Grayling Report: Romania, the first in the regional top of the legislative modifications

Monday, October 5, 2015 Share

Romania continues to be first in the regional top of the legislative modifications adopted in the past year, with 290 laws of the total of 1,041 endorsed from August 1, 2014 through August 1, 2015 in six Central and East European countries, a report of the Grayling consulting and communication company reveals.

Romania is followed by Poland (249 laws) and Hungary (214), according to the AcTrend 2015 report based on official data from the relevant bodies, sent on Friday.

Romania also ranks first as regards the attention given by the media to the legislative amendments operated in the last year. Thus, almost one half of the legislative alterations of Romania (48.6pct) were mirrored by the press, as compared to only 8.5pct in the 2013 - 2014 period.



Moreover, 45pct of the laws passed in the region (468 out of 1,041) had a direct impact on the companies, while one third affected the business environment in general (36pct). Most of the amendments targeted the financial services sector (14pct) and the agriculture (14pct). The sectors less affected by the legislative modifications were the IT&C, the industry and the energy.



As regards Romania, 40pct of the legislative modifications operated in the said period had a direct impact on the business milieu.



In Central and Eastern Europe, 17pct of the laws with an impact on companies were adopted by extraordinary procedures; in Romania, the proportion was 55pct.



The report offers a general image of the political environment, the governments' activity and the laws approved in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.



Grayling, a member of the Huntsworth international group, is one of the largest communication consulting agencies, with offices in 28 countries in Europe, Northern America, the Middle East and Asia.