Romania's competition laws and leniency programme have been in place since 2004. However, since its introduction, there has been only one confirmed case of a successful immunity application. This article attempts to analyse why the introduction of the leniency programme has failed to produce the expected results, and as such, has failed to help Romania become a more competitive market place.

This article is part of the PLC Competition and Cartel Leniency multi-jurisdictional guide. For a full list of jurisdictional Competition Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/competition-mjg. For a full list of jurisdictional Cartel Leniency Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/leniency-mjg.