Romania
EU-level rules also apply — EU AI Act Art. 4 AI literacy duty applies directly to Romanian law firms as deployers since 2 Feb 2025. No domestic competence rule naming AI was confirmed.
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Romania
Developingcivil lawupdated 2026-09-04verified 2026-09-04
EU-level rules also apply — see the European Union record →
As of 4 September 2026 no UNBR generative-AI guidance, CSM judiciary AI policy or reported hallucinated-citation case could be confirmed; unbr.ro returned HTTP 403 and the CSM and ANSPDCP homepages showed no AI material. Directly applicable EU law — AI Act Art. 4 literacy and the Annex III point 8(a) high-risk classification deferred to 2 Dec 2027 — is the operative layer.
As of 2026-09-04, Romania has 3 binding rules, official guidance in 0 categories, 0 proposals and 0 positions set only by case law across the 20 categories in the map. Binding rules cover technological competence, horizontal AI statute, mandatory AI training.
How to read this page
- Binding rule Binding rule means a rule in force from a court, statute, regulator or equivalent authority.
- Official guidance Official guidance means an official non-binding position from a judiciary, regulator, bar or public body.
- Proposed / consultation Proposed / consultation means a public bill, draft rule or consultation that is not yet in force.
- Set by case law Set by case law means no rule was found, but courts have set the position in decisions.
- Nothing found Nothing found means the category was checked and no rule, guidance, proposal or case-law position was found.
- Not yet determined Not yet determined means research did not establish a reliable position yet.
The rules, category by category
The AI Act applies directly. Annex III point 8(a) classifies AI assisting judicial authorities in researching and interpreting facts and law as high-risk; Reg. (EU) 2026/1744 defers those obligations to 2 Dec 2027. Romania's designated national supervisory authorities were not verified in this session.
EU AI Act Art. 4 literacy duty applies to Romanian firms as deployers since 2 Feb 2025. Romania has mandatory continuing professional training for lawyers via INPPA, but no AI-specific requirement was confirmed.
Not researched — the session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before this category could be checked.
Not researched — no UNBR or court statement on a duty to verify AI output could be confirmed; unbr.ro returned HTTP 403 on 4 September 2026.
The CSM homepage was checked on 4 September 2026 and showed no AI item, but deeper sections (hotărâri, digitalisation commission) could not be searched. No judiciary AI guidance confirmed either way.
Not researched. CEPEJ(2025)18Final applies to Romania as a Council of Europe member but is not a domestic instrument.
Not researched — the session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before this category could be checked.
Not researched — the session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before this category could be checked.
Not researched — no UNBR guidance on client data in AI tools could be confirmed. Professional secrecy under Law 51/1995 and the Statute of the Profession applies generally but does not name AI.
Not researched — the session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before this category could be checked.
Not researched — the session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before this category could be checked.
Not researched — the session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before this category could be checked.
Not researched. Romania actively polices unauthorised practice through UNBR litigation against parallel 'bars', but no AI-specific ruling could be checked.
unbr.ro returned HTTP 403 on 4 September 2026 and could not be inspected; no UNBR Council decision or guidance on generative AI could be confirmed or excluded.
Not researched — no policy on the Romanian courts' institutional AI deployment could be checked.
The ANSPDCP homepage was checked on 4 September 2026 and showed no dedicated AI guidance or news; deeper sections could not be searched, so absence is not established.
No Romanian court sanction or disciplinary decision for hallucinated citations was found, but no case-law search was possible. Absence is not established.
Not researched — no rule of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry could be checked.
Not researched — the session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before this category could be checked.
Official documents recorded for Romania (0)
- No documents recorded yet; category sources link the official pages.
Court incidents on the record in Romania
- Yichang District Court (Hubei)2026-07-21 Warning
Cite this page
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Romania" (updated 2026-09-04, verified 2026-09-04), https://safelegalai.com/regulation/country/ro (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
SafeLegalAI is a research publication by Cognesio LLP, not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice, and no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it. Rules change; always check the official document linked on each record and take advice on your own situation. Researched and drafted with AI assistance; verified against primary sources and edited by Cognesio LLP. The linked official documents are the record — our summaries are not the law and are not legal advice.