Current report the status of civil actions ALRO – Competition Council

Thu, 09/30/2021 - 14:36

Significant event to be reported: Information on the status of the civil action lodged by ALRO S.A. against the Competition Council concerning the former’s claim for the cancellation of the Sanction decision no. 82/2015 issued by the Competition Council

In file no.954/2/2016 concerning the application for annulment of the administrative act sanction imposing minute and the application for annulment the sanction decision no.82/2015, issued by the Competition Council, as per the attached file no.3536/2/2016, the Court of Appeal Bucharest, at the hearing held on December 30th, 2019 dismissed as inadmissible the  application for annulment of the draft minute of deliberations as of December 24th, 2015 of the Competition Council Plenary, and dismissed as unfounded the amended application for annulment of the Decision of the Competition Council Plenary no. 82/24.12.2015. 

On 26.08.2021, the Bucharest Court of Appeal  released the Civil Decision no. 2677/30.12.2019, on the grounds of which, ALRO S.A filed appeal at higher Court against the solution of the Bucharest Court of Appeal.

Currently, the case file is pending before the Romanian High Court of Cassation and Justice, in the filtering procedure, and the first hearing will be set on a later date.

As regards the resolution of the case file no. 4582/2/2021 pending before the Bucharest Court of Appeal , since the Civil Decision no. 2677/30.12.2019 was released by the Court, ALRO S.A. will withdraw the claim concerning the delay of the proceedings in this case file and currently the court has ruled the date of 10.11.2021 for submitting express mandate regarding the trial withdrawal request. 

Alro S.A. will inform the general public and the investors on the status of the aforementioned case files in due time.