor i Turismului;

Proiectul de Lege privind unele msuri pentru privatizarea Societilor Comerciale Filiale de Distribuie
i Furnizare a Energiei Electrice Electrica Dobrogea" S.A. i Electrica Banat S.A., naintat de ctre
Ministerul Economiei i Comerului.
Avnd n vedere c prin acest Proiect sunt instituite mai multe msuri susceptibile de a constitui ajutor de stat,
acestea trebuie notificate Consiliului Concurenei de ctre iniiator i furnizorii de ajutor de stat n vederea
analizrii conformitii lor cu legislaia n domeniul ajutorului de stat.

Proiectul de Hotrre a Guvernului privind aprobarea Normelor Metodologice pentru aplicarea Legii
nr. 269/2004 privind acordarea unui ajutor financiar n vederea achiziionrii de calculatoare, naintat de
ctre Ministerul Educaiei i Cercetrii;

Proiectul de Lege privind stingerea unor obligaii bugetare ale agenilor economici care au suferit
pierderi datorit restricionrii navigaiei pe Dunre, urmare a scderii drastice a nivelului apelor
acesteia din cauza secetei prelungite din perioada 1 iunie - 30 septembrie 2003, naintat de Ministerul
Transporturilor, Construciilor i Turismului;

Proiectul de Ordonan de Urgen a Guvernului privind constituirea i utilizarea eficient a veniturilor

cu destinaie special n sectorul energetic, cu propunerea de a fi notificat Consiliului Concurenei
ntrucat prin acest proiect de Ordonan sunt instituite posibile msuri de ajutor de stat;

Proiectul de Ordonan a Guvernului privind reglementarea unor msuri financiare.

S-a elaborat avizul favorabil, cu o serie de observaii i propuneri referitoare la O.U.G. nr. 24/1998 privind
regimul zonelor defavorizate, proiectul de modificare a Legii privind ajutorul de stat, O.U.G nr. 28/1999 privind
comercializarea consumabilelor destinate aparatelor de marcat electronice, O.U.G. nr. 78/2003 pentru
modificarea i completarea Legii nr. 290/2002 privind organizarea i funcionarea unitilor de cercetare-
dezvoltare din domeniile agriculturii, silviculturii, industriei alimentare i a Academiei de tiinte Agricole i
Silvice Gheorghe Ionescu-Siseti.

83
 4. BINDING OPINIONS AND POINTS OF VIEW

119. The Competition Council issued binding opinions, in the light of

Article 28 of the Competition Law, related to: 4.1. Binding opinions

Draft Government Decision submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development
regarding the benchmark price for wheat in the market year 2004-2005.
This is a preliminary guiding price for the negotiations of the buying-selling contracts between farm producers
and merchant processors. Establishing these preliminary prices is the answer to the necessity to inform the
wheat market operators on the benchmark price, in order to counteract distortion trends that may appear.

The draft Law on measures to finalize the privatization of the National Company Petrom SA Bucharest,
submitted by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce.
Several proposals to modify the draft law were made, of which we mention one related to the introduction of a
new article 3, related to the notification of allegedly state aid measures provided in the submitted draft law, to
be granted only after authorization by the Competition Council.

The Draft Decision of the Romanian Government on the credit contracts by the National Society of
Passenger Railway Transport CFR Calatori SA for external credits guaranteed by the Ministry of
Public Finances, necessary to finance the acquisition of Diesel motor engines with steel body,
submitted by the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Tourism;

The Draft Law on measures to privatize the Subsidiary trading companies for the distribution and
supply of electricity Electrica Dobrogea" S.A. and Electrica Banat S.A., proposed by the Ministry of
Economy and Commerce.
Given that this Draft Law creates several measures susceptible of being state aids, they must be notified to the
Competition Council by the aid initiator and grantors in order to analyze their conformity with the state aid laws.

The Draft Government Decision on approving the Enforcement Guidelines to apply Law 269/2004 on
granting financial aid in view of computer acquisition, proposed by the Ministry of Education and
Research;

The Draft Law on relieving the budget obligations of the undertakings who had losses caused by the
restraint of navigation on the Danube, consequent to the drastic drop in the water level after the
extended draught between June 1-September 30, 2003, proposed by the Ministry of Transport,
Construction and Tourism;

The Draft Government Emergency Ordinance on creating and efficient use of incomes with special
destination in the energy sector, with the proposal to notify it to the Competition Council since this
Ordinance bill creates potential measures of aid;

Draft Government Ordinance on the regulation of some financial measures.

A favorable opinion was issued, accompanied by a series of comments and proposals related to G.E.O.
no.24/1998 on the treatment of deprived regions, the draft to modify the State Aid Law, GEO no. 28/1999 on
the trading of consumables for electronic cash machines, GEO no.78/2003 to modify and complete Law
290/2002 on organization and functioning of the research and development centers from agriculture,
silviculture, food industry and the Academy of Agricultural and Silvicultural Sciences Gheorghe Ionescu-
Siseti.

84
 Proiectul de Ordonan de Urgen privind instituirea Programului de Stimulare a nnoirii Parcului
Naional Auto, solicitat de ctre Ministerul Finanelor Publice; Consiliul Concurenei a emis aviz
favorabil, cu observaii i propuneri;

Proiectul de Ordonan de Urgen a Guvernului pentru reglementarea unor msuri financiare la CN

Transelectrica SA, la solicitarea Ministerului Economiei i Comerului; Consiliul Concurenei a emis aviz
favorabil, cu observaii i propuneri;

Proiectul de Hotrre de Guvern privind aprobarea exceptrii de la plat a unor penaliti prevzute la
art. 16 alin. (1) din O.U.G nr. 25/2002 privind unele msuri de urmrire a executrii obligaiilor asumate
prin contractele de privatizare a societilor comerciale; Consiliul Concurenei a emis aviz negativ,
considernd c msurile propuse au efecte anticoncureniale fiind de natur s afecteze viabilizarea
unor ntreprinderi aflate n perioada de restructurare;

Proiectul de Hotrre de Guvern privind completarea anexei la Hotrrea Guvernului nr. 1358/2004
privind aprobarea Listei societilor comerciale din portofoliul AVAS care efectueaz concedieri
colective n baza prevederilor art. 6 din OUG nr. 8/2003 privind stimularea procesului de restructurare,
reorganizare i privatizare a unor societi naionale, companii naionale i societi comerciale cu
capital majoritar de stat, precum i a societilor i regiilor autonome subordonate autoritilor
administraiei publice locale; Consiliul Concurenei a emis aviz favorabil, cu observaii i propuneri;

Proiectul de Ordonan de Urgen a Guvernului privind transmiterea cu plat a unor imobile din
domeniul privat al statului i administrarea AVAS n domeniul privat al Municipiului Bucureti i
administrarea Consiliului General al Municipiului Bucureti; Consiliul Concurenei a emis aviz favorabil,
ntruct msura nu reprezint ajutor de stat;

Proiectul de Ordonan de Urgen privind instituirea unor msuri pentru privatizarea Societii
Comerciale Electroputere S.A. Craiova; Consiliul Concurenei a emis aviz negativ, ntruct msura
prezint ndoieli privind compatibilitatea cu legislaia n domeniul ajutorului de stat;

Proiectul de Lege pentru ucenicia la locul de munc; Consiliul Concurenei a emis aviz favorabil.

120. Consiliul Concurenei a formulat, n baza art. 30 din Legea 4.2. Puncte de vedere
concurenei, puncte de vedere referitoare la :

Proiectul de lege privind stimularea nfiinrii i dezvoltrii ntreprinderilor mici i mijlocii, la solicitarea
Ageniei Naionale pentru ntreprinderi Mici i Mijlocii;
H.G. nr. 1138/2001, pentru aprobarea Schemei de microcredite n vederea administrrii sumelor
alocate Ministerului Muncii i Solidaritii Sociale pentru acordarea de microcredite persoanelor fizice;
Schemele de ajutor de stat coninute de urmtoarele acte normative:
o Legea nr. 230/01.06.2004 privind aprobarea Ordonanei Guvernului nr. 38/2004 pentru
modificarea Ordonanei Guvernului nr. 57/2002 privind cercetarea tiinific i dezvoltare
tehnologic;
o Legea nr. 147/11.05.2004 privind aprobarea Ordonanei de Urgen a Guvernului nr. 78/2003
pentru modificarea i completarea Legii nr. 290/2002 privind organizarea i funcionarea
unitilor de cercetare-dezvoltare din domeniile agriculturii, silviculturii, industriei alimentare i
Academiei de tiine Agricole i Silvice Gheorghe Ionescu Siseti;
o Legea nr. 190/24.05.2004 privind stimularea privatizrii i dezvoltrii societilor comerciale din
domeniul agriculturii.

85
 The Draft Emergency Ordinance to create the Program of incentives to update the National Motor
vehicle Park, proposed by the Ministry of Public Finances; the Competition Council issued a favorable
opinion, with comments and proposals;

The Draft Government Emergency Ordinance to regulate some financial measures for the National
Company Transelectrica SA, upon the request of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce; the
Competition Council issued a favorable opinion, with comments and proposals;

The Draft Government Decision on the approval of write-off of the penalties provided under Article 16
par. (1) of the GEO 25/2002 on measures to pursue the execution of liabilities incurred through the
privatization contracts by trading companies; the Competition Council issued a negative opinion,
deeming that the proposed measures had anticompetitive effects likely to affect viability of some
companies under restructuring;

The Draft Government Decision on completion of the Annex to the GO 1358/2004 on the approval of
the List of trading companies from the AVAS portfolio who achieve collective lay-offs in accordance
with Article 6 of GEO 8/2003 on incentivizing the process of restructuring, organization and
privatization of some national societies, national companies and trading companies with a majority
interest held by the state, and of companies and regies autonomes subordinated to the local public
administration; the Competition Council issued a positive opinion, with comments and proposals;

The Draft Government Emergency Ordinance on shifting, against payment, real estate from the states
private domain and AVASs management into the city of Bucharest private domain and the
management of the General City Council of Bucharest; the Competition Council issued a positive
opinion, since the measure did not represent state aid;

The Draft Emergency Ordinance on creating measures to privatize the Trading Company
Electroputere SA Craiova; the Competition Council issued a negative opinion, because it had doubts
on the compatibility of the measures with the state aid legislation;

The Draft Law on training-on-the-job; the Competition Council issued a positive opinion.

4.2 Point of view 120. Competition Council drafted under Article 30 of the Competition Law,
points of view regarding:

The Draft Law on incentives to set up and develop small and medium sized enterprises, upon the
request of the National Agency of Small and Medium sized Enterprises;
GO 1138/2001 on the approval of the Scheme for micro-credits to manage the amounts allocated to
the Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity in view if granting credits to individuals;
State aid schemes included in the following normative acts:
o Law no. 230/01.06.2004 on the approval of the Government Ordinance no. 38/2004
modifying the Government Ordinance no. 57/2002 on scientific research and technological
development;
o Law no. 147/11.05.2004 on the approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance no.
78/2003 to modify and complete Law no. 290/2002 regarding the organization and
functioning research and development centers from agriculture, silviculture, food industry
and the Academy of Agricultural and Silvicultural Sciences Gheorghe Ionescu-Siseti.
o Law no. 190/24.05.2004 on incentives for the privatization and development of trading
companies form the agriculture.

86
 H.G nr. 166/2004 privind susinerea proiectului Dezvoltarea sistemului de colectare a deeurilor de
ambalaje PET postconsum n vederea reciclrii;
Proiectul de Ordonan a Guvernului pentru reglementarea unor msuri cu privire la finalizarea
privatizrii unor societi comerciale aflate n dificultate;
nlesnirile la plat prevzute n OUG nr. 16/2004 pentru finalizarea privatizrii S.C. Combinatul
Siderurgic Reia S.A, la solicitarea Comisiei pentru privatizare din cadrul Senatului;
Propunerile de amendare ale Ordonanei de Guvern nr. 64/2004 privind reglementarea unor msuri
financiare, naintate de Ministerul Economiei i Comerului.

Propunerile vizeaz completarea O.U.G. nr. 37/2004 privind unele msuri de diminuare a arieratelor din
economie prin introducerea unui nou articol 17 referitor la compensarea garaniilor reinute n cota de 10% din
valoarea utilajelor, echipamentelor, aparatajului i construciilor metalice livrate la Combinatul minier Krivoi Rog
din Ucraina.

Sumele acordate nu creeaz un avantaj societilor comerciale furnizoare de utilaje, echipamente, aparataj i
construcii metalice la Combinatul minier Krivoi Rog din Ucraina, ntruct compensarea se realizeaz numai n
limita garaniei reinut n cota de 10% din valoarea furniturii i nerestituit la finalizarea lucrrilor. Nu sunt
astfel ndeplinite cumulativ condiiile pentru ca msura de compensare s constituie ajutor de stat.

Propunerile de amendare a Ordonanei de Guvern nr. 94/2004 privind reglementarea unor msuri
financiare, naintate de Ministerul Economiei i Comerului

Memorandumul privind renegocierea unor clauze din contractul de vnzare-cumprare de aciuni la

S.C. ISPAT SIDEX i mandatarea AVAS pentru semnarea actului adiional la contract; Consiliul
Concurenei a considerat c propunerea de despgubire a S.C. ISPAT SIDEX S.A. GALAI reprezint
o msur de ajutor de stat incompatibil cu prevederile legislaiei n materia ajutorului de stat.

5. MECANISMUL DE PRECONSULTARE

121. n luna septembrie 2004, Consiliul Concurenei a convenit cu Comisia European o colaborare
administrativ prin stabilirea unui mecanism de preconsultare n cazul emiterii de decizii privind ajutoarele de
stat, n vederea mbuntirii calitii acestora. n baza acestui mecanism, proiectele de decizii elaborate de
Consiliul Concurentei, n msura n care se consider necesar, sunt examinate de Comisia European. Au fost
transmise, astfel, spre analiz 38 proiecte de decizii, din care pn la 31 decembrie 2004 s-au finalizat 23.
Dintre cele finalizate, 16 au fost admise cu observaii i 7 fr modificri.
Trebuie menionat ns c, observaiile aduse in de argumentarea cazurilor i nu de soluia final. Astfel,
ncadrarea propus de Consiliul Concurenei a fost aceeai cu a Comisiei Europene n toate cele 23 cazuri.

Fig.19

Total decizii
38
Finalizate
In curs la sfarsitul anului
23
15

87
 GO 166/2004 on supporting the project Development of the waste collection system of PET package,
post-consumption, for recycling ;
Draft Government Ordinance to regulate measures to finalize the privatization of some trading
companies in difficulty ;
Incentives provided in GEO no.16/2004 to finalize the privatization of Steel Works Resita SA,
requested by the Commission for privatizations in the Senate;
Proposals to amend the GO no. 64/2004 on regulating some financial measures, submitted by the
Ministry of Economy and Commerce.

The proposals aim at completing GEO no. 37/2004 on measures to reduce arrears in the economy in order to
introduce a new article 17 on compensations of guarantees of 10% of the value of tools, equipment,
installations and metal constructions delivered to the mining Steel Works Krivoi Rog from Ukraine.

The amounts granted do not create an advantage for the trading companies who supply tools, equipment,
installations and metal constructions to the mining Steel Works Krivoi Rog from Ukraine, since the
compensation is achieved only through the guarantee of 10% of the value of the supply and which was not
returned at the end of the operations. Thus, the conditions for a compensation to constitute state aid are not
met.

Proposals to amend the Government Ordinance no.94/2004 on regulating some financial measures,
submitted by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce.

The Memorandum on renegotiations of some clauses in the purchase/sales contract of shares in SC

ISPAT SIDEX SA, and mandating AVAS to sign the additional act to the contract; the Competition
Council deemed that the proposal to redress SC ISPAT SIDEX SA stands for a state aid measure
which is incompatible with the state aid legislation.

5. PRE-CONSULTATION MECHANISM

121. During the month of September 2004, the Competition Council agreed with the European Commission on
an administrative cooperation by setting up a pre-consultation mechanism for the state aid decision-making
process. Based on this mechanism, the Councils draft decisions, to the extent it is deemed necessary, are
examined by the European Commission. Thus, 39 draft decisions were analyzed, of which, by December 31,
2004, 23 went through the complete analysis process. From these latter, 16 were admitted with comments,
and 7 without modifications. We must mention however that the comments pertain to the case argumentation
and not to the final solution. Thus, the assessment endorsed by the Competition Council was the same as the
European Commissions in all 23 cases.

Fig.19

Overall decisions
38
Finalized
Ongoing at the end of year
23
15

88
 6. ASIGURAREA TRANSPARENEI

122. Prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului

Concurenei nr.119/18.05.2004, au fost
stabilite modalitile de asigurare a
transparenei deciziilor date de Consiliul
Concurenei n cadrul autorizrii
ajutoarelor de stat. Potrivit acestuia, toate
deciziile se public pe pagina de internet
a instituiei (www.consiliulconcurenei.ro)
mai nti n extras, cuprinznd n forma
succint date care nu au caracter
confidenial.

Decizia se comunic, n extenso,

furnizorului ajutorului de stat, cu
meniunea expres c are la dispoziie un
termen de 15 zile pentru a informa
Consiliul asupra existenei unor date cu
caracter confidenial ce nu pot fi divulgate
ctre teri. n cazul n care Consiliul nu
primete o astfel de comunicare, se
consider c partea este de acord cu
publicarea deciziei n forma n care a fost
comunicat.

Capitolul 3: CONCURENA N UNELE SECTOARE REGLEMENTATE

1. Consideraii generale privind evoluia cadrului legislativ

123. Ultimele modificri ale cadrului legislativ n sectoarele reglementate (comunicaii, gaze naturale, energie
electric, petrol .a.) au vizat, n principal, armonizarea cu acquis-ul comunitar, asigurndu-se astfel i condiiile
necesare pentru deschiderea spre concuren a segmentelor de pia concureniale.
n scopul dezvoltrii concurenei pe aceste piee, operatorii facilitilor eseniale (reele, conducte .a.) au fost
supui unor reglementri de asigurare a accesului liber i nediscriminatoriu.

Activitile neconcureniale au fost separate de cele concureniale fie prin separare legal (structural), fie prin
impunerea obligaiei asigurrii evidenei contabile distincte.

89
 6. ENSURING TRANSPARENCY

122. By Order of the

President of the Competition
Council 119/18.05.2004, the
modalities to ensure
transparency of the decisions
granted by the Competition
Council in the state aid
authorization area. By virtue of
this Order, all decisions are
published on the internet website
of the agency
(www.competition.ro) first in
excerpts, including in concise
form nonconfidential information.

The decision is conveyed in

extenso to the state aid grantor,
while expressely mentioning that
they have 15 day time limit to
inform the Competition Council
on the confidential data which
may not be disseminated by third parties. In case the Council does not receive such statement, it is deemed
that the party agrees with the publication of the decision as it was communicated.

Chapter 3: COMPETITION IN SOME REGULATED SECTORS

1. General opinions regarding the development of the legislative framework

123. The last amendments of the legislative framework in the regulated sectors (communication, natural gas,
electric energy, oil) aimed, primarily, at the harmonization with the acquis-communautaire, providing also the
necessary terms for the opening towards competition of the competitive market sectors. For the development of
competition on these markets, the providers of essential facilities (networks, piping etc.) were submitted to
some regulations in order to ensure free and indiscriminately access.

The noncompetitive activities were separated from the competitive ones either by legal (structural) division, or
by imposing the obligation to ensure distinct bookkeeping.

90
n scopul aplicrii eficiente a reglementrilor n domeniul concurenei, Consiliul a continuat cooperarea cu
autoritile de reglementare sectorial. Pentru a dezvolta i consolida aceast cooperare, ncepnd cu anul
2004, Consiliul Concurenei a ncheiat, pentru prima oar, protocoale de colaborare cu majoritatea autoritilor
de reglementare sectorial, respectiv cu: Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Comunicaii, Autoritatea
Naional de Reglementare n Domeniul Gazelor Naturale, Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Domeniul
Energiei Electrice, Comisia de Supraveghere a Asigurrilor, Comisia Naional a Valorilor Mobiliare.

124. Transpunerea n legislaia national a acquis-ului comunitar

2. Comunicaii electronice i
din domeniul comunicaiilor electronice i al serviciilor potale a
constituit una dintre prioritile Romniei i, nc din anul 2002, au servicii potale
fost preluate n legislaia naional i au fost puse n aplicare
majoritatea noilor reglementri comunitare. Romnia a fost prima ar din Europa care a ncorporat n legislaia
naional prevederile noului cadru de reglementare n domeniul reelelor i serviciilor de comunicaii electronice
adoptat la nivelul Uniunii Europene n anul 2002.

Conform cadrului instituional comunitar, n Romnia a fost nfiinat Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n
Comunicaii (ANRC), care are rolul de a implementa legislaia primar prin decizii ale preedintelui instituiei.

2.1. Comunicaii electronice Evoluia cadrului legal

125. Cadrul general de reglementare a sectorului de comunicaii electronice este asigurat de Ordonana de
urgen a Guvernului nr. 79/2002, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, iar accesul la reelele de comunicaii
electronice i la infrastructura asociat, precum i interconectarea acestora sunt reglementate de Ordonana
Guvernului nr. 34/2002, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare.

Conform reglementrilor n vigoare, furnizarea reelelor i serviciilor de comunicaii electronice este liber i se
face n condiiile regimului de autorizare general.

126. n vederea asigurrii unui nivel adecvat de protecie a datelor cu caracter personal i a vieii private a
utilizatorilor de servicii de comunicaii electronice, n cursul anului 2004 a fost adoptat Legea nr. 506/2004
privind prelucrarea datelor cu caracter personal i protecia vieii private n sectorul comunicaiilor electronice,
care transpune n dreptul naional Directiva 2002/58/CE. Adoptarea acestei legi ncheie procesul de
transpunere n dreptul naional a noului cadru de reglementare din domeniul comunicaiilor electronice de la
nivelul Uniunii Europene.

127. n scopul alinierii la normele comunitare n ceea ce privete structura, organizarea i atribuiile autoritilor
din domeniul comunicaiilor electronice, a fost adoptat Legea nr. 510/2004 privind reorganizarea
Inspectoratului General pentru Comunicaii i Tehnologia Informaiei.

128. Prin Instruciunile privind modul de aplicare a regulilor de concuren acordurilor de acces din sectorul de
comunicaii electronice - cadrul general, piee relevante, principii, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 61/2004, a fost reglementat, conform regulilor comunitare, relaia dintre
reglementrile specifice sectorului de comunicaii electronice i cele din domeniul concurenei.

129. n aplicarea legislaiei primare, n cursul anului 2004, ANRC a desfurat o ampl activitate de
adoptare a legislaiei secundare i de asigurare a implementrii cadrului legal existent.

91
In order to have an efficient application of the competition regulations, the Competition Council developed a
permanent cooperation with the sectoral regulating Authorities. The Competition Council signed, for the first
time, collaboration protocols with the majority of sectoral regulatory Authorities, such as: the National
Regulatory Authority in the Communication sector (ANRC), the National Regulatory Authority in the Natural Gas
sector, the National Regulatory Authority in the Electric power sector, the Commission for Supervision of
Insurance, the National Securities Commission. These cooperation protocols had a key role in strengthening
this collaboration.

2. Electronic communication 124. The transposition of the acquis-communautaire in the national

and postal services legislation in the field of electronic communication and postal services
was one of Romanias priorities and, ever since 2002, they were
transposed in the national legislation and most of the new
communautaire regulations were applied. Romania was the first country in Europe that included in the national
legislation the provisions of the new regulation framework in the field of networks and electronic communication
services, adopted at European level in 2002.

According to the institutional Community framework, the National Regulatory Authority in Communication sector
(ANRC) was created in Romania, whose role is to implement the primary legislation through decisions of the
president of the institution.

The development of the legal framework 2.1. Electronic communications

125. The general regulating framework of electronic communications sector is represented by the Government
Emergency Ordinance no. 79/2002, with further modifications and completions, and the access to the electronic
communications networks and to the associated infrastructure, and also to their interconnecting, are regulated
by the Government Ordinance no. 34/2002, with further modifications and completions.
According to the provisions in force, the supply of services and electronic communications networks is
open/free and it is done in accordance with the terms of general authorization system.

126. In order to ensure an adequate level of protection of personal data and of the private life of users of
electronic communications services, during 2004 the Law no. 506/2004 regarding the processing of personal
data and private life protection in the field of electronic communications was adopted. This Law transposes in
the national law, the EC Directive no. 58/2002EC. The adoption of this Law ends the transposition process in
the national legislation of the new regulating framework of the European Union in the field of electronic
communications.

127. In order to be in line with the communautaire norms regarding the structure, organization and the
attributions of the authorities in the field of electronic communications, the Law no.510/2004 regarding the
organization of General Inspectorate for Communications and Information Technology was adopted.

128. Through the Guidelines regarding the way of application of competition rules to the access agreements
from the electronic communication sector general framework, relevant markets, principles, put into force
through the Competition Council Presidents Order no. 61/2004, the relationship between the specific provisions
of the electronic communication sector and those from the competition field was regulated according to
communautaire rules.

129. In the application of primary legislation, during 2004, ANRC developed a vast activity for the adoption
of the secondary legislation and for guaranteeing the enforcement of the existing legal framework.

92
130. n domeniul utilizrii resurselor de numerotaie, msurile de reglementare au vizat:
asigurarea cadrului legal pentru implementarea procedurii de selectare a transportatorului fr ton
intermediar, n vederea dezvoltrii pieei de comunicaii electronice i creterii competiiei pe piaa
serviciilor de telefonie interurban i internaional;
stabilirea anumitor reguli specifice privind utilizarea resurselor de numerotaie, n vederea utilizrii
eficiente a acestora, n concordan cu practicile europene.

131. n scopul asigurrii interoperabilitii reelelor i serviciilor de comunicaii electronice pe baza

principiilor eficienei economice, promovrii concurenei i maximizrii beneficiilor utilizatorilor finali, ANRC a
impus S.C. Romtelecom S.A., operator cu putere semnificativ pe piaa accesului la reelele publice
de telefonie fix, n vederea originrii, terminrii i tranzitului apelurilor i pe piaa serviciilor de linii nchiriate-
segmente terminale, obligaii de transparen, de nediscriminare, de inere a evidenei contabile separate, de
furnizare a unor servicii i de acordare a accesului la anumite faciliti, precum i de fundamentare a tarifelor n
funcie de costuri n legtur cu interconectarea reelei pe care o opereaz.

132. n vederea respectrii obligaiilor de transparen i de nediscriminare, S.C. Romtelecom S.A. are
obligaia de a publica pe pagina sa de Internet i de a pune la dispoziia oricrui solicitant o Ofert de Referin
pentru Interconectare (ORI), care s cuprind cel puin setul minim de servicii de interconectare stabilit prin
decizie a preedintelui ANRC.
Pentru a se asigura dezvoltarea unui mediu concurenial normal i condiii echitabile n ceea ce privete
furnizarea serviciilor de telefonie de ctre ceilali furnizori de pe pia, ANRC a modificat palierele orare de
tarifare de pe piaa de gros, n conformitate cu cele aplicate pe piaa cu amnuntul.
Noile reglementri ORI, referitoare la interconectarea pentru linii nchiriatesegmente terminale, au vizat ntre
altele, completarea setului de produse care trebuie oferit pe baza ORI i modificarea prevederilor referitoare la
procesul de prognoz a comenzilor de linii nchiriatesegmente terminale. De asemenea, ANRC a propus o
structur de codificare flexibil a liniilor nchiriate-segmente terminale, care permite urmrirea cu uurin a
sub-segmentelor care sunt utilizate pentru a construi o linie nchiriat-segment terminal, a caracteristicilor
tehnice ale acestora, precum i a tarifului pentru respectivul produs.

133. S.C. Romtelecom S.A. i-a fost impus obligaia de a ine evidena contabil separat pentru
activitile care au legtur cu interconectarea i accesul la reeaua sa ori la infrastructura asociat
acesteia. n scopul implementrii acestei obligaii, preedintele ANRC a aprobat, prin decizie, un regulament
care conine reguli detaliate privind ntocmirea, publicarea i auditul situaiilor financiare separate.

n scopul implementrii efective i transparente de ctre S.C. Romtelecom S.A. a obligaiei de

fundamentare a tarifelor n funcie de costuri, prin decizie a preedintelui ANRC a fost aprobat
Regulamentul privind realizarea modelului de tip top-down de calculaie a costurilor incrementale pe termen
lung de ctre Societatea Comercial Romtelecom S.A. Stabilirea tarifelor se va realiza, conform celor mai
bune practici internaionale, pe baza unui model hibrid, rezultat din reconcilierea a doua modele de calculaie a
costurilor incrementale pe termen lung (top-down, dezvoltat i implementat de S.C. RomtelecomS.A, i
bottom-up, dezvoltat de ANRC). Acest model va permite investigarea setului complex de relaii ntre costuri i
nivelurile cererii i va reflecta cu acuratee sporit nivelul real al costurilor operatorului.

134. ANRC a stabilit, de asemenea, c tarifele de terminare a apelurilor n reelele publice mobile ale
furnizorilor crora le-a fost impus obligaia de orientare pe costuri a tarifelor vor fi determinate tot pe baza
unui model hibrid, dezvoltat n urma reconcilierii modelelor de calculaie a costurilor incrementale pe termen
lung dezvoltate de ctre operatori (modele de tip top-down) i, respectiv, de ctre ANRC (modele de tip
bottom-up).

ANRC a nceput dezvoltarea modelului de tip bottom-up, n scopul utilizrii acestuia n cadrul procesului de
orientare pe costuri a tarifelor serviciilor de interconectare cu reelele publice mobile ale S.C. Mobifon S.A. i
S.C. Orange Romnia S.A., n vederea terminrii apelurilor.

93
130. In the field of usage of numbering resources, the regulating measures aimed at:
ensuring the legal framework for implementing the procedure for selecting the transporter without
intermediate tone, in view of developing the electronic communications market and of increasing of
competition on international and long- distance call services market;
establishing of a number of specific rules regarding the use of the numbering resources, in view of a
more efficient usage, according to the European practices.

131. In order to ensure the interoperability of networks and electronic communication services on the
basis of principles of economic efficiency, promotion of competition and maximization of the benefits of final
users, ANRC imposed to S.C. Romtelecom S.A. (operator with a large power on the market of access
to public networks of fixed telephony, in view of originating, finishing and transiting calls and also on the market
of services of rented lines - terminal segments, obligation for transparency, for non-discrimination, for separate
bookkeeping, for supplying some services and for granting the access to some facilities, and also for
grounding the fares according to the costs related to the interconnection of operated network.

132. In order to comply with the transparency and non discrimination obligations, S.C. Romtelecom S.A.
is compelled to publish on its internet website and make available for any applicant a Reference Offer for
Interconnection (ROI), which should include at least the minimum set of interconnection services established
through the decision of the ANRC President.
In order to ensure the development of a normal competitive environment and some fair terms regarding the
supply of telephony services by other suppliers on the market, ANRC changed the tariff timetables on the
wholesale market, according to those applied on the retail market.
The new ROI regulations concerning the interconnection for rented lines terminal segments, aimed, among
others, at completing the products set that must be offered on the ROI basis and at amending the provisions
concerning the forecasting process of demands for rented lines terminal segments. The ANRC also put
forward a flexible coding structure of rented lines terminal segments, which allows an easy tracking of the sub-
segments used to create a rented line terminal segments, of their technical features, and of the tariff for that
product.

133. A separate bookkeeping for the activities related to interconnection and access to its network or to
its associated infrastructure was imposed to S.C. Romtelecom S.A.. In order to implement this obligation,
the ANRCs President approved, by decision, a regulation that includes detailed rules regarding the elaboration,
publication and audit of separate financial situations.
For an effective and transparent implementation by S.C. Romtelecom S.A. of the obligation to ground
the tariffs according to the costs, through the decision of ANRC president the Regulation regarding the
elaboration of the top-down model for calculating the incremental costs on long term by Societatea
Comercial Romtelecom S.A. was approved.
The setting of tariffs will be made, according to the best international practices, based on a hybrid model,
resulted from the reconciliation of two methods of calculating the incremental costs on the long term (top-
down, developed and implemented by S.C. RomtelecomS.A, and bottom-up, developed by ANRC). This
model will allow the investigation of the complex set of relations between costs and the levels of increasing of
demand and will reflect more accurately the real level of the operators costs.

134. The ANRC also established that the fares for ending the calls in the public mobile networks of the
suppliers that were imposed the obligation to set fares according to costs will be determined on the basis of
a hybrid model as well, resulted from the reconciliation of two methods of calculating the incremental costs on
long term developed by operators (top-down models) and by ANRC (bottom-up models).

The ANRC started to develop the bottom-up model in order to use it in the process of setting fares according
to the costs of services for interconnection with public mobile networks of S.C. Mobifon S.A. and S.C.
Orange Romania S.A., in view of ending the calls.

94
135. n scopul asigurrii accesului necondiionat la bucla local, prin decizie a preedintelui ANRC, au fost
impuse S.C. Romtelecom S.A. obligaii privind furnizarea accesului necondiionat, total sau partajat, la bucla
local aparinnd reelei publice de telefonie fix pe care o opereaz. Aceste msuri vor permite noilor-intrai pe
pia s ofere propriile servicii de comunicaii electronice i vor ncuraja inovaia tehnologic i investiiile
eficiente n infrastructur. De asemenea, au fost impuse S.C. Romtelecom S.A obligaii de transparen, de
nediscriminare, de furnizare a unor servicii i de acordare a accesului la anumite faciliti, precum i de
fundamentare a tarifelor n funcie de costuri, n legtur cu accesul necondiionat la bucla local.

Tarifele maxime la care S.C. Romtelecom S.A. va furniza accesul necondiionat la bucla local au fost
stabilite pe baza unor servicii echivalente furnizate pe piaa de linii nchiriate-segmente terminale.

136. n conformitate cu prevederile Legii nr. 304/2003, care stabilete cadrul legal general privind serviciul
universal i drepturile utilizatorilor cu privire la reelele i serviciile de comunicaii electronice, i cu Documentul
de politic i strategie privind implementarea serviciului universal n sectorul comunicaiilor electronice (aprobat
prin Ordinul ministrului comunicaiilor i tehnologiei informaiei nr. 184/2004), prin decizie a preedintelui ANRC
au fost stabilite condiiile i procedura de desemnare a furnizorilor de serviciu universal pentru
asigurarea accesibilitii la reeaua public de telefonie pentru anumite categorii defavorizate de utilizatori,
precum i pentru asigurarea accesului la telefoanele publice cu plat. De asemenea, a fost stabilit mecanismul
de compensare a costului net al furnizrii serviciilor din sfera serviciului universal.

Prin decizii individuale, ANRC a desemnat - ca furnizori de serviciu universal pentru subvenionarea
serviciilor de acces la reeaua public de telefonie, la un punct fix, i acordarea unor faciliti aplicabile n caz
de neplat a facturii telefonice - 14 furnizori de servicii de acces la reeaua public de telefonie, la un punct fix,
indiferent de tipul reelei i de tehnologia utilizat.

n urma unei licitaii publice deschise organizat de ANRC, S.C. Orange Romnia S.A a fost desemnat
ca furnizor de serviciu universal n vederea oferirii accesului la reeaua public de telefonie, la un punct fix,
prin intermediul telecentrelor, n 5 localiti din Romnia.

137. Prin decizie a preedintelui, ANRC a identificat, n colaborare cu Consiliul Concurenei, urmtoarele piee
cu amnuntul relevante:
piaa furnizrii accesului la un punct fix la o reea public de telefonie pentru persoane fizice;
piaa furnizrii accesului la un punct fix la o reea public de telefonie pentru persoane juridice;
piaa apelurilor locale la puncte fixe pentru persoane fizice;
piaa apelurilor locale la puncte fixe pentru persoane juridice;
piaa apelurilor naionale la puncte fixe pentru persoane fizice;
piaa apelurilor naionale la puncte fixe pentru persoane juridice;
piaa apelurilor internaionale la puncte fixe pentru persoane fizice;
piaa apelurilor internaionale la puncte fixe pentru persoane juridice;
piaa apelurilor la puncte fixe ctre reele publice de telefonie mobil pentru persoane fizice;
piaa apelurilor la puncte fixe ctre reele publice de telefonie mobil pentru persoane juridice.

Pe baza concluziilor din analizele de pia efectuate, ANRC a desemnat S.C. Romtelecom S.A. ca furnizor
cu putere semnificativ pe primele nou dintre pieele menionate mai sus.
Desemnarea furnizorului cu putere semnificativ pe cea de a zecea pia a fost amnat, fiind necesar
obinerea unor date de pia suplimentare.

138. Majorarea tarifelor pentru furnizarea serviciilor cu amnuntul de ctre S.C. Romtelecom S.A.
s-a realizat sub controlul ANRC. La data de 29 aprilie 2004, ANRC a aprobat propunerea de rebalansare
naintat de S.C. Romtelecom S.A, care a cuprins:
- trecerea de la tarifarea la impuls la tarifarea pe minut;
- extinderea palierelor orare de tarifare redus;

95
135. In view of assuring the unconditional access to the local loop, through the decision of ANRCs
president, duties were imposed to S.C. Romtelecom S.A. regarding the unconditional, total or partial, access
to the local loop belonging to public network of fixed telephony that it operates. These measures will allow the
new entries on the market to offer their own services of electronic communication and will encourage
technological innovation and efficient investments in infrastructure. Obligations such as: transparency and non
discriminating obligations, obligation for supplying some services, for granting the access to some facilities, and
also for grounding the fares according to the costs related to unconditional access to the local loop were also
imposed to S.C. Romtelecom S.A.
The maximum fares to which S.C. Romtelecom S.A. will supply unconditional access to the local loop were
set on the premises of some equivalent services placed on the market for rented lines terminal segments.

136. According to the provisions of the Law no. 304/2003, that establishes the general legal framework
concerning universal service and consumers rights regarding the networks and the electronic communication
services, together with the Document for policy and strategy regarding the enforcement of universal service in
the electronic communications field (approved through the Order no. 184/2004 of the Minister of
Communications and Technology of Information), through the decision of ANRCs President, the terms and
procedure for assigning the suppliers of universal service for providing the access to the public telephone
network for certain disadvantaged categories of users, and also for ensuring the access to public pay phones
were set. The mechanism for compensation of net cost for supplying services in the universal service sector
was also established.
Through individual decisions, ANRC assigned as suppliers of universal service for subsidizing the services
of access to the public fixed telephony, at a fixed point, and granting of some facilities applicable in the case of
failure to pay of the telephone bill -- 14 suppliers of access services for the public telephone network, at a fixed
point, regardless the type of network and used technology.

Following an open public auction organized by ANRC, S.C. Orange Romnia S.A was assigned as
supplier of universal service in view of granting the access to public telephone network, at a fixed point,
through telecenters, in 5 localities in Romania.

137. Through the Presidents decision, ANRC identified, in cooperation with the Competition Council, the
following relevant retailing markets:
the market of supplying the access to a fixed point at a public telephone network for persons;
the market of supplying the access to a fixed point at a public telephone network for legal entities;
the market of local calls to fixed points for persons;
the market of local calls to fixed points for legal entities;
the market of national calls to fixed points for persons;
the market of national calls to fixed points for legal entities
the market of international calls to fixed points for persons;
the market of international calls to fixed points for legal entities;
the market of calls at fixed points towards public mobile telephony networks for persons;
the market of calls to fixed points towards public mobile telephony networks for legal entities;

Based on the conclusions from the market analyses, ANRC assigned S.C. Romtelecom S.A. as supplier
with significant power on the first nine markets mentioned above.
The assignment of the supplier with significant power on the tenth market was delayed, the acquiring of some
supplementary market information being necessary.

138. The increasing of fares for supplying retail services by S.C. Romtelecom S.A. was
accomplished under ANRCs control. On 29th April 2004, ANRC approved the proposal for rebalancing
submitted by S.C. Romtelecom S.A, which contained:
- transition from impulse to minute rating ;
- the extension of schedules with reduced fares;

96
 - diminuarea tarifelor pentru apeluri interurbane, internaionale i ctre reelele mobile i majorarea
tarifelor pentru abonamente, apeluri locale, conectri, acces special Internet i apeluri de la telefoane publice.

Cea de a treia etap de rebalansare a tarifelor cu amnuntul a S.C. Romtelecom-S.A. a fost aprobat de
ANRC la data de 24 decembrie 2004, dup analiza documentelor justificative elaborate conform Regulamentului
privind realizarea evidenei contabile separate, n cadrul contabilitii interne de gestiune, de ctre Societatea
Comercial Romtelecom S.A., nsoite de raportul unui auditor realizat n conformitate cu Standardele
Internaionale de Audit.
Evoluia mediului concurenial

139. Cadrul legal existent a facilitat realizarea unor importante progrese n dezvoltarea pieelor specifice
sectorului de comunicaii electronice.

140. La data de 20 decembrie 2004 existau 2500 de companii autorizate s furnizeze

Telefonia fix
reele publice fixe de comunicaii electronice i 222 de companii autorizate s furnizeze
servicii de telefonie prin intermediul reelelor publice fixe, dintre care 61 de companii
furnizau efectiv servicii de telefonie. Dintre cele 61 de companii, 48 ofereau efectiv servicii de apeluri
internaionale, 20 companii ofereau efectiv servicii de apeluri locale i naionale, iar 18 furnizau efectiv apeluri la
un punct fix ctre o reea public de telefonie mobil.

Fa de sfritul anului 2002 (momentul liberalizrii complete a pieei de telecomunicaii din Romnia), numrul
de abonai la serviciile de telefonie fix a nregistrat o evoluie uor ascendent, rata de cretere fiind, n
perioada decembrie 2002 - decembrie 2004, de 4,1%. Tendina de cretere a ratei de penetrare a telefoniei
fixe, nregistrat n ultimii ani, s-a meninut. Rata de penetrare a telefoniei fixe, raportat la populaia Romniei
i, respectiv, la numrul de gospodrii, a atins, la 31 decembrie 2004, valoarea de 20,24% i, respectiv,
53,76%, fa de 19,43% i, respectiv, 51,44%, n 2002.

Traficul total cu originea n reelele publice de telefonie fix din Romnia, inclusiv Acces Special Internet, a
nregistrat n anul 2004 o valoare de 11.083 milioane minute. n cadrul traficului de voce, traficul internaional
de originare a nregistrat o cretere semnificativ, valoarea acestuia fiind, n anul 2004, cu 37% mai mare
dect cea nregistrat n anul 2003.
Aceeai tendin se observ i n cazul traficului, cu originea n reele publice de telefonie fix, ctre alte
reele publice de telefonie fix, care a fost de 10 ori mai mare n anul 2004 dect cel nregistrat n anul
2003. Aceast evoluie reprezint o consecin a apariiei unui numr mare de furnizori alternativi, a cror
ofert variat, incluznd servicii integrate, stimuleaz utilizarea de servicii de comunicaii electronice.

La 2 ani de la liberalizarea complet a pieei, se poate vorbi de alternative concrete la serviciile de telefonie
fix furnizate de operatorul fost monopolist. La sfritul anului 2004 se nregistrau 60 de furnizori alternativi
activi pe pia, cu 24 mai muli dect la sfritul anului 2003. n funcie de categoria de apeluri oferite, 19
furnizori ofereau efectiv servicii de apeluri naionale, 17 ofereau servicii de apeluri fix-mobil, iar 47 ofereau
servicii de apeluri internaionale.

Cu toate c la nivel mondial se nregistreaz o tendin de stagnare, n Romnia se anticipeaz o cretere

constant a sectorului telefoniei fixe. Aceast apreciere se bazeaz pe evoluia numrului de abonai ai
fostului operator monopolist i ai furnizorilor alternativi. Operatorii alternativi au deinut o cot de 38,70% din
traficul total realizat n anul 2004 pe segmentul convorbirilor internaionale (fa de 21,43% n anul 2003),
ofertele alternative avnd un impact semnificativ asupra pieei apelurilor internaionale la puncte fixe. Valoarea
traficului total cu origine n reelele publice de telefonie fix, raportat de operatorii alternativi n anul 2004, a
fost de 4 ori mai mare dect cea nregistrat n anul 2003.

97
 - the diminution of fares for long distance, international and mobile networks calls and the increasing
of fares for subscriptions, local calls, connection, special Internet access and pay phone calls.

The third step for rebalancing retail tariffs of S.C. Romtelecom-S.A. was approved by ANRC on December
24th, 2004, after the analysis of justifying documents elaborated according to the Regulation on keeping
separate accounts, within the internal administration accounting system, by S.C. Romtelecom S.A., together
with the report of an auditor made according to the International Auditing Standards.

The development of the competitive environment

139. The existing legal framework facilitated the achievement of some important progress in the development
of the specific markets for the electronic communications sector.

140. On December 20th 2004 there were 2500 companies authorized to supply public
fixed networks for electronic communications and 222 companies authorized to supply Fixed telephony
phone services through public phone networks, among which 61 companies
effectively supplied phone services. From these 61 companies, 48 offered international call services, 20
companies offered local and national call services, and 18 of them supplied calls from a fixed location towards a
public mobile telephony network.

Compared to the end of 2002 (the moment of complete liberalization of the telecommunication market in
Romania), the number of subscribers for fixed telephone services registered a slightly upward evolution,
the increase rate being of 4.1% between December 2002 December 2004.The upward tendency of the
penetration rate of the fixed telephone services, registered in the last few years, was maintained. The
breaking through rate of the fixed public telephone networks, reported to Romanias population and to the
number of households, reached 20.24% at December 31st 2004, and respectively 53.76%, compared to
19.43% and respectively 51.44%, in 2002.

The total traffic originating in fixed public telephone networks in Romania, including the Special Internet
Access, registered a value of 11,083 million minutes in 2004. Within the framework of voice traffic, the
international originating traffic registered a significant increase, its value being (in 2004) with 37% larger
than the one registered in 2003.
The same tendency is noticed in the case of traffic, originating in the fixed public telephone networks,
towards fixed public telephone networks, which was 10 times larger in 2004 than the one registered in
2003. This evolution is a consequence of the appearance of a large number of alternative providers, with a
diversified offer, including integrated services, that stimulates the usage of electronic communication services.

After 2 years of complete market liberalization, we can talk about practical alternatives to the fixed public
telephone services provided by the former monopolist operator. At the end of 2004 there were 60 active
alternative providers on the market, 24 more than at the end of 2003. According to the category of offered
calls, 19 suppliers offered national call services, 17 offered fixed-mobile call services, and 47 international call
services.

Although there is a stagnation tendency worldwide, a constant increase in the fixed public telephone
networks sector is anticipated in Romania. This is based on the evolution of the number of subscribers of the
ex-monopolist operator and of the alternative providers. The alternative operators held a 38.70% quota of the
total traffic recorded in 2004 on the international calls segment (compared to 21.43% in 2003), the alternative
offers having a major impact on the markets of international calls towards fixed points. The value of total traffic
originating in fixed public telephone networks, reported by alternative operators in 2004, was 4 times larger
than the one registered in 2003.

98
n ceea ce privete piaa de gros, la sfritul lunii decembrie 2004, 35 furnizori au ncheiat acorduri de
interconectare direct cu S.C. Romtelecom S.A., iar ali 5 furnizori erau interconectai indirect cu acest
operator. La nivelul comutatoarelor digitale locale erau interconectai 3 operatori alternativi de telefonie fix, iar
ali 3 i exprimaser intenia de a se interconecta la nivel local.

141. La data de 20 decembrie 2004 existau 73 de companii autorizate s furnizeze

Telefonia mobil
servicii de telefonie prin intermediul reelelor publice mobile, dintre care 4
furnizau efectiv astfel de servicii, prin utilizarea tuturor tipurilor importante de tehnologie. Mai mult, ncepnd
din noiembrie 2004, S.C. Mobifon S.A. i S.C. Orange Romnia S.A. dein licenele necesare pentru a
oferi servicii de telefonie mobil din generaia a treia (3G).

Numrul utilizatorilor de servicii furnizate prin intermediul reelelor publice mobile i aria de acoperire a reelelor
au nregistrat creteri nsemnate. La 31 decembrie 2004, numrul total de utilizatori era cu peste 45% mai mare
dect cel existent la sfritul anului 2003. Rata de penetrare a telefoniei mobile, la nivel de populaie,
nregistrat la finele anului 2004, a avut o valoare de 47% (fa de 32% la sfritul anului 2003).

Ofertele furnizorilor de servicii de telefonie prin intermediul reelelor publice mobile au fost variate, iar cererea
a crescut pentru toate tipurile de servicii oferite: servicii de voce, SMS, MMS, servicii de date.
Att traficul de voce, ct i numrul de SMS-uri i MMS-uri trimise n cursul anului 2004 nregistreaz valori
semnificativ mai mari dect cele realizate n anul 2003. Fa de anul 2003, n anul 2004, traficul de voce,
inclusiv roaming, cu originea n reelele publice de telefonie mobil a fost mai mare cu 49%, numrul de mesaje
scrise trimise s-a dublat, iar cel al mesajelor multimedia a fost de 17 ori mai mare. De asemenea, numrul
utilizatorilor de servicii de date furnizate prin intermediul reelelor publice mobile n anul 2004 a crescut de 2,5
ori fa de numrul utilizatorilor de astfel de servicii din anul 2003.

n ceea ce privete acordurile de interconectare ncheiate cu furnizorii

Acces la Internet i linii nchiriate
de reele publice de telefonie mobil, 12 operatori au ncheiat
acorduri de interconectare cu S.C. Mobifon S.A., 14 operatori
cu S.C. Orange Romnia S.A., 5 operatori cu S.C. Telemobil S.A. i 4 operatori cu S.C. Cosmorom
S.A.

142. La data de 20 decembrie 2004, existau 679 de companii autorizate pentru furnizarea serviciilor de
acces la Internet. La sfritul primei jumti a anului 2004, furnizorii activi pe piaa de comunicaii
electronice ofereau servicii de acces la Internet astfel: acces dial-up, 166 furnizori; acces prin cablu coaxial,
68 furnizori; acces prin fibra optic, 72 furnizori; acces radio, 170 furnizori; acces xDSL, 78 furnizori; acces
prin alte mijloace, 226 furnizori.

Comparativ cu anul 2003, n primele ase luni ale anului 2004 s-a nregistrat o cretere a gradului de utilizare a
serviciilor de Internet. Numrul conexiunilor la Internet a nregistrat o sporire important (de 51,48%),
comparativ cu cel nregistrat la sfritul anului 2003. Dintre acestea, peste 45% erau conexiuni furnizate prin
dial-up, la puncte fixe i la puncte mobile.

De asemenea, la sfritul primului semestru al anului 2004, numrul conexiunilor dedicate la Internet a
crescut semnificativ, cu 78,97%, fa de 31 decembrie 2003, indiferent de suportul utilizat pentru asigurarea
conexiunii.

n ceea ce privete serviciile de linii nchiriate, la data de 30 iunie 2004, existau 214 companii autorizate s
furnizeze servicii de linii nchiriate, iar 15 furnizau efectiv astfel de servicii.
Numrul utilizatorilor care foloseau servicii de linii nchiriate la sfritul primei jumti a anului 2004 era
comparabil cu cel nregistrat la sfritul anului 2003.

99
In the wholesale market, at the end of December 2004, 35 providers concluded direct interconnection
agreements with S.C. Romtelecom S.A., and other 5 providers were indirectly interconnected with this
operator. On the level of local digital switches 3 alternative operators of fixed public telephone networks were
interconnected, and other 3 stated their intention to interconnect themselves at a local level.

Mobile telephony 141. On December 20th 2004 there were 73 companies authorized to provide
call services through public mobile networks, among which 4 of them
effectively provided these services, using all major types of technology. Moreover, since November 2004,
S.C. Mobifon S.A. and S.C. Orange Romania S.A. hold the necessary licenses to provide third
generation mobile telephony (3G).

The number of users of services provided through public mobile networks and the coverage area of the
networks registered significant increasing. On December 31st, 2004, the total number of users was more than
45% higher than the existing one at the end of 2003. The penetration rate of mobile telephony, on population
level, recorded at the end of 2004, was of 47% (compared to 32% at the end of 2003).

The offers of the providers of call services through public mobile networks were diversified, and the demand
increased for all types of offered services: voice services, SMS, MMS, data services.
Both the voice traffic and the number of SMS and MMS sent during 2004recorded significantly larger values
compared to those from 2003. Compared to 2003, in 2004, the voice traffic (including roaming) originating in
public mobile telephony networks was 49% higher, the number of SMS doubled and the number of MMS was
17 times higher. The number of users of data services supplied through public mobile networks also increased
2.5 times in 2004, compared to the number of users recorded in 2003.

Regarding the interconnection agreements concluded with Acces to Internet and leased lines
providers of mobile telephony, 12 operators concluded
interconnection agreements with S.C. Mobifon S.A., 14
operators with S.C. Orange Romnia S.A., 5 operators with S.C. Telemobil S.A. and 4 operators with
S.C. Cosmorom S.A.

142. On December 20th 2004, there were 679 companies authorized to supply Internet access services. At
the end of the first half of 2004, the active operators on the electronic communications market provided
Internet access services as follows: dial-up access - 166 providers; access through coaxial cable - 68
providers; access through optical fiber - 72 providers; radio access - 170 providers; xDSL access - 78
providers; access through other ways - 226 providers.

Compared to 2003, in the first 6 months of 2004, an increase of the degree of usage of Internet services was
recorded. The number of Internet connections registered an important increase (of 51.48%), compared to
the one recorded at the end of 2003. From these connections 45% were supplied through dial-up, at mobile and
fixed points.

At the end of the first half of 2004, the number of Internet connections also increased significantly (with
78.97%), compared to December 31st 2003, regardless the type of connection.

Regarding the leased lines services, on June 30th 2004, there were 214 companies authorized to provide
leased line services, and 15 of those effectively provided this type of services.
The number of users of leased lines services at the end of the firs half of 2004 was comparable to the one
recorded at the end of 2003.

100
 Evoluia cadrului legal
143. Potrivit cadrului legal existent, la intrarea pe piaa serviciilor potale care nu
2.2. Servicii potale sunt incluse n sfera serviciului universal este necesar doar o notificare ctre
ANRC.

n cursul anului 2004, prin decizie a preedintelui ANRC, Compania Naional Pota Romn S.A.
(CNPR) a fost desemnat ca furnizor de serviciu universal n domeniul serviciilor potale, pentru o
perioad de 5 ani. CNPR are obligaia de a furniza serviciile incluse n sfera serviciului universal pe ntreg
teritoriul Romniei, n condiiile stabilite prin decizie a preedintelui ANRC. De asemenea, a fost stabilit dreptul
exclusiv al CNPR de a presta anumite servicii potale, avnd ca obiect trimiteri de coresponden, indiferent
dac livrarea acestora este accelerat sau nu, ale cror greutate i tarife sunt mai mici dect limitele stabilite
prin decizie a preedintelui ANRC. Modificarea tarifelor pentru serviciile incluse n sfera serviciului universal se
realizeaz numai cu aprobarea ANRC, la propunerea CNPR.

n vederea constituirii de ctre ANRC a unei baze de date care s ofere o imagine global a pieei serviciilor
potale din Romnia i a tendinelor acesteia, furnizorii de servicii potale au fost obligai, prin decizie a
preedintelui ANRC, s raporteze autoritii de reglementare unele date statistice.

144. Eliminarea barierelor existente la intrarea pe pia a permis

dezvoltarea pieei serviciilor potale din Romnia. La sfritul anului Evoluia mediului concurenial
2004, pe piaa serviciilor potale existau 138 de furnizori autorizai.
CNPR este singurul operator care deine licen individual pentru sfera serviciului universal, fiind desemnat i
furnizor n domeniu.

Intrarea pe pia a unor furnizori importani (muli dintre acetia fiind filiale ale unor companii internaionale, cu
tradiie pe pia), cu o ofert variat de servicii, a permis continuarea dezvoltrii pieei serviciilor potale, dar
CNPR a rmas furnizorul cu cea mai mare cifr de afaceri i cu gama cea mai diversificat de servicii.

Chiar dac activitatea potal nu presupune, n mod necesar, o infrastructur proprie, majoritatea furnizorilor
prefer s presteze servicii prin propriile reele potale. Cu toate acestea, n anul 2004 se poate remarca o
cretere a numrului operatorilor care lucreaz n parteneriat cu ali furnizori autorizai.

Serviciile furnizate de companiile autorizate sunt:

servicii cu valoare adugat: 133 de furnizori, din care 125 ofer servicii de curierat pe
segmentul 0-10 Kg, 124 ofer servicii de curierat pe segmentul 1050 Kg, 20 ofer servicii Express,
21 ofer servicii de publicitate prin pot i 1 furnizor ofer servicii de pot naional;
servicii fr valoare adugat, pe segmentul 10-50 kg: 116 de furnizori, din care 116 ofer
servicii de curierat, 15 ofer servicii de publicitate prin pot i 1 furnizor ofer servicii de pot
naional i servicii potale financiare.

Evoluia cadrului legal

145. n vederea armonizrii cu noile reglementri comunitare, n anul 2004 a fost 3. Gaze naturale
adoptat i a intrat n vigoare o nou lege n domeniul gazelor naturale, respectiv
Legea gazelor nr.351/2004, care transpune n legislaia naional Directiva
2003/55/CE privind reglementrile comune pentru piaa intern a gazelor naturale i de abrogare a Directivei
98/30/CE.

101
The development of the legal framework
143. According to the existing legal framework, when entering on the market of
the postal services which are not included in the scope of the universal service, 2.2. Postal services
only a notification towards the National Regulatory Authority for Communications
(ANRC) is required.

In 2004, by decision of ANRCs President, Compania Nationala Posta Romana S.A. (CNPR) was designated
as universal service provider in the postal services sector, for a 5 year period. CNPR has the obligation to
provide the services included in the universal service scope on the entire Romanian territory, in the terms set by
decision of ANRCs President. It was also established the exclusive right of CNPR to provide delivery for certain
items of correspondence, irrespective of whether the delivery is accelerated or not, with the weight and tariff
less than the limits established by the decision of ANRCs president. Modification of tariffs for services included
in the universal service field may be done only with the approval of ANRC, upon CNPRs proposal.

In order for ANRC to setup a data base that would provide a global image of postal services market in Romania
and of its tendencies, the suppliers of postal services had the obligation, by the decision of ANRCs
president, to report certain statistical data to the regulatory authority.

144. The elimination of the entry barriers on the market led to the
The development of the development of the postal services market in Romania. At the end of
competitive environment 2004, there were 138 authorized providers on the postal services
market. CNPR is the only operator with an individual license for the
scope on universal service, being the designated universal service provider.

Having many important providers (many of these are branches of renowned international companies) enter the
market allowed the development of the postal services market to continue, but CNPR was still the provider with
the biggest turnover and the widest range of services.

Even if the postal activity doesnt necessarily require its own infrastructure, most providers prefer to use their
own postal networks. Even so, in 2004 one can notice an increase of the operators number working in
partnership with other authorized providers.

The services supplied by authorized providers are:

services with added value: 133 providers, among which 125 offer mail courier services on the 0-
10 Kg segment, 124 offer mail courier services on 1050 Kg segment, 20 offer Express services,
21 offer mail advertising services and 1 supplier offers national mail services;
services without added value, on 10-50 kg segment: 116 providers, out of which 116 perform
mail services, 15 perform mail advertising services and 1 provider performs national mail services
and financial postal services.

The development of the legal framework

145. In view of harmonization with the new communautaire regulations, in 2004 it

3. Natural gas
was adopted a new Law in the Natural gas field, respectively The Gas Law
no.351/2004, that transposes into national legislation the Directive 2003/55/EC
regarding the common regulations for the internal market of natural gas and of abrogation of Directive
98/30/EC.

102
Obiectivele noului cadru legal vizeaz, ntre altele, desfurarea activitilor specifice sectorului gazelor
naturale n condiii de competitivitate i transparen prin:
promovarea i asigurarea concurenei pe piaa de gaze naturale;
transparena preurilor i a tarifelor reglementate la gazele naturale;
asigurarea accesului nediscriminatoriu la sursele de gaze naturale;
interconectarea Sistemului naional de transport al gazelor naturale la sistemele europene;
asigurarea condiiilor necesare pentru continuarea liberalizrii pieei gazelor naturale i a accesului
nediscriminatoriu al terilor la conductele din amonte, depozitele de nmagazinare, sistemele de
transport i de distribuie a gazelor naturale.

Responsabilitatea elaborrii, aplicrii i monitorizrii respectrii sistemului de reglementri obligatorii la nivel

naional revine Autoritii Naionale de Reglementare n Domeniul Gazelor Naturale (ANRGN), instituie public
autonom. Liberalizarea total a pieei interne de gaze naturale constituie, de asemenea, o atribuie a ANRGN.

146. Principalele mbuntiri ale cadrului legal n domeniul gazelor naturale, aduse de Legea nr.351/2004,
privesc:
reglementarea accesului terilor la conductele din amonte, la depozitele de nmagazinare subteran a
gazelor naturale, la sistemul naional de transport i la sistemele de distribuie a gazelor naturale;
impunerea de ctre ANRGN a obligaiilor de serviciu public titularilor licenelor de nmagazinare,
transport, distribuie i furnizare a gazelor naturale;
soluionarea divergenelor privind refuzul de acces la sistemele de transport, distribuie, nmagazinare
subteran a gazelor naturale i conductele din amonte;
stabilirea unor termene limit privind separarea legal a activitilor de transport i distribuie de
activitatea de furnizare a gazelor naturale, precum i menionarea unui calendar precis pentru
deschiderea gradual a pieei de gaze naturale pn n anul 2007;
prevenirea abuzului de poziie dominant pe piaa naional a gazelor naturale.

Conform noului cadru legal, criteriile i procedurile privind acordarea autorizaiilor/licenelor sunt obiective i
nediscriminatorii i se fac publice de ctre ANRGN. Accesul terilor la conductele din amonte, la depozitele de
nmagazinare, la sistemele de transport i la sistemele de distribuie a gazelor naturale, precum i refuzul
accesului terilor la acestea se realizeaz n regim reglementat.

147. n vederea evitrii discriminrii, subvenionrii ncruciate i denaturrii concurenei, titularii de licene din
sectorul gazelor naturale, indiferent de forma de proprietate sau de regimul juridic al acestora, sunt obligai ca,
n sistemul de contabilitate intern, s in conturi separate pentru activitile de producie, nmagazinare,
transport, distribuie i furnizare a gazelor naturale i s ofere informaiile necesare pentru accesul eficient
la sistem al celorlali operatori liceniai i solicitanilor/utilizatorilor din sectorul gazelor naturale.

148. Piaa intern a gazelor naturale este format din:

segmentul concurenial, care cuprinde comercializarea gazelor naturale ntre furnizori i ntre furnizori
i consumatorii eligibili, n care preurile se formeaz liber, pe baza cererii i a ofertei, ca rezultat al
mecanismelor concureniale;
segmentul reglementat, care cuprinde activitile cu caracter de monopol natural i furnizarea la pre
reglementat, n baza contractelor-cadru. Sistemele de preuri i tarife se stabilesc de ANRGN pe baza
metodologiilor proprii elaborate n acest sens.

Sistemul de preuri i tarife este prevzut s conduc la realizarea unei piee moderne i competitive a gazelor
naturale, fiind interzise orice practici care utilizeaz sistemele de preuri i tarife ca instrumente de protecie
social i/sau pentru subvenionarea direct ori indirect a consumatorilor.

Pe msura dezvoltrii pieei interne i/sau a integrrii n pieele internaionale, ANRGN are obligaia de a
decide deschiderea treptat ctre concuren, n tot sau n parte, a activitilor reglementate.

103
The objectives of the new legal framework aim, among others, at the developing of the specific activities
regarding the Natural gas sector in the competitive and transparent conditions:
Promoting and ensuring of competition on the Natural gas market;
the transparency of costs and of the regulated tariffs for natural gas;
the assurance of non-discriminatory access to the natural gas sources;
the interconnecting of the National system of Natural gas transport to the European systems;
the assurance of necessary conditions for the continuation of liberalization of natural gas market
and for the non-discriminatory access of third parts to the upstream pipes, to the storing places, to
the natural gas transport and distribution systems.

The responsibility for elaborating, applying and monitoring the observance of the obligatory regulating system
on national level is of The National Regulatory Authority in the Natural Gas Sector (NARNG), an autonomous
public institution. Total liberalization of the internal Natural gas market also represents an attribution of NARNG.

146. The main improvements in the Natural gas field, brought by law no. 351/2004, refer to:
the regulating of access for third parties to the upstream pipes, to the underground storing places, to
the natural gas transport and distribution systems;
the imposing of duties of public service( by NARNG) to the licensed owners for storing, transporting,
and supplying and distributing natural gas;
the solving of conflicts regarding the refusal to access to the upstream pipes, to the underground
storing places, to the natural gas transport and distribution systems.
the setting of some dead-lines regarding the legal division of transport and distribution activities from
the natural gas supplying activity, and also the mentioning of a precise schedule for the gradual
opening of the natural gas market until 2007;
the preventing of the abuse of dominant position on the national market of natural gas.

According to the new legal framework, the criteria and the procedures according to which the authorizations/
licenses are granted are objective and non-discriminatory and are made public by NARNG.
The access or refusal of access for third parties to the upstream pipes, to the underground storing places, to
the natural gas transport and distribution systems is being done in regulated regime.

147. In order to avoid discrimination, the crossed subsidizing and the competition distortion, the license
owners from the natural gas field (regardless the form of property or of their judicial regime) are obliged (in
the internal bookkeeping system) to hold separate accounts for production, storage, transport, distribution
and supplying activities, and to offer the necessary information on the efficient access to the system to
other licensed operators and to the consumers/users from the natural gas field.

148. The internal gas market consists in:

competitive segment, which includes the commercialization of natural gas among suppliers and
eligible consumers, where the prices are freely fixed, based on demand and offer, as a result of the
competitive environment;
regulated segment, which includes the natural monopoly activities and the supplying at a regulated
price, based on framed contracts. The price and tariff systems are set by NARNG based on their own
methodology elaborated in this purpose.

The price and tariff system aims to the creation of a modern and competitive natural gas market and any
practice that charges the price and tariff systems as instruments for social protection and/or for direct or indirect
subsidizing of consumers is forbidden.

The more the internal market develops and/or of the integration in the international markets is achieved, the
more NARNG is forced to decide the gradual opening to the competition (totally or partially) of the regulated
activities.

104
149. n vederea armonizrii depline cu noul acquis comunitar n domeniul gazelor naturale, ANRGN a emis, n
anul 2004, un set important de reglementri privind: acreditarea consumatorilor eligibili, stabilirea tarifelor
reglementate, contracte-cadru pentru activiti aferente segmentului reglementat, accesul la depozitele de
nmagazinare, la sistemul naional de transport i la cel de distribuie a gazelor naturale .a.

Pentru prima dat n Romnia a fost stabilit cadrul de reglementare necesar pentru asigurarea n condiii
nediscriminatorii a accesului terilor la conductele din amonte, la sistemele de transport i de distribuie a
gazelor naturale.

Regulamentele de acces, aprobate prin Hotrrea Guvernului nr. 1043/2004, stabilesc condiiile de rezervare a
unor capaciti n sistemul naional de transport i de distribuie a gazelor naturale, condiiile de racordare,
precum i metodologia de calcul al tarifelor de acces i racordare.

150. n colaborare cu Consiliul Concurenei, ANRGN a elaborat Normele privind prevenirea abuzului de poziie
dominant pe piaa intern de gaze naturale, care au fost aprobate prin Decizia preedintelui ANRGN nr
630/2004.

Conform noilor metodologii, aprobate prin decizie a preedintelui ANRGN, determinarea tarifelor reglementate
aferente prestrii serviciilor de transport i nmagazinare subteran a gazelor naturale se face prin aplicarea
unei metodologii de tip revenue-cap, n timp ce pentru serviciile de distribuie i furnizare reglementat,
tarifele se stabilesc printr-o metodologie de tip price-cap. Aceste metodologii sunt inspirate din practica
european n domeniu, fiind similare cu cele utilizate de autoritile de reglementare din rile europene cu
piee mature de gaze naturale. Un avantaj major al acestor noi metodologii este acela c stimuleaz
companiile s mbunteasc eficiena activitilor desfurate. Prin recunoaterea costurilor justificate
aferente investiiilor pe termen lung i a costurilor de mediu, noile metodologii confer un nivel adecvat de
siguran investitorilor poteniali i creeaz condiiile refacerii infrastructurii din sectorul gazelor naturale,
afectat, n prezent, de uzura fizic. Noile tarife pentru nmagazinarea subteran a gazelor naturale, stabilite
pentru fiecare operator i depozit n parte, au trei componente, respectiv: una fix (pentru rezervarea de
capacitate) i dou variabile (una pentru injecia gazelor naturale n depozite, iar cealalt pentru extracia
gazelor naturale din depozite). Noile tarife pentru transportul gazelor naturale au dou componente, respectiv
una pentru rezervarea de capacitate n Sistemul Naional de Transport, iar cealalt pentru gazele naturale
efectiv transportate.

Evoluia mediului concurenial 151. Pentru anul 2004, gradul de deschidere a pieei interne a gazelor
naturale a fost stabilit, prin decizie a preedintelui ANRGN, la 40% din
consumul total de gaze naturale aferent anului 2003.

n urma aplicrii acestei decizii, dar i ca urmare a reducerii pragului minim de consum necesar pentru
obinerea statutului de consumator eligibil de la 4 la 3 milioane mc/an, numrul consumatorilor eligibili
acreditai i/sau reconfirmai a crescut, de la 54 n anul 2003, la 76 n anul 2004. Dintre consumatorii eligibili
acreditai n anul 2004, un numr de 56 de consumatori, reprezentnd circa 85% din consumul de gaze
naturale al consumatorilor eligibili, i-a schimbat furnizorul.

Prin noul regulament pentru acreditarea consumatorilor eligibili, aprobat prin decizie a preedintelui ANRGN, au
fost create condiiile pentru liberalizarea total a pieei interne de gaze naturale, prin renunarea la cerina de
natur financiar. Totodat, gradul de deschidere a pieei interne de gaze naturale, pentru anul 2005, a
fost stabilit la 50%. Pentru anul 2005 au obinut statutul de consumator eligibil 102 ageni economici pentru 125
de locuri de consum.

Pentru perioada viitoare, majorarea gradului de deschidere a pieei gazelor naturale se va face conform
urmtorului calendar: 75% de la data de 30.06.2006; 100% pentru consumatorii non-rezideniali de la
01.01.2007 i 100% pentru consumatorii rezideniali de la 01.07.2007.

105
149. In view of the complete harmonization with the new acquis-communautaire in the natural gas field,
NARNG issued, in 2004, an important set of regulations on: the accrediting of eligible consumers, the
establishing of the regulated tariffs, the framed- contracts for the activities related to the regulated segment, the
access to the storing places, to the national transport and distribution of natural gas systems.

For the first time in Romania it was established the regulated frame required for the assuring in non-
discriminatory terms of the access of third parties to the upstream pipes, to the natural gas transport and
distribution systems.

The Access Regulations, approved by the Government Ordinance no. 1043/2004, establish the terms for
reserving of some capacities in the national system of transport and natural gas distribution, the connection
conditions, and the methodology for calculating the access and connection tariffs.

150. In collaboration with the Competition Council, NARNG elaborated the norms on preventing the abuse of
dominant position on the internal natural gas market, which were approved by the Decision of NARNG
President no. 630/2004.

According to the new methodologies, approved through the decision of NARNG President, the fixing of
regulated tariffs afferent to the performing of transport services and underground storage of natural gas is being
done by putting into practice of a revenue-cap methodology, whereas for the distribution services and
regulated supplying, the tariffs are set through a price-cap methodology. These methodologies are inspired
from the European practice in the field, similar with those used by the regulating authorities in the European
countries with mature natural gas markets. A major advantage of these new methodologies is the stimulating
the companies to improve their efficiency. Through the recognition of the justified costs afferent the long and
medium - term investments and to the environment costs, the new methodologies confer an adequate level of
security to the potential investors and it creates the conditions for the infrastructure rebuilding in the
natural gas sector, presently affected by the wear and tear. The new tariffs for underground storing of the
natural gas, established for each operator and storing place, have three components, respectively: a fixed one
(for reserving of capacity) and two variable (one for the injection of natural gas into the storing places, and the
other for the extraction of natural gas from those storing places). The new tariffs for natural gas transport have
two components, respectively one for the reservation of capacity in the National System of Transport, and the
other for the natural gas effectively transported.

151. For the year 2004, the degree of opening of the Development of the competitive environment
internal natural gas market was established through
the decision of the NARNG President, at the level of 40% from the total consume of natural gas in 2003.

After the putting into practice of this decision, but also as a consequence of the reducing of the minimum
consume legal required for obtaining the status of eligible consumer from 4 to 3 million cm/year, the number of
eligible accredited consumers and/or those reconfirmed increased, from 54 in 2003, to 76 in 2004. Out of
the eligible consumers accredited in 2004, a number of 56 consumers (representing 85% of the natural gas
consumption of the eligible consumers) changed their supplier.

Through the new regulation for accrediting eligible consumers, approved through NARNG President decision,
there were created the conditions for total liberalization of the internal natural gas market, by giving up to the
financial requirement. At the same time, the degree of opening of the internal natural gas market, for the
year 2005, it was established at 50%. For the year 2005,102 undertakings obtained the status of eligible
consumers, for 125 consume locations.

For the following period, the increasing of the degree of opening of the natural gas market will be done
according to the following schedule: 75% from 30.06.2006; 100% for non-residential consumers from
01.01.2007 and 100% for residential consumers from 01.07.2007.

106
Succesul aciunilor ntreprinse de ANRGN n direcia liberalizrii pieei interne de gaze naturale este reflectat de
structura extrem de complex a acesteia, care, la sfritul anului 2004, cuprindea, pe lng operatorul
Sistemului Naional de Transport SNTGN TRANSGAZ S.A. Media, 4 productori, 3 operatori pentru
depozitele de nmagazinare subteran, 23 de societi de distribuie i furnizare a gazelor naturale ctre
consumatorii captivi i 41 de furnizori pe piaa angro.

152. Numrul companiilor avnd capital privat care desfoar activiti specifice sectorului gazelor naturale a
crescut de la an la an, astfel nct piaa este dominat de acest tip de societi comerciale. n octombrie 2004
au fost semnate contractele de privatizare a celor dou companii de distribuie (SC Distrigaz Sud SA i SC
Distrigaz Nord SA).
La finele anului 2004, aveau capital majoritar sau integral privat 3 din cei 4 productori interni de gaze
naturale, 2 operatori pentru depozite de nmagazinare subteran, 20 de societi comerciale cu activitate n
domeniul distribuiei i furnizrii la nivel local, respectiv 34 de societi comerciale cu activitate n domeniul
furnizrii pe piaa angro de gaze naturale.

153. n cadrul procesului de armonizare a legislaiei interne cu reglementrile

4. Energie electric comunitare, n perspectiva aderrii la Uniunea European, Romnia a iniiat un
amplu proces de reformare a reglementrilor referitoare la producia, transportul
i distribuia energiei electrice, concomitent cu implementarea unei politici de
liberalizare, n vederea promovrii unei concurene corecte i active pe acele piee unde concurena este
posibil. Reforma n sectorul energiei este axat pe preluarea acquis-ului comunitar specific, ceea ce nseamn
implementarea unei politici de liberalizare, n vederea promovrii unei reale concurene pe aceste piee.

Evoluia cadrului legal

154. Cadrul legislativ de baz a fost asigurat de Legea energiei nr. 318//2003, ale crei obiective vizeaz, ntre
altele, desfurarea activitilor specifice sectorului energie electric n condiii de competitivitate i
transparen prin:
crearea i asigurarea funcionrii pieelor concureniale de energie electric;
asigurarea accesului nediscriminatoriu i reglementat al tuturor participanilor la piaa de energie
electric i la retelele electrice de interes public;
transparena tarifelor i preurilor.

Principalele reglementri cuprinse n Legea nr.318/2003 privesc:

o accesul reglementat la reelele electrice de transport i distribuie;

o simplificarea cadrului de autorizare n sector;
o separarea activitilor de producere, transport, distribuie/furnizare;
o principiile de dezvoltare ale pieei de energie electric i creterea gradual a deschiderii
acesteia;
o principalele funcii ale operatorului de transport i sistem, ale operatorului pieei de energie
electric i ale operatorilor de distribuie;
o drepturi i ndatoriri ale participanilor la pia;
o ncurajarea surselor de energie regenerabile;
o principiile de tarifare aplicate n sectorul energiei electrice.

Legea nr.318/2003 stabilete, de asemenea, competenele i atribuiile ministerului de resort i ale autoritii de
reglementare, respectiv ale Autoritii Naionale de Reglementare n Domeniul Energiei (ANRE). ANRE este
instituie public autonom, care elaboreaz, stabilete i urmrete aplicarea ansamblului de reglementri
obligatorii la nivel naional, necesar funcionrii sectorului i pieei energiei electrice, n condiii de eficien,
concuren, transparen i protecie a consumatorilor.

107
The success of the actions undertaken by NARGN for the liberalization of the internal natural gas market is
reflected in its extremely complete structure, which, at the end of 2004, included, besides the operator of the
National Transport System SNTGN TRANSGAZ S.A. Media, 4 producers, 3 operators for the
underground storing places, 23 distribution and supplying companies of the natural gas towards the
captive consumers and 41 suppliers on the wholesale market .

152. The number of companies having private registered capital, undertaking activities specific for the natural
gas sector increased each year, so that the market become dominated by these companies. In October 2004
there were signed the privatization contracts of the two distribution companies (SC Distrigaz Sud SA and SC
Distrigaz Nord SA).
At the end of the year 2004, 3 out of the 4 internal producers of natural gas, 2 operatorss for underground
storing places, 20 local distributors and suppliers, respectively 34 suppliers on natural gas wholesale market
had prevailing or total private capital.

153. In the process of harmonization of the internal legislation with the

communautaire regulations, in view of the accession to the European Union, 4. Electric Energy
Romania initiated a vast reforming process of the regulations on the producing,
the transport and distribution of electric power, in the same time with the
enforcementof a liberalization policy, in view of promoting a fair and active competition on those markets where
the competition is possible. The Reform in the energy sector is based on the transposition of the specific aquis-
communautaire, which means the implementing the liberalization policy, in view of promoting a real competition
on these markets.

The development of the legal framework

154. The legislative framework was assured by the Energy Law no. 318//2003, whose objectives aim, among
others, at the developing of the specific activity for the energy sector in terms of competitiveness and
transparency through:
the setting up and the assuring the functioning of the competitive electric energy markets ;
The assuring the non- discriminatory and regulated access of all participants to the electric power
market ;
The transparency of prices and tariffs.

The main regulations, included in the Law no. 318/2003 refer to:
o the regulated access to the transport and distribution electric networks;
o the simplifying of the authorizing frame in the sector;
o the separation of the producing, transport, distribution/supplying activities ;
o the principles for developing the electric energy market and the gradual increasing of its
opening ;
o the main functions of the transport and system operator, of the electric power operator and of
the distribution operators;
o the rights and the obligations of the market players;
o the encouraging the regenerative energy sources;
o the tariff principles applied in the electric power sector.

Law no. 318/2003 also established the competences and the attributions of the resort Ministry, and those of the
regulating authority, respectively of the National Regulatory Authority in the Electric Energy field (NRAE). NRAE
is an autonomous public institution, which elaborates, establishes and pursues the putting into practice of the
compulsory regulations at national level, necessary for the functioning of the market and of electric energy
market in the terms of efficiency, competitiveness, transparency and protection of consumers.

108
155. Piaa de energie electric este compus din piaa reglementat i piaa concurenial, iar tranzaciile
cu energie se fac angro sau cu amnuntul.
Deschiderea pieei de energie electric se realizeaz prin creterea progresiv a ponderii pieei concureniale,
n conformitate cu prevederile strategiei i politicii energetice, i se aprob prin hotrre a Guvernului.

Piaa reglementat de energie electric i de servicii asociate funcioneaz prin contracte comerciale, cu preuri
reglementate, ncheiate ntre participanii de pe piaa de energie electric.

Accesul la reelele electrice de interes public reprezint un serviciu obligatoriu, n condiii reglementate,
pe care trebuie s-l ndeplineasc operatorul de transport i de sistem, precum i operatorul de distribuie.
Operatorul de transport i de sistem presteaz serviciul public de transport pentru toi utilizatorii reelelor
electrice de transport, n condiii nediscriminatorii, asigurnd accesul la acestea oricrui solicitant care
ndeplinete cerinele reglementrilor n vigoare.
Operatorului de transport i de sistem nu i este permis s participe la tranzacionarea energiei electrice dect
n limita achiziiei de energie electric pentru acoperirea consumului tehnologic propriu.

Operatorul de distribuie presteaz serviciul public pentru toi utilizatorii reelelor electrice de distribuie, n
conditii nediscriminatorii, asigurnd accesul la acestea oricrui solicitant care ndeplinete cerinele
reglementrilor n vigoare.

n sectorul energiei electrice, a crui producie se comercializeaz pe piaa intern, se aplic preuri rezultate
din mecanismele concureniale ale pieei sau preuri i tarife reglementate, n functie de caracterul pieei,
respectiv dac aceasta este concurenial sau reglementat. Tarifele pentru consumatorii captivi de energie
electric sunt reglementate de ANRE i sunt aceleai pe ntreg teritoriul rii. Preurile i tarifele reglementate
se stabilesc pe baza metodologiilor aprobate i publicate de ctre autoritatea competent. n calculul acestora
se iau n considerare costurile justificate ale activitilor de producere, transport, distribuie i furnizare a
energiei electrice i termice, cheltuielile pentru dezvoltare i protecia mediului, precum i o cot rezonabil de
profit.

156. n temeiul Legii 318/2003, ANRE a emis, n anul 2004, un set important de reglementri privind: codul
comercial al pieei angro, acreditarea consumatorilor eligibili, metodologia de stabilire a unor tarife
reglementate, contracte-cadru pentru activiti aferente segmentului reglementat, procedura de soluionare a
nenelegerilor privind racordarea utilizatorilor la reelele electrice de interes public i emiterea avizelor de
amplasament, funcionarea pieei de energie electric din Romnia, procedura de supraveghere a emiterii
garaniilor de origine pentru energia electric produs din surse regenerabile de energie .a.
De asemenea, prin Ordinul preedintelui ANRE nr. 21/2004, a fost adaptat cadrul de reglementare a pieei
angro, n vederea creterii competitivitii i funcionalitii acesteia.

Evoluia mediului concurenial 157. Primul pas spre atingerea obiectivului de creare i asigurare a
funcionrii pieelor concureniale de energie electric a constat n
restructurarea sectorului i departajarea activitilor de producie,
transport i distribuie, respectiv delimitarea zonelor concureniale i restrngerea zonelor de monopol.

Prin act normativ (HG nr. 627/2000, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare), fosta Companie Naional de
Electricitate - CONEL S.A. a fost reorganizat, crendu-se Compania Naional de Transport a Energiei
Electrice Transelectrica S.A., S.C.Termoelectrica S.A., S.C.Hidroelectrica S.A. (pentru producia energiei
electrice) i Societatea Comercial pentru Distribuia Energiei Electrice Electrica S.A. Ulterior, SC Electrica
SA a fost reorganizat, fiind nfiinate 8 filiale ale acesteia, cu personalitate juridic. Procesul de restructurare i
de deschidere a pieelor a continuat n anii urmtori.

109
155. The Electric energy market consists in the regulated market and the competitive market, and the
energy transactions are made wholesale or retail.
The opening of the electric energy market is made by a progressive increasing of the competitive market
weight, according to the provisions of the energetic strategy and policy, and it is approved by Governments
decision.

The regulated electric energy market and associated services is functioning based on the commercial
contracts, with regulated prices, contracted concluded between the players on the electric energy market.

The access to the electric networks of public interest represents a compulsory service, in the regulated
terms which must be fulfilled by the transport and system operator, as well as by the distribution operator. The
transport and system operator performs the transport public service, in non-discriminatory terms,
providing the access to it for each solicitant that fulfills the requirements of the regulation in force.
The transport and system operator is not allowed to take part to the transaction of electric energy in the limit of
the acquisition of the electric energy used to cover its own technologic consumption.

The distribution operator performs public service for all users of distribution electric networks, in non-
discriminatory terms, providing the access to it to each solicitant that fulfills the requirements of the
regulations in force.

In the electric energy sector, whose production is commercialized on the internal market, there are charged
prices resulted from the competitive mechanism of the market or prices and tariffs regulated, according
to the nature of the market, respectively if these are competitive or regulated. The tariffs for the captive
consumers of electric energy are regulated by NRAE and are the same on the entire territory of the country.
The regulated prices and tariffs are established based on the approved and published methodology by the
competent authority. When calculating them, there are taken into account the justified costs of the producing,
transporting, distributing and supplying the electric and heating energy, the expenses for developing and
environment protection, as well as a reasonable share of the profit.

156. According to the Law no.318/2003, NRAE issued, in 2004, an important set of regulations on: the
commercial code of the wholesale market, the accrediting of eligible consumers, the methodology for
establishing the regulated tariffs, framed contracts for the activities afferent to the regulated segment, the
procedure for solving the misunderstandings regarding the connecting of suppliers to the Electric networks of
public interest and issuing of the location notice, the functioning of the electric energy market in Romania, the
procedure for supervising the issuing of origin guarantees for the electric energy produced by the alternative
energy sources .
Through the NRAE President Order no. 21/2004, it was adopted the framework regulating the wholesale
market, in view of increasing its competitiveness and functioning.

157. The first step towards reaching the objective of creating and
The development of the
assuring the functioning of the competitive electric energy markets
competitive environment
consisted in the restructuring of the sector and in separating the
activities of production, transport and distribution, respectively the delimiting of competitive zones and the
decreasing of monopoly areas.

Through the Normative Act (GO no. 627/2000, with subsequent modifications and completions), the former
National Company for Electricity - CONEL S.A. was re-organized by setting up the National Company for the
Electric Energy Transport Transelectrica S.A., S.C.Termoelectrica S.A., S.C.Hidroelectrica S.A. (for producing
the electric energy) and the Company for the Electric Energy Distribution Electrica S.A. later called, SC
Electrica SA was re- organized, 8 branches of it were set up. The restructuring and market opening process
continued in the following years.

110
La nceputul anului 2004, din Termoelectrica s-a desprins Electrocentrale Galai (cu efect mic asupra indicilor
de concentrare pe pia, ncepnd cu aprilie 2004), iar n luna martie a anului 2004 au fost constituite
complexele energetice i, ca urmare, Complexul Energetic Craiova s-a desprins din cadrul Electrocentrale
Bucureti, cu efect n pia ncepnd cu luna mai 2004.

n cursul anului 2004, SC Electrica SA a semnat cu compania italian ENEL contractele de vnzare a dou
dintre filialele sale ("Electrica Dobrogea" i "Electrica Banat"). O strategie similar de vnzare a fost aprobat
pentru alte dou filiale: "Electrica Oltenia" i "Electrica Moldova".

La finele anului 2004, pe piaa de energie electric din Romnia activau un numr de:
49 productori (dintre care 22 pe piaa angro);
17 furnizori n condiii concureniale i 8 furnizori pentru consumatorii captivi;
35 consumatori eligibili;
8 furnizori de servicii de sistem;
un operator de transport i de sistem;
8 operatori de distribuie.

Cotele de pia ale productorilor de energie electric participani la piaa angro, calculate n funcie de
energia electric livrat n reele n anul 2004, au avut valori cuprinse ntre 0,1% i 31,7%. Un numr de 5
productori de pe piaa angro au deinut cote de pia mai mari de 10%, respectiv de: 31,7%; 12,9%; 10,3%;
10,2% (doi dintre operatori). Cota de pia lunar a celui mai mare productor de energie electric din
Romnia, respectiv SC Hidroelectrica SA, a avut valori cuprinse ntre 19,4% i 43,1%.

Structura actual a sectorului de producere a energiei electrice reflect reorganizrile succesive realizate n
anii 2003 i 2004, care au condus la reducerea concentrrii pe piaa angro, evideniat prin evoluia indicilor
Herfindahl-Hirschman (HHI)33. Valorile indicilor HHI s-au situat, n general, n domeniul cu concentrare
moderat pe pia (< 1800), cu excepia lunilor aprilie, mai i iunie, n care, datorit hidraulicitii mari, cota de
pia deinut de SC Hidroelectrica SA crete semnificativ.

158. Gradul de deschidere a pieei de energie electric s-a majorat, ncepnd cu luna noiembrie a anului
2004, de la 40% (ianuarie 2004) la 55%. Conform reglementrilor n vigoare, sunt declarai consumatori eligibili
de energie electric toi consumatorii care realizeaz un consum anual de cel puin 1 GWh.
Ponderea n totalul consumului intern al consumatorilor finali deinut de ctre consumatorii eligibili care i-
au schimbat furnizorul este n cretere, respectiv n luna decembrie a anului 2004, consumul acestora a
reprezentat 24% din consumul total, n timp ce, la finele anului 2003, reprezenta doar 14%.
n luna decembrie a anului 2004 erau nscrise la Operatorul pieei angro de energie electric (OPCOM S.A.) 43
de consumatori eligibili, dintre care 35 derulau contracte bilaterale negociate ncheiate cu 12 dintre cei 17
furnizori care activau pe pia n condiii concureniale. n luna decembrie a anului 2004, cotele de pia ale
celor 12 furnizori ai consumatorilor eligibili aveau valori cuprinse ntre 0,3% i 53,9%. Cotele de pia deinute
n luna decembrie 2004 de ctre cei mai mari furnizori ai consumatorilor eligibili au fost de: 53,9%, 16,2%,
8,5%, 6,9% i 5,4%.

Evoluia cadrului legal

159. Pe baza experienei acumulat n perioada aplicrii Legii nr. 134/1995 i a evoluiilor 5. Petrol
nregistrate att n legislaia naional, ct i n cea comunitar, n anul 2004 a fost
adoptat o nou reglementare, care rspunde exigenelor actuale (inclusiv celor privind regulile de concuren).
Principalele mbuntiri aduse cadrului legal de Legea petrolului nr. 238/2004 vizeaz:

33
Calculat ca sum a ptratelor cotelor de pia ale fiecrui productor

111
At the beginning of 2004, Electrocentrale Galai separated itself from Termoelectrica (with a small effect on the
market concentration parameters, starting with April 2004), and in March 2004 there were set-up the energetic
grounds and, as a consequence, The Energetic Complex Craiova separated itself from the Electrocentrale
Bucharest, it having effects on the market starting with May 2004.

During 2004, SC Electrica SA signed with the Italian company ENEL the contracts for selling two of its
branches ("Electrica Dobrogea"and "Electrica Banat"). A similar selling strategy was approved for another two
branches: "Electrica Oltenia" and "Electrica Moldova".

At the end of 2004, on the electric energy market in Romania there were active a number of:
49 producers(out of which 22 on wholesale market);
17 suppliers in competitive terms and 8 suppliers for captive consumers ;
35 eligible consumers;
8 services system suppliers;
1 transport system operator;
8 distribution operators.

The market shares of the electric power producers, which participate at the wholesale market, calculated
function of the electric power supplied within the networks in 2004, recorded values between 0.1% and 31.7%.
A number of 5 producers on the wholesale market had market shares higher than 10%, respectively: 31.7%;
12.9%; 10.3%; 10.2% (two of the operators). The monthly market share of the most important energy power
producer in Romania, respectively SC Hidroelectrica SA, recorded values between 19.4% and 43.1%.

The actual structure of the sector for electric power production highlights the successive reorganizations
carried out in 2003 and 2004, which leaded at the reduction of the concentration on the wholesale market,
highlighted through the evolution of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Indicator (HHI)34. The values of the HHI situated,
in general, in the sector with moderated concentration on the market (< 1800), excepting April, May and June,
in which, due to the high hydrolysis, the market share owned by SC Hidroelectrica SA increases significantly.

158. The degree for opening the electric power market increased, beginning with November 2004, from
40% (January 2004) to 55%. According to the regulations in force, all the consumers that achieve an annual
consumption of at least 1 GWh are declared eligible consumers of electric power.
The weight in the total internal consumption of the final consumers owned by the eligible consumers that
changed the supplier is decreasing, respectively in December 2004, their consumption represented 24% of the
total consumption, while, at the end of 2003, represented only 14%.
In December 2004 there were registered at the Operator of the electric power wholesale market (OPCOM S.A.)
43 eligible consumers, out of which 35 were developing negotiated bilateral contracts closed with 12 of
the 17 suppliers activating on the market under competitive conditions. In December 2004, the market shares of
the 12 suppliers of the eligible consumers had values between 0.3% and 53.9%. The market shares had in
December 2004 by the most important suppliers of the eligible consumers were of: 53.9%, 16.2%, 8.5%, 6.9%
and 5.4%.

The development of the legal framework

159. Based on the accumulated experience during the application period of the Law no.
5. Oil 134/1995 and on the evolutions recorded both in the national legislation, and in the
community one, in 2004 it was adopted a new regulation that responds to the actual
exigencies (including those on competition rules). The main improvements brought to the legal framework by
the Oil Law no. 238/2004 regulates:

34
Calculated as amount of the square market shares of each producer

112
 accesul la sistemul naional de transport i de tranzit al petrolului, precum i regimul proprietii
investiiilor noi n aceste domenii;
regimul concesiunilor;
eliminarea unor prevederi discriminatorii i restrictive ;
definirea clar a atribuiilor i responsabilitii transportatorului comun;
competena Guvernului de a aproba condiiile de organizare i desfurare a apelului public de ofert,
criteriile de selectare i desemnare a ctigtorului, precum i alte aspecte, stabilite prin norme
metodologice transparente i nediscriminatorii;
regimul activitii de tranzit al petrolului prin Romnia.

Conform acestei legi, concesionarea operaiunilor petroliere se realizeaz tot prin acord petrolier, care poate fi
ncheiat, ns, numai cu ctigtorul unui apel public de ofert (au fost eliminate excepiile care priveau
atribuirea direct), iar durata iniial a concesiunii, de pn la 30 de ani, poate fi prelungit cu pn la 15 ani.

Lucrrile de explorare pot fi executate i numai pe baz de permise neexclusive de prospeciune, acordate
pentru o durat de maximum 3 ani, fr drept de prelungire, de ctre autoritatea competent, respectiv de ctre
Agenia Naional pentru Resurse Minerale (ANRM).
Dreptul titularului acordului petrolier de a dispune asupra cantitilor de petrol ce-i revin, conform clauzelor
acordului petrolier, nu mai este limitat (este permis i exportul).

Concesionarul sistemului naional de transport al petrolului are calitatea de transportator comun i are
obligaia de a asigura accesul liber la capacitatea disponibil a sistemului tuturor solicitanilor, persoane
juridice autorizate, n mod nediscriminatoriu i transparent.

Tarifele de transport din sistemul naional de transport se stabilesc de ctre ANRM.

Pentru a asigura neutralitatea transportatorului comun, legea prevede situaiile (conflicte de interese) n care
persoanele juridice nu pot avea calitatea de transportator comun, cu scopul de a evita pericolul neasigurrii
accesului transparent i nediscriminatoriu la sistemul naional de transport.

De asemenea, persoanei juridice ce deine calitatea de transportator comun i se interzice s se angajeze n

mod direct sau indirect n operaiuni petroliere de explorare, dezvoltare i exploatare, precum i n activiti de
prelucrare, rafinare ori comercializare a petrolului.

Transportatorul comun are dreptul s efectueze operaiuni comerciale de cumprare-vnzare a petrolului, n

condiiile stabilite i n limitele aprobate de autoritatea competent, numai n vederea asigurrii echilibrului fizic
i meninerii n parametrii operaionali a sistemului naional de transport. Pentru astfel de operaiuni,
transportatorul are obligaia de a ine evidene contabile distinct de cele privind transportul prin sistemul
naional de transport.

160. Conform Ordonanei Guvernului nr. 35/2004, aprobat prin Legea nr. 166/2004 (ambele adoptate nainte
de intrarea n vigoare a Legii nr. 238/2004), funcia de transportator unic prin conducte al ieiului i
produselor petroliere este ndeplinit de Societatea Comercial "Conpet" - S.A. Ploieti. n temeiul
acestei ordonane a Guvernului, Societatea Comercial "Conpet" - S.A. Ploieti a avut dreptul s ncheie un act
adiional la Acordul petrolier de concesiune a activitii de operare a Sistemului naional de transport al ieiului,
gazolinei, condensatului i etanului, inclusiv a conductelor magistrale i a instalaiilor, echipamentelor i
dotrilor anexe, aferente sistemului, n vederea concesionrii activitii de operare a Sistemului naional de
transport al produselor petroliere, inclusiv a conductelor magistrale i a instalaiilor, echipamentelor i dotrilor
anexe aferente sistemului.

113
 The access to the national oil transport and transit system, as well the regime of the properties of the
new investments in these fields;
The concessions regime;
Elimination of certain discriminatory and restrictive provisions;
Clear definition of the attributions and responsibilities of the common transporter;
The Government competence to approve the conditions for organizing and developing the public call for
tender, the criteria for selection and assignment of the winner, as well as other aspects, established
through transparent and non-discriminatory methodological norms;
Regime of the activity of transit of the oil through Romania.

According to this Law, the concession of oil operations is carried out also through oil agreement, which can be
concluded only with the winner of a public tender call (there were eliminated the exemptions that regarded the
direct attribution), and the initial extent of the concession, up to 30 years, can be prolonged with up to 15 years.

The exploitation works can be executed only based on non-exclusive prospecting licenses, awarded for a
period of maximum 3 years, without prolongation right, by the competent authority, respectively by the National
Agency for Mineral Resources (ANRM).
The right of the titular of the oil agreement to dispose over its oil quantities, according to the clauses of the oil
agreement, is not anymore constrained (the export is also permitted).

The concessionaire of the national oil transport system has the quality of common transporter and has the
obligation to ensure the free access at the available capacity of the system of all applicants, authorized
legal persons, in a non-discriminatory and transparent way.

The transport tariffs of the national transport system are settled by ANRM.

In order to ensure the neutrality of the common transporter, the Law foresees the situations (conflict of
interests) in which the legal persons can not have the quality of a common transporter, to the purpose of
avoiding the danger of non-ensuring the transparent and non-discriminatory access to the national transport
system.

As well, the legal person that has the quality of common transporter is not allowed to perform directly or
indirectly in operations of oil exploration, development and exploitation, as well as oil processing, refining or
trading.

The common transporter has the right to carry out trading operations for buying- selling oil, under the settled
conditions and confines approved by the competent authority, only for ensuring the well-functioning and the
maintaining in the operational parameters of the national transport system. For this kind of operations, the
transporter has the obligation to keep the accounting evidences separately of those regarding the transport
through the national transport system.

160. According to the Governmental Ordinance no.35/2004, approved by Law no.166/2004 (both adopted
before the entering into force of Law no.238/2004), Trading Company "Conpet" - S.A. Ploieti is the sole
carrier for crude oil and oil products through pipes. Based on this Governmental Ordinance, this
undertaking had the right to conclude an additional act to the Concession Agreement for the operation of the
crude oil, rich gas and ethane pipeline national transport system, including major pipelines, installations,
equipments afferent to this system.

114
161. Achiziionarea de ctre societatea austriac OMV Evoluia mediului concurenial
Aktiengesellschaft (n continuare OMV), societatea mam a Grupului
OMV, a unei participaii majoritare n Societatea Naional a
Petrolului PETROM SA i, pe cale de consecin, dobndirea controlului unic asupra acestei societi a
constituit cel mai important eveniment al anului 2004 n domeniul petrolier.

SN PETROM SA este o societate comercial diversificat, activ n Romnia i pe plan internaional n:

explorarea, dezvoltarea, producia i vnzarea de iei i gaze naturale; prelucrarea i comercializarea
produselor petroliere prelucrate; dezvoltarea, producia i vnzarea de diverse produse chimice. Societatea
comercial PETROM este societatea mam a Grupului PETROM, care are filiale att n Romnia, ct i
strintate.

Societatea achizitoare, n spet OMV, este societatea - mam a unui grup de societi comerciale care
activeaz, n principal, n domeniul explorrii i produciei, prelucrrii i distribuiei de produse petroliere. De
asemenea, OMV deine, pe plan internaional, controlul n comun, mpreun cu Rompetrol Holding SA Elveia,
asupra societii The Rompetrol Group N.V. Olanda, societatea - mam a grupului de societi Rompetrol care
activeaz pe piaa petrolier din Romnia.

n urma analizei pieelor relevante ale produsului, prin prisma controlului n comun deinut de OMV la
Rompetrol, a reieit c segmentele de activitate pe care concentrarea economic OMV/PETROM are efecte de
restrngere a concurenei pe piaa romneasc, determinate de poziiile semnificative deinute de societile
implicate pe pieele respective, sunt urmtoarele: piaa rafinrii i prelucrrii de iei (PETROM i Rompetrol);
piaa distribuiei i comercializrii de produse petroliere (PETROM, OMV i Rompetrol).

Pentru a se evita restrngerea concurenei pe cele dou piee ale produsului afectate, OMV a propus
Consiliului Concurenei angajamente pentru compatibilizarea operaiunii cu un mediu concurenial normal, care
constau n obligaia asumat de OMV de a renuna la controlul n comun asupra Rompetrol, prin nstrinarea
participaiei de 25,1% pe care o deine n cadrul acestei societi.

Prin nstrinarea de ctre OMV a participaiei deinut la Rompetrol, structura pieei nu se modific i prin
urmare operaiunea de concentrare economic nu conduce la crearea sau consolidarea unei poziii dominante
pe piaa rafinrii i prelucrrii de iei din Romnia. De asemenea, nstrinarea participaiei deinut de ctre
OMV la Rompetrol va limita ntr-o masur considerabil efectele concentrrii economice analizate i va
conduce la compatibilizarea acesteia cu un mediu concurenial normal pe piaa distribuiei i comercializrii de
produse petroliere din Romnia.

Constatnd c, prin respectarea angajamentelor asumate de ctre OMV Aktiengesellschaft de nstrinare a

tuturor aciunilor pe care le deine n societatea comercial The Rompetrol Group NV Olanda, se asigur
compatibilitatea operaiunii cu un mediu concurenial normal, concentrarea economic a fost autorizat de
Consiliul Concurenei.

162. Acest sumar bilan al evoluiilor nregistrate n cteva dintre sectoarele economice eseniale pentru
economia romneasc demonstreaz c msurile de continuare a procesului de creare a ambianei
concureniale prin restructurare, privatizare i liberalizare au contribuit la dezvoltarea i consolidarea pieelor i
au nceput s produc efectele scontate.

115

Development of the
competitive environment.
oil industry.
161. The Austrian company OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OMV)
acquired the majority stocks of the National Oil Company PETROM
SA, this representing the most important event of the year 2004 in the

SN PETROM SA is a diversified company, being involved both on the national and international level in
exploring, developing, producing and selling oil and natural gas, processing and trading oil products and
chemical products. SN PETROM SA is the mother company for Petrom Group, with branches all around
Romania and abroad.

The acquiring company, namely OMV, is the mother company for a group of companies that operate in the field
of exploring, processing and distributing oil products. Also, OMV has joint control with Rompetrol Holding SA
Elveia over The Rompetrol Group N.V. Olanda, mother company for the Rompetrol group, that operates on the
Romanian oil market.

From the analysis of the products relevant markets, and considering the joint control of OMV over Rompetrol, it
resulted that the areas of activity that the economic concentration has effects upon, by reducing the competition
on the market, are the following: the market of crude oil refining and processing (PETROM and Rompetrol); the
market of oil products distribution and trade ( PETROM, OMV and Rompetrol)

In order to prevent the competition from being restricted on the two affected product markets, OMV submitted a
proposal to the Competition Council, committing itself to give up the joint control over Rompetrol, by selling the
25.1% Rompetrol shares that it held, in order to make the economic concentration compatible with a normal
competitive environment.

By selling the Rompetrol shares, the market structure does not modify, and therefore the economic
concentration will not lead to creating or consolidating a dominant position on the market of crude oil refining
and processing. Also, this action will considerably limit the effects of the economic concentration and will lead to
making this economic concentration compatible with a normal competitive environment on the market of oil
products distribution and trade in Romania.

The Competition Council states that the compatibility of the operation with a normal competitive environment is
ensured by OMV Aktiengesellschafts observance of the undertaken commitments consisting in alienation of all
the shares it was helding in the trading company The Rompetrol Group NV Olanda. For the reasons shown
above, the Competition Council authorized the economic concentration. .

162. This brief summary of the evolutions recorded in some of the key sectors of the Romanian economy
shows that the measures taken to continue the process of creating a competititve environment by restructuring,
privatization and liberalization have contributed to the development and consolidation of the markets and have
begun to produce the expected effects.

116
 Capitolul 4 : PROMOVAREA CULTURII CONCURENEI

1. ROLUL POLITICII DE PROMOVARE A CULTURII CONCURENEI N APLICAREA

POLITICII CONCURENEI

163. Politica de promovare a culturii

concurenei reprezint o component esenial
a politicii concurenei i a constituit una dintre
prioritile Consiliului Concurenei n anul
2004. O cunoatere aprofundat a principiilor
i regulilor de concuren de ctre agenii
economici i publicul larg, dar mai ales
aplicarea acestora conduc la un climat de
afaceri propice dezvoltrii profitabile a
activitii agenilor economici i, implicit, la
bunstarea consumatorilor.

164. Experiena anilor trecui a demonstrat c,

fr o strategie clar de promovare a culturii concurenei, msurile luate de Consiliul Concurenei pentru
reprimarea practicilor anticoncureniale sau a altor nclcri ale prevederilor legale au fost insuficiente pentru
obinerea rezultatelor dorite.

Pentru ca agenii economici s poat contientiza avantajele existenei unui mediu concurenial normal, precum
i riscul la care se expun n cazul nerespectrii reglementrilor din domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat,
este necesar, n primul rnd, ca acetia s cunoasc i s neleag legislaia specific domeniului. De aceea,
diseminarea culturii concurenei este esenial n crearea climatului necesar unei reale economii de pia.

innd seama de importana promovrii culturii concurenei, n anul 2004, Consiliul Concurenei a iniiat
elaborarea i aplicarea unei strategii, al crei obiectiv final este crearea unei baze largi de susinere a politicii
concurenei.

2. OBIECTIVELE STRATEGIEI CONSILIULUI CONCURENEI DE PROMOVARE A

CULTURII CONCURENEI I MSURI PENTRU APLICAREA ACESTEIA

165. Obiectivele promovrii culturii concurenei sunt de natur complex i de o importan esenial pentru
dezvoltarea economiei de pia funcional n Romnia.

n cadrul amplului program de promovare a culturii concurenei prevzut de strategia Consiliului Concurenei,
principalele direcii de aciune au vizat:

contientizarea de ctre agenii economici, consumatori, instituii publice .a. a avantajelor crerii,
meninerii i stimulrii unui mediu concurenial;
monitorizarea i influenarea politicilor economice, pentru a se evita posibilele distorsiuni ale
concurenei;
cunoaterea regulilor de concuren i ajutor de stat, astfel nct acestea s fie respectate.

117
 Chapter 4 :COMPETITION ADVOCACY

1. THE ADVOCACY ROLE IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE COMPETITION RULES

163. Advocacy is an essential component of

the competition policy and during 2004, it was
one of the primacies of the Competition
Council. A thorough knowledge of the
competition principles and rules by the
undertakings and by the public, but in
particular, their enforcement lead to a
business environment which corresponds to
the viable development of the undertakings
activities and therefore, to the consumers
welfare.

164. The past experience showed that

without the existence of a transparent
advocacy strategy, the measures undertaken
by the Competition Council in order to preclude the anticompetitive practices or other law infringements would
be useless for achieving the desired output.

Firstly, it is mandatory the thorough comprehension of the undertakings on the specific legislation in this field,
so that they would become aware of both the advantages of a normal competitive environment and the
undertaken risk in case of non-observance of the regulations on competition and state aid fields. Thus, the
dissemination of the competition culture is a primacy in creating the proper environment for a functional
economy.

Taking into account the importance of the advocacy, within 2004, the Competition Council issued and enforced
a strategy whose final goal is creating the legal framework of the competition culture.

2. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL ADVOCACYS STRATEGY AND

MEASURES FOR ITS ENFORCEMENT

165. The advocacys objectives are complex and essential for the development of a functional economy in
Romania.

The main directions of the thorough advocacy programme set out in the Competition Council strategy
envisaged the following:

The awareness of the undertakings, consumers and public institutions on the advantages which arise
from creating, maintaining and encouraging a competitive environment;
Monitoring and inducing the economic policies in order to prevent the possible competition distortions;
Comprehension of the competition and state aid rules in order to be observed.

118
166. Aciunile de promovare a culturii concurenei au fost direcionate ctre toate structurile societii interesate
sau implicate, respectiv ctre mediul de afaceri, sistemul judectoresc, mediul academic, instituii publice,
consumatori, mass-media.
Pentru ca strategia Consiliului Concurenei de promovare a culturii concurenei s fie cunoscut i susinut, n
luna iunie, aceasta a fost cuprins i detaliat n dou documente, publicate sub denumirea Foaie de parcurs
pentru promovarea culturii concurenei i Planul de aciuni pentru implementarea msurilor privind
promovarea culturii concurenei.Tot pentru a-i face cunoscut activitatea i a contribui la promovarea culturii
concurenei, n anul 2004, Consiliul Concurenei a elaborat i a publicat Cartea alb a liberei concurene n
Romnia i Raportul pe anul 2003 al Consiliului Concurenei i a continuat editarea i publicarea revistei
Profil: Concurena. De asemenea, ncepnd cu luna mai a anului 2004, Consiliul Concurenei a iniiat
elaborarea i publicarea unui buletin informativ lunar, care ofer o imagine operativ a activitilor Consiliului
Concurenei.

Cartea alb a liberei concurene se adreseaz deopotriv mediului de afaceri, societii civile i autoritilor
publice i se dorete a fi un document care s ofere o imagine real a rolului Consiliului Concurenei n cadrul
reformei economice. Aceasta i propune ca obiective prezentarea cadrului legislativ n domeniu, punnd
accent pe responsabilitile care revin Consiliului Concurenei n procesul de aderare a Romniei la Uniunea
European.

Foaia de parcurs pentru promovarea culturii concurenei reprezint un document care permite nelegerea
unor aspecte relevate de ordin conceptual privind promovarea culturii concurenei i cuprinde, n acelai timp,
fundamentarea aciunilor concrete ntreprinse de Consiliul Concurenei n acest materie. n continuarea
activitii ncepute prin elaborarea Foii de parcurs privind cultura concurenei, a fost adoptat Planul de aciuni
pentru implementarea msurilor privind promovarea culturii concurenei, care conine aciunile concrete
ntreprinse de autoritatea de concuren n relaia cu autoritile, cu agenii economici, cu media i cu alte
grupuri int determinate.

Deoarece promovarea culturii concurenei reprezint o prioritate major a strategiei de dezvoltare a unui mediu
concurenial normal, Consiliul Concurenei editeaz i transmite autoritilor, din mai 2004 Buletinul lunar,
care reprezint o sintez a ultimelor informaii privind activitatea instituiei. n anul 2004 a continuat editarea
Revistei Profil: Concuren, comitetul de redacie punnd accentul pe creterea calitii tiinifice a
materialelor publicate, pe diversificarea temelor abordate i pe atragerea de autori consacrai spre paginile
acesteia. n anul 2004, revista a aprut semestrial.

Aceste publicaii au fost difuzate reprezentanilor diferitelor grupuri int ale strategiei de promovare a culturii
concurenei.
3. ACTIVITI DE PROMOVARE A CULTURII CONCURENEI

167. Activitile Consiliului Concurenei de promovare a culturii concurenei au constat, n principal, n:

organizarea de seminarii, conferine, reuniuni i ntlniri cu autoritile centrale i locale, mediul de
afaceri, mediul academic i judectoresc, asociaii patronale sau profesionale;
participarea la diferite evenimente interne i internaionale;
crearea i instituionalizarea unui sistem de consultri ex-ante, n care s fie atrase ministerele i
instituiile publice interesate;
ncheierea unor acorduri de parteneriat cu diferite instituii i organizaii;
organizarea unor ntlniri cu mass-media i acordarea de interviuri i declaraii de pres;
comunicate de pres referitoare la probleme de importan major aflate pe agenda de lucru a
Consiliului Concurenei;
restructurarea paginii de internet a Consiliului Concurenei ( www.consiliulconcurentei.ro i
www.competition.ro ) i publicarea tuturor materialelor relevante (decizii, investigaii deschise,
publicaii, legislaie .a.).

119
166. The advocacy actions were undertaken by all the stakeholders or involved companies, i.e the business
and academic environments, the judiciary, the public bodies, consumers and mass-media.

In order to raise its awareness and strengthening, in June, the Competition Council advocacy strategy was
covering and thoroughly detailed by two documents, entitled: Road Map for Competition Advocacy and
Actions Plan for implementing the measures of the competition advocacy . Also, in the same respect, during
2004, the Competition Council issued and published the White Paper of free competition in Romania and
The Competition Council report on 2003 and it kept on bringing out the magazine Profile: Competition .
Since May, 2004 the Competition Council has started the elaboration and publication of a monthly bulletin,
which takes an operative picture of the Competition Council actions.

The White Paper of free competition addresses equally to the business community, civil society and public
institutions. It is likely to represent a document that offers a real picture of the Competition Council role within
the economic reform. Its objective is the description of the legislative framework in this field, focusing on the
responsibilities committed by the Competition Council within the scope of Romanian accession to E.U.

The Road Map for Competition Advocacy is a document that not only envisages the comprehension of some
relevant aspects of conceptual nature on competition advocacy but also, provides for the enforcement of the
concrete actions undertaken by the Competition Council in this field. To continue its advocacy activity started by
issuing of the Road Map for Competition Advocacy, the Competition Council adopted the Actions Plan for
implementing the measures of the competition advocacy, which contains the concrete actions undertaken by
the competition authority in connection with other bodies, undertakings, mass-media and other conventional
target groups.

As the competition advocacy is the first priority of the strategy on developing a normal competitive environment,
since May, 2004 the Competition Council has been publishing and conveying to the authorities the monthly
bulletin, which is a summary of the latest information about the institutions activity. The Competition Council
continued to publish in 2004 the magazine Profile:Competition, its editorial panel focusing on increasing the
scientific quality of the issues published, on the diversification of the approached topics and on interesting
famous authors in writing articles. During 2004, the magazine was published half-yearly.

These publications were disseminated to the representatives of different target groups, parts involved in the
advocacy strategy.

3. COMPETITION ADVOCACYS ACTIVITIES

167. The competition advocacys activities carried out by the Competition Council consist mainly of:
organization of seminars, conferences, reunions and meetings with central and local authorities,
business environment, academic and judiciary environment, employers or professional associations;
Participation at different internal and international events;
Creation and institutionalization of a system of ex-ante consultations, in which to be involved ministries
and public institutions concerned;
Concluding protocols of collaboration with different institutions and organizations;
Organization of meetings with mass media and giving press releases and interviews;
Press releases regarding issues of major importance on the working agenda of the Competition
Council;
Restructuring the website of the Competition Council (www.consiliulconcurentei.ro and
www.competition.ro ) and publishing all relevant materials (decisions, open investigations, publications,
legislation etc.).

120
168. innd seama de impactul acestor forme de promovare a culturii
concurenei asupra nivelului de cunoatere i nelegere a regulilor de 3.1.Seminarii, ntlniri,
conferine i reuniuni
concuren de ctre participani, Consiliul Concurenei a acordat o
importan deosebit acestei activiti.

n anul 2004, ndeosebi n perioada 1 martie 31 decembrie, reprezentani ai Consiliului Concurenei au

participat la 21 seminarii, 4 ntlniri, 10 conferine i 4 reuniuni, n cadrul crora au fost prezentate, dezbtute i
clarificate o serie de aspecte privind aplicarea politicii concurenei, n general, precum i aplicarea legislaiei
specifice n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat, n special. Majoritatea aciunilor (28) au fost organizate
de Consiliul Concurenei mpreun cu alte organizaii sau instituii (Camera de Comer i Industrie a Romniei
i a Municipiului Bucureti, Centrul Romn de Comer Exterior, autoriti de reglementare, consilii judeene,
prefecturi).

3.1.1.Seminarii 169. Cele 21 seminarii cuprind seminariile desfurate n cadrul Proiectului de Twinning,
cele organizate de ctre Institutul Superior al Magistraturii, precum i alte aciuni la care
Consiliul a participat att n calitate de organizator, ct i ca invitat. Pentru a facilita
participarea ct mai multor reprezentani ai diferitelor grupuri int, multe dintre aciunile organizate de Consiliul
Concurenei s-au desfurat n orae situate n zone diferite ale rii (Bucureti, Braov, Iai, Constana,
Ploieti, Rm.Vlcea, Timioara, Brlad, Mangalia, Bacu).

170. Temele abordate au fost:

principiile legislaiei romneti armonizat cu ultimele evoluii legislative comunitare n materie,

beneficiile pentru consumator ale unei reale concurene, precum i rolul inspectoratelor de concuren
teritoriale n supravegherea mediului de afaceri;
politica concurenei n Romnia - reglementarea proteciei concurenei, practicile anticoncureniale,
concentrrile economice i contraveniile sancionate de Legea concurenei, reglementarea ajutoarelor
de stat prin legislaia romneasc - asigurarea transparenei ajutoarelor de stat n relaia autoriti
iniiatoare autoriti furnizoare mediul de afaceri, reguli de procedur privind controlul ajutoarelor
de stat, inventarierea, monitorizarea i raportarea ajutoarelor de stat, precum i prioriti ale Consiliului
Concurenei n contextul negocierilor de aderare la Uniunea European;
rolul i locul judectorilor romni n perspectiva aderrii Romniei la Uniunea European, tiut fiind
faptul c i Statele Membre sunt preocupate de pregtirea judectorilor de la instanele naionale n
vederea aplicrii legislaiei comunitare modernizate.

171. n cadrul cooperrii dintre Autoritatea de Concuren i Ministerul Afacerilor Economice din Olanda, pe de
o parte, i Consiliul Concurenei, pe de alt parte, n perioada 2 - 6 august, la sediul Camerei de Comer i
Industrie a Romniei i a Municipiului Bucureti, s-a desfurat un seminar axat pe probleme de concuren (2
zile) i ajutor de stat (3 zile), avnd urmtoarele componente tematice:

A. Concurena :

experiena olandez n aplicarea legislaiei din domeniul concurenei, cu exemplificri privind

investigaiile de cazuri;
proceduri i tehnici de investigaii inopinate;
prezentarea, de ctre Consiliul Concurenei din Romnia, a principalelor elemente din legislaia
armonizat cu acquis-ul comunitar care reglementeaz concurena;
prezentarea modului n care se pregtete i se desfoar o investigaie (cazuri instrumentate de
Consiliul Concurenei);
prezentarea, de ctre partea romn, a legislaiei referitoare la carteluri i a unor studii de caz cu privire
la nelegeri i la abuzul de poziie dominant.

121
 3.1.Seminars, meetings, 168. Taking into account the impact of these forms of competition
conferences and reunions advocacy over the level of knowledge and comprehension of the
competition rules by the participants, Competition Council paid special
attention to this activity.

In 2004, mostly during March 1 December 31, representatives of the Competition Council participated at 21
seminars, 4 meetings, 10 conferences and 4 reunions, within which there were presented, debated and clarified
numerous aspects regarding the enforcement of the competition policy, in general, and the enforcement of the
specific legislation in the competition and state aid field, in particular. Most of the activities (28) were organized
by the Competition Council together with other organizations or institutions (Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Romania and Bucharest Municipality, Romanian Trade Promotion Centre, regulatory authorities,
county councils, prefectures).

169. The 21 seminars represent seminars carried out within the Twinning Project, those
organized by the National Institute of Magistrates, and other actions at which Competition 3.1.1.Seminars
Council participated both as organizer and as a guest. For facilitating the participation of
more representatives of different target groups, a lot of the actions organized by the
Competition Council carried out in cities from different regions of the country (Bucureti, Braov, Iai,
Constana, Ploieti, Rm.Vlcea, Timioara, Brlad, Mangalia, Bacu).

170. The approached subjects were:

The principles of the Romanian legislation harmonized with the latest developments in the European
legislation, the benefits for the consumer from a real competition, and the role of the local competition
inspectorates in surveying the business environment;
The competition policy in Romania regulating the competition protection, anticompetitive practices,
economic concentrations and sanctioned contraventions by the Competition Law, regulating the State
aids by the Romanian legislation ensuring the transparency of the State aids within the relation
initiating authorities granting authorities business environment, procedural rules regarding the
State aid control, inventorying, monitoring and reporting the State aids, as well as priorities of the
Competition Council in the process of the accession negotiations with the European Union;
Role and place of the Romanian judges in the perspective of Romanias accession to the European
Union, taking into account the fact that also the Members States are preoccupied with the training of
the judges from the national courts in order to apply the modernized community legislation.

171. Within the cooperation between the Dutch Competition Authority and the Dutch Ministry of Economic
Affairs, on one hand, and the Romanian Competition Council, on the other hand, during August 2 - 6, at the
premises of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest, a seminar on competition
policy was carried out (2 days) and State aid (3 days), with the following subjects:

A. Competition :

The Dutch experience in applying the legislation in the competition field, with examples regarding the
investigations;
Procedures and techniques for dawn raids;
Presentations, by the Romanian Competition Council, of the main elements of the harmonized
legislation with the acquis communautaire, which regulates the competition;
Presentation of the way in which it is prepared and developed an investigation (cases handled by the
Competition Council);
Presentation, by the Romanian side, of the legislation on cartels and of certain case studies with regard
to agreements and abuse of dominant position.

122
 B. Ajutor de stat :

prezentarea legislaiei romneti din domeniul ajutorului de stat: organizare i mecanisme de control;
schimb reciproc de informaii n legtur cu ajutorul de stat din domeniile cercetare-dezvoltare,
ocuparea forei de munc, respectiv cu ajutorul de stat pentru salvare i restructurare (siderurgie);
schimb de informaii n legtur cu ajutorul fiscal i garaniile guvernamentale;
experiena olandez n domeniul ajutorului de stat pentru dezvoltare regional i al celui pentru
protecia mediului;
experiena olandez privind Fondurile Structurale i de Coeziune, n contextul aderrii Romniei la
Uniunea European.

La lucrrile seminarului au participat, pe lng experii Consiliului Concurenei, reprezentani ai unor ministere,
ai mediului de afaceri i ai mediului juridic, precum i reprezentani ai Ambasadei Olandei la Bucureti.

ntlnirea lunar a Colegiului de Excelen n Afaceri, organizat de Consiliul Naional

3.1.2. ntlniri al ntreprinderilor Private Mici i Mijlocii din Romnia; Bucureti,14 mai

172. Preedintele Consiliului Concurenei, a susinut o expunere cu privire la rolul i atribuiile autoritii
naionale de concuren, legislaia naional n domeniul concurenei i modul de aplicare a acesteia.

ntlnire cu reprezentanii patronatelor din judeul Bacu, la sediul Camerei de Comer, Industrie i
Agricultur; 15 aprilie

173. La acest eveniment au participat numeroase organizaii patronale, dintre care amintim: Federaia
Asociaiilor Patronale, Patronatul Constructorilor, Patronatul Agricultorilor, Patronatul Morarilor, Brutarilor i
Productorilor din Industria Alimentar, Patronatul Industriailor, Asociaia Exportatorilor i Importatorilor,
Patronatul Confeciilor, Patronatul Comercianilor, Asociaia ntreprinderilor Mici i Mijlocii, Patronatul
Forestierilor i Prelucrtorilor n Lemn, Patronatul Transportatorilor, Asociaia Investitorilor Strini PROINVEST.

Aceast ntlnire a fost inclus n "Planul de implementare la nivel local a legislaiei armonizate cu acquis-ul
comunitar n anul 2004" i a avut drept scop creterea gradului de cunoatere cu privire la importana aplicrii
politicii concurenei i a ajutorului de stat.

ntlnire ntre experi ai Consiliului Concurenei i reprezentani ai Autoritii Naionale de Reglementare n

domeniul Gazelor Naturale (ANRGN); Bucureti, 9 iunie

174. n cadrul discuiilor au fost abordate aspecte privind piaa gazelor naturale n Romnia, modul n care pot
co-exista n economia de pia funcional zone reglementate i zone libere ale aceleiai piee. n acest
context, n vederea armonizrii reglementrilor adoptate de ANRGN cu regulile de concuren n domeniu, au
fost discutate aspecte concrete privind regulamentul adoptat de ANRGN pentru prevenirea abuzului de poziie
dominant pe piaa gazelor naturale, att n ceea ce privete segmentul reglementat, ct i cel concurenial al
pieei gazelor naturale.

ntlnire ntre experi ai Consiliului Concurenei i reprezentani ai Autoritii Naionale de Reglementare n

Domeniul Comunicaiilor (ANRC); Bucureti, 22 iunie

123
B. State aid:

Presentation of the Romanian legislation in the State aid field: organization and control mechanisms;
Mutual exchange of information with regard to the State aid for research and development,
employment, respectively State aid for rescue and restructuring (steel);
Exchange of information with regard to the fiscal aid and Governmental guaranties;
Dutch experience in the State aid field for regional development and for environmental protection;
Dutch experience regarding the Structural Funds and Cohesion, in the accession context of Romania to
the European Union.

At this seminar, besides the experts of the Competition Council, representatives of certain ministries, of
business and juridiciary environment, as well as representatives of the Dutch Embassy in Bucharest.

3.1.2. Meetings Monthly meetings of the Excellence Business Club, organized by the National
Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania; Bucharest, May 14

172. The President of the Competition Council presented the role and the attributions of the National
Competition Authority, national legislation in the competition field and its application methods.

Meeting with the representatives of the employers associations from Bacu county, at the premises of the
Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, April, 15

173. At this event, numerous employers organizations, amongst which: Federation of Employers Associations,
Constructors Employers Association, Agricultures Employers Association, Millers, Bakers and Food Industry
Producers Employers Association, Industry Producers Employers Association, Exporters and Importers
Association, Traders Employers Association, Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Wood Producers
Employers Association, Transporters Employers Association, Foreign Investors Association PROINVEST took
part.

This meeting was included in "Plan for implementing at local level the legislation harmonized with the acquis
communautaire in 2004" and had as purpose the increase of the knowledge degree with regard to the
importance of the competition and State aid policy application.

Meeting between experts of the Competition Council and representatives of the National Regulatory
Authority in the Natural Gas Sector (ANRGN); Bucharest, June 9

174. During the meeting, the discussions referred to aspects of the Romanian natural gas market, and the way
in which regulated areas and open areas can coexist on the same market in a functional market economy.
Thus, in order to harmonize the regulations adopted by ANRGN with the competition regulations in this field,
concrete aspects were discussed regarding the Regulation adopted by ANRGN to prevent the abuse of
dominance on the natural gas market, both on the regulated and non-regulated (competitive) segments on the
natural gas market.

Meeting between experts of the Competition Council and representatives of the National Regulatory
Authority for Communications (ANRC); Bucharest, June 22.

124
175. n cadrul discuiilor au fost abordate aspecte concrete privind piaa telecomunicaiilor n Romnia,
modaliti de definire i de analiz a pieei relevante, precum i elemente privind modul de coordonare a
interveniei Consiliului Concurenei i ANRC pe pia n vederea concertrii activitilor.

Conferina cu tema Supravegherea pieei organizat

3.1.3. Conferine de ctre Meeting and Conference Center, Branch of the
Black Sea University Foundation; Bucureti, 2 - 6 iunie

Conferina pe probleme de concuren i ajutor de stat, organizat de Consiliul Concurenei

mpreun cu Camera de Comer i Industrie a Romniei i a Municipiului Bucureti, n cadrul Trgului
Internaional de Bunuri de Consum TIBCO 2004; 2 iunie

Conferina cu tema Concurena n contextul integrrii europene, organizat n parteneriat cu Nine

OClock Publications; Bucureti, 23 iunie

Conferina avnd tema Reguli i practici europene n domeniul concurenei i a ajutorului de stat-
efectele asupra mediului de afaceri, organizat de Consiliul Concurenei cu sprijinul Camerei de Comer
i Industrie a Romniei i a Municipiului Bucureti, n cadrul Trgului Internaional de Mobil Bucureti
BIFE -TIMB 2004; 10 septembrie

Conferina internaional Experiene central europene n implementarea acquis-ului comunitar n

domeniul concurenei n cadrul pieei unice europene, organizat de ctre fundaia EUROLINK Casa
Europei, a constituit un prilej remarcabil pentru participani, inclusiv pentru specialitii Consiliului
Concurenei, de a cunoate practica comunitar n domeniul concurenei de la reprezentani de seam ai
unor instituii implicate direct n politica concurenei a Uniunii Europene.

Conferina s-a bucurat de prezena reprezentantei Direciei Generale de Concuren a Comisiei

Europene i a OECD-ului, precum i de prezena reprezentanilor autoritilor de concuren din Italia,
Slovacia, Letonia, Ungaria. De asemenea, au fost prezeni reprezentani ai unor ambasade, instituii de
prestigiu din ar i din strintate, experi PHARE n domeniul concurenei .a.; Constana,7-10
octombrie

Conferina avnd tema Legea Concurenei: nelegeri anticoncureniale, organizat de Consiliul

Concurenei cu sprijinul Camerei de Comer i Industrie a Romniei i a Municipiului Bucureti, n cadrul
Trgului Internaional de Turism; 22 octombrie

Conferina intitulat Cldura 2004-2005, apel la raiune i aciune pe teme privind eficiena
energetic a cldirilor i alternative la sistemul de nclzire central; Bucureti, 10 noiembrie

Conferina Piaa Serviciilor Juridice pentru afaceri, organizat de Fin Media; Bucureti, 11
noiembrie

Conferina avnd ca tem Mediul concurenial - condiie a succesului n afaceri, organizat

mpreun cu Asociaia Oamenilor de Afaceri din Romnia; Bucureti, 12 noiembrie

Conferina avnd tema Practici anticoncureiale interzise de Legea concurenei, organizat de

Consiliul Concurenei cu sprijinul Camerei de Comer i Industrie a Romniei i a Municipiului Bucureti,
n cadrul Trgului Internaional Cosmetics-Beauty Hair; 26 noiembrie

125
175. During the meeting, the discussions referred to aspects of the Romanian telecommunications market, and
ways of defining and analyzing the relevant market, as well as aspects regarding the ways to coordinate the
interventions of the Competition Council and ANRC on this market.

Conference on Supervising the market organized by

Meeting and Conference Center, Branch of the Black Sea 3.1.3. Conferences
University Foundation; Bucharest, June, 2-6.

Conference on Antitrust and State aid issues, organized by the Competition Council and the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest, within the International Consumer
Goods Fair TIBCO 2004, June, 2.

Conference on Competition in the context of European integration organized in partnership with

Nine OClock Publications; Bucharest June, 23.

Conference on European rules and practices in the Antitrust and State aid field - impact on the
business environment organized by the Competition Council and the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Romania and Bucharest, within the International Furniture Fair Bucharest BIFE -TIMB 2004,
September, 10.

International Conference Central-European experiences in implementing the acquis

communautaire in the competition field on the Single European Market organized by the EUROLINK
House of Europe Foundation, that represented a remarkable opportunity for the participants, including the
Competition Councils experts, to be familiarized with the EC practice in the field of competition by
outstanding representatives of institutions directly involved in the EU Competition policy.

At the conference participated representatives of DG Competition and OECD, as well as representatives

of Competition Authorities from Italy, Slovakia, Latvia and Hungary, representatives of embassies, other
prestigious national and foreign institutions, PHARE experts on competition etc; Constanta October 7-10.

Conference having as theme The Competition Law: anti-competitive agreements, organized by

Competition Council, with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and
Bucharest, within the International Fair of Tourism; October, 22.

Conference Heating 2004-2005- a call for reason and action on aspects regarding the energetic
efficiency of buildings and alternatives to the central heating system; Bucharest, November, 10

Conference The market of legal services for business organized by Finmedia; Bucharest,
November, 11

Conference on The competitive environment - prerequisite of business success organized

together with the Romanian Businessman Association; Bucharest, November, 12

Conference on Anticompetitive practices forbidden by the Competition Law organized by the

Competition Council and the Romanian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, within the International Fair
Cosmetics-Beauty Hair; Bucharest, November, 26

126
 Reuniune cu reprezentanii teritoriali ai Centrului Romn
3.1.4. Reuniuni
de Comer Exterior (CRCE); Braov, 16 aprilie

176. Preedintele Consiliului Concurenei, dl. Mihai Berinde, a prezentat atribuiile autoritii romne de
concuren i prioritile acesteia viznd crearea unui climat de concuren pe piaa romneasc. De
asemenea, au fost abordate o serie de aspecte privind cooperarea n plan teritorial ntre reprezentanii CRCE i
inspectoratele judeene ale Consiliului Concurenei.

Reuniune cu reprezentani ai mediului de afaceri din judeul Timioara; 28 aprilie

177. Acest eveniment s-a nscris n contextul prioritilor stabilite de Consiliul Concurenei privind promovarea
unei culturi a concurenei - obiectiv major n vederea construirii unei economii de pia funcional i accelerrii
procesului de negociere a aderrii la Uniunea European. Organizat de Camera de Comer, Industrie i
Agricultur Timioara, UGIR Timi, Prefectura Timi, la aceast mas rotund au participat numeroi
reprezentani ai mediului de afaceri timiean, dintre care amintim societile comerciale: SOLECTRON,
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SRL, LISA DRAXELMAIER Romnia, COCA COLA, ABB ROMETRICS,
SIEMENS, ELBA, ALCATEL NETWORK SYSTEMS, LUXTEN LIGHTING, BEGA GROUP, TENDER GROUP,
RO ALTO GRADIMENTO, CONTITECH SRL, PROCTER&GAMBLE, ICC CHEMICALS,
PASMANTEXDERMATINA, GUBAN etc.

Mas rotund cu tema Concurena-ajutoare de stat organizat la sediul Camerei de Comer i Industrie
a Romniei, n cadrul Forumului Internaional de Investiii; Bucureti, 14 octombrie

Reuniune n cadrul Grupului de Reflecie Etica n afaceri, avnd ca tem aspecte legislative privind
concurena monopolist; Bucureti, 29 octombrie

178. Grupul de Reflecie Etica n afaceri este un forum de dezbatere organizat de ctre CCIRB, avnd 50 de
membri, ntre care se numr specialiti n probleme economice, reprezentani ai camerelor de comert i
patronatelor, consultani n afaceri, management i n domeniul fiscal, juriti, etc.

Consiliul Concurenei, prin Inspectoratul de Concuren al Municipiului Bucureti

i Judeului Ilfov a desfurat, n perioada apriliemai, o aciune complex de 3.1.5. Alte aciuni
promovare, la nivelul unitilor administrativ teritoriale din Bucureti i judetul
Ilfov, a legislaiei actualizat n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat.
Aceast aciune s-a nscris n cadrul prioritilor Consiliului Concurenei pentru promovarea culturii
concurenei i ntrirea legitimitii rolului acestui organism de arbitru al pieei, deoarece aqcuis-ul n
domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat trebuie cunoscut, i mai ales aplicat, cu mult timp nainte de
data aderrii, pentru a permite agenilor economici s-i adapteze strategia de afaceri la regulile
europene.

179. n acest context, au fost ntocmite i distribuite materiale informative referitoare la modificrile i
completrile aduse Legii concurenei i Legii ajutorului de stat, la Prefectura Municipiului Bucureti, Primria
Municipiului Bucureti, primriile celor 6 sectoare i cele din judeul Ilfov.

Pentru a evalua impactul aciunilor sale de promovare a culturii concurenei, Consiliul Concurenei a
realizat pentru prima dat, n perioada 1 - 5 noiembrie, un studiu pe un eantion reprezentativ de ageni
economici din ntreaga ar (cca.4000). Rezultatele analizei rspunsurilor date de acetia arat c
activitatea Consiliului Concurenei este bine perceput de ctre mediul de afaceri, n ceea ce privete
rolul acestuia n reglementarea aspectelor legate de concuren i de autorizare a ajutoarelor de stat
(figura 20).

127
 Reunion with the territorial representatives of the Romanian Foreign
3.1.4. Reunions
Trade Centre (CRCE) Brasov, April, 16

176. Mr. Mihai Berinde, President of the Competition Council, presented

the attributions of the Romanian Competition Authority and its priorities towards creating a competitive
environment on the Romanian market. Also, a series of aspects were approached regarding the cooperation
between representatives of CRCE and the territorial inspectorates of the Competition Council.

Reunion with representatives of the business environment from the Timisoara County; April, 28

177. This event was held within the framework of the Competition Councils priorities for competition advocacy -
major objective towards building a functional market economy and accelerating the negotiation process for EU
accession. The event was organized by the Timisoara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, UGIR Timis and
the Timis Prefecture. At this round table participated a large number of representatives of the Timisoara County
business environment, from companies such as; SOLECTRON, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SRL, LISA
DRAXELMAIER Romnia, COCA COLA, ABB ROMETRICS, SIEMENS, ELBA, ALCATEL NETWORK
SYSTEMS, LUXTEN LIGHTING, BEGA GROUP, TENDER GROUP, RO ALTO GRADIMENTO, CONTITECH
SRL, PROCTER&GAMBLE, ICC CHEMICALS, PASMANTEXDERMATINA, GUBAN etc.

Round table on Antitrust - State aid organized at the headquarters of the Romanian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, within the International Investment Forum; Bucharest, October, 14.

Reunion within the Ethics in Business Reflection Group, on legislative aspects regarding monopolistic
competition; Bucharest October

178. The Reflection Group called Ethics in business is a debating forum organized by CTIRB which has 50
members within which specialists in economic issues, representatives of trade chambers and of employers,
advisors in business, management, in fiscal and legal field, etc, may be found.

The Competition Council, through the competition inspectorate of Bucharest

3.1.5. Other actions and Ilfov County carried out, in the period April May, at the level of
administrative territorial units of Bucharest and Ilfov County, a complex
promotion campaign of the updated legislation in competition and State aid field.
This action is part of the Competition Councils priorities to promote the competition culture and to strengthen
the legitimacy of the role of this body as market moderator, because the acquis in competition and State aid
field must be known and especially enforced long before the accession date in view to allow the economic
agents to adapt their business strategy to the European rules.

179. In this context, there have been issued informatory workings related to the amendments and the
completions of the Competition Law and the State Aid Law, and distributed to the Prefecture of Bucharest
Municipality, the Mayor of Bucharest Municipality, the mayors of the 6 sectors of Bucharest and the mayors of
Ilfov County.

In order to assess the impact of its competition advocacy actions, the Competition Council carried out for
the first time, during 1-5 November, a study on a representative sample of undertakings from the entire
country (about 4000). The results of their answers analysis shows that the Competition Council activity is
well perceived in the business medium, as regards its role in regulating aspects related to competition
and state aid authorization(figure 20).

128
 Fig. 20 6% 2%

19%

73%

Important Moderat Nesemnificativ Nu au raspuns

De asemenea, mediul de afaceri cunoate existena noii legislaii n domeniul concurenei, n contextul
eforturilor viznd procesul de negociere a aderrii la Uniunea European. Studiul a fost realizat pe eantioane
de ageni economici din diverse sectoare economice, reprezentativi la nivelul fiecrui jude i s-a bazat pe un
chestionar cu 10 ntrebri

3.2.1. Evenimente interne

3.2. Participarea la diferite evenimente 180. ncepnd cu anul 2004, Consiliul Concurenei, cu
interne i internaionale sprijinul Camerei de Comer i Industrie a Romniei i a
Municipiului Bucureti, a organizat i a participat la o
serie de aciuni n cadrul manifestrilor ocazionate de organizarea unor trguri internaionale (TIBCO 2004,
TIMB-BIFE 2004, Trgul Internaional de Turism, Trgul Internaional Cosmetics-Beauty Hair). Impactul
acestor aciuni a fost semnificativ, deoarece i formele aciunilor au fost adaptate specificului manifestrii,
respectiv, pe lng conferine, au fost organizate i Birouri de informare i consultan, n cadrul crora
specialitii Consiliului Concurenei au pus la dispoziia celor interesai informaiile solicitate.

Vizite de lucru ale preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei

181. n cursul anului 2004, dl. Mihai Berinde, preedintele 3.2.2. Evenimente internaionale
Consiliului Concurenei, a avut vizite de lucru n Coreea, Germania,
Frana i Belgia, ocazii cu care au fost abordate subiecte viznd
stadiul pregtirilor privind negocierile de aderare la Uniunea European pentru Capitolul 6 Politica n domeniul
concurenei, ultimele modificri intervenite n legislaia romneasc, n vederea asigurrii armonizrii acesteia
cu reglementrile comunitare, progresele nregistrate de Romnia n aplicarea legislaiei n domeniul
concurenei, dar i n ceea ce privete evaluarea efectelor economice ale ajutoarelor de stat asupra
concurenei, determinarea ajutoarelor de stat n cazul garaniilor guvernamentale pentru credite i modaliti
practice de lucru n relaia cu Comisia European.

129
 Fig. 20 6% 2%

19%

73%

Important Moderate Insignificant No response

The business environment also knows the existence of the new competition legislation, in the context of the
efforts regarding the negotiation process of accession to the European Union. The study was realized on
samples of undertakings from different economic sectors, representative for each county and was based on a
ten-question questionnaire.

3.2.1. Domestic events

180. Beginning with 2004, the Competition Council, with the 3.2. Participation in different domestic
support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of and international events
Romania and Bucharest, organized and participated in
different events in the occasion of some international fairs (TIBCO 2004, TIMB-BIFE 2004, Tourism
International Fair and International Fair Cosmetics Beauty Hair). The impact of these actions was significant,
also because the action forms were adapted to the specific events. Beside conferences, the Competition
Council organized Information and Consultancy Offices, in which its experts provided the information to all
interested people.

Working visits of the President of the Competition Council

3.2.2. International events 181. During 2004, Mr. Mihai Berinde, President of the Competition Council,
had working visits to Korea, Germany, France, where he discussed topics as:
the preparation stage regarding the negotiations for the Chapter 6
Competition Policy in order to accede to EU; the last amendments of the Romanian legislation, in order to
ensure its harmonization with the common regulations; the progress registered by Romania in enforcing the
competition legislation, as well as in assessing the economic effects of the state aid on competition;
assessment of the state aids in form of governmental guarantees for credits; and practical proceedings of
working in relation with the European Commission.

130
Totodat, preedintele Consiliului Concurenei a solicitat sprijinul autoritilor de concuren vizitate n formarea
profesional a inspectorilor de specialitate romni i n implementarea msurilor viznd realizarea culturii
concurenei n Romnia.

Vizita n Coreea, cu ocazia celei de-a treia Conferine a Reelei Internaionale de Concuren - ntlnire
cu dl. Chul-Kyu KANG, preedintele Comisiei pentru concuren din Coreea; 20 - 22 aprilie

182. n cadrul discuiilor au fost abordate i aspectele viznd punerea n aplicare a prevederilor Protocolului de
cooperare administrativ bilateral semnat ntre Consiliul Concurenei i KFTC (Korea Fair Trade Commission).

n acelai timp au fost stabilite aciuni comune viznd cooperarea n plan internaional, partea corean - n
calitate de vicepreedinte al Comitetului de Concuren din cadrul OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development) - fiind de acord s susin participarea Consiliului Concurenei, n calitate de
observator, la lucrrile acestui organism.

Dl. Mihai Berinde a avut n Coreea ntlniri bilaterale i cu reprezentani ai delegaiilor din Uniunea European,
Germania, Frana, Italia i China, n cadrul crora au fost abordate msuri concrete privind susinerea reciproc
ntre autoritile naionale de concuren.

183. Vizita n Germania - ntlniri cu preedintele Oficiului Federal al Cartelurilor i cu reprezentani ai

Ministerului Federal al Economiei i Muncii i ai Ministerului Federal de Finane; 3 - 4 iunie

184. Vizita n Frana - ntlniri cu dna. Dominique HAGELSTEEN, preedinte al autoritii franceze de
concuren, cu reprezentani ai Secretariatului General al Comitetului Interministerial pentru Probleme de
Cooperare Economic European, organism aflat n subordinea Primului Ministru francez i cu experi francezi
din cadrul Ministerului Economiei, Finanelor i Industriei - Direcia General a Concurenei, Consumului i
Represiunii Fraudelor; 15 - 16 iunie

185. Vizita n Belgia - ntlniri cu domnul Stefaan Raes, preedintele Consiliului Concurenei din Belgia, domnul
Patrick DE WOLF, vicepreedintele Consiliului i doamna Marie-Thrse PEETERS, consilier general n cadrul
Serviciului Public Federal-Economie, IMM-uri, ntreprinztori Privai i Energie; 25 noiembrie.

Vizite n Romnia ale reprezentanilor altor autoriti de concuren i ale altor personaliti de
seam europene

ntrevederea dintre dl. Christophe Lemaire, reprezentantul Consiliului Concurenei din Frana, nsrcinat
cu afacerile europene i dl. Mihai Berinde, preedintele Consiliului Concurenei; 26 aprilie
ntrevedere ntre dl. Philippe Boin, consilierul pe probleme economice i comerciale al Ambasadei
Franei i dl. Mihai Berinde; 30 iunie

186. n cadrul ntrevederilor, dl. Mihai Berinde a prezentat progresele nregistrate de Romnia n armonizarea
legislativ i aplicarea acesteia, precum i aciunile concrete viznd diseminarea regulilor de concuren, prin
atragerea n aceste activiti a reprezentanilor autoritilor centrale i locale, a mediului de afaceri, a mediului
academic, a organizaiilor neguvernamentale, a consumatorilor etc. n acelai timp au fost propuse modaliti
concrete comune viznd colaborarea ntre Consiliul Concurenei din Romnia i cel din Frana, prin
organizarea de seminarii, vizite de lucru i schimb de informaii cu privire la cultura concurenei i funcionarea
autoritilor de competiie n cele dou ri.

ntrevedere ntre domnul Jonathan Scheele, eful Delegaiei Comisiei Europene n Romnia i
preedintele Consiliului Concurenei; 30 aprilie
131
At the same time, the President of the Competition Council requested support from the competition authorities
visited by the Romanian inspectors, to provide them professional training and also to help them to enforce the
competition advocacy in Romania.

Visit to Korea, on the occasion of the Third Conference of the International Competition Network
meeting with Mr. Chul-Kyu KANG, President of the Competition Commission of Korea; 20 22 April

182. During the discussions, were approached also aspects regarding the enforcement of the Bilateral Protocol
for Administrative Cooperation, concluded between the Competition Council and KFTC (Korea Fair Trade
Commission).

At the same time, they have settled common actions regarding the international cooperation. The Korean side,
as the Vice-president of the Competition Committee of OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development), agreed to support the Competition Council to participate as an observer at the workings of this
organism.

Mr. Mihai Berinde had bilateral meetings in Korea with representatives of EU, Germany, France, Italy and
China delegations, in context of which they discussed concrete measures regarding the mutual cooperation
between the national competition authorities.

183. Visit to Germany meetings with the President of the Federal Office of Cartels and with representatives of
the Federal Ministry of Economy and Labor and the Federal Ministry of Finance; 3-4 July

184. Visit to France meetings with Ms. Dominique HAGELSTEEN, President of the French competition
authority, with representatives of General Secretary of the Inter ministerial Committee on European Economic
Cooperation Matters, subordinated to the French Prime Minister, and with French experts from the Ministry of
Economy, Finance and Industry Directorate General of Competition, Consumption and Frauds Repression;
15-16 June

185. Visit to Belgium meetings with Mr. Stefaan Raes, President of the Belgian Competition Council, Mr.
Patrick DE WOLF, Vice-president of the Council, and Ms. Marie Thrse PEETERS, general counselor of the
Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Private Investors and Energy; 25 November

Visits to Romania of other competition authorities representatives and European notable persons

Meeting with Mr. Cristophe Lemaire, representative of the French Competition Council on European
Affairs, and Mr. Mihai Berinde, President of the Competition Council; 26 April
Meeting with Mr. Philippe Boin, counselor on economic and commercial matters of the Embassy of
France, and Mr. Mihai Berinde; 30 June

186. On this occasion, Mr. Mihai Berinde presented the progress registered by Romania in harmonizing and
enforcing the legislation, as well as the concrete actions regarding the dissemination of the competition rules,
by attracting into these activities the representatives of central and local authorities, business environment,
academic environment, non-governmental organizations, and consumers. At the same time, concrete common
proceedings were proposed regarding the cooperation between the Romanian Competition Council and the
French Competition Council, by organizing seminars, working visits and exchange of information regarding the
competition advocacy and the functioning of the competition authorities in the two countries.

Meeting with Mr. Jonathan Scheele, Head of the EC Delegation in Romania, and Mr. Mihai Berinde,
President of the Competition Council; April, 30

132
187. Cu aceast ocazie s-a procedat la o evaluare a progreselor nregistrate n activitatea Consiliului
Concurenei n perioada 1 martie - 30 aprilie 2004 n plan legislativ, al aplicrii legislaiei n domeniul
concurenei i al ajutorului de stat i n planul capacitii administrative. Pentru o informare corect i n spiritul
transparenei relaiilor cu Comisia European, au fost abordate unele aspecte tehnice privind negocierile pentru
Capitolul 6 Politica n domeniul concurenei. n acest context, au fost aduse clarificri referitoare la modul de
aplicare a legislaiei n domeniu, modificat la sfritul anului 2003, care asigur prevalena aplicrii regulilor n
domeniul concurenei.

Vizita unei delegaii a Consiliului

Concurenei din Frana, condus de domnii
Bruno Lasserre, preedintele autoritii
franceze de concuren, i Christophe
Lemaire, nsrcinat cu afacerile europene;
28 - 29 octombrie

188. Preedintele Consiliului Concurenei a

prezentat progresele nregistrate de instituie n
armonizarea legislaiei romneti cu ultimele
evoluii ale reglementrilor comunitare n domeniu,
n aplicarea acesteia, mbuntirea capacitii
administrative, precum i aciunile concrete cu
privire la diseminarea regulilor de concuren i n promovarea culturii concurenei.

De asemenea, domnul Bruno Lasserre a fcut o scurt prezentare a modului de organizare a autoritii de
concuren franceze.

n continuarea bunelor relaii stabilite cu autoritatea francez, au fost discutate aspecte concrete legate de
cooperarea bilateral dintre cele dou autoriti de concuren, punndu-se bazele unui acord de colaborare
administrativ i instituional pe termen mediu i lung, care va cuprinde organizarea de consultri periodice,
att la nivelul conducerii acestor organisme, ct i la nivel de experi, intensificarea schimbului de experien cu
specialitii francezi, promovarea schimbului de informaii i furnizarea unor materiale documentare privind
problematica n domeniul concurenei.

Vizita preedintelui Comisiei pentru Concuren din Coreea; 1 noiembrie

189. Au fost discutate aspecte concrete legate de

cooperarea bilateral, prevzute n Protocolul de
colaborare ncheiat ntre cele dou autoriti de
concuren n anul 2003, prin organizarea de
consultri periodice, att la nivelul conducerii
acestor organisme, ct i la nivel de experi,
intensificarea schimbului de experien cu
specialitii coreeni, promovarea schimbului de
informaii n domeniul investigaiilor inopinate, al
experienei coreene cu regulatorii de pe pia i
cile pe care acetia le utilizeaz pentru
promovarea culturii concurenei. De asemenea,
partea corean a promis sprijin n formarea
specialitilor romni prin programe de perfecionare derulate n cadrul Ageniei de Cooperare Internaional din
Coreea KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency).

133
187. On this occasion, it was assessed the progress of the Competition Councils activity during 1 March 30
April 2004 in fields as legislation, enforcement of the legislation on competition and state aid and administrative
ability. For correct information and in order to ensure transparency of the relations with the European
Commission, there have been taped technical aspects regarding the negotiations for the Chapter 6
Competition Policy. In this context, they clarified the type of enforcement of the competition legislation,
amended at the end of 2003, which ensures the priority in applying the competition rules.

The Visit of the French Competition

Council delegation, led by Mr. Bruno
Lasserre, President of the French
competition authority and Mr. Cristophe
Lemaire, representative in charge with
European Affairs; 28 29 October

188. The President of the Competition Council

presented the progress of the authority in
harmonizing the Romanian legislation with the
last evolution of the European regulations
concerning this matter, in improving the
administrative ability, as well as concrete actions
regarding dissemination of the competition rules,
and in competition advocacy. Mr. Bruno Lasserre made also a short presentation of the French competition
authority organization.

In order to continue the good relationships with the French authority, they discussed concrete aspects related to
the bilateral cooperation between the two competition authorities, setting up an agreement for administrative
and institutional collaboration in medium and long terms, which will consist in organization of periodical
consulting at the management and experts level, improvement of the information exchange with French
specialists, promotion of the information exchange and supply of documentary works regarding the competition
matter.

The Visit of the Korean Competition Commission; 1 November

189. Concrete aspects have been discussed

related to the bilateral cooperation, provided by the
Collaboration Protocol concluded between the two
competition authorities in 2003, by organizing
periodical consulting at the management and
experts level, improvement of the information
exchange with Korean specialists, promotion of the
information exchange related to the dawn raids, to
the Korean experience with the market regulatory
and the methods they use for competition
advocacy. The Korean side also promised to
support the Romanian specialists improvement by
training programs carried out by the Korea
International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

134
 3.2.3. Pregtirea personalului propriu 190. n scopul aplicrii eficiente i unitare a legislaiei pe care o
administreaz, Consiliul Concurenei s-a preocupat continuu de
pregtirea personalului de specialitate.

n cadrul programului de pregtire i perfecionare profesional destinat inspectorilor de concuren s-au

organizat n ar conferine, workshop-uri, seminarii pe teme de concuren i ajutor de stat, multe dintre ele cu
sprijinul partenerilor strini, n special al celor germani i italieni, n cadrul Proiectului de Twinning, dar i al unor
specialiti din Statele Unite ale Americii (februarie i iunie), Olanda (august) i Frana (iulie), n cadrul unor
programe de asisten tehnic.

191. Totodat, au avut loc schimburi de experien cu specialiti ai altor autoriti de concuren i organizaii
strine, n cadrul:

Reelei Internaionale de Concuren (Seoul, aprilie);

Reelei Autoritilor de Concuren din Europa de Sud Est (Istanbul, iulie);
ntlnirii regionale a autoritilor de concuren din Sud-Estul Europei (Struga, septembrie);
Seminariilor OECD (Viena- februarie, Lubljana-septembrie, Praga-decembrie);
Seminariilor UNCTAD (Geneva, noiembrie);
Seminariilor organizate la Atena (martie), Londra (iunie), Roma (iulie), Budapesta (septembrie), Seoul
(decembrie).

192. Discuiile tehnice pe probleme de ajutor de stat purtate cu Comisia European la Bruxelles (iunie) i
Bucureti (august) au avut un rol important n perfecionarea pregtirii personalului Consiliului Concurenei i
s-au dovedit a fi constructive n ce privete intensificarea dialogului cu reprezentanii Uniunii Europene.

193. n scopul asigurrii schimbului de experien ntre experii instituiei, au fost organizate, sptmnal,
seminarii intra i inter-departamentale cu caracter interactiv (22), n care au fost dezbtute o serie de probleme
de concuren i ajutor de stat (dezbaterea unor cazuri concrete, metode de investigare a posibilelor nclcri
ale prevederilor legale, diferite aspecte privind definirea pieelor relevante, clarificarea unor concepte noi
aprute n legislaia i practica Uniunii Europene, dezbateri privind interpretarea i aplicarea unitar a legislaiei
n domeniu .a).
De asemenea, toi inspectorii de concuren din cadrul instituiei au participat la cursuri privind studiul limbii
engleze, iniiate n luna octombrie.

3.3.Sistemul de consultri ex-ante

194. Crearea i instituionalizarea unui sistem de consultri ex-ante i asigurarea funcionalitii acestuia pe o
baz permanent a constituit unul dintre obiectivele prioritare ale strategiei Consiliului Concurenei de
promovare a culturii concurenei.

n cadrul dialogului cu autoritile, deosebit de important pentru eficiena aciunilor Consiliului Concurenei, au
fost reactivate ntlnirile de lucru n cadrul Grupului inter-ministerial de lucru pe probleme de ajutor de stat i,
la iniiativa Consiliului Concurenei, a fost nfiinat, n iunie 2004, Grupul interministerial de lucru pe probleme
de concuren.

135
190. In order to efficiently and unitary apply the legislation object of its 3.2.3. Personnel training
administration, the Competition Council made continuous efforts to train the
specialized personnel.

In the framework of the training program designed for the competition inspectors, there have been organized
conferences, workshops, seminars on competition and state aid, many of them with the support of foreign
partners, especially Germans and Italians of the Twinning Project, and also some specialists from the United
States of America (February and June), Holland (August) and France (July), in the context of technical
assistance programs.

191. There have been also exchanges of experience with specialists of other competition authorities and
foreign organizations, in the context of:

International Competition Network (Seoul, April);

South East European Network of the Competition Authorities (Istanbul, July);
South East European Regional Meeting of the Competition Authorities (Struga, September);
OECD seminars (Vienna February, Ljubljana September, Prague December);
UNCTAD seminars (Geneva November);
Seminars organized in Athens (March), London (June), Rome (July), Budapest (September), Seoul
(December).

192. The technical discussions on state aid matters with the European Commission in Brussels (June) and in
Bucharest (August) had an important role in improving the training of the Competition Council personnel and
were very constructive as regards the intensification of the dialogue with the EU experts.

193. In order to ensure the information exchange between the institution experts, there have been weekly
organized intra and inter departmental meetings with interactive character (22), having as a scope to debate
various competition and state aid matters (debates on some concrete cases, methods of investigation of the
possible infringements of the legal provisions, various aspects regarding the definition of the relevant markets,
clarifying new concepts issued in the EU legislation and jurisprudence, debates on the unitary interpretation and
enforcement of the legislation).
All the competition inspectors working in the Competition Council took English lessons beginning with October.

3.3. Ex ante consulting system

194. The setting up of an ex ante consulting system and the ensuring of its functionality on a permanent basis
was one of the Competition Council objectives for competition advocacy.

Having regard to the importance of the dialogue with the authorities for the efficiency of the Competition Council
activity, the workshops of the Interministerial meeting on state aid have been reactivated and the Inter
ministerial meeting on competition was set up upon the Competition Council initiative in June 2004.

136
 Reuniunea din data de 21 iulie

195. Tematica abordat a fost prevalena Legii concurenei

3.3.1. Grupul interministerial de lucru asupra actelor normative cu impact anticoncurenial, ntruct
pe probleme de concuren legislaia n domeniul concurenei trebuie considerat ca fiind
un cod de conduit al participanilor la pia, avnd ca scop
protecia, meninerea i stimularea concurenei i a unui mediu concurenial normal pe piaa romneasc sau
pe o parte substanial a acesteia. Au participat experti ai Consiliului i reprezentani ai Ministerului Economiei
i Comerului, Ministerului Justiiei, Ministerului Finanelor Publice, Ministerului Comunicaiilor i Tehnologiei,
Ministerului Transporturilor, Construciilor i Turismului, Ministerului Mediului i Gospodririi Apelor, Ministerului
Sntii i Familiei, Ministerului Educaiei i Cercetrii, Ministerului Integrrii Europene i Autoritii de
Valorificare a Activelor Statului.

Reuniunea din data de 27 octombrie

196. La aceast reuniune au participat reprezentani ai Consiliului, Ministerului Justiiei, Ministerului Finanelor
Publice, Ministerului Comunicaiilor i Tehnologiei Informaiei, Ministerului Mediului i Gospodririi Apelor,
Ministerului Sntii, Ministerului Integrrii Europene i ai AVAS. Pe agenda discuiilor au fost att elemente
privind analiza reglementrilor specifice din domeniul achiziiilor publice, ct i necesitatea armonizrii unor
prevederi ale Codului Fiscal cu cerinele unui mediu concurenial normal. De asemenea, au fost discutate
probleme legate de legislaia ce urmeaz a fi promovat n anul 2004, precum i aspecte privind creterea
competitivitii societilor comerciale i consolidarea mediului concurenial n contextul procesului de aderare a
rii noastre la Uniunea European. Prin acest procedeu de consultri ex-ante au fost eliminate prevederi cu
posibil caracter anticoncurenial sau compatibilizate o serie de iniiative legislative cu regulile de concuren.

3.3.2. Grupul interministerial de lucru pe probleme de ajutor de stat

197. Au avut loc 8 ntlniri ale reprezentanilor Consiliului Concurenei i membrii grupului, iniiatori sau
furnizori de ajutor de stat.

n cadrul reuniunilor au avut loc consultri care s-au axat, n principal, pe:

problematica listei ajutoarelor de stat existente, respectiv a schemelor de ajutor de stat care vor rmne
n vigoare dup data aderrii; Consiliul Concurenei a solicitat reprezentanilor autoritilor notificarea
tuturor msurilor de ajutor de stat a cror durat de acordare depete anul 2006, n vederea stabilirii
compatibilitii acestora cu legislaia relevant n domeniu.
ajutoarele de stat pentru activitatea de cercetare;
ajutoarele de stat acordate n sectorul siderurgic;
aspecte privind compatibilizarea msurilor de sprijin instituite de O.U.G. nr. 37/2004 privind msuri de
diminuare a arieratelor n economie, precum i a problemelor pe care le ridic acordarea ajutoarelor de
stat pentru sectorul extractiv;
probleme specifice rezultate din analiza ajutoarelor de stat acordate unor societi la privatizare,
notificate de ctre AVAS, precum i modul n care sunt ndeplinite, pentru fiecare caz n parte, criteriile
de acordare prevzute de Regulamentul Consiliului Concurenei privind ajutorul de stat pentru salvarea
i restructurarea firmelor aflate n dificultate.

137
 Reunion on 21 July

195. The main subject was the priority of the Competition Law over 3.3.1. Interministerial meeting on
the normative acts with anticompetitive impact, because the competition
competition legislation must be considered a behavior code of the
market actors, aiming the protection, maintenance and stimulation of the competition and the normal
competitive environment on the Romanian market or on a substantial part of it. At this reunion were present
experts of the Competition Council and representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Ministry of
Justice, Ministry of Public Finance, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of
Transport, Constructions and Tourism, Ministry of Environment and Water Management, Ministry of Health and
Family, Ministry of Education and Research, Ministry of European Integration and the Authority for State Assets
Recovery.

Reunion on 27 October

196. At this reunion were present representatives of the Competition Council, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of
Public Finance, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Environment and Waters
Management, Ministry of Health and Family, Ministry of Education and Research, Ministry of European
Integration and the Authority for State Assets Recovery. The meeting agenda included elements regarding the
assessment of the specific regulations in the public procurement field and the necessity of harmonizing some
provisions of the Fiscal Code with the requirements of a normal competitive environment. The agenda included
also legislation issues in order to be promoted in 2004, and issues on the companies competitiveness
improvement and the strengthening of the competitive environment in the context of the accession to EU
process. This ex ante consulting proceeding eliminated the provisions having a possible anticompetitive
character and made a series of legislative initiatives compatible with the competition rules.

3.3.2. Inter ministerial meeting on state aid

197. The Competition Council representatives had 8 meetings with the group members, initiators or grantors of
state aid.

The reunions consulting was based on:

Existent state aid list and state aid schemes which will remain in force after accession; The
Competition Council requested to the authorities representatives the notification of all state aid
measures of which granting period exceeds 2006, in order to establish their compatibility with the
relevant legislation involved.
State aids for research;
State aids for metallurgy;
Issues related to the measures provided by GEO no. 37/2004 regarding the measures to decrease the
arrears of the economy, how they could be made compatible and also the problems raised by the state
aids granted to the extractive sector;
Issues specific to the state aids granted for privatization, notified by the Authority for State Assets
Recovery, as well as the accomplishment of the granting criteria provided by the Competition Council
Regulation on state aid for rescue and restructuring firms in difficulty.

138
 3.4. Acorduri de parteneriat cu 198. Consiliul Concurenei a acordat o importan deosebit
diferite instituii i organizaii ncheierii unor acorduri de parteneriat cu diferite instituii publice
i organizaii, care s asigure dezvoltarea colaborrii bilaterale i
schimbul de informaii pentru promovarea i aplicarea politicii n domeniul concurenei, n vederea consolidrii
economiei de pia funcionale.

Astfel, pentru prima dat n activitatea sa, Consiliul Concurenei a iniiat ncheierea unor protocoale de
colaborare att n scopul promovrii culturii concurenei - prin informarea i contientizarea mediului de afaceri
cu privire la dezvoltarea unui mediu economic concurenial, ct i pentru a-i coordona propriile activiti cu
cele desfurate de ctre alte instituii i organisme interesate n atingerea acestui deziderat . Aceast aciune
s-a materializat n 11 protocoale, dintre care 5 cu autoriti responsabile cu reglementarea i supravegherea
pieelor din diferite domenii de activitate, 3 cu organizaii constituite de reprezentani ai mediului de afaceri i
3 cu alte instituii (inclusiv din domeniul cercetrii), astfel :

Camera de Comer i Industrie a Romniei i a Municipiului Bucureti; 25 martie

Centrul Romn de Comer Exterior; 28 mai
Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Domeniul Comunicaiilor; 14 iulie
Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Domeniul Energiei; 21 iulie
Autoritatea Naional de Reglementare n Domeniul Gazelor Naturale; 21 iulie
Institutul Naional de Statistic; 16 septembrie
Institutul de Cercetri Economice al Academiei Romne; 16 septembrie
Asociaia Oamenilor de Afaceri Romni; 27 septembrie
Asociaia Productorilor i Importatorilor de Automobile; 27 septembrie
Comisia Naional a Valorilor Mobiliare; 5 octombrie
Comisia pentru Supravegherea Asigurrilor; 5 octombrie

3.5. Relaiile Consiliului
Concurenei cu mass-media
199. innd seama de puterea de diseminare a informaiilor prin
mass-media, Consiliul Concurenei a acordat o atenie deosebit
relaiilor cu mass-media, n vederea promovrii culturii
concurenei i asigurrii transparenei activitii instituiei.

Astfel, reprezentani ai Consiliului Concurenei au participat la 24 de ntlniri cu mass-media (conferine de

pres, mese rotunde, declaraii de pres), organizate, de regul, cu ocazia unor aciuni de promovare a culturii
concurenei. n aceeai perioad, preedintele Consiliului Concurenei a acordat mass-mediei 69 de interviuri i
declaraii de pres.

n vederea mediatizrii activitii, inclusiv a celei de promovare a culturii concurenei, Consiliul Concurenei a
transmis ctre mass-media un numr important de comunicate de pres (141) i 4 comunicate drept la replic.

Urmare acestor aciuni, vizibilitatea Consiliului Concurenei a crescut semnificativ, activitatea sa fiind reflectat
ntr-un mare numr de apariii n pres (1855) care au avut ca surs fie Consiliul Concurenei (973), fie alte
surse (882).

139
198. The Competition Council grants importance 3.4. Partnership agreements with various
to the concluding of partnership agreements with institutions and organizations
various public institutions and organizations, in
order to ensure bilateral collaboration
development and exchange of information for the promotion and the enforcement of the competition policy,
aiming to strengthen the functional market economy.

In order to spread advocacy and to coordinate its own activities with the ones undertaken by other interested
institutions and organizations, the Competition Council initiated some collaboration protocols, and concluded 11
protocols in 2004, among which 5 were concluded with the authorities responsible for regulating and surveying
different markets, 3 were concluded with organizations set up by business environment representatives and 3
were concluded with other institutions (including research field), as following:

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest; 25 March

Romanian Centre for Foreign Trade; 28 May
National Regulatory Authority for Communications; 14 July
National Regulatory Authority for Energy; 21 July
National Regulatory Authority for Natural Gas; 21 July
National Institute of Statistics; 16 September
Romanian Academy - Institute for Economic Research; 16 September
Romanian Businessman Association; 27 September
Association of Vehicle Producers and Importers; 27 September
National Securities Commission; 5 October
Insurance Supervisory Commission; 5 October

199. Having regard to the power of information dissemination

3.5. Competition Council
through mass media, the Competition Council granted a special
attention to the relation with mass media, in order to promote
relation with mass - media
competition culture and to ensure transparency for the institutions
activity.

Thus, the Competition Council representatives had 24 meetings with mass-media (press conferences, round
tables, press declarations) organized usually on the occasion of some promotion actions. In the same period,
the President of the Competition Council had 69 interviews and press declarations to mass media.

In order to make known its activity, including competition advocacy, the Competition Council sent to mass
media an important number of press releases (141) and 4 releases to retort.

As a result of these actions, the Competition Council visibility increased significantly, its activity being reflected
in a large number of press appearances (1855), which had as a source either the Competition Council (973), or
others (882).

140
 Capitolul 5: ACTIVITATEA CONSILIULUI CONCURENEI N
DOMENIUL INTEGRRII EUROPENE I
RELAIILOR INTERNAIONALE

1. ACTIVITATEA DE NEGOCIERE CU UNIUNEA EUROPEAN

200. Activitatea preponderent a Consiliului Concurenei s-a axat pe domeniul integrrii europene, care a
cunoscut o nou dimensiune calitativ, mai ales ncepnd din luna martie, ca rezultat al strategiei de negocieri
i al ritmului imprimat de noul Plen.

n acest context, finalizarea negocierilor pe Capitolul 6: Politica n domeniul concurenei a fost permanent
obiectivul esenial al activitii Consiliului Concurenei care a fost atins prin importantele progrese nregistrate n
domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat.

201. ntr-o perioad de timp foarte scurt pe care Consiliul Concurenei a avut-o la dispoziie pentru
recuperarea ntrzierilor nregistrate n negocierile pentru acest capitol, a avut loc un schimb intens de
documente cu Comisia European.

Astfel, n decursul acestui an au fost ntocmite dou documente de poziie (n februarie i octombrie), a fost
transmis la Comisia European un Document de informaii suplimentare (iunie), 2 rapoarte de progrese (aprilie
i mai) i 4 rapoarte informale ca urmare a solicitrilor rezultate din ntlnirile tehnice de lucru cu reprezentanii
Comisiei Europene (iulie, august, septembrie).
Documentele au sintetizat progresele Romniei la acest capitol att n domeniul legislativ, ct i n cel al
aplicrii legislaiei aliniate la prevederile din acquis.

202. Periodic, au avut loc runde de negocieri la Bruxelles i Bucuresti, pentru evaluarea progreselor nregistrate
de Romnia. Tot n cadrul negocierilor, specialiti ai Consiliului Concurenei au participat la ntlniri tehnice
bilaterale cu reprezentani ai unor state membre cum ar fi Olanda, Germania, Grecia, Republica Ceh.

203. Au fost transmise raportri lunare (enforcement record) la Comisia European, raportri privind
ndeplinirea angajamentelor din Planul msurilor prioritare pentru pregtirea aderrii la Uniunea European i
din TO DO LIST (plan cuprinznd cele mai importante msuri de natur administrativ, pregatire profesional
a personalului Consiliului Concurenei i de aplicare a legislaiei n domeniu) i a fost monitorizat modul de
ndeplinire a msurilor cuprinse n Planul de implementare la nivel local a legislaiei armonizate cu acquis-ul
comunitar, prin transmiterea de raportri lunare la Ministerul Administraiei i Internelor i la Ministerul Integrrii
Europene.

Totodat, au fost identificate reglementrile acquis-ului comunitar care au fost preluate n legislaia naional
privind concurena i ajutorul de stat.
A fost analizat noul acquis comunitar, ntocmindu-se baza de date Progress editor, instrument electronic de
monitorizare a gradului de preluare a acquis-ului comunitar n legislaia naional.

204. O dimensiune a procesului de integrare european o constituie consolidarea capacitii administrative de

aplicare a legislaiei n domeniu conform standardelor europene.
Pentru realizarea acestui deziderat, Consiliul Concurenei a acordat o atenie deosebit perfecionrii
personalului de specialitate (inspectori de concuren) att n domeniul concurenei, ct i al ajutorului de
stat.

141
Chapter 5: THE COMPETITION COUNCILS ACTIVITY
IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND
INTERNATIONAL RELATION

1. NEGOTIATION ACTIVITY WITH EUROPEAN UNION

200. The Competition Council main activity was based on European integration and that activity met a new
qualitative dimension, especially beginning with March, as a result of the negotiation strategy and the rhythm
set by the new plenum.

In this context, the finalization of the negotiations for Chapter 6: Competition Policy was permanently the main
objective of the Competition Council activity, which was reached by important progress on competition and
state aid.

201. In a very short time that the Competition Council had for recovering the delays in negotiation of this
Chapter, there was an intensive exchange of documents with the European Union.

Thus, during this year there were drawn up two documents of position (in February and October), there was
sent a document of additional information to the European Commission (June), 2 progress reports (April and
May) and 4 informal reports, following requests resulted from the technical working meetings with European
Commission representatives (July, August, September) .
The documents resumed the progress made by Romania on this chapter, in the legislation field and
enforcement of the legislation aligned to the acquis provisions.

202. There have been periodical negotiation rounds in Brussels and Bucharest, in order to evaluate Romanias
progress. In the context of these negotiations, specialists of the Competition Council had bilateral technical
meetings with representatives of the Member States as: Holland, Germany, Greece and Czech Republic.

203. The Competition Council sent monthly reports (enforcement record) to the European Commission, which
regard the accomplishment of the commitments included in the Plan of priority measures for preparing
accession to European Union and in TO DO LIST (plan of some important administrative measures, personnel
training and enforcement). It was monitored the way of accomplishing the measures included in the Plan to
enforce the legislation harmonized with the acquis communautaire at local level, by sending monthly reports to
the Ministry of Administration and Interior and the Ministry of European Integration.

The Competition Council identified the provisions of the acquis communautaire taken over into the national
legislation on competition and state aid.
It analyzed the new acquis communautaire, drawing up a data base Progress editor, an electronic tool for
monitoring the acquis taking over rate.

204. One of the European integration process dimensions is the strengthening of the administrative ability to
enforce the legislation at European standards.
In order to achieve this goal, the Competition Council granted a special attention to the training of the
specialized personnel (competition inspectors) on competition and state aid.

142
Astfel, pentru consolidarea cunostinelor deja dobndite, acesta a participat la seminariile organizate n
Bucureti i n ar n cadrul Proiectului de Twinning (19 seminarii), iar pentru informarea permanent asupra
abordrilor internaionale n domeniu la diverse manifestri n strintate (13).

Eforturile Consiliului Concurenei de a construi o instituie dinamic - care s rspund performanelor

europene n ceea ce privete armonizarea continu a legislaiei romneti i ntrirea competenei n aplicarea
acesteia i a capacitii instituionale - au condus la ncheierea negocierilor la acest capitol n prima decad a
lunii decembrie 2004.

205. Pentru o viitoare pia romneasc integrat n Piaa Unic, un instrument deosebit de util pentru
cunoaterea, n vederea aplicrii regulilor concurenei de ctre actorii participani la viaa economic din rndul
oamenilor de afaceri, judectorilor, avocailor, instituiilor publice, l-a reprezentat activitatea de promovare
(advocacy) a culturii concurenei. Au fost organizate numeroase aciuni pentru meninerea unui dialog
permanent cu acetia (seminarii, ateliere de lucru, conferine i vizite de studiu), care au fost prezentate n
Capitolul 3: Promovarea culturii concurenei .

ncepnd cu anul 2005, Consiliul Concurenei va trebui s fac fa unor reale provocri n ceea ce privete
consolidarea acumulrilor prezente i ndeplinirea msurilor impuse de Uniunea European prin clauza de
salvgardare.

206. n acest sens, responsabilitile care revin n mod direct Consiliului Concurenei sunt urmtoarele:

a) Asigurarea unui control efectiv de ctre Consiliul Concurenei al oricrui ajutor de stat
potenial, inclusiv al ajutoarelor fiscale, sociale i a ealonrilor la plat a energiei, prin:

respectarea prevederilor legale privind obligativitatea notificrii prealabile a oricrei intenii de

acordare a ajutoarelor de stat;
o atitudine mai pro-activ privind efectuarea de investigaii din oficiu atunci cnd se constat c
informaiile care fac obiectul notificrilor sunt insuficiente sau incorecte.
blocarea adoptrii sau implementrii msurilor de ajutor de stat care nu au fost evaluate i
autorizate;
continuarea exerciiului de monitorizare a ajutoarelor de stat i promovarea msurilor necesare n
acest sens, n conformitate cu legislaia n vigoare, astfel nct s se evite acordarea de ajutoare
incompatibile.

b) Consolidarea implementrii legislaiei n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat, prin:

nsprirea politicii de sancionare a practicilor anticoncureniale;

consolidarea argumentrii juridice a deciziilor n domeniu;
concentrarea resurselor asupra celor mai importante cazuri de distorsionare a mediului
concurenial;
utilizarea mai eficient a instrumentelor de control: investigaii din proprie initiaiv i inspecii
inopinate;
continuarea mecanismului de pre-consultare agreat cu Comisia European, respectiv transmiterea
proiectelor de decizie privind ajutorul de stat pentru a fi analizate de Comisia European nainte de
adoptare, n vederea mbuntirii calitii deciziilor;
ncadrarea strict a deciziilor n criteriile prevzute de articolele 87(1) i (3) ale Tratatului CE.

143
Thus, in order to strengthen the knowledge already obtained, the personnel participated to seminars organized
in Bucharest and within the country in the Twinning Project (19 seminars), and to seminars abroad, in order to
be permanently informed on the international approach in this field (13).

The Competition Council efforts to build a dynamic institution in order to respond to the European
performances as regards the continuous harmonization of the Romanian legislation and the strengthening of its
institutional ability and competence in enforcing the legislation led to the closing of the negotiations of this
chapter in the first decade of December 2004.

205. The competition advocacy was an important and extremely useful tool for the appliance of the competition
rules by the main actors of the economic life (businessman, judges, lawyers, public institutions), in order to see
the future Romanian market integrated in the Common Market. Aiming to keep a permanent dialogue with
them, the Competition Council organized various actions (seminars, workshops, conferences, study visits),
which are detailed in the chapter 3: Competition Advocacy.

Beginning with 2005, the Competition Council will have to challenge the consolidation of the present
accumulations and the accomplishment of the measures imposed by EU through the safeguarding clause.

206. In this context, the Competition Councils responsibilities are the following:

a) Effective control of the Competition Council over any potential state aid, including fiscal aids, social
aids and energy deferrals, through:

Observance of the legal provisions regarding the compulsory ex-ante notification of any intention to
grant state aids;
More pro-active attitude in ex-officio investigations when the information in the notification is insufficient
or incorrect.
Blocking the adoption and enforcement of the state aid measures not assessed and authorized;
Continuing the monitoring exercise of the state aids and promoting the necessary measures in
accordance with the legislation in force, in order to avoid granting incompatible aids.

b) Strengthening of legislation enforcement in the competition and state aid field, through:

A more deterrent sanctioning policy;

Strengthening the legal reasoning of the decisions;
Concentration of resources on the most important cases of competitive environment distortion;
Using more efficiently the control tools: ex officio investigations and dawn raids;
Continuing the pre-consulting mechanism with the European Commission, respectively sending the
decision projects on state aid in order to be assessed by the Commission before adoption, aiming at
improving the decisions quality;
Strict compliance of the decisions with the criteria provided by article 87 (1) and (3) of the EC Treaty.

144
 c) Continuarea dezvoltrii capacitii administrative a Consiliului Concurenei prin alocarea de
resurse financiare i perfecionarea corespunztoare a personalului, prin:
mbuntirea pregtirii profesionale a personalului;
mbuntirea cunotinelor de limbi strine;
asigurarea participrii inspectorilor de concuren la programul de instruire (seminarii, conferine,
ateliere) desfurat n baza proiectului de Twinning.
organizarea de dezbateri profesionale interdepartamentale;
pregtirea profesional trimestrial a inspectorilor de concuren de la inspectoratele teritoriale ale
Consiliului Concurenei;
dotarea Consiliului Concurenei cu echipament IT;
constituirea unei biblioteci coninnd documente de specialitate care va permite accesul
inspectorilor de concuren la cele mai recente informaii.

2. RELAII BILATERALE ALE CONSILIULUI CONCURENEI

207. ncepnd cu luna martie, activitatea n sfera relaiilor internaionale s-a dinamizat prin intensificarea
relaiilor bilaterale, n special cu autoritile de concuren din statele membre ale Uniunii Europene, dar i cu
ageniile din ri cu economie de pia tradiional.

n urma demersurilor preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei, au fost iniiate relaii de cooperare care vor fi
concretizate n acorduri de colaborare cu autoritile de concuren din Olanda, Austria, Belgia, Argentina,
Portugalia35, Frana36, Germania, Marea Britanie, Belgia i Ungaria.

Au fost intensificate relaiile cu Marea Britanie ncepute n anul 2000, fiind elaborat proiectul de Memorandum
de colaborare cu autoritile de concuren britanice i a fost reactivat Memorandumul de colaborare cu
Comisia de Comer Loial din Korea, a crei delegaie a ntreprins, de asemenea, o vizit la sediul Consiliului
Concurenei. n acelai context, Preedintele Consiliului Concurenei a avut ntlniri de lucru la nivel nalt cu
efii autoritilor de concuren din Marea Britanie, Frana, Germania, Belgia, Austria i Olanda.

Iniierea proiectului de cooperare cu autoritile olandeze n domeniul concurenei i a ajutorului de stat a avut o
semnificaie aparte, avnd n vedere c aceast ar a deinut preedinia Uniunii Europene n a doua jumtate
a anului 2004. A fost organizat un seminar la Bucureti (2-6 august) i o vizit de lucru n Olanda, programul
reuind cu succes s asigure un schimb util de experien i opinii, dar i s conving partea olandez asupra
progreselor Romniei la acest capitol.

208. Aceste ntlniri reprezint momente de referin care marcheaz o nou etap a relaiilor Consiliului
Concurenei cu instituiile similare din alte ri, n special cu cele din statele membre ale Uniunii Europene, n
perspectiva integrrii n reeaua european a autoritilor de concuren (ECN). Aceast reea reprezint un
mecanism de cooperare ntre Comisia UE i autoritile naionale de concuren, instituit prin Regulamentul
1/2003 privind inplementarea regulilor de concuren prevzute de articolele 81 i 82 din Tratatul CEE, n
contextul n care aceeai reglementare care introduce modernizarea sistemului de aplicare a legislaiei n
domeniul concurenei creeaz premizele pentru creterea rolului autoritilor de concuren din statele membre,
dintre care va face parte i Consiliul Concurenei din Romnia dup aderare.

n cadrul bunelor relaii construite de-a lungul timpului cu autoritile din Statele Unite ale Americii, n lunile
februarie i iunie 2004, reprezentani ai Departamentului de Justiie i Comisiei Federale a Comerului din
Statele Unite au efectuat dou vizite la Consiliul Concurenei n vederea acordrii de asisten sub form de
consultri, ntlniri i seminarii pe probleme de concuren, precum i pentru schimb de experien.

35
Acordul de cooperare a fost semnat la Lisabona la data de 21 aprilie 2005
36 Acordul de cooperare a fost semnat la Paris la data de 16 februarie 2005

145
c) Continuous development of the Competition Council administrative capacity, through allocation of
financial resources and training of the personnel, through:

Improvement of the personnel training;

Improvement of foreign language skills;
Ensuring inspectors participation at the training program (seminars, conferences, workshops) of the
Twinning Project;
Organization of professional inter departmental debates;
Quarterly professional training of the competition inspectors of the territorial inspectorates;
Competition Council endowment with IT equipment;
Library, including specialized documents which allow inspectors access to the most recent information.

2. COMPETITION COUNCIL BILATERAL RELATIONS

207. Beginning with March, the activity related to international relation was intensified through the bilateral
relation, especially with the competition authorities from the member states of EU, but also with countries with
traditional market.

As a result of the approaches made by the President of the Competition Council, we initiated cooperation
relations that may be materialized in collaboration agreements with the competition authorities from Holland,
Austria, Belgium, Argentina, Portugal37, France38, Germany, Great Britain and Hungary.

We intensified the relations started in 2000 with Great Britain, elaborating the project of the Memorandum for
collaboration with the British competition authorities and we reactivated the Memorandum for collaboration with
The Fair Trade Commission from Korea, which sent a delegation for a visit at the Competition Council. In the
same context, the President of the Competition Council had high level working meetings with the heads of
competition authorities from Great Britain, France, Belgium, Austria and Holland.

The initiation of the cooperation project with the Holland competition authorities in the competition and state aid
field had an important signification, having regard to the fact that this country had the presidency of EU in the
second half oh 2004. A seminar was organized in Bucharest (2-6 August) and a working visit took place in
Holland, the program succeeding to ensure a useful exchange of information and opinions, but also convincing
the Dutch side of the Romanian progress at this chapter.

208. These meetings are moments of reference which mark a new stage of the Competition Council relations
with similar institutions from other countries, especially with those from the EU Member States, in perspective
of the integration into the European network of the competition authorities (ECN). This network is a cooperation
mechanism between the EU Commission and the national competition authorities, set up by the Regulation
1/2003 regarding the enforcement of the competition rules provided by articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty,
meanwhile the same regulation, which introduces the modernization of the enforcement system, creates the
premises to increase the role of the Member States competition authorities. Romania will be a part of it after
accession.

In the framework of the good relations built in time with the authorities from the United States of America, in
February and June 2004, the representatives of the Justice Department and of the Federal Trade Commission
from the United States visited twice the Competition Council, in order to grant assistance, such as consulting,
meetings and seminars on competition matters, and also for exchange of experience.

37 The cooperation agreement was signed in Lisbon on 21 April 2005

38 The cooperation agreement was signed in Paris on 16 February 2005

146
 3. RELAII CU ORGANIZAII INTERNAIONALE

209. n cursul anului, au avut loc participri semnificative ale delegaiilor Consiliului Concurenei la diverse
reuniuni internaionale, cum ar fi:
Conferina anual a Reelei Internaionale a Concurenei (ICN), Seoul, aprilie 2004, prilej cu
care au fost evideniate cele mai recente evoluii ale politicii concurenei;
Reuniunea Grupului Interministerial de experi n domeniul concurenei, desfurat sub egida
UNCTAD la Geneva (noiembrie 2004);
Ziua internaional a concurenei la Amsterdam, manifestare organizat sub preedinia
olandez a Uniunii Europene.

210. n ceea ce privete relaiile cu Organizaia Mondial a Comerului (OMC), a fost iniiat procesul de
ntocmire a notificrilor privind subveniile acordate n Romnia n vederea raportrii acestora, urmnd s se
asigure participarea la reuniunile privind subveniile i msurile compensatorii organizate n cadrul acestui
organism.

211. A fost demarat organizarea, mpreun cu UNCTAD, a unui seminar naional cu tema: Creterea
contiinei publice cu privire la politica de concuren. Rolul Consiliului Concurenei din Romnia, care se va
organiza la Bucureti la nceputul anului 2005.39

4. ASISTENA PHARE

212. Prin Memorandumul de finanare Phare 2002, au fost aprobate trei componente n vederea derulrii
programului Continuarea dezvoltrii capacitii autoritii de concuren de a implementa acquis-ul comunitar
n domeniul concurenei i al ajutorului de stat la standardele Uniunii Europene, respectiv:

4.1.Componenta de Twinning Obiectivele, cuprinse n Convenia de Twinning ncheiat cu parteneri din

Germania i Italia care se va derula pn n luna septembrie a anului
2005, sunt urmtoarele:
crearea i meninerea unui mediu concurenial capabil s fac fa presiunilor concurenei n cadrul
pieei interne, eseniale pentru creterea economic susinut i pentru asigurarea bunstrii
consumatorilor;
continuarea ntririi capacitii administrative a autoritii de concuren, n vederea asigurrii unei
aplicri eficiente i transparente a acquis-ului pe probleme de concuren i ajutor de stat i
concentrarea pe cele mai serioase cazuri de distorsionare a concurenei;
promovarea politicii concurenei.

A avut ca obiectiv evaluarea necesitilor Consiliului

Concurenei de a-i dezvolta o reea intern IT i crearea 4.2. Componenta de Asisten Tehnic
unei baze de date n domeniu, care s contribuie la
eficientizarea activitii Consiliului Concurenei; evaluarea a nceput n luna februarie i s-a terminat cu
elaborarea Raportului Final de ctre SEMA, compania care a asigurat asistena.

4.3. Componenta de Investiii La 27 octombrie 2004 a fost adjudecat contractul privind dotarea Consiliului
Concurenei i a inspectoratelor teritoriale cu tehnologia informatic
performant, n valoare de 605.000 Euro.

39
Seminarul a avut loc n perioada 16-17 martie 2005, n cooperare cu CCIRB

147
 3. RELATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

209. During the year of 2004, the Competition Council delegations participated in various international reunions,
such as:
Annual Conference of International Competition Network (ICN), Seoul, April 2004 underlined
the most recent evolution of the competition policy;
Inter ministerial Group of Experts Reunion on competition, under the aegis of UNCTAD,
Geneva, November 2004;
The International Day of the Competition, Amsterdam, organized under the Holland presidency
of EU.

210. As regards the relation with World Trade Organization (WTO), was initiated the process of the
notifications related to the subventions granted in Romania in order to be reported. The next step is to ensure
the participation at the reunions on subventions and compensatory measures, organized by this body.

211. The Competition Council started to organize, together with UNCTAD, a new national seminar: Raising
public awareness on the competition policy. The Role of the Romanian Competition Council, which will take
place in Bucharest at the beginning of 2005.40

4. PHARE ASSISTANCE

212. Through the PHARE 2002 Financing Memorandum, were approved three components in order to unfold
the program Further development of the competition authorities capacity to implement the competition and
State aid acquis communautaire at EU standards of application, respectively:

The objectives included in the Twinning Covenant, concluded with the 4.1. Twinning component
partners from Germany and Italy which will be going on till September 2005,
are the following:
creating and maintaining of a normal competitive environment able to satisfy the competition pressures
inside of the domestic market, which are essential for sustaining economic growth and for assuring the
consumers welfare;
continuing strengthening of the administrative capacity of the competition authority in order to ensure
an efficient and transparent enforcement of the acquis on competition and State aid and focusing on
the main cases of competition distortion;
Competition advocacy.

It aimed at the assessment of the Competition Council

4.2. Technical assistance component necessities to develop an internal IT network and the setting up of
specific data base, which should contribute to make the
Competition Council activity more efficient; the assessment started in February ended with the final report made
by SEMA, the company which granted the assistance.

On October 27, 2004 it was awarded the contract regarding the endowment 4.3. The investment component
of the Competition Council and of the territorial inspectorates with
performing IT equipments, in total amount of EUR 605,000.

40
The seminar was organized during 16-17 Marc 2005, in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and
Bucharest

148
La data de 30 noiembrie 2004 a fost semnat contractul de ctre Consiliul Concurenei, Delegaia Uniunii
Europene, Oficiul de Pli i Contractri Phare i Forte Company - compania furnizoare.

213. n baza aciunilor ntreprinse, capacitatea administrativ a Consiliului Concurenei a fost ntrit prin
echiparea cu tehnic de calcul modern i eficient, care s rspund standardelor impuse unei instituii de
talie european.

Capitolul 6 : PROIECTUL DE TWINNING

214. Ca expresie a importanei pe care Comisia European o acord capitolului de negociere referitor la
concuren, n vederea asigurrii funcionrii mecanismelor de pia care s permit integrarea n Piaa Unic,
Consiliul Concurenei - autoritatea n domeniu - beneficiaz prin Memorandumul de Finanare 2002 de un
generos Program Phare. n cadrul acestui program se deruleaz un Proiect de Twinning (Infrire Instituional)
Dezvoltarea n continuare a capacitii autoritii de concuren de a implementa la standardele Uniunii
Europene acquis-ului comunitar n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat".

Proiectul de Twinning a nceput n noiembrie 2003, n baza Acordului ncheiat cu Delegaia Comisiei Europene
din 14 octombrie 2003.

Scopul proiectului este de a susine aderarea Romniei la Uniunea European prin continuarea procesului de
armonizare a legislaiei romneti, ntrirea competenei i a capacitii instituionale de aplicare a acesteia, n
conformitate cu standardele europene n domeniul concurenei i ajutorului de stat.

215. Asistena tehnic este organizat pe dou componente:

Componenta Concuren, asistena fiind asigurat de Autoritatea de Concuren din Italia, prin
intermediul Consilierului de Pre-Aderare, domnul Aurelio La Torre;
Componenta Ajutor de stat, asistena fiind asigurat de Ministerul Federal de Finane din
Germania, prin intermediul Consilierului de Pre-Aderare, domnul Reimer Von Borries.

Durata proiectului este de 21 de luni.

La data de 6 mai a avut loc la Palatul Parlamentului Conferina de deschidere a Programului de Twinning n
domeniul concurenei i al ajutorului de stat, organizat de Consiliul Concurenei mpreun cu reprezentanii
autoritilor din cele dou ri partenere, respectiv Italia i Germania.

La eveniment au participat personaliti din diferite zone ale vieii publice. Din domeniul ajutorului de stat, Prof.
Ruediger Stotz, reprezentantul Ministerului Federal de Finane al Germaniei, a inut un discurs de bun venit.
Liderul german de proiect, domnul Wolf-Dieter Plessing, a fcut o prezentare asupra Contribuiei Proiectului de
Twinning la aderarea Romniei la UE: Controlul ajutoarelor de stat.

Dintre personalitile de seam care au mai participat la conferin amintim pe domnul Jonathan Scheele, eful
Delegaiei Comisiei Europene n Romnia, domnul Alexandru Farca, ministrul romn al integrrii europene i
domnul Mihai Berinde, preedintele Consiliului Concurenei.

149
On November 30, 2004 it was concluded by the Competition Council, EU delegation, Payments and Contracts
PHARE Office and Forte Company supplying company.

213. Based on the undertaken actions, the administrative capacity of the Competition Council was strengthened
through endowment with modern and efficient IT equipments able to correspond with the standards imposed to
a European institution.

Chapter 6: THE TWINNING PROJECT

214. As an expression of the importance granted by the EU to the competition chapter in order to ensure the
market mechanism functioning able to allow integration in the Common Market, the Competition Council, as the
specialized authority, benefits of a generous PHARE program through financing memorandum from 2002.
Within this program, a Twinning Project on Further development of the competition authorities capacity to
implement the competition and State aid acquis communautaire at EU standards of application is ongoing.

The Twinning Project started in November 2003, based on the agreement concluded with the EU delegation on
14 October 2003.

The projects aim is to sustain Romanias accession to the EU by continuing the process of harmonizing
Romanian legislation, strengthening the competence and the institutional ability to enforce it in accordance with
the EU standards on competition and State aid.

215. Technical assistance is organized twofold:

The competition component, the assistance being granted by the Italian Competition Authority
through the Pre-accession Adviser, Mr. Aurelio La Torre;
The State aid component, the assistance being granted by the Federal Ministry of Finance from
Germany, through the Pre-accession Adviser, Mr. Reimer von Borries.

The project lasts 21 months.

On 6 May it took place, at the Parliament Palace The opening conference of the Twinning Project on
competition and State aid, organized by the Competition Council together with the representatives of the
authorities from the two partner countries, respectively Italy and Germany.

Remarkable persons from different areas of the public life participated at this event. From the State aid field,
Prof. Ruediger Stotz, representing the Federal Ministry of Finance from Germany gave a welcome speech. The
German Project Leader, Mr. Wolf-Dieter Plessing, had a presentation on theTwinning Projects contribution at
the Romanian accession to the EU: Control of the State aid.

From the most important persons who participated at the Conference we remark Mr. Jonathan Scheele, Head
of the EU delegation in Romania, Mr. Alexandru Farcas, the Romanian Minister of European Integration and
Mr. Mihai Berinde, the President of the Competition Council.

150
 A. Componenta Concuren

216. Pornind de la caracterul complex al procesului de armonizare legislativ, de aplicare a legislaiei i de

ntrire a capacitii instituionale, acordul de iniiere a Proiectului de Twinning pe componenta concuren a
prevzut patru direcii principale, respectiv:

Garantarea faptului c actualul cadru legislativ este conform cu acquis-ul comunitar;

Consolidarea capacitii autoritii de concuren de a implementa legislaia n domeniu;
Perfecionarea personalului pentru a mbunti capacitatea administrativ a autoritii de concuren;
Promovarea culturii concurenei n rndul oamenilor de afaceri, judectorilor, avocailor, instituiilor
publice, prin aciuni cum sunt seminariile, atelierele de lucru, conferinele i vizitele de studiu.

217. Totodat, Acordul de Twinning i-a propus introducerea n Romania a unor msuri inovative. n concret,
se urmrete elaborarea unor reguli procedurale de punere n aplicare a legislaiei privind concurena i
elaborarea unui proiect referitor la Analiza Impactului Reglementrii (AIR).

Primul document va cuprinde instruciuni cu privire la politica autoritii de concuren n ceea ce privete
decizia de deschidere a investigaiei din oficiu mpotriva unor posibile practici anticoncureniale.
Cel de al doilea document va crea un mecanism cu ajutorul cruia autoritatea de concuren va preveni
adoptarea de reglementri anticoncureniale de ctre Guvern sau Parlament.
Aceste documente au ca scop ntrirea capacitii autoritii de concuren de a implementa normele de
concuren att ex post (prin instruciuni privind investigaiile din oficiu) ct i ex ante (prin AIR).
Ambele iniiative sunt aproape singulare, deoarece sunt puine autoritile de concuren care au elaborat
asemenea documente.41

218. Pornind de la scopul proiectului de continuare a procesului de armonizare a legislaiei romneti, ntrirea
competenei i a capacitii instituionale de aplicare a acesteia, n conformitate cu standardele europene n
domeniul concurenei, au fost stabilite o serie de obiective concretizate n: revizuirea legislaiei n domeniul
concurenei pentru alinierea la acquis-ul comunitar; ntrirea capacitii administrative i mbuntirea aplicrii
regulilor antitrust asupra prevenirii distorsionrilor concureniale grave; propunerea unor msuri pentru
mbuntirea activitilor desfurate de Consiliul Concurenei; ntrirea aplicrii legislaiei de ctre Consiliul
Concurenei prin utilizarea unei abordri pro-active, n special prin investigaiile din oficiu; promovarea culturii
concurenei.

n mod periodic, n cadrul Componentei Concuren a Proiectului de Twinning, au fost ntocmite rapoarte
(noiembrie 2003 - ianuarie 2004; februarie - aprilie 2004; mai - iulie 2004; august - octombrie 2004) privind
activitatea desfurat de ctre Consiliului Concurenei n ceea ce privete cele trei arii importante acoperite de
ctre Proiect:

Evaluarea legislaiei concurenei din Romnia;

Stadiul implementrii legislaiei, nregistrat de autoritatea de concuren din Romnia;
Capacitatea administrativ a autoritii de concuren din Romnia.

41
n privina instruciunilor privind investigaiile din oficiu, Comisia European a adoptat un document similar doar pentru uz intern, n
timp ce Autoritatea de concuren din Olanda a elaborat unele criterii privind aceste investigaii. n ceea ce privete AIR, un
asemenea mecanism adecvat regulilor de concuren exist doar n U.K. i Australia.

151
 A. Competition component

216. Starting with the complex character of the process of legislative harmonization, to enforce the legislation
and to strengthen the institutional capacity, the initiation agreement of the Twinning Project on the competition
component aimed at four major objectives, respectively:

Guaranteeing that the actual legal framework is in conformity with the acquis communautaire;
Strengthening the competition authoritys capacity to enforce the specific legislation;
Training to improve the administrative capacity of the competition authority;
Competition advocacy to business environment, judgers, lawyers, public institutions, through seminars,
workshops, conferences and study visits.

217. In the same time, the Twinning Project plans to bring in Romania innovative measures. Practically, it aims
to draft procedural rules to enforce the legislation on competition and to draft a project regarding the Regulatory
Impact Analysis (RIA).

First document contains guidelines regarding the competition authority policy regarding the decision to open ex-
officio investigation for possible anticompetitive practices.
The second document creates a mechanism which will help competition authority to prevent the Government
and Parliament from adopting anticompetitive regulations.
The aim of these documents is to strengthen the competition authoritys capacity to enforce the competition
standards ex-post (through guidelines regarding ex-officio investigations) as well as ex-ante, through
Regulatory Impact Analysis.
Both initiatives are almost unique, since only few competition authorities drafted such type of documents42.

218. Starting from the aim of the project to continue the harmonizing process of the Romanian legislation,
certain practical approaches were established: reviewing the legislation in the competition field for alignment to
the acquis communautaire; strengthening both the administrative capacity and the antitrust enforcement record
by preventing serious distortions of competition; proposing measures to improve the activities maid by
Competition Council; strengthening the enforcement record by means of a more pro-active approach,
specially through ex-officio investigations; competition advocacy.

Periodically, within the competition component of the Twinning Project reports were elaborated on the
Competition Councils activity in the three important areas covered by the project (November 2003- January
2004; February April 2004; May July 2004; August October 2004):

Assessment of the competition legislation in Romania;

The progresses made by the Romanian competition authority in legislation enforcement, ;
The administrative capacity of the Romanian competition authority.

42
Regarding the guidelines on ex-officio investigations, EC adopted a similar document only for its internal usage, while the
competition authority from Nederland drafted some criteria regarding these investigations. Regarding RIA such mechanism adequate
with the competition rules exists only in UK and Australia.

152
 I. Identificarea prioritilor din domeniul concurenei, n contextul procesului de negociere privind
aderarea Romniei la Uniunea European

Contribuia Proiectului de Twinning la atelierul de lucru mpreun ctre Europa organizat de

Guvernul Romniei Snagov, 28 februarie 2004

Proiectul de nfrire a avut o contribuie esenial la procesul de negociere privind aderarea Romniei la
Uniunea European i n cadrul atelierului de lucru promovat de ctre Primul Ministru al Romniei la care au
fost invitai Consilierii de Pre-Aderare prezeni n Romnia. La aceast activitate, care a avut loc n data de 28
februarie 2004 la Snagov, au luat parte, de asemenea, toi minitrii n funcie ai Romniei.
Consilierul de Pre-Aderare, domnul Aurelio La Torre, fiind unul dintre raportorii atelierului, a subliniat prin
discursul inut: importana legislaiei i politicii privind concurena pentru o economie de pia liber; prioritile
din domeniul concurenei; msurile adecvate care trebuie implementate de ctre Guvernul Romniei n vederea
atingerii unui progres n procesul de negociere din cadrul Capitolului 6 Concurena.
Aceste sugestii au fost incluse ntr-un document Propuneri urgente privind Capitolul 6 - Concurena, care
a fost transmis Guvernului Romniei ulterior ntlnirii de lucru. Aceste msuri includ:

A. Msuri generale (privind n acelai timp concurena i ajutorul de stat)

1. Adoptarea unei legi privind creterea salariilor personalului din cadrul Consiliului Concurenei din
Romnia (n vederea atragerii i meninerii n funcie a unor persoane foarte calificate).
2. Publicarea n Monitorul Oficial a unei versiuni consolidate a legii privind concurena Legea nr.
21/1996 (n urma modificrilor aduse prin O.U.G. nr. 121/2003 aprobat prin Legea nr. 184/2004).
3. Consolidarea, prin intermediul sincronizrii i al resurselor financiare, a posibilitilor actualului proiect
de nfrire de a asigura susinerea Capitolului 6 n Romnia (n vederea acordrii unei asistene
tehnice permanente Consiliului Concurenei n elaborarea legislaiei secundare, n transpunerea
viitorului acquis din domeniul concurenei, precum i la mbuntirea Culturii Concurenei din
Romnia) i luarea n considerare a opiunii unui nou proiect de nfrire privind acest capitol.
4. Asigurarea unei logistici adecvate n interiorul Consiliului Concurenei.
5. Consolidarea poziiei Consiliului Concurenei de autoritate administrativ independent.
6. Asigurarea argumentrii adecvate a deciziilor Consiliului Concurenei i publicarea acestora, ntr-un
termen rezonabil, pe site-ul instituiei.

B. Msuri specifice domeniului concurenei

1. Revizuirea, de ctre Consiliul Concurenei, a prevederilor n vigoare, n lumina noii legislaii privind
concurena precum i identificarea i adoptarea legislaiei secundare necesare (ca de exemplu:
simplificarea procedurilor privind anumite concentrri economice, politica de clemen pentru
depistarea cartelurilor, reglementarea atribuiilor privind inspeciile, linii directoare n vederea creterii
transparenei i asigurarea efectului descurajator al sanciunilor).
2. Adoptarea de ctre Consiliul Concurenei a unei abordri mai pro-active (i mai severe) n aplicarea
legislaiei antitrust, n special prin: i) creterea numrului investigaiilor din oficiu privind nclcri mai
grave ale regulilor de concuren, ii) aplicarea unor amenzi mai aspre, iii) creterea substanial a
numrului de cazuri relevante privind depistarea nclcrilor legislaiei din domeniul concurenei.

Autoritile romne au luat n considerare aceste msuri i aproape toate au fost implementate n cursul anului
200443. n decembrie 2004, Romnia a ncheiat negocierile privind Capitolul 6 ca urmare a progreselor
importante realizate n domeniul concurenei.

43
A fost adoptat o nou lege (Legea nr. 184/2004) privind noul regim al salarizrii, care a ridicat n mod semnificativ nivelul
remuneraiilor angajailor Consiliului Concurenei; cadrul legislativ n domeniul concurenei a fost mbuntit n vederea armonizrii lui
cu acquis-ul: Consiliul Concurenei a pus n aplicare noua legislaie i a insistat pe elaborarea legislaiei secundare (52 de
reglementri i instruciuni de implementare a legislaiei au fost adoptate n 2004); Consiliul Concurenei i-a transferat personalul,
echipamentele i documentele din Palatul Parlamentului n noul sediu din Casa Presei Libere din Bucureti; a progresat n
achiziionarea de noi echipamente de birou i a nceput implementarea unei infrastructuri informatice.

153
 I. Priorities in the competition field, in the context of the negotiation process for Romanias
accession to EU

The Twinning Projects contribution to the workshop Together to Europe organized by the
Romanian Government Snagov, February 28, 2004

The Twinning Project had an essential contribution in the negotiation process regarding Romanias accession
to EU and within the workshop chaired by the Romanian Prime Minister, where all Pre-accession Advisers,
present in Romania were invited. At this event, that took place on February 28, 2004 in Snagov, also all the
current ministers of Romania participated. Mr. Aurelio La Torre, Pre-accession Adviser, as one of the
workshops rapporteurs, underlined in his speech: the importance of the competition legislation and policy for a
free market economy; the priorities in the competition field; the adequate measures that must be enforced by
the Romanian Government in order to achieve progress in the negotiation process on Chapter 6: Competition.
These suggestions were included in a document Urgent proposals related to Chapter 6-Competition,
which was transmitted to the Romanian Government subsequent to this work meeting. These measures
include:

A. General measures (regarding competition and State aid)

1. Adopting a Law regarding the wage increasement of the Romanian Competition Councils employees, in
order to attract and to maintain in position of high qualified persons.
2. Publishing in the Official Gazette a consolidated version of the Competition Law Law no.21/1996
(amended by Emergency Government Ordinance no.121/2003, approved by Law no.184/2004).
3. The consolidation, through synchronization and financial resources, of the possibilities of the actual
Twinning Project to ensure sustaining of the chapter 6 in Romania (for granting a permanent technical
assistance to the Competition Council to draft the secondary legislation in transposing the future acquis
from the competition field, as well as improving competition culture in Romania) and taking into
consideration the option of a new Twinning Project.
4. Ensuring an adequate logistic within the Competition Council.
5. The consolidation of the Competition Councils position as an administrative and independent authority.
6. Ensuring an adequate argumentation of the Competition Councils decisions and publishing these
decisions in due time on the institutions website.

B. Specific measures in the competition field

1. Reviewing the provisions in force in accordance with the new competition legislation as well as
identifying and adopting the necessary secondary legislation (ex: simplifying the procedures related to
some economic concentrations, leniency policy for discovering cartels, establishment of duties related to
inspections, guidelines in order to increase the transparency and to ensure the deterrent effect of the
sanctions).
2. Adopting a more pro-active approach (and more rigorous) in enforcing the antitrust legislation
especially by: i) increasing the number of ex-officio investigations regarding more serious infringements
of the competition rules, ii) applying more severe fines, iii) substantially increasing the number of
relevant cases of infringements of competition legislation.

Romanian authorities took these measures into consideration and most of them were enforced during 200444.
In December 2004, as a result of the important progresses recorded in competition field, Romania closed the
negotiations on Chapter 6.

44A new law was adopted (Law no.184/2004) regarding the new salaries regime, which significantly increased the remuneration level
of the Competition Councils employees; the legal framework in competition field was improved in order to be harmonized with the
acquis: the Competition Council enforced the new legislation and insisted on elaborating secondary legislation (in 2004, 52
regulations and guidelines for enforcing the legislation were adopted); the Competition Council transferred its employees, equipments
and documents from Palatul Parlamentului to its new headquarters in Casa Presei Libere, Bucharest; new office equipments were
procured and the implementation of an IT infrastructure was initiated.

154
 II. Consolidarea aplicrii legislaiei

Au fost elaborate urmtoarele documente:

Instruciuni privind o utilizare pro-activ a investigaiilor din oficiu, concentrate pe cele mai
grave nclcri ale legii

219. Aceste instruciuni45 vizeaz adoptarea unei politici predeterminate n ceea ce privete selectarea
posibilelor practici anticoncureniale, ce vor deveni obiectul investigaiilor din oficiu. n acord cu aceast politic,
prioritatea trebuie atribuit investigaiilor cu privire la restricionrile cele mai grave ale concurenei, care au un
efect cu caracter naional (fa de cele cu caracter local) i care vizeaz sectoarele eseniale pentru economia
Romniei.

Studiu privind monitorizarea concurenei n 10 sectoare eseniale pentru economia Romniei

220. Acest document include o monitorizare a 10 sectoare industriale, n care meninerea unei concurene
reale poate fi considerat de cea mai mare importan pentru economia Romniei46.
Pentru fiecare dintre aceste sectoare, monitorizarea include analiza structurii pieei i a agenilor economici
existeni pe pia, pe baza informaiilor aflate la dispoziie n mod public. De asemenea, documentul include,
pentru fiecare dintre aceste sectoare, o examinare a principalelor aspecte din materia concurenei, pe care
Consiliul Concurenei le va avea de tratat.

Instruciuni privind modalitatea de detectare a practicilor anticoncureniale

221. Aceste instruciuni examineaz toate instrumentele de investigaie aflate la dispoziia inspectorilor
Consiliului Concurenei, n scopul detectrii practicilor anticoncureniale, acestea coninnd exemple practice
privind posibilitatea de utilizare a fiecruia dintre instrumentele prezentate. Scopul aciunii este de a spori
abilitatea Consiliului Concurenei de a detecta i sanciona din oficiu practicile anticoncureniale.

III. Studii privind mbuntirea activitii Consiliului Concurenei

222. In cadrul proiectului, au fost ntocmite studii privind anumite domenii specifice activitilor desfurate de
Consiliul Concurenei, studii care conin i propuneri concrete de msuri cu identificarea instrumentelor prin
care acestea pot fi transpuse n practic i care au vizat urmtoarele:

45 Instruciunile prezint un caracter de noutate deoarece nici o autoritate de concuren nu a stabilit instruciuni similare; CE i

Autoritatea de Concuren olandez au adoptat un document de uz exclusiv intern, folosindu-se n acest scop doar criterii de ordin
general
46 Acestea sunt:

1. Media (*#)
2. Energie (*#)
3. Comunicaia informaiei i tehnologia (*#)
4. Serviciile potale (*#)
5. Sectorul bancar (*#)
6. Sectorul asigurrilor (*#)
7. Transporturile (*#)
8. Sectorul farmaceutic
9. Construciile
10. Turismul

# = Arie ce include o reea de industrii

* = Arie ce include sectoare aflate sub competena unei autoriti de reglementare

155
 II. Consolidation of the legislation enforcement

The following papers were drafted:

Guidelines for a more proactive use of ex-officio investigations focused on the most serious
infringements of the law

219. These guidelines47 stipulate the adoption of a pre-determined policy when deciding which alleged
anticompetitive practices should be subject to ex-officio investigations. In accordance with this policy, priority
should be given to investigations concerning hardcore restrictions of competition having an effect at national
level (as opposed to local level) and relating to sectors essential for the Romanian economy.

Competition-oriented survey on 10 essential sectors for the Romanian economy

220. This document includes a survey of 10 industry sectors where preserving a real competition may be
considered of outmost importance for Romanias economy.48
For each of these sectors, the survey includes an analysis of the structure of the market and the existing market
players based on information publicly available. It also includes a review of the general competition issues that
the Council is likely to face for each of these sectors.

Guidelines on how to detect anticompetitive practices

221. These guidelines review all the investigative tools available to competition inspectors of the Competition
Council to detect anticompetitive practices and contain practical examples on how each of these tools can be
used. Their aim is to enhance the Competition Councils ability to detect and sanction anticompetitive practices
ex-officio.

III. Studies on improving the Competition Councils activity

222. Within the Project, studies were drafted, targeting specific areas of the Competition Councils activity,
containing concrete proposals to be adopted by the Competition Council and identify instruments to put them in
place. This studies aim to:

47
These guidelines have a novelty character, since no other competition authority has them in place; EC and the Dutch Competition
Authority adopted a document for exclusive internal purpose, by using some general criteria.
48 These are:

1. Media (* #)
2. Energy (* #)
3. Information Communication and Technology (* #)
4. Postal services (* #)
5. Banking (* #)
6. Insurance (* #)
7. Transport (* #)
8. Pharmaceutical
9. Construction
10. Tourism

# = Area including network industries

* = Area including sector(s) under competence of a Regulatory Authority

156
 Strategia privind implementarea Analizei Impactului Reglementrii (AIR) n Romnia,
pentru a permite ca legislaia din domeniul concurenei s prevaleze asupra oricrei
legislaii cu caracter anticoncurenial (a se vedea Foaia de parcurs pentru Romnia,
2003)

223. Acest document prezint o potenial strategie n vederea realizrii n Romnia a unei analize a impactului
reglementrii (AIR). n Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii exista deja o analiz a impactului reglementrii, n domeniul
regulilor de concuren. Scopul acesteia este de a elimina regulile existente ce au un impact anticoncurenial
asupra economiei naionale, precum i de a preveni introducerea de noi reguli cu efecte similare.
Elaborarea acestui document, furnizat n Acordul de Twinning, a fost urgentat de recomandarea Comisiei
Europene, stipulat n raportul de ar din 2003, n care este precizat c Romnia trebuie s asigure
prevalena regulilor concurenei asupra oricror legislaii anticoncureniale.
Acest document identific modaliti concrete de adoptare a AIR n Romnia i propune un posibil mecanism
AIR adaptat potrivit regulilor concurenei, precum i o strategie privind modalitatea prin care mecanismul AIR
trebuie aplicat de ctre Consiliul Concurenei.
Strategia analizei impactului reglementrii este necesar pentru a permite Consiliului Concurenei s previn
introducerea, n Romnia, de ctre Guvern sau alte structuri cu puteri legislative, a prevederilor legale cu
potenial efect anticoncurenial.

Strategia privind dezvoltarea relaiilor internaionale ale autoritii de concuren din

Romnia
224. Acest document conine o potenial strategie n vederea promovrii activitilor sale n forurile
internaionale, precum i pentru cooperarea cu instituii i structuri din afara rii, specializate n domeniul
concurenei, precum ICN, OECD i UNCTAD. De asemenea, documentul include lista persoanelor de contact
detaliat pentru fiecare instituie n parte, precum i recomandarea privind strategia pe care Consiliul
Concurenei trebuie s o adoptate n relaia cu fiecare dintre aceste instituii.

IV. Promovarea culturii concurenei

225. Promovarea culturii concurenei include activiti privind pregtirea profesional, adresate personalului de
specialitate din domeniul concurenei, mediului de afaceri, judectorilor i reprezentanilor altor instituii publice
(Competition advocacy), astfel:

Strategia pentru o promovare a culturii concurenei n Romnia (Competition advocacy)

226. Acest document orienteaz activitile Consiliului Concurenei privind promovarea culturii concurenei n
Romnia. Documentul include o list cuprinznd principalii actori implicai, instrumentele necesare promovrii
concurenei i rezultatele vizate.

Strategia privind promovarea concurenei n cadrul achiziiilor publice din Romnia

227. Acest document prezint o posibil strategie n vederea promovrii concurenei n domeniul achiziiilor
publice din Romnia. Acesta identific principalele elemente cu caracter anticoncurenial, ntlnite n
procedurile de licitaii (de exemplu, varianta n care condiiile impuse ntr-o licitaie sunt fcute n avantajul unui
ofertant, sau lipsa transparenei n ceea ce privete procedura licitaiei) i furnizeaz mai multe propuneri
despre modalitatea de abordare a acestor aspecte n cadrul structurii interne a Consiliului Concurenei,
autoritilor contractante, precum i n cadrul altor instituii implicate cum ar fi Guvernul, Parlamentul sau
prefecturile din Romnia.

157
 Strategy for Implementing a Regulatory Impact Analysis (AIR) in Romania for enabling
"competition legislation to take precedence over any anti-competitive legislation" (see
Roadmap for Romania, 2003)

223. This document presents a possible strategy to set up a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) in Romania. A
RIA tailored for the competition rules already exists in the UK. The aim of RIA is to eliminate existing rules
having an anticompetitive impact on the national economy and prevent the introduction of new rules having
similar effects.

The elaboration of this document, provided in the Twinning Covenant, was prompted by the recommendation of
the Commission 2003 country report on Romania where it is stated that Romania should ensure precedence of
competition rules over any anti-competitive legislation.

This document identifies concrete ways of adopting RIA in Romania and proposes a possible RIA mechanism
tailored for the competition rules as well as a strategy on how the RIA mechanism should be enforced by the
Competition Council.

The Regulatory Impact Analysis strategy is necessary to enable the Competition Council to prevent that
anticompetitive regulations are introduced in Romania by the Government, legislative or regulatory bodies.

Strategy for developing International Relations for the Romanian Competition Authority
224. This document presents a possible strategy that the Competition Council could adopt to promote its
activities in international fora and cooperate with institutions and bodies from abroad specialized in competition
such as ICN, OECD and UNCTAD. It includes a contact list for each institution and recommendation on the
strategy the Competition Council should adopt in respect of that institution.

IV. Competition Advocacy

225. Competition Advocacy include activities targeted at promoting a competition culture in Romania and
organizing training events addressed to competition officials, businesses, judges and representative of other
public institutions, as follows:

Strategy for Promoting a Competition Culture in Romania (Competition Advocacy)

226. This document identifies the target of the Competition Councils advocacy activities when promoting a
competition culture in Romania. It includes a list with the main actors involved, the instruments needed to
promote competition and the expected outputs.

Strategy for fostering competition in Public Procurements in Romania

227. This document presents a possible strategy for promoting competition in public procurements in Romania.
It identifies the main competition issues occurring in tender procedures (for instance, the possibility that the
tender requirements are tailored to the advantage of one specific bidder or the lack of transparency concerning
the tender procedure) and provides several suggestions on how to address these issues both within the
Competition Councils internal structure and before contracting authorities and before other institutional players
such as the Government, the Parliament and Romanian prefects.

158
 Sugestii privind mbuntirea site-ului Consiliului Concurenei

228. n scopul promovrii culturii concurenei n Romnia, documentul a avut ca obiectiv mbuntirea utilizrii
i dezvoltrii acestui instrument aflat la dispoziia Consiliului Concurenei.

Autoritile de concuren din lume utilizeaz n mod intensiv site-urile lor ca instrumente de promovare a
culturii concurenei (advocacy), furniznd totodat informaii societilor interesate i publicului, n general. Pe
viitor, aceast modalitate de utilizare a site-ului reduce povara administrativ a autoritilor de concuren,
permindu-le o concentrare a resurselor umane asupra aplicrii legii.

Echipa Proiectului Twinning a examinat cu atenie site-ul Consiliului Concurenei i a monitorizat 53 de site-uri
aparinnd altor autoriti antitrust i organizaii internaionale49. Rezultatele detaliate ale acestei monitorizri
reprezint baza propunerilor echipei Proiectului de Twinning, incluse n acest document.

Glosar de termeni antitrust

229. Acest document realizeaz o fuziune ntre glosarul de termeni antitrust al Uniunii Europene realizat de
ctre Comisia European Directoratul general privind concurena, i Glosarul de termeni antitrust utilizat n
Politica antitrust a Statelor Unite, prezentat n publicaia Antitrust Law&Economics Review, Washington 1997,
precum i alte noiuni, concepte adiionale din materia antitrust, utile n a furniza definiii simple termenilor
specifici, n deplin acord cu legislaia i practicile specifice mediului de afaceri din Uniunea European, ct i
din Statele Unite. Glosarul este un instrument foarte util inspectorilor de concuren.

V. Aciuni organizate de echipa de Twinning:

Prelegere privind dezvoltri speciale n domeniul concurenei, Bucureti, 25 februarie;

Atelier de lucru privind aplicarea Legii concurenei, Constana, 14 - 15 iunie ;
Misiune de lucru privind probleme i practici n aplicarea Legii concurenei, Galai, 17 iunie;
Stagiu de pregtire pe probleme de IT (transferul de know-how privind organizarea activitii i
bazei de date a Consiliului Concurenei), Roma, 5 - 9 iulie;
Atelier de lucru privind sectoarele industriale reglementate, achiziiile publice i concurena, 14
- 15 iulie;

230. n cadrul seminarului au fost prezentate aspecte privind modul de abordare n cadrul Uniunii Europene a
concurenei n unele sectoare reglementate din industrie: energie, transport, telecomunicaii i probleme de
concuren n domeniul achiziiilor publice.

La aceast manifestare au fost invitai reprezentani ai Comisiei Europene, Ministerului Integrrii Europene,
Ministerului Finanelor Publice, Ministerului Economiei i Comerului, Ministerului Afacerilor Externe, Autoritii
Naionale de Reglementare n Domeniul Energiei, Autoritii Naionale de Reglementare n Domeniul Gazelor
Naturale, Autoritii Naionale de Reglementare n Domeniul Comunicaiilor, Autoritii Naionale pentru Turism,
precum i reprezentani ai mediului juridic i ai mediului de afaceri.

49
Din aceste 53 de site-uri, echipa de Twinning a monitorizat site-uri ale ageniilor localizate n cinci continente diferite:
agenii europene de concuren: 30
agenii americane de concuren: 11
agenii africane de concuren: 3
agenii asiatice de concuren: 2
agenii de concuren din Oceania: 2

159
 Suggestions for the improvement of the Romanian Competition Council Website

228. This document aims at improving the Competition Councils management of this tool to promote a
competition culture in Romania.

Competition authorities around the world increasingly use their website as a tool to promote a competition
culture (advocacy) and provide useful information to complainants or companies that need to notify to the
authority their commercial agreements or their mergers. This use of the website further reduces the
administrative burden of competition agencies and allows them to focus more resources on their enforcement
activities.

The Twinning Team carefully reviewed the Competition Council website and carried out a survey of 53 websites
of other antitrust agencies and international organizations around the world.50 The results of this detailed review
form the basis of the Twinning Team proposal contained in this document.

Glossary of antitrust terms

229. This document mergers the EU Glossary of Antitrust Terms prepared by the European Commission DG
Competition with the Glossary of Antitrust Terms used in the U.S. Antitrust Policy summarized by the Antitrust
Law & Economics Review, Washington 1997, and other additional antitrust notions and concepts to provide
simple definitions of complex antitrust terms corresponding to the legislation and business practices both in the
EU and the US. The glossary is a very useful working instrument for competition inspectors.

V. Actions organized by the Twinning team:

Lecture on special development in the competition field, Bucharest, February 25;

Workshop on enforcement of the Competition Law, Constanta, June, 14-15;
Working mission on problems and practices of enforcement of the Competition Law, Galati,
June, 17;
Internship on IT problems (know-how transfer regarding the organization of the activity and
data base of the Competition Council), Rome, July, 5-9;
Workshop on regulated industrial sectors, public procurements and competition, July, 14-15;

230. At the seminar aspects on the approach manner of competition within EU were presented, in certain
regulated sectors from industry: energy, transport, telecommunication and competition issues in the public
procurements field.

At this meeting representatives of the EU, Ministry of European Integration, Ministry of Public Finance, Ministry
of Economy and Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority, National
Regulatory Authority in Natural Gas Sector, National Regulatory Authority for Communications, National
Authority for Tourism were invited, as well as representatives of the judiciary and business environment.

50Out of these 53 websites, the Twinning Team surveyed websites of competition agencies located in five different continents:
European competition agencies: 30
American competition agencies: 11
African competition agencies: 3
Asian competition agencies: 2
Oceanias competition agencies: 2

160
 Seminar pentru judectori pe probleme de concuren, Bucureti, 25 octombrie ;

231. Acest seminar s-a nscris n cadrul unei serii de evenimente destinate judectorilor i magistrailor asisteni
de la nalta Curte de Casaie i Justiie i Curtea de Apel Bucureti, n special din cadrul seciilor de contencios
administrativ i comercial, dar este deschis i altor magistrai care au un interes deosebit fa de acest
domeniu.

Atelier de lucru privind concurena n sectoarele financiare i transporturilor (obiective

orizontale), 29 - 30 noiembrie.

232. Primul an de activitate desfurat de Componenta Concuren din cadrul Proiectului

VI. Concluzii de Twinning a marcat rezultate pozitive i importante.
Romnia a finalizat negocierile privind Capitolul 6 - Politica n domeniul concurenei. n raportul su de ar pe
anul 2004, Comisia a precizat, n legtur cu Componenta Concuren din Romnia, c legislaia este n linie
cu acquis-ul comunitar, rmnnd probleme n aria ajutorului de stat, fapt ce explic de ce Capitolul privind
concurena a rmas deschis pn n data de 8 decembrie 2004.
233. Contribuia Componentei Concuren a Proiectului de Twinning la atingerea acestui rezultat pozitiv, pe
durata primului an de activitate, a constat n:
5 documente ce examineaz legislaia din domeniul concurenei, stadiul aplicrii legislaiei, precum i
capacitatea administrativ a autoritii de concuren;
4 studii strategice privind domenii specifice ale activitilor Consiliului Concurenei;
3 documente privind ntrirea aplicrii legii de ctre Consiliul Concurenei, prin adoptarea unei abordri
pro-active;
12 activiti de pregtire profesional i evenimente de promovare a culturii concurenei.
Aceste documente i activiti elaborate i, respectiv, organizate de ctre echipa Proiectului de Twinning
reprezint baza progresului remarcabil realizat de ctre Consiliul Concurenei din Romnia.
Pe de o parte, Romnia beneficiaz de o legislaie n domeniul concurenei, aliniat, la momentul nchiderii
negocierilor de aderare, la standardele Uniunii Europene. n plus, Consiliul Concurenei i-a mbuntit
considerabil modalitile de implementare a acestui nou cadru legal. De asemenea, s-a evideniat o consolidare
important a capacitii administrative a instituiei de-a lungul anului 2004.
Pe de alt parte, Consiliul Concurenei experimenteaz unele dintre cele mai moderne aspecte ale politicii
concureniale la nivel european: evaluarea impactului concurenial al legislaiei (prin introducerea Analizei
Impactului Reglementrii), implementarea criteriilor pentru efectuarea investigaiilor ex-officio, elaborarea liniilor
strategice pentru a concentra eforturile necesare n descoperirea i sancionarea celor mai grave nclcri ale
regulilor de concuren.
Aceste rezultate ncurajatoare au fost nregistrate i datorit climatului i cooperrii fructuoase ce exist ntre
echipa de Twinning, pe de o parte, i membrii plenului Consiliului Concurenei, directorilor, inspectorilor de
concuren i restul personalului, pe de alt parte.
234. Domeniile n care este necesar a fi depuse eforturi suplimentare au fost identificate n raportul de ar al
Comisiei Europene pe anul 2004, raport care oglindete recomandrile deja fcute de ctre echipa de Twinning
n cadrul Raportului Iniial al Componentei Concurenei. Acestea sunt:
prevenirea distorsiunilor importante ale concurenei;
un rol pro-activ, att n ceea ce privete stadiul implementrii legislaiei, ct i promovarea culturii
concurenei, pentru a permite continuarea liberalizrii economiei i deschiderea pieelor;
utilizarea mai bun a instrumentelor de investigare, inclusiv inspeciile inopinate;
mbuntirea expertizei Consiliului Concurenei;
dezvoltarea cooperrii cu alte instituii;
pregtirea judectorilor.

161
 Seminar for judges on competition issues, Bucharest, October 25;

231. This seminar was held within a series of events for judges and assistant magistrates from the High Court
of Cassation and Justice and the Court of Appeal, Bucharest, mostly from the administrative and commercial
courts, but was also open for other magistrates, with a special interest in this field.

Workshop on competition in the financial and transport sectors (horizontal objectives),

November, 29-30.

232. First year of the Competition component of the Twinning Project recorded
VI. Conclusions
important and positive results.
Romania closed the negotiations on Chapter 6 Competition Policy. In the 2004 Country Report, the
Commission specified, regarding the Romanian Competition Component, that the legislation is in line with the
acquis communitaire, remaining issues in the State aid field, this fact explaining why the Chapter on
Competition was open until December 8, 2004.
233. The contribution of the Competition Component of the Twinning Project to reach this positive result, on the
first year of activity, consists in:
5 documents that analyze the competition legislation, stage of legislation enforcement as well as the
administrative capacity of the competition authority;
4 strategic studies on specific areas of the Competition Councils activity;
3 documents on strengthening the legislation enforcement, by adopting a pro-active approach;
12 professional training activities and competition advocacy events.
These documents and activities elaborated and, respectively, organized by the Twinning Project team
represent the base of the remarkable progress realized by the Competition Council from Romania.
On one hand, Romania had benefited, at the moment the accession negotiations were closed , from a
harmonized legislation in the competition field, in line with EU standards. Besides, the Competition Council
considerably improved the modalities of implementing this new legal framework. Also, an important
consolidation of the institution administrative capacity took place in 2004.
On the other hand, the Competition Council tests some of the most modern aspects of the competition policy at
the European level: evaluation of the competition impact of legislation (through the introducion of the
Regulatory Impact Analysis), enforce the criteria for ex-officio investigations, elaboration of strategic lines to
concentrate the necessary efforts in discovering and sanctioning the most serious infringements of the
competition rules.
These encouraging results were also registered due to the climate and fruitful cooperation between the
Twinning team, on one hand, and the members of Competition Council Plenum, directors, competition
inspectors and the rest of Competition Council staff, on the other hand.
234. The fields where supplementary efforts are necessary were identified in the country report of the EU on
2004, report which reflects the recommendations already made by the Twinning team within the Initial Report of
the Competition Component.
Preventing the important distortions of competition;
Having a more pro-active role, as regarding the stage of the legislation enforcement also the
competition advocacy, to permit the continuation of economy liberalization and markets opening;
Making better use of the investigation instruments, inclusive dawn raids;
Improve the Competition Council expertise;
Development of cooperation with other institutions;
Training of judges.

162
235. n plus, poate fi luat n considerare faptul c al patrulea angajament stabilit ntre Romnia i Comisia
European la ncheierea negocierilor tehnice privind Capitolul 6 subliniaz necesitatea Romniei de a aloca
Consiliului Concurenei, n mod adecvat, resurse financiare i personal calificat.
Aceste recomandri au fost serios examinate la nivelul Consiliului Concurenei i au reprezentat deja obiectul
iniiativelor implementate de Componenta Concuren a prezentului Proiect de Twinning.
Pregtirea profesional i promovarea culturii concurenei sunt aciuni permanente. Componenta Concuren a
prezentului Proiect de Twinning va continua s acorde asisten lund n considerare, cu prioritate, promovarea
procesului de pregtire a personalului Consiliului Concurenei, n special n ceea ce privete:
redactarea opiniilor consultative adresate Guvernului;
aplicarea mecanismelor de Analiz a Impactului Reglementrii n procesul legislativ;
luarea de msuri n vederea respectrii principiilor liberei concurene n domeniul achiziiilor publice.

B. Componenta Ajutor de stat

236. Obiectivul componentei de ajutor de stat a Proiectului de Twinning este de a ntri capacitatea
administrativ a Consiliului Concurenei din Romnia pentru o mai eficient implementare a acquis-ului
comunitar n domeniul ajutorului de stat. n acest sens, proiectul s-a concentrat pe Legea privind ajutorul de stat
(i amendamentele aduse acesteia), pe regulamentele adoptate de ctre Consiliul Concurenei n baza legii i
pe hotrrile de guvern aplicabile. Proiectul include redactarea de legislaie secundar i consiliere asupra
hotrrilor de guvern n vigoare, mbuntirea cunotinelor de specialitate i instruire specific pentru experii
de ajutor de stat din Consiliul Concurenei, pentru cei din ministere i alte instituii de stat (n special furnizori de
ajutor de stat), i informaii pentru judectori, magistrai i oameni de afaceri, comunitatea academic i social.
Consiliul Concurenei, ca integrator al Capitolului 6 al negocierilor de aderare, a avut ca nalt prioritate
nchiderea acestui capitol. Astfel, componenta de ajutor de stat a conveniei de Twinning a inut i ea seama de
aceast prioritate i a contribuit substanial la ndeplinirea acestui obiectiv.

237. Aceste obiective se concretizeaz printr-o serie de obiective strategice care trebuie s conduc la
urmtoarele rezultate garantate:

completarea cadrului legislativ, complet armonizat cu acquis-ul comunitar (vezi mai jos, Partea I, pct.2);

aplicarea eficient a regulilor i politicii de ajutor de stat, bazat pe cunotine sporite ale angajailor
Consiliului Concurenei i asupra opiniilor experilor U.E: ajutoare existente i noi, compatibile cu regulile
UE (vezi mai jos, Partea a II-a);

informarea autoritilor publice i a sistemului judiciar i comunitii de afaceri asupra disciplinei ajutorului
de stat pentru a deveni familiari cu aceasta nainte de aderarea Romaniei la UE (vezi mai jos, Partea a
III-a, pct.1).

238. n Convenie se face distincia ntre patru mari categorii de activiti:

- elaborarea i adaptarea de noi legi i regulamente pentru aplicarea acquis-ului
Activiti

comunitar;
- instruire pentru aplicarea legislaiei de ajutor de stat de ctre Consiliul
Concurenei i asigurarea viabilitii sprijinului n domeniul ajutorului de stat;
- promovarea concurenei;
- mbuntirea bazei de date.

163
235. Moreover, one of the commitments taken by Romania, at the closing of the technical negotiations on
Chapter 6, emphasizes the necessity to allocate adequate financial resources and qualified employees to the
Competition Council.
These recommendations were seriously examined at the Competition Councils level and already made the
object of initiatives enforced by the Competition Component of the present Twinning Project.
The professional training and competition advocacy are permanent actions. The Competition Component of the
present Twinning Project will continue to give assistance taking into account, with priority, the promotion of the
training process of the Competition Council employees, especially regarding:
Drafting the consultative opinions addressed to the Government:
Enforcing the mechanisms of Regulatory Impact Analysis in the legislative process;
Taking measures for the observance of the principles of free competition in the public procurements field.

B. State Aid Component

236. The objective of the State aid component of the project is to further strengthen the administrative capacity
of the Romanian Competition Council, for the effective enforcement of the acquis communitaire in the State aid
field. In this respect, the project concentrates on the Law on State aid (and its amendments), on the regulations
adopted by the Competition Council on its basis and on the applicable Governmental Decisions. The Project
includes the drafting of additional legislation and of counseling on the existing Government decisions,
enhancement of specialized knowledge and specific training for the State aid experts of the Competition
Council as well as of ministries and other state institutions (especially State aid grantors), and information for
judges, magistrates and the business, academic and social community. The Competition Council, as integrator
of Chapter 6 of the accession negotiations, had as high priority the closure of this chapter. Thus, the Twinning
State aid Component also had to take into account this priority and to contribute essentially to achieving this
objective.

237. These objectives are concretized by a number of strategic objectives which must lead to the following
guaranteed results:

Completion of the legislative framework, fully harmonized with the acquis communitaire (see down Part I,
point 2);

Effective enforcement of the State aid policy and rule, based on a higher skill of the Competition
Councils staff and on the qualified opinions of EU experts: existing and new State aids, compatible with
EU rules (see down, Part II);

Inform the public authorities, judiciary and the business community on the State aid discipline, in order to
become accustomed to it long before Romanias accession to EU (see down, Part III, point 1);

238. The Covenant distinguishes between four main types of activities:

- Elaboration and adoption of new laws and regulations for the application of the
Activities

acquis communautaire;
- Training for the application and enforcement of the State aid legislation and
ensuring the sustainability of the support in the field of State aid;
- Competition advocacy;
- Improving the data base.

164
Din raiuni practice, Convenia definete 16 activiti specifice pentru implementarea obiectivelor proiectului
pentru care prevede repere i rezultate garantate. Convenia de Twinning oblig att partenerul german, ct i
pe cel romn al componentei de ajutor de stat s acioneze i s coopereze ndeaproape la implementarea
acestor activiti, pentru atingerea acestor rezultate garantate.

239. n cursul primului trimestru al anului, n primul su Raport

Trimestrial, echipa de ajutor de stat a proiectului de Twinning a fcut Programul de lucru i calendarul
cteva propuneri de baz pentru punerea n aplicare a obiectivelor
proiectului. Cu ocazia ntlnirii cu Primul-Ministru al Romniei la
Snagov, Consilierul de Pre-aderare a prezentat un Raport asupra problemelor politicii de ajutor de stat n
Romnia, cuprinztor i cu numeroase recomandri. Au fost fcute i alte recomandri n Raportul Trimestrial
nr. 2 i 3. Calendarul componentei de ajutor de stat a fost aprobat de ctre parteneri i respectat. Comitetul
de conducere al proiectului s-a reunit de trei ori n cursului anului 2004 n scopuri de supraveghere. Partenerii
au pregtit o Anex la Convenie, aprobat de Comisia European, pentru adaptarea Conveniei la
schimbrile instituionale care au urmat desfiinrii Oficiului Concurenei i transferului de atribuii ctre Consiliul
Concurenei.

I. Examinarea legislaiei

240. Legea nr. 143/1999 privind ajutorul de stat a fost

armonizat cu legislaia european prin Legea nr. 603/2003; Adaptarea Legii privind ajutorul de stat
cu toate acestea, mai erau nc aspecte care trebuiau
armonizate, acestea fiind realizate prin O.G. nr. 94/2004.

Completarea cadrului legal n domeniul ajutorului de stat Pregtirea noilor acte legislative

241. Consiliul Concurenei a adoptat un mare numr de regulamente noi care stau la baza autorizrii
ajutoarelor de stat. Prin aceste regulamente, toate instruciunile i regulamentele Comisiei Europene aplicabile
au fost transpuse n legislaia romneasc. Echipa de Twinning a asistat experii Consiliului Concurenei n
redactarea acestor regulamente i n modificarea lor, parial prin cooperarea cu grupurile interne de lucru,
parial prin discuii bilaterale.

Msuri pentru adaptarea legislaiei existente

242. Au fost modificate, la cererea Comisiei Europene, cu sprijinul echipei de Twinning mai multe Regulamente
ale Consiliului pentru autorizarea ajutoarelor de stat. n continuare, echipa de Twinning a fcut propuneri pentru
modificarea ctorva legi, ca de exemplu Legea pentru accelerarea privatizrii i Legea privind IMM-urile, n
scopul armonizrii cu regulile UE i romneti privind ajutorul de stat.

a) Analiza schemelor existente de ajutor de stat

Analiza schemelor existente de
ajutor de stat i alinierea 243. Analiza schemelor existente a fost efectuat n cadrul
ajutoarelor de stat existente la Grupului Intern de Lucru alctuit din experii echipei de Twinning i
regulile comunitare; susinerea mai muli experi de la Direcia de Autorizare a ajutorului de stat.
procesului de negocieri n Analiza s-a efectuat pe un numr mare de acte legislative. Echipa
vederea aderrii de Twinning a pregtit un raport privind Legislaia romneasc
analizat n vederea armonizrii cu regulile de ajutor de stat.
Acest raport a avut n vedere 14 acte legislative, n special Legea 84/1992 privind regimul zonelor libere,
Ordonana de urgen a Guvernului 24/1998 privind regimul zonelor defavorizate, Ordonana de Guvern
65/2001 privind parcurile industriale i Legea 73/2000 privind fondurile de protecie a mediului.

165
For practical purposes, the Covenant defines 16 specific activities for the implementation of the project
objectives, for which it states benchmarks and guaranteed results. The Twinning Covenant obliges both the
German and the Romanian partner of the State aid component to take action and to cooperate closely on the
implementation of these activities in order to achieve the guaranteed results.

239. During the first quarter of the year, in its first Quarterly Report,
Working programme and
the Twinning State aid team made a number of basic proposals for
time table
the implementation of the objectives of the project. In the particular
context of the PAA Meeting with the Romanian Prime Minister in Snagov, the PAA submitted a comprehensive
Report on problems of State aid Policy in Romania with numerous recommendations. Other recommendations
were made in Second and Third Quarterly Report. The Timetable of the State aid component was approved
by the partners and respected with a very few exceptions where, due to organizational problems, certain
activities were postponed to a later date. The Steering Committee of the project met three times during 2004
for supervisory purposes. The partners prepared an Addendum to the Covenant which was approved by the
Commission, in order to adopt the Covenant to the institutional changes following the dissolution of the
Competition Office and the transfer of its attributions to the Competition Council.

I. Legislative scrutiny

240. The Law no.143/1999 on State aid was aligned to the EU rules Adaptation of the Law on State aid
by the Law no.603/ 2003, however, there were still some points
which needed to be adjusted. This was done by the Government
Ordinance no. 94/2004.

Completion of the legislative framework in the State aid field Preparation of new legislative acts

241. The Competition Council adopted a large number of new regulations which form the basis of the
authorization of State aids by the Council. Through these regulations, all relevant guidelines, frameworks and
regulations of the European Commission for the assessment of State aids were transposed into the Romanian
law. The Twinning team assisted the staff of the Competition Council in preparing these regulations and in
modifying them, partly through cooperation within internal working groups, partly through bilateral discussions.

Measures for adjusting the existing legislation

242. Several existing Council Regulations for the authorization of State aids were modified with the assistance
of the Twinning team, upon request of the European Commission. Further, the Twinning team made proposals
for the modification of several Romanian legal acts, as for example, the law on the Acceleration of Privatization
and the Law on SME s, in order to bring them in line with the EC and the Romanian State aid rules.

a) Scrutiny of the existing State aid schemes

Scrutiny of existing and new
State aid schemes and 243. The scrutiny of existing State aid schemes was done in an
alignment of incompatible Internal Working Group consisting in the Twinning experts and
State aids to the rules; several experts from the Department for the Authorization and
accompaniment of the State aids. The scrutiny concerned a large number of legislative
accession negotiation process acts. The Twinning team prepared a report on Romanian
legislation under scrutiny for harmonization with the State aid
rules. This report dealt with 14 legislative acts, in particular with the Law no.84/1992 regarding the regime of
the deprived areas, the Government ordinance no.65/2001 regarding industrial parks, and the law no. 73/2000
concerning the Environmental Fund.

166
 b) Analiza schemelor noi de ajutor de stat i a ajutoarelor individuale

244. Echipa de Twinning a colaborat ndeaproape cu Consiliului Concurenei i la analiza schemelor noi de
ajutor de stat i a cazurilor noi de ajutoare individuale.

Aceast sarcin constituie chiar centrul Proiectului de Twinning i a fost, de asemenea, de o mare relevan
pentru nchiderea Capitolului 6. Echipa de Twinning a recomandat cu hotrre adaptarea formei i stilul
deciziilor Consiliului de autorizare a ajutoarelor de stat la forma i stilul deciziilor Comisiei Europene, i a
acordat o asisten special anjagailor Consiliului privind modul de redactare a deciziilor, mai ales n cazurile
de ajutor de restructurare i de servicii publice. n plus, Consiliul a convenit cu Comisia European, pe 14
septembrie, pentru a obine avizul DG Concuren nainte de a adopta decizii n domeniul ajutoarelor de stat.

c) Monitorizare i raportare

245. Alte aspecte ale discuiilor dintre experii germani i romni au fost legate de metodele corecte de a
monitoriza, inventaria i raporta ajutoarele de stat n Romnia.

II. Msuri de instruire n vederea aplicrii regulilor de ajutor de stat de ctre

Consiliul Concurenei

246. Echipa de Twinning a organizat n 2004 trei seminarii de dou zile

Seminarii pentru angajaii
pentru experii Consiliului Concurenei, n special pentru cei de la Direcia
Consiliului Concurenei
de Autorizare a ajutoarelor de stat. Au participat aproximativ 50 de
persoane de la Consiliu i de la alte instituii. Subiectele seminariilor au fost noiunea de ajutor de stat n
practica Comisiei Europene i Curilor Europene, noua lege amendat a ajutorului de stat din Romnia, regulile
aplicate de ctre Comisia European i de ctre Consiliul Concurenei privind autorizarea ajutoarelor de stat.
Echipa de Twinning a pregtit dosare cuprinztoare cu un mare numr de materiale destinate participanilor la
seminarii.

Instruire pentru experi 247. n 2004, echipa de Twinning a organizat trei seminarii de o zi pentru
i furnizorii de ajutor experii de ajutor de stat din ministere i agenii guvernamentale, furnizori de
de stat ajutor de stat. n total, au participat aproximativ 100 de persoane. Subiectele
seminariilor au fost, n principal, aceleai ca i pentru seminariile adresate
experilor Consiliului. Echipa de Twinning a pregtit dosare cuprinznd materiale pentru participani.

248. n 2004, echipa de Twinning a organizat patru ateliere de lucru

i patru misiuni de lucru la nivel regional (n Constana, Ploieti, Iai Ateliere de lucru la nivel regional
i Bacu). Atelierele de lucru au fost adresate inspectoratelor
teritoriale, instanelor locale i oamenilor de afaceri din regiune. Au participat aproximativ 150 de persoane. n
Constana i Iai au participat i Preedinii Curilor de Apel regionale. Tema atelierelor de lucru a fost noiunea
de ajutor de stat n legislaia european i romneasc (n contextul practicii europene). Pentru aceste ateliere
de lucru, echipa de Twinning a alctuit dosare cu materialele relevante. Misiunile de lucru (de asemenea, la
Constana, Ploieti, Iai i Bacu) au fost adresate angajailor inspectoratelor locale ale Consiliului Concurenei
din regiunea respectiv i au oferit ocazia unor discuii cuprinztoare pe probleme curente.

249. Echipa de Twinning a organizat stagii pentru doi experi romni n ajutor de stat, de la Direcia de
Autorizare a ajutoarelor de stat, la cteva ministere germane. n luna mai 2004, experii au petrecut trei
sptmni la Berlin, la Ministerul Federal de Finane (cu vizite n alte ministere i o firm de avocatur) i o
sptmn la Magdeburg, la Ministerul Economiei i Muncii al Landului Saxonia-Anhalt.

167
 b) Scrutiny of new State aid schemes and individual cases

244. The Twinning team also closely collaborated with the Competition Council on the scrutiny of new State
aid schemes and new individual State aid cases.

This task is the very core of the Twinning project and it was also highly relevant for the closure of Chapter 6.
The twinning team strongly recommended the adaptation of the form and style of the Council decisions for the
authorization of State aids on the form and style of those of the European Commission, and particularly advised
the Councils staff on the way to draft decisions, especially in cases concerning restructuring aid and public
services. In addition, the Council agreed with the European Commission, on September 14, to obtain the advice
of DG Competition before adopting decisions in the area of State aid.

c) Monitoring and reporting

245. Other aspects of the discussions between German and Romanian State aid experts related to the correct
methods to monitor, inventory and report State aids in Romania.

II. Training measures for the application and enforcement of the State aid rules

246. The Twinning team organized in 2004 three two-day seminars for
the experts of the Competition Council, mainly the Department for the Seminars for the staff of the
Authorization of State aids. About 50 persons from the Competition Competition Council
Council and from other institutions participated. The topics of the seminars
were the notion of State aid in the practice of the European Commission and the European courts, the newly
amended Romanian law on State aid, and the rules applied by the European Commission and by the
Competition Council on the authorization of State aids. The Twinning team prepared comprehensive
documentation folders with a large amount of relevant materials for the participants to the seminars.

Training for the experts 247. In 2004, the Twinning team organized three one-day seminars for the
of the State aid State aid experts of the Ministries and Government Agencies which are grantors
grantors of State aid. Altogether, about 100 persons participated. The topics of these
seminars were essentially the same as of the Seminars for the Councils staff.
The Twinning team prepared comprehensive documentation folders for the participants.

248. In 2004, the Twinning team organized four workshops and four
working missions on county level (Constanta, Ploiesti, Iasi and Bacau). Workshops on county level
The workshops addressed the staff of the local offices of the Competition
Council of the region, as well as the representatives of the local administration, courts and business
representatives. About 150 persons participated. In Constanta and Iasi, also the Presidents of the regional
Courts of Appeal took part. The topics of the workshop were the notion of State aid in European and Romanian
law, and the rules on the authorization of State aids, according to the Romanian law (on the background of the
European practice). For these workshops, too, the Twinning team produced folders with relevant materials. The
working missions (also to Constanta, Ploiesti, Iasi and Bacau) were for the staff of the local offices of the
Competition Council of the respective region and provided an opportunity for extensive discussions on current
problems.

249. The Twinning team organized internships for two Romanian State aid experts, from the Department for
the Authorization of State aids, in German ministries. In May 2004, the experts spent three weeks in Berlin in
the Federal Ministry of Finance (with visits in other ministries and in a law firm) and one week in Magdeburg in
the Ministry for Economy and Labour of the Land Saxony-Anhalt.

168
250. Echipa de Twinning a organizat n noiembrie 2004 o vizit de o sptmn
pentru zece persoane de la Consiliul Concurenei (doi membri ai Consiliului i opt Vizita de studiu
inspectori de concuren). Grupul a participat la cel de-al 8-lea Forum pe ajutor de stat
al Academiei de drept din Trier, la un atelier de lucru la Centrul de Studii pentru
Integrare European din Bonn i la numeroase ntlniri la Bruxelles, inclusiv vizite la DG Concuren i DG
Extindere ale Comisiei Europene, la Misiunea Romniei la Uniunea European, i dou mari firme de
avocatur din Bruxelles specializate pe cazuri de ajutor de stat (Freshfields i Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton).

Instruire special la locul de munc 251. Cei trei experi germani pe termen mediu i civa experi pe
termen scurt au petrecut o perioad considerabil de timp n
Romnia pentru instruirea la locul de munc a personalului
Consiliului Concurenei implicat n cazuri de ajutor de stat. Experii germani au discutat cazuri individuale de
ajutor de stat, probleme speciale i juridice cu partea romn. n plus, Consilierul de Pre-aderare i experii
germani au pregtit un mare numr de note pe probleme de ajutor de stat pentru personalul Consiliului, ca
rspuns la ntrebri specifice care le-au fost puse.
Echipa de Twinning a mai organizat, de asemenea, dou vizite de lucru la inspectoratele teritoriale ale
Consiliului Concurenei (Constana i Braov) pentru a discuta probleme curente cu angajaii i a-i asista n
probleme curente. La aceste ntlniri au participat 16 persoane.

III. Promovarea culturii concurenei

252. Echipa de Twinning a organizat n anul 2004 trei seminarii pentru Seminarii pentru judectori
judectorii de la nalta Curte de Casaie i Justiie i de la Curtea de Apel
Bucureti (inclusiv experii juriti de la Consiliul Concurenei). La aceste
ntlniri au participat aproximativ 75 de persoane. Temele au variat pe marginea a numeroase aspecte privind
noiunea de ajutor de stat n practica Comisiei Europene i a soluiilor instanelor europene de la Luxemburg.

Schimb de vederi 253. n octombrie 2004, Echipa de Twinning a organizat o Conferin pentru avocai
n colaborare cu Asociaia Baroului Bucureti i Facultatea de Drept a Universitii din
Bucureti. La conferin au participat 350 de persoane (avocai, stagiari, studeni,
persoane oficiale). Mai mult, echipa de Twinning a participat la ntlnirea anual a Camerei de Comer
romno-elveiene. Consilierul de Pre-aderare i un expert german au fcut prezentri asupra problemelor
curente ale politicii de ajutor de stat n Romnia i experiene privind ajutorul de stat n UE.

254. Echipa de Twinning a elaborat o colecie cuprinztoare de Regulamente i

Materiale pentru
Instruciuni adoptate de ctre Consiliul Concurenei pentru a fi utilizate de ctre
promovarea culturii
angajaii Consilului i ai inspectoratelor. n plus, echipa de Twinning a pregtit un
concurenei
Studiu asupra legii ajutorului de stat n Romnia (n special pentru Conferina
destinat avocailor i Seminariile pentru judectori).
De asemenea, echipa de Twinning a mai elaborat un proiect de Manual al legislaiei ajutorului de stat n
Romnia (n contextul legislaiei europene) care va fi publicat n 2005.

Alte activiti 255. Consilierul de Pre-aderare a mai contribuit la promovarea concurenei prin numeroase
discuii cu experi romni, vizite informale, participri la diferite ntlniri i conferine .a.

169
 Study visit 250. The Twinning team organized in November 2004 a one week study visit for ten
persons from the Competition Council (two Members of the Council and eight competition
inspectors). The group participated in the 8th State aid Forum of the European Law Academy
in Trier, in a workshop at the Center for European Integration Studies in Bonn and in various meetings in
Brussels, including visits at the DG Competition and the DG Enlargement of the European Commission, the EU
Mission of Romania to the EU, and two leading Brussels law firms specializing on State aid problems
(Freshfields and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton).

251. The three German medium-term experts and a number of short-term Special training on the job
experts spent considerable time in Romania to provide special training on
the job for the staff of the Competition Council involved in State aid cases.
The German experts discussed individual State aid cases, special issues and legal questions with their
Romanian counterparts. In addition, the PAA and the German experts prepared a large number of notes on
State aid problems for the staff of the Council, in response to specific questions put to them.
The Twinning team also organized two working visits to local offices of the Competition Council (to
Constanta and Brasov) in order to discuss current problems with the staff and assist it in daily affairs. 16
persons participated in these meetings.

III. Competition advocacy

252. The Twinning team organized during 2004 three seminars for judges for the
Seminars for judges High Court of Justice and Cassation and the Bucharest Court of Appeal (including
legal experts of the Competition Council). About 75 persons attended the meetings.
The subjects centered on the various aspects of the notion of State aid in the
practice of the European commission and the decisions of the European Court in Luxemburg.

253. The Twinning team organized in October 2004, a Conference for lawyers in
Exchange of views
collaboration with the Bucharest Bar Association and the Law Faculty of the Bucharest
University. The Conference was attended by 350 persons (lawyers, junior lawyers,
students, officials). Further, the Twinning team participated in the Annual Meeting of the Swiss-Romanian
Chamber of Commerce. The PAA and a German expert made presentations on current issues of State aid
policy in Romania and on experiences with State aid control in the EU.

254. The Twinning team produced a comprehensive collection of the

Materials for Regulations and Guidelines adopted by the Competition Council for the use of the
competition staff of the Council and of its local offices. Further, the twinning team prepared a
advocacy Survey on State aid Law in Romania (particularly for the Conference for lawyers
and the Seminars for judges).
The Twinning team also worked on a draft for a Manual on State Aid Law in Romania (on the background of
the European law) that will be published in 2005.

255. The Pre-Accession Adviser also contributed to the Competition Advocacy through Other activities
numerous talks with Romanian experts, informal visits, participation in various meetings
and conferences.

170
 IV. Concluzii

256. Echipa de Twinning a pregtit partea de ajutor de stat i a elaborat trei rapoarte trimestriale. Aici, a fcut
numeroase recomandri pentru implementarea obiectivelor proiectului de Twinning i pentru viitoarea activitate
a Consilului Concurenei. S-a menionat, n special, completarea legislaiei n materie de ajutor de stat,
mbuntirea capacitii administrative a Consiliului, cooperarea inter-ministerial, criteriile de ncadrare a
angajailor Consiliului din domeniul ajutorului de stat, calitatea proiectelor de decizii, respectarea cerinelor de
notificare i cooperarea cu DG Concuren din cadrul Comisiei Europene.

257. Concluzia rapoartelor a fost c majoritatea recomandrilor au fost adoptate de ctre Consiliul Concurenei.
nchiderea cu succes a Capitolului 6 din cadrul negocierilor de aderare n decembrie 2004 (dei cu anumite
condiii) a demonstrat c Statele Membre ale Uniunii Europene i Comisia European au recunoscut eforturile
enorme pe care Consiliul Concurenei le-a fcut n 2004 n domeniul ajutorului de stat.

Proiectul de Twinning se va ncheia n luna iulie a anului 2005 i, odat cu aderarea Romniei la Uniunea
European, i va continua activitatea concentrndu-se, ndeosebi, asupra situaiei dup aderare.

171
 IV. Conclusions

256. The Twinning team prepared the State aid part for three Quarterly Reports. Therein, it made numerous
recommendations for the implementation of the objectives of the Twinning Project and for the future work of the
Competition Council. It pointed especially to the completion of the State aid legislation, the improvement of the
administrative capacity of the Council, the inter-ministerial cooperation, the criteria of qualification of the
Councils staff for State aid matters, the quality of the draft decisions, the observance of the notification
requirement and the cooperation with the DG Competition of the European Commission.

257. It was concluded in these reports that most of the recommendations were adopted by the Competition
Council. The successful closure of Chapter 6 of the accession negotiations in December 2004 (albeit under
certain conditions) showed that the European Commission and the EU Member States acknowledged the
enormous efforts which the Competition Council made in 2004 in the area of State aid control.

The Twinning Project runs until mid-July 2005. It will continue its work particularly with regard to the situation
after accession.

172
 Anexa nr.1
LEGISLAIA SECUNDAR N DOMENIUL CONCURENEI
ADOPTAT N ANUL 2004
Regulamente
1. Regulament de organizare, funcionare i procedur al Consiliului Concurenei, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul
preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 61/26.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 288 din 01/04/2004;
2. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului de organizare, funcionare i procedur al
Consiliului Concurenei, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 71/08.04.2004, publicat n
Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 374 din 29/04/2004;
3. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului de organizare, funcionare i procedur al
Consiliului Concurenei, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 197/12.08.2004, publicat n
Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 822 din 07/09/2004;
4. Regulament privind autorizarea concentrrilor economice, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 63/29.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 280 din 31/03/2004;
5. Regulamentul pentru completarea Anexei la Regulamentul Consiliului Concurenei privind autorizarea
concentrrilor economice, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 150/03.06.2004, publicat
n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 601 din 05/07/2004;
6. Regulament privind aplicarea art. 5 alin. (2) din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile
ulterioare, n cazul nelegerilor verticale din sectorul autovehiculelor, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 63/29.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 280 din 31/03/2004;
7. Regulament pentru modificarea alin. (1) al art. 11 din Regulamentul privind aplicarea art. 5 alin. (2) din Legea
concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, n cazul nelegerilor verticale din sectorul
autovehiculelor, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 130/27.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul
Oficial, Partea I nr. 521 din 09/06/2004;
8. Regulament privind regimul exceptrii, pe categorii de nelegeri, decizii luate de asociaiile de ageni economici
i practici concertate, n domeniul transporturilor maritime, de la interdicia prevazut la art. 5 alin. (1) din Legea
concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 78/14.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 437 din 17/05/2004;
9. Regulament privind exceptarea acordurilor de specializare de la interdicia prevzut la art. 5 alin. (1) din Legea
concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 68/05.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 374 din 29/04/2004;
10. Regulament privind regimul exceptrii, pe categorii de nelegeri, decizii luate de ageni economici i practici
concertate, privind consultrile pentru tarifele de transport de pasageri pentru serviciile aeriene regulate i alocarea de
sloturi n aeroporturi, de la interdicia prevzut la art. 5 alin. (1) din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i
completrile ulterioare, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 79/14.04.2004, publicat n
Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 430 din 13/05/2004;
11. Regulament privind constatarea contraveniilor i aplicarea sanciunilor de ctre Consiliul Concurenei, pus n
aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 80/14.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial nr. 430 din
13/05/2004;
12. Regulament pentru aplicarea prevederilor art. 5 i 6 din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i
completrile ulterioare, privind practicile anticoncureniale n cazul plngerilor, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 81/14.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 430 din 13/05/2004;
13. Regulament privind aplicarea art.5 alin.(2) din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile
ulterioare, n cazul nelegerilor verticale, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.
68/05.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 374 din 29/04/2004;
14. Regulament privind exceptarea acordurilor de cercetare-dezvoltare de la interdicia prevzut la art. 5 alin. (1)
din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 82/14.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 430 din 13/05/2004;
15. Regulament pentru aplicarea prevederilor art. 5 i 6 din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i
completrile ulterioare, privind practicile anticoncureniale, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 87/16.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 430 din 13/05/2004;
16. Regulament privind forma, coninutul i alte detalii referitoare la notificrile prevzute n Regulamentul pentru
aplicarea prevederilor art. 5 i 6 din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, privind
practicile anticoncureniale, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 88/16.04.2004, publicat
n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 443 din 18/05/2004;

173
 Annex no.1
SECONDARY LEGISLATION IN THE COMPETITION FIELD
ADOPTED IN 2004
Regulations
1. Regulation on organization, functioning and procedures of Competition Council, adopted by Order of the
Competition Council no. 61/26.03.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 288 from 01/04/2004;
2. Regulation for amending the Regulation on organization, functioning and procedures of Competition Council,
adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no. 71/08.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of
Romania, Part I no. 374 from 29/04/2004;
3. Regulation for amending the Regulation on organization, functioning and procedures of Competition Council,
adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no. 197/12.08.2004, published in the Official Gazette of
Romania, Part I no. 822 from 07/09/2004;
4. Regulation concerning the authorization of economic concentration adopted by Order of the Competition Council
President no. 63/29.03.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 280 from 31/03/2004;
5. Regulation for completion of the Annex at the Regulation concerning the authorization of economic
concentrations adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no. 150/03.06.2004, published in the Official
Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 601 from 05/07/2004;
6. Regulation on the application of Article 5(2) of the Competition Law no. 21/1996, with subsequent amendments
and completions, in case of vertical agreements in the motor vehicle sector, adopted by Order of the Competition
Council President no. 63/29.03.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 280 from 31/03/2004;
7. Regulation for amending art. 11(1) from the Regulation on the application of Article 5(2) of the Competition Law
no. 21/1996, with subsequent amendments and completions, in case of vertical agreements in the motor vehicle
sector, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no. 130/27.05.2004, published in the Official Gazette
of Romania, Part I no. 521 from 09/06/2004;
8. Regulation on exemptions on the application of Art.5 (1) of the Competition Law no.21/1996 with further
modifications and completions, to certain categories of agreements and concerted practices in the maritime transport
adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no.78/14.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of
Romania, Part I no. 437 from 17/05/2004;
9. Regulation on granting block exemption for specialization agreements from the prohibition of Art.5 (1) of the
Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further modifications and completions, adopted by Order of the Competition
Council President no. 68/05.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 374 from 29/04/2004;
10. Regulation on exemptions on the application of Art.5 (1) of the Competition Law no.21/1996 to certain categories
of agreements and concerted practices concerning of the consultations on tariffs for the carriage of passengers on of
schedules air services and slot-allocation at airports, from the prohibition of Art.5 (1) of the Competition Law no.
21/1996, with further modifications and completions, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no.
79/14.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette, Part I no.430 from 13/05/2004;
11. Regulation on finding the minor offences and application of sanctions by the Competition Council, adopted by
Order of the Competition Council President no. 80/14.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I
no. 430 from 13/05/2004;
12. Regulation for the application of the provisions of art.5 and 6 of the Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further
modifications and completions, regarding the anti-competitive practices in case of complaints, adopted by Order of
the Competition Council President no. 81/14.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no.430
from 13/05/2004;
13. Regulation for the application of art.5 (2) of the Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further modifications and
completions, in case of vertical agreements, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no.
68/05.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 374 from 29/04/2004;
14. Regulation on granting exemption to research and development agreements from the prohibition stipulated at
art.5 (1) of the Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further modifications and completions, adopted by Order of the
Competition Council President no. 82/14.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 430 from
13/05/2004;
15. Regulation for the application of provisions of art. 5 and 6 of Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further
modifications and completions, regarding anti-competitive practices, adopted by Order of the Competition Council
President no. 87/16.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no 430 from 13/05/2004;
16. Regulation on the form, content and other details of applications and notifications provided for in Competition
Councils Regulation for the application of the provisions of art.5 and 6 of the Competition Law no. 21/1996, with
further modifications and completions, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no. 88/16.04.2004,
published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no from 18/05/2004;

174
17. Regulament privind regimul exceptrii acordurilor din domeniul asigurrilor de la interdicia prevzut la art. 5
alin. (1) din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul
preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 89/16.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 443 din 18/05/2004;
18. Regulament privind stabilirea i perceperea tarifelor pentru procedurile i serviciile prevzute de Legea
concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, i regulamentele emise n aplicarea acesteia, pus n
aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 61/26.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 288
din 01/04/2004;

Instruciuni

1. Instruciuni privind msurile corective acceptabile n cazul autorizrii condiionate a unor concentrri economice, puse
n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 63/29.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr.
280 din 31/03/2004;
2. Instruciuni privind aplicarea art. 5 din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare,
acordurilor de cooperare pe orizontal, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.
76/14.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 437 din 17/05/2004;
3. Instruciuni date n aplicarea prevederilor art. 33 din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile
ulterioare, cu privire la calculul taxei de autorizare a concentrrilor economice, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 61/26.03.2004, publicate n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 288 din 01/04/2004;
4. Instruciuni cu privire la definirea pieei relevante, n scopul stabilirii prii substaniale de pia, puse n aplicare prin
Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 61/26.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 288 din
01/04/2004;
5. Instruciuni privind modul de aplicare a regulilor de concuren acordurilor de acces din sectorul de comunicaii
electronice - cadru general, piee relevante i principii privind autorizarea concentrrilor economice, puse n aplicare prin
Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 61/26.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 288 din
01/04/2004;
6. Instruciuni privind aplicarea art. 5 din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, n
cazul nelegerilor verticale, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 77/14.04.2004, publicat
n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 437 din 17/05/2004;
7. Instruciuni privind condiiile i criteriile de aplicare a unei politici de clemen potrivit prevederilor art. 56 alin. (2) din
Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 93/22.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 430 din 13/05/2004;
8. Instruciuni cu privire la calculul cifrei de afaceri n cazurile de comportament anticoncurenial prevzute la art. 5 alin.
(1) din Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, i n cazurile de concentrare economic,
puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 101/29.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea
I nr. 440 din 17/05/2004;
9. Instruciuni privind individualizarea sanciunilor pentru contraveniile prevzute la art. 55 din Legea concurenei nr.
21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.
106/10.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 439 din 17/05/2004;
10. Instruciuni privind individualizarea sanciunilor pentru contraveniile prevzute la art. 56 din Legea concurenei nr.
21/1996, cu modificrile i completrile ulterioare, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.
107/10.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 439 din 17/05/2004.

175
 17. Regulation on granting exemption in the insurance agreements from the prohibition of Art.5 (1) of the
Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further modifications and completions, adopted by Order of the Competition
Council President no. 89/16.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no 443 from 18/05/2004;
18. Regulation concerning establish and perception of tariffs for the procedures and services mentioned in the
Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further modifications and completions and regulations issued in its application,
adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no. 61/26.03.2004, published in the Official Gazette of
Romania, Part I no 288 from 01/04/2004;

Guidelines

1. Guidelines on remedies acceptable in case of conditional authorizing of certain economic concentrations,

adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no. 63/29.03.2004, published in the Official Gazette of
Romania, Part I no 280 from 31/03/2004;
2. Guidelines on the application of Art.5 of the Competition Law no.21/1996, with further modifications and
completions, to horizontal cooperation agreements, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no.
76/14.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no 437 from 17/05/2004;
3. Guidelines on application of the provisions of Art.33 of the Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further
modifications and completions, regarding calculation of the authorization fee for economic concentrations, adopted
by Order of the Competition Council President no.61/26.03.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I
no 288 from 01/04/2004;
4. Guidelines on relevant market definition with a view to determining the significant market share, adopted by
Order of the Competition Council President no.61/26.03.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no
288 from 01/04/2004;
5. Guidelines on the application of the competition rules to access agreements in the telecommunications sector
framework, relevant markets and principles regarding the economic concentration authorization, adopted by Order of
the Competition Council President no. 61/26.03.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no 288
from 01/04/2004;
6. Guidelines on the application of Art.5 of the Competition Law no.21/1996, with further modifications and
completions, regarding vertical agreements, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no.
77/14.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no 437 from 17/05/2004;
7. Guidelines regarding the conditions and application criteria of a leniency policy pursuant to the provisions of the
Art. 56 (2) of the Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further modifications and completions, adopted by Order of the
Competition Council President no. 93/22.04.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no 430 from
13/05/2004;
8. Guidelines on calculation of turnover in the cases of anti-competitive practices, stipulated in Art.5 (1) of the
Competition Law no. 21/1996, with further modifications and completions, as well as in the cases of economic
concentrations, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no.101/29.04.2004, published in the Official
Gazette of Romania, Part I no 440 from 17/05/2004;
9. Guidelines on the individualization of sanctions for minor offences provided by art. 55 of the Competition Law
no.21/1996, with further modifications and completions, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President
no.106/10.05.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no 439 from 17/05/2004;
10. Guidelines on the individualization of sanctions for minor offenses provided by art.56 of the Competition Law
no.21/1996, with further modifications and completions, adopted by Order of the Competition Council President no.
107/10.05.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no 439 from 17/05/2004.

176
 Anexa nr.2
VALOAREA AMENZILOR APLICATE
N ANUL 2004
- lei -

ncadrare Numr Valoare

legal decizii Amenzi

Total, 50 85.904.235.436
din care:

Omisiunea notificrii operaiunilor de

concentrare economic - art. 16 alin (1) 46 2.726.143.246

nelegeri ntre agenii economici - 3 48.110.865.00051

art. 5 alin.(1)

Abuz de poziie dominant - art. 6 1 35.067.227.19052

Annex no.2
QUANTUM OF FINES APPLIED IN 2004
- ROL -

Legal base Number Quantum of fine

of
decisions

Total, 50 85,904,235,436
Out of which:

Notification failure of the economic

concentrations - Art. 16 (1) 46 2,726,143,246

Agreements between undertakings - 3 48,110,865,00053

Art. 5 (1)

Abuse of dominant positions - art. 6 1 35,067,227,19054

51 Din total, cca.98%, respectiv 47.066.849.000 lei o reprezint amenda aplicat unui numr de 8 societi comerciale implicate ntr-o

nelegere anticoncurential pe piaa serviciilor de emitere, gestionare i comercializare a tichetelor de mas, investigaie prin
autosesizare (Decizia nr. 270/29.09.2004)
52 Amenda a fost aplicat SC Kronospan Sepal SA pentru nclcarea prevederilor art.6 (investigaie prin autosesizare), fiind cea mai

mare sanciune aplicat unui singur agent economic (Decizia nr. 329/22.12.2004)
53 Out of total, ca.98%, respective ROL 47,066,849,000 represents the fine applied to a number of 8 undertakings involved in an

anticompetitive agreement on the market of emission, administration and commercialization services of meal tickets, ex-officio
investigations (Decision no. 270/29.09.2004)
54 The fine was applied to SC Kronospan Sepal SA, for infringing the provisions of art.6 (ex-officio investigation), being the highest

sanction applied to one undertaking (Decision no. 329/22.12.2004)

178
 Anexa nr.3
Annex no.3

INVESTIGAII
DECLANATE N ANUL 2004
OPENED INVESTIGATIONS IN 2004

Stadiul/Stage
Investigaii Investigations TOTAL
Finalizate n curs
Closed Current
I. Autosesizri I. Ex-officio
Total, din care: Total, out of which: 13 5 8
Art. 5 (1) Art. 5 (1) 10 3 7
Art. 6 Art. 6 2 1 1
Art. 16 Art. 16 1 1 -
II. Sesizri/plngeri II. Intimations/complaints
Total, din care: Total, out of which: 11 2 9
- Art. 5 (1) - Art. 5 (1) 4 1 3
- Art. 6 - Art. 6 6 1 5
Art. 9 Art. 9 1 - 1
III. Cereri/notificri III. Requests/notifications
Total, din care: Total, out of which: 9 5 4
Art. 5 Art. 5 8 4 4
Art. 14 (concentrri Art. 14 (economic 1 1 -
economice) concentrations)

TOTAL (I+II+III), TOTAL (I+II+III), 33 12 21

din care: Out of which:
- Art. 5 - Art. 5 22 8 14
- Art. 6 - Art. 6 8 2 6
- Art. 9 - Art. 9 1 - 1
- Art. 14 - Art. 14 1 1 -
- Art. 16 - Art. 16 1 1 -

180
 Anexa nr.4
Annex no.4
SITUAIA DECIZIILOR EMISE
n perioada 1 ianuarie 31 decembrie 2004
SITUATION OF DECISIONS ISSUED
In period January, 1 December, 31, 2004

Tipul Type Total

Total decizii I (a+b+c+d), Decisions, total I (a+b+c+d), 242

din care: Out of which:
I. I.
a) nelegeri restrictive a) Restrictive agreements 1655

b) Abuz de poziie dominant b) Abuse of dominant position 1156

c) Concentrri economice c) Economic concentrations 165

d) Alte decizii, d) Other decisions, 50

din care: out of which:
aciuni ale adm. publice57 Actions of the public 2
cerere certificare administration60
neintervenie58 Certification of negative 1
plngere acuznd crearea clearance 61
unei poziii dominante59 Complaint denouncing a 1
dominant position62
omisiunea notificrii Failure to notify 46
Total decizii II (a+b+c+d) Decisions, total II (a+b+c+d) 6
Derogare art. 16 (4) Derogation of the art. 16 (4) 2
Modificare tax Modification authorization fee 1
autorizare
Modificare/corectare Modification/correction 1
decizie decision
Exceptare pe categorii63 Block exemption 64 2
Total I +II Total I +II 248

55 Din care 3 decizii sunt i de sancionare (Decizia nr. 270/29.09.2004, Decizia nr. 313/22.11.2004, Decizia nr. 318/30.11.2004)
56 Din care o decizie este i de sancionare (Decizia nr. 329/22.12.2004)
57 Deciziile nr. 84/01.03.2004 i nr. 150/10.05.2004
58 n cazul unei operaiuni de concentrare economic cu privire la o clauz prevzut n proiectul de contract de vnzare-cumprare
de pri sociale, ntre societile implicate; decizia a fost adoptat, motivat de faptul c n ceea ce privete clauza supus analizei nu
exist temei pentru intervenia Consiliului Concurenei (Decizia nr. 306/15.11.2004)
59 Decizia nr. 253/25.08.2004
60 Decisions no. 84/01.03.2004 and no. 150/10.05.2004
61 In case of economic concentration regarding the clause stipulated in the Sales/Purchase Contract of social shares, between the
undertakings concerned; the decision was adopted because, as respect the clause analyzed, there isnt a de jure and de facto
evidence for the Competition Council intervention (Decision no. 306/15.11.2004)
62 Decision no. 253/25.08.2004
63Deciziile nr. 2 i 4 din 9 ian. 2004
64 Decisions no. 2 and 4 from January 9, 2004.

182
 Anexa nr.5
LEGISLAIA SECUNDAR N DOMENIUL AJUTORULUI DE STAT
ADOPTAT N ANUL 2004
Regulamente
1. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat pentru dezvoltare regional, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 55/23.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 340 din 19/04/2004;
2. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat regional, pus n aplicare prin
Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 221/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 847 din
16/09/2004;
3. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat pentru ntreprinderi mici i mijlocii*, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 55/23.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 340 din 19/04/2004;
4. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru ntreprinderi mici i
mijlocii, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 225/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial,
Partea I nr. 847 din 16/09/2004;
5. Regulament privind procedura de raportare i monitorizare a ajutoarelor de stat, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul
Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 94/22.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 443 din 18/05/2004;
6. Regulament pentru modificarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru instruirea angajailor**, pus n aplicare
prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 122/21.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 525 din
10/06/2004;
7. Regulament pentru modificarea alin. (2) al art. 4 din Regulamentul cu privire la ajutorul de stat pentru protecia
mediului, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 121/21.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul
Oficial, Partea I nr. 525 din 10/06/2004;
8. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru salvarea i
restructurarea firmelor n dificultate, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 128/26.05.2004,
publicat n Monitorul Oficial nr. 521/09.06.2004;
9. Regulamentul privind ajutorul de stat pentru salvarea i restructurarea firmelor n dificultate, pus n aplicare prin
Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 501/23.11.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial nr. 1215/17.12.2004-
abroga Regulamentul de la pozitia a 8-a;
10. Regulament privind modificarea i completarea Regulamentului multisectorial privind ajutorul de stat regional pentru
proiecte mari de investiii, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 199/17.08.2004, publicat n
Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 850 din 16/09/2004;
11. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru ocuparea forei de
munc, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 224/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial,
Partea I nr. 847 din 16/09/2004;
12. Regulament privind transparena relaiilor financiare ntre autoritile publice i ntreprinderile publice, precum i
transparena financiar n cadrul anumitor ntreprinderi, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei
nr. 120/21.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 525 din 10/06/2004;
13. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat n domeniul industriei carbonifere***, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 192/30.07.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 736 din 16/08/2004;
14. Regulament pentru modificarea Regulamentului privind forma, coninutul i alte detalii ale notificrii unui ajutor de
stat, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.220/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial,
Partea I nr. 847 din 16/09/2004;
15. Regulament privind forma, coninutul i alte detalii ale notificrii unui ajutor de stat, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul
Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 528/31.12.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 82 din 25/01/2005-
abroga Regulamentul de la pozitia a 13-a;
16. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru cercetare-dezvoltare,
pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.129/27.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I
nr. 521 din 09/06/2004
17. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat pentru cercetare-dezvoltare, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 219/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 850 din 16/09/2004- abroga Regulamentul de la
pozitia a 15-a;

* modificat i completat prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 13/01.02.2005, publicat n M.Of. nr. 127/09.02.2005
** abrogat prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 48/16.03.2005, publicat n M.Of. nr. 257/28.03.2005
*** modificat i completat prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 3/07.01.2005, publicat n M.Of. nr. 55/17.01.2005
 Anexa nr.5
LEGISLAIA SECUNDAR N DOMENIUL AJUTORULUI DE STAT
ADOPTAT N ANUL 2004
Regulamente
1. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat pentru dezvoltare regional, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 55/23.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 340 din 19/04/2004;
2. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat regional, pus n aplicare prin
Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 221/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 847 din
16/09/2004;
3. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat pentru ntreprinderi mici i mijlocii*, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 55/23.03.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 340 din 19/04/2004;
4. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru ntreprinderi mici i
mijlocii, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 225/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial,
Partea I nr. 847 din 16/09/2004;
5. Regulament privind procedura de raportare i monitorizare a ajutoarelor de stat, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul
Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 94/22.04.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 443 din 18/05/2004;
6. Regulament pentru modificarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru instruirea angajailor**, pus n aplicare
prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 122/21.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 525 din
10/06/2004;
7. Regulament pentru modificarea alin. (2) al art. 4 din Regulamentul cu privire la ajutorul de stat pentru protecia
mediului, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 121/21.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul
Oficial, Partea I nr. 525 din 10/06/2004;
8. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru salvarea i
restructurarea firmelor n dificultate, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 128/26.05.2004,
publicat n Monitorul Oficial nr. 521/09.06.2004;
9. Regulamentul privind ajutorul de stat pentru salvarea i restructurarea firmelor n dificultate, pus n aplicare prin
Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 501/23.11.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial nr. 1215/17.12.2004-
abroga Regulamentul de la pozitia a 8-a;
10. Regulament privind modificarea i completarea Regulamentului multisectorial privind ajutorul de stat regional pentru
proiecte mari de investiii, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 199/17.08.2004, publicat n
Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 850 din 16/09/2004;
11. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru ocuparea forei de
munc, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 224/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial,
Partea I nr. 847 din 16/09/2004;
12. Regulament privind transparena relaiilor financiare ntre autoritile publice i ntreprinderile publice, precum i
transparena financiar n cadrul anumitor ntreprinderi, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei
nr. 120/21.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 525 din 10/06/2004;
13. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat n domeniul industriei carbonifere***, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui
Consiliului Concurenei nr. 192/30.07.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 736 din 16/08/2004;
14. Regulament pentru modificarea Regulamentului privind forma, coninutul i alte detalii ale notificrii unui ajutor de
stat, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.220/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial,
Partea I nr. 847 din 16/09/2004;
15. Regulament privind forma, coninutul i alte detalii ale notificrii unui ajutor de stat, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul
Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 528/31.12.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 82 din 25/01/2005-
abroga Regulamentul de la pozitia a 13-a;
16. Regulament pentru modificarea i completarea Regulamentului privind ajutorul de stat pentru cercetare-dezvoltare,
pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr.129/27.05.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I
nr. 521 din 09/06/2004
17. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat pentru cercetare-dezvoltare, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 219/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 850 din 16/09/2004- abroga Regulamentul de la
pozitia a 15-a;

* modificat i completat prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 13/01.02.2005, publicat n M.Of. nr. 127/09.02.2005
** abrogat prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 48/16.03.2005, publicat n M.Of. nr. 257/28.03.2005
*** modificat i completat prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 3/07.01.2005, publicat n M.Of. nr. 55/17.01.2005

184
18. Regulament privind ajutoarele de stat acordate n industria construciilor de nave, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul
Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 256/30.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 953 din 18/10/2004;
19. Regulament privind forma, coninutul i alte detalii coninute de plngerea privind ajutorul de stat pretins ilegal, pus n
aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 240/27.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr.
897 din 01/10/2004;
20. Regulament privind ajutorul de stat sub forma compensrilor acordate anumitor ntreprinderi crora le-a fost
ncredinat prestarea serviciilor de interes economic general, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului
Concurenei nr. 483/29.10.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 1048 din 12/11/2004;
21. Regulament privind individualizarea sanciunilor pentru contraveniile prevzute de Legea nr. 143/1999 privind
ajutorul de stat, pus n aplicare prin Ordinul Preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 527/31.12.2004, publicat n Monitorul
Oficial, Partea I nr. 64 din 19/01/2005;

Instruciuni

1. Instruciuni pentru modificarea i completarea Instruciunilor privind ajutorul de stat i capitalul de risc, puse n
aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 223/10.09.2004, publicat n Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr.
850 din 16/09/2004;
2. Instruciuni pentru modificarea Instruciunilor privind ajutorul de stat n domeniul asigurrii creditelor pe termen
scurt pentru export, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 123/21.05.2004, publicat n
Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 525 din 10/06/2004;
3. Instruciuni pentru modificarea i completarea Instruciunilor privind autorizarea ajutoarelor de stat n domeniul
transportului aerian, puse n aplicare prin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 222/10.09.2004, publicat n
Monitorul Oficial, Partea I nr. 847 din 16/09/2004;
18. Regulation on State aid for shipbuilding, adopted by Order of the Competition Council no.256/30.09.2004, published
in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 953 from 18/10/2004;
19. Regulation on the form, content and other details provided in the complaint regarding an alleged unlawful aid,
adopted by Order of the Competition Council no.240/27.09.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no.
897 from 01/10/2004;
20. Regulation on State aid as compensations granted to undertakings entrusted with services of general economic
interest, adopted by Order of the Competition Council no.483/29.10.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania,
Part I no.1048 from 12/11/2004;
21. Regulation on the individualization of sanctions for minor offences stipulated by the Law no. 143/1999 on State aid,
adopted by Order of the Competition Council no. 527/31.12.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no.
64 from 19/01/2005;

Guidelines

1. Guidelines for amending and completing the Guidelines on State aid and risk capital, adopted by Order of the
Competition Council no. 223/10.09.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 850 from 16/09/2004;
2. Guidelines for amending the Guidelines on State aid in the sector of short-term export credit insurance, adopted by
Order of the Competition Council no. 123/21.05.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 525 from
10/06/2004;
3. Guidelines for amending the Guidelines on State aid authorization in the air transport sector, adopted by Order of
the Competition Council no. 222/10.09.2004, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 847 from
16/09/2004