Changes to Company Law No. 31/1990
New changes to the Companies’ Law No. 31/1990 (the Company Law)1 have been implemented by Law No. 102/2020 for amending the Company Law (the Amending Law) which has been published in the Official Gazette Part I No. 583 of 2 July 2020. The amendments shall enter into force on 5 July 2020.
The Amending Law:
(i) repeals art. 14 of the Company Law.
A person can now be sole shareholder in several limited liability companies (Romanian, ”societate cu răspundere limitată” or ”S.R.L.”) and a limited liability company with a sole shareholder can now act as a sole shareholder in another limited liability company; and
(ii) simplifies certain requirements for the registration of companies’ headquarters.
Within 60 days from entry into force of the Amending Law, the Romanian Government shall be under the obligation to review the implementing methodology for the registration of companies’ headquarters.
Repeal of the prohibitions for a person to become a sole shareholder in several limited liability companies and related to ownership chain restrictions.
The previous form of the Company Law prohibited (i) a natural or legal person to become sole shareholder in more than one limited liability company; and (ii) a limited liability company to have as sole shareholder another limited liability company held by one person. The changes to the Company Law completely repeal such provisions, meaning that the prohibitions shall no longer apply once the changes come into force.
Simplification of the formal requirements for the registration of companies’ headquarters
The newly adopted provisions simplify the legal requirements applicable for the registration and change of companies’ headquarters. The main changes in this regard are the following:
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