Romania's Competition Council has fined eight companies a total of €32.15 million for participating in an anti-competitive agreement to divide the labour market and limit employee mobility while keeping human resource costs low.
New car registrations in Romania increased by 4.7% in 2025 year-on-year, reaching 155,855 units, according to preliminary data released by the Association of Car Producers and Importers in Romania (APIA) based on DGPCI statistics.
The Romanian Competition Council has initiated six ex officio investigations within the automotive sector, targeting major car importers for potential anti-competitive practices.
Eleven programmes financed through the second Swiss Contribution, with a total value of around CHF 221.5 million (€240 million), are now in implementation in Romania.
OMV Petrom concluded a sales contract with OMV Downstream GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of OMV AG, for part of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to be produced at the Petrobrazi refinery.