SNB-REACT
last modified: 09-05-2008

ROMANIA

Romania has introduced new border measures. Because of the geographical position of Romania, at the Black Sea coast and as a new EU member, it is crucial to have a good customs enforcement system in place in Romania. Essential for a good enforcement system are legislative provisions, a smooth working administration and a reliable contact point. Therefeore REACT has supported the creation of a Romanian anti-counterfeiting association. This associtation will be capable of assisting members of REACT units at fixed rates with anti counterfeiting actions.

SNB-REACT has a joint venture with the lawfirm Turcu & Turcu to provide the following services in Romania:
Customs Protection
  • filing of customs applications (included in the membership fee)
  • put the brand details on the password protected site accessible by customs officers as well as on a CD Rom (included in the membership fee)
  • organization of customs training sessions (included in the membership fee)
  • following customs detentions, criminal complaints or civil proceedings;
  • Assistance in relation to the authorities: the deposit of bank guarantees, assistance during the destruction actions, the transmission of digital images and information on the transportation of the products for expertise
Monitoring of the internal Romanian market in order to discover and analyse the counterfeiting problem:
  • the supervision by means of local inspectors of the main market places
  • the monthly reports on the cases discovered on those markets
  • the transmission on demand of digital images of the products that constitute a risk of counterfeiting
  • identification of trends in counterfeiting
  • the purchase on demand of goods and the constitution of evidence for expertise
  • the investigation on demand of suspected companies

Customs and civil actions are € 350 per case as long as they stay within 4 hrs work

REACT Partner
Gabriel N. TURCU, Privat Lawyer
34, Ienachita Vacarescu str.
Sector 4
Bucharest
Romania
T +4.021.3366986; 3354574
F +4.021.3354526
Mob. +4 0722 390231
E-mail: office@turcu.ro




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