{"id":"MK-RO","code":"RO","name":"Romania","url_path":"/markets/ro/","scope_type":"country","research_group":"investigate_first","research_group_label":"Research priority: investigate first","assessment_date":"2026-09-26","next_evidence_needed":"Reasoned decisions, appeal filings, actual losses, assignment/standing advice; monitor L339 and L447 separately.","review_trigger":"material_legal_or_case_change; otherwise quarterly after monitoring is assigned","legal_route_notes":["27 September 2026 — Senate dossier L339/2026 (registered b214, 14 April 2026), a competition-damages reform proposal, was recorded as rejected by the Senate on 8 September 2026 and transmitted to the Chamber of Deputies; the other chamber's disposition has not been checked. Dossier L447/2026 (credit-consumer compensation) is a separate proposal. (source: Senatul României https://www.senat.ro/Legis/Lista.aspx?cod=27649, checked 27 September 2026)."],"funding_constraints":[],"evidence":[{"document_id":"E006","title":"Senatul României","url":"https://www.senat.ro/Legis/Lista.aspx?cod=27649","publisher":"Romania","source_id":"R15","source_role":"institutional_primary_or_official_register","source_role_label":"Official / primary","document_type":"legislative_docket","language":"ro","source_published":null,"observed_on":"2026-09-27","locators":[]}],"coverage":[{"source_id":"R15","name":"Romania — Senate legislative dossiers","monitoring_status":"reference_only","monitoring_status_label":"Reference document only","last_successful_scan":null,"languages":["ro"]}],"local_language_monitoring":false,"recent_story_links":[{"id":"STORY-2026-000001","title":"Romanian Senate rejects L339/2026 competition-damages reform bill and sends it to the Chamber of Deputies","url":"/updates/romanian-senate-rejects-l339-2026-competition-damages-reform-bill-and-sends-it-t/"}],"case_links":[{"id":"CASE-RO-L339-2026","title":"Romania: Senate dossier L339/2026 (competition damages reform proposal)","url":"/cases/romania-senate-dossier-l339-2026-competition-damages-reform-proposal/"}],"not_assessed":["No investment rank, saturation score or recoverable-pool estimate is published for this market.","Competition density and antitrust-funding penetration are not measured; provider counts and fines are not a market denominator.","Legal-route notes, where present, carry their own source and as-of date and are not eligibility findings."],"release_id":"REL-20261104-053043087"}