Romania has two months to transpose EU directives on energy efficiency and financial markets
Articol de Radiojurnal, 23 Noiembrie 2025, 03:06
Romania has two months to complete the transposition into national law of EU directives for which it has received warnings from the European Commission.
The first concerns energy efficiency, and the second concerns financial markets.
Reporter Bogdan Isopescu: The new rules set a mandatory target of an 11.7% overall reduction in final energy consumption by 2030 compared to 2020.
The directive requires member states to ensure that the public sector leads by example, reducing its own final energy consumption by 1.9% each year and renovating at least 3% of public buildings annually.
The new rules also provide for the creation of national one-stop shops for free advice on energy efficiency and renovation, which are particularly useful for households.
The Commission has therefore sent Romania a letter of formal notice.
Warning for financial market rules as well
A second warning has been issued because Romania and 11 other Member States have not fully transposed the new European rules on financial markets into national law.
The directive requires EU countries to establish clear penalties for those who do not comply with the new rules on consolidated trading systems, i.e. systems that gather information on the prices and volumes of transactions in shares and bonds in one place.
These systems help investors and brokers see prices across all markets in real time and make better decisions.
Translated by: Radu Matei
