Soon after the end of the state of emergency determined by the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, the Constitutional Court ruled on the provisions that would have allowed the Minister of Health to impose the involuntary hospitalization in the case of persons infected with SARS-CoV-2. The declaration of unconstitutionality of article 25 (2) the second thesis of Law no. 95/2006 on health care reform led to the enactment of the Law no. 136 of 16 July 2...

The article analyzes the impact of the Decree of the President of Romania no. 195/2020 on civil proceedings, aspects enshrined in art. 41-42, and art. 44 respectively, of Annex 1. The analysis of these “legislative novelties” in the Romanian procedural landscape aims at identifying and proposing solutions that may lead in the near future to a consistent practice, while ensuring, even during this difficult period, a predictable civil trial....