Romania: Country Intelligence
Which regulations and authorities apply to companies in Romania?
Romania has 19,043,151 inhabitants (Eurostat 2025). Largest sectors by value added: trade, transport and hospitality, industry and energy, public administration, education and health, construction. Applicable EU frameworks in register: GDPR, NIS2, DORA, AI-ACT. The register holds 0 GDPR decisions from Romania. Source: NovaCopilot.
Source: NovaCopilot · country:ro · Country Intelligence
Population
19,043,151
Eurostat demo_pjan, 2025
Gross value added
345,144 MEUR
Eurostat nama_10_a10, 2025
Significant industries
Trade, transport and hospitality: 21.2 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2
Industry and energy: 18.6 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Public administration, education and health: 13.7 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Construction: 11.8 %
Regulations: GDPR
Regulations
applies from 2018-05-25 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
applies from 2024-10-18 · EU directive, national transposition required by 2024-10-17
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
applies from 2025-01-17 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
phased from 2024-08-01 · Prohibitions 2025-02-02, general-purpose AI 2025-08-02, most obligations 2026-08-02
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
Authorities
- Data protection: Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal
- Financial supervision: Banca Națională a României
- NIS2 authority: not_in_register
- AI market surveillance: not_in_register
Proof
Trust and freshness: Freshness 75/100 · Decisions updated 2026-10-11 · Statistics updated 2026-10-09 · Citations 8
Industry risk: Trade, transport and hospitality insufficient_data; Industry and energy insufficient_data; Public administration, education and health insufficient_data; Construction insufficient_data
Source: Eurostat (demo_pjan, nama_10_a10), EUR-Lex, EDPB · Object: country:ro · sha256 9f6195ab2c4d9b5d… · Source: NovaCopilot
Gaps: nis2 national transposition status: not_in_register; nis2 and AI Act national authorities: not_in_register; narrower industries (e.g. automotive): not_in_register
Machine-readable: /api/public/v1/country/ro · compact
