OECD Competition Assessment Reviews: Romania
During the past few years, Romania has recovered well from the global financial crisis. However, the country still faces structural problems, including poor competitiveness, that limit economic growth. Against this background, the OECD Competition Assessment Project analysed legislation in three sectors of the Romanian economy: construction, transport and food processing. Using the OECD Competition Assessment Toolkit to structure the analysis, the OECD identified 227 problematic regulations and made 152 specific recommendations on legal provisions that should be amended or repealed. This report identifies the sources of those benefits and, where possible, provides quantitative estimates. If these recommendations are implemented, there should be benefits to consumers in Romania and to the Romanian economy in all three sectors.
Assessment and recommendations
This assessment identifies distortions to competition in Romanian legislation and proposes recommendations for the removal of regulatory barriers to competition in three key areas of the Romanian economy: construction, freight transport and food processing. The 227 potential regulatory restrictions that were identified were analysed, and the report makes 152 specific recommendations. Among the benefits from increased competition will be lower prices and greater choice and variety for consumers as a result of entry of new, more efficient firms or from new forms of production in existing firms. This report identifies the sources of those benefits and, where possible, provides quantitative estimates. If the particular restrictions that have been quantified are lifted and the expected effects are realised, the OECD has calculated a positive effect for the Romanian economy of around EUR 434 million.
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