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Countries across the world face a number of economic, social and environmental challenges. The OECD has the unique ability to support countries in addressing these challenges when designing and implementing policies through a whole-economy multi-disciplinary approach. The multi-disciplinary approach aims at identifying potential gains from policy synergies and complementarities and maximise policy impact. The OECD is working with countries to analyse policy options, quantify potential impacts of these options, pinpoint other countries’ approaches to similar reforms, assess the challenges and opportunities that can impact reform acceptability and implementation and help design practical tools and solutions to inform policy design and implementation.
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LATEST PUBLICATION: Business Licensing Reforms in Romania (January 2026)
Efficient business licensing procedures influence the ease of doing business and play a critical role in attracting investment and fostering economic growth. When well designed and effectively managed, licensing systems ensure that economic activities comply with safety, environmental, labour, and market standards, without imposing unnecessary burdens on business. Romania has made notable progress in improving its business environment, including the adoption of a reform to streamline licensing procedures in the industrial sector. However, as highlighted in the OECD Product Market Regulation, Romania’s licensing system remains more restrictive than the averages for the OECD and the European Union. Entrepreneurs must comply with multiple requirements and lack a single source of information to understand their licensing requirements. This can weaken market development, harm competition and productivity growth. This report outlines the key features of the business licensing system in Romania, its main barriers and ways to simplify it, with a special focus on the commerce and service sectors. It includes practical recommendations to make licensing processes more efficient, predictable and investor friendly.
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