Romania: Digital Age of Majority Law (L190/2025) including consumer protection authority governance introduced to Senate

On 5 June 2025, the Digital Age of Majority Law (L190/2025), containing consumer protection authority governance, was introduced to the Senate of Romania. The Law would establish requirements for online service providers regarding minors and aims to align with existing online minor protection provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation and the Digital Services Act. The Law would make the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) responsible for monitoring compliance with its provisions. ANCOM would be empowered to issue fines of between 0.1-0.2% of the turnover of online service providers, rising to up to 0.4% for failure to take technical measures to protect minors and prevent the display of personalised advertising. If a service provider violates the provisions of the Law five times in a single calendar year, ANCOM may suspend its operation in Romania until full remedial action is taken.