Environmental Law
Environmental law aspects and regulations in the area of obtaining environmental permits, agreements, authorisations are two of the niche practice areas of Romanian and EU law in which our attorneys have gained unique expertise by handling some of the most complex projects undertaken so far in Romania in the mining sector, energy, oil & gas, as well as in the steel industry.
Our Services
providing legal assistance in relation to all procedural steps to be undertaken before the competent authorities (city halls, local environmental authorities, Ministry of Environment, Water and Forest, etc.) in relation to complex procedures such as IPPC, BAT, environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures, issuance of city planning certificates, public debates and with environmental organisations, cross border environmental procedures, etc.
in-depth analysis of the applicable Romanian and EU legislation, in the context of EU directives and regulations.
advising on all environmental law aspects of projects such as mergers and acquisitions, business reorganization, assets serving activities with an environmental impact, partnerships, long term exploitation contracts etc., drafting and negotiating environmental agreements for the separation of environmental liabilities, both historical and forthcoming, legal audit on the authorisation of projects from an environmental perspective.
Client Highlights
Advising on the EIA procedure for Europe's potentially largest mining project: assistance in the public debates on the EIA study, as well as in the relationship with the authorities and the technical analysis committee; assistance regarding the licenses and permits specific to mining activities, such as IPPC, waste management, dam safety, environmental permits for exploration/drilling, etc.
Tyre producer: legal assistance in relation to the approval of the works for the extension of the tyre production facility in Timișoara.
Power producer and distributor: legal assistance in connection with all the environmental law and permitting matters arising from the acquisition of two wind farm projects in the Dobrogea region of Romania, following a EUR 300,000,000 transaction to form Europe's largest onshore wind farm.
Oil extraction and refining company: legal assistance in relation to the environmental matters concerning the unbundling of refinery and petrochemical activities, carried out by the client on one of the country's largest industrial platforms, Arpechim Pitești.
Legal assistance to beverage manufacturers/traders on the conditions imposed by national and European legislation on the chemical and microbiological purity of natural mineral water, as applicable to filtering, bottling and marketing.
Professional association involved in the circular economy: assistance in connection with the regulatory framework on the implementation of the guarantee-return system.
Various producers and importers of consumer goods: legal advice on the management of packaging and packaging waste, the deposit system for returnable packaging, the fees collected by the Environmental Fund Administration for the quantities of waste not properly recovered.
Responsibility transfer organisation active in the field of waste tyre management: legal advice on various legal matters specific to the client's activity.
Car lubricants importer: successful legal assistance and representation in an administrative procedure initiated by the Romanian Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests to check the fulfilment of the fiscal obligations toward the Environmental Fund Administration, worth about EUR 5,000,000.
Car lubricants importer: legal assistance and representation in a series of disputes concerning the annulment of acts issued by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests concerning the fulfilment of fiscal obligations toward the Environmental Fund Administration, amounting to about EUR 1,300,000, finally settled in client’s favour with the recovery of approximately EUR 700,000.
Responsibility transfer organisation active in the field of waste tyre management: legal assistance and representation in disputes concerning the procedure for challenging and suspending the acts issued by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests which imposed additional primary fiscal obligations to the Environmental Fund amounting to approximately EUR 2,000,000.