CORUGĂ & PRODESCU

📢 28 iunie 2025 — Start oficial pentru Legea nr. 232/2022 privind accesibilitatea produselor și serviciilor. Sunteți pregătiți?

Legea nr. 232/2022 transpune în România Directiva (UE) 2019/882 („European Accessibility Act”), aducând obligații clare pentru operatorii economici care:
- introduc pe piață produse cu componente digitale;
- furnizează servicii digitale cu interfețe utilizator (site-uri web, -aplicații mobile, terminale interactive);
- activează în domeniile comerț electronic, servicii bancare, telecomunicații sau transport de pasageri.

✅ Ce implică pentru e-commerce?
Pentru serviciile e-commerce (site-uri și aplicații mobile), cerințele-cheie sunt:
- Produsele utilizate să fie accesibile;
- Informațiile privind serviciul trebuie oferite prin multiple canale senzoriale (vizual, auditiv), în mod clar și ușor perceptibil, în formate text accesibile și adaptabile;
- Conținutul non-text trebuie să aibă alternative accesibile;
- Interfețele digitale trebuie să fie coerente, previzibile și compatibile cu tehnologiile de asistare (de exemplu, cititoare de ecran);
- Serviciile de suport (chat, centre de apel) trebuie să fie accesibile.

📌Când devine obligatorie conformarea?
- Pentru toate serviciile digitale și produsele lansate după 28 iunie 2025, cerințele se aplică imediat.
- Prin excepție, furnizorii de servicii pot continua să își furnizeze serviciile până la 28 iunie 2030, utilizând produsele pe care le-au folosit pentru a furniza servicii similare înainte de această dată.
- De asemenea, contractele de furnizare de servicii încheiate înainte de 28 iunie 2025 rămân valabile fără modificări până la expirare, dar nu mai mult de cinci ani de la respectiva dată.
- Terminalele self-service existente pot fi utilizate pentru servicii similare până la maximum 20 ani de la instalare.

⚠️Riscuri de neconformare
Amenzi între 5.000 lei și 15.000 lei, la care se pot adăuga: retragerea produsului de pe piață, suspendarea activității sau retragerea autorizației de funcționare.

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Dear Facebook community,

We’re thrilled to share that CORUGA & PRODESCU marked a significant milestone: our first anniversary! It's been an incredible journey filled with growth, challenges, and most importantly, invaluable relationships forged along the way.
As we reflect on this remarkable year, we're reminded of the immense support and trust bestowed upon us by our clients, collaborators, and not least families & friends. Your steadfast belief in us as individuals, has been the driving force behind this beginning of a journey.

Whether you've been a client, a partner, or a friend supporting us from the sidelines, we extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you. Your continued support fuels our determination to push boundaries, cultivate daily learning, courageously venture beyond our comfort zone, and strive for greatness day in and day out 😊.

Here's to one year of achievements, learning experiences, and meaningful connections!

Ana Maria & Cristiana

This week we've had the pleasure of attending .

It's been great to step away from the usual day to day and let ourselves off the hook, a bit, of the (good) chaos it has been in the last month, spending time with esteemed peers and uncovering insights into the challenges and prospects for businesses in the industry.

We were delighted to hear the views of specialists in retail, FMCG, logistics, delivery and e-commerce especially in terms of future trends.

We frankly think this is the sort of event that can bring real added value to attorneys who are active in this sphere, particularly as we found some of the discussed topics to be a real source of learning.

Thank you very much Raluca Mateiu for inviting us and kudos InternetCorp for the excellent way you organized !

We are looking forward to next year's edition!

*Trending topic alert* 📢

📣 On Thursday, 14th of September, the ECJ issued a press release on Case C-27/22, which focuses on the "ne bis in idem" principle applicable to sanctions for unfair commercial practices.

In the meantime, the provisional version of the judgment in its entirety has been published with the official website - including in Romanian - see link in the first comment.

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The judgment involves Volkswagen Group Italia (VWGI) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (VWAG), whereas VWGI and VWAG were fined €5 million by Italy's competition authority in 2016 for unfair practices concerning diesel vehicle marketing and misleading advertisements about emission standards, whilst in Germany, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Braunschweig imposed a €1 billion fine on VWAG for breaching duty of supervision regarding the emission software in 2018 - VWAG paid and didn't challenge this decision, making it final on June 13, 2018.

⚠ VWGI and VWAG challenged the Italian fine, citing the "ne bis in idem" principle, which prohibits penalizing someone twice for the same “crime” (i.e., administrative offense).

💡 The ECJ affirmed that the "ne bis in idem" principle stops proceedings assimilated to criminal matters, for the same facts, from continuing if a final decision on the matter already exists - even if that conviction is subsequent to the date of the decision imposing that fine, but became final before the judgment on the action against that decision became res judicata. This holds true even if the facts from different proceedings are just similar, not identical.

The ECJ emphasized fairness in ensuring entities aren't punished multiple times for the same offense, but provided conditions for exceptions:
1. Duplication of proceedings shouldn't excessively burden the person.
2. Clear rules should predict potential duplications.
3. Proceedings should be coordinated and conducted within a close timeframe.