New crimes of omission criminalized under domestic law for violating international sanctions imposed on European Union member states
New crimes of omission criminalized under domestic law for violating international sanctions imposed on European Union member states

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of the international commitments undertaken by Romania as a member state of the United Nations and the European Union, taking into account that the legally binding acts of these organizations require member states to adopt certain legislative measures to implement the international sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the Romanian legislature has successively adopted emergency ordinances which regulates the implementation, at national level, of international sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council resolutions, through regulations, decisions, and other legal instruments of the European Union. Recently, Emergency Ordinance No. 66 of December 2, 2025, regulates the manner of implementing at the national level international sanctions, which are not binding, adopted within international organizations or by other states, as well as those adopted by unilateral decisions of Romania or other states, in pursuit of the aforementioned objectives, including by criminalizing ex novo certain actions or omissions in Romanian criminal law, the mitigating circumstances of the commission of the acts, the precautionary measures that may be instituted, as well as the institutions and judicial bodies with jurisdiction in this matter.

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