Legal assistance in Romania for clients from Austria
Austrian clients typically need property checks and staff contracts alongside company setup.
Typical matters for Austrian clients
- Branch versus subsidiary for Austrian groups
- Real-estate due diligence and land-registry (carte funciară) checks
- Employment contracts for Romanian staff of Austrian employers
Austria and Romania: EU rules
- As EU nationals and companies, owners can hold 100% of a Romanian company without a residence permit.
- Posted workers need an A1 certificate from the home institution and a prior notification to the Romanian labour inspectorate.
- Judgments from EU courts are enforced in Romania without a separate recognition procedure.
Legal basis
- Art. 49 TFEU – freedom of establishment
- Regulation (EC) 883/2004 – social security coordination (A1 certificate)
- Directive 96/71/EC as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/957 and Romanian Law 16/2017 – posted workers
- Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 (Brussels I Recast) – jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments
- Regulation (EC) 1896/2006 – European Payment Order
- Law 31/1990 on companies (consolidated, legislatie.just.ro)
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Cabinet de Avocatură Pantilimon Rikhárd-Árpád, based in Târgu Mureș, Str. Rodnei nr. 3, Ap. 1. Phone 0740 011 411, office@pantilimon.ro. Work in English, Romanian and Hungarian; foreign documents are handled with certified translations.
Contact the office0740 011 411