Reiterating his view [in that the commercial law is not an autonomous branch of law, but is part of the Romanian civil law, with effect from 1 October 2011, since the new Romanian Civil Code entered into force (Law no. 287/2009, as republished) Code essentially “of monistic nature”], the author criticizes the view (to the contrary) of certain theorists and practitioners, focusing on art. 2557 para. (2) of the Code, as well as the existence – undisputed – of the legal discipline called the international trade law.

The article approaches some aspects of novelty enshrined in the new Code of Civil Procedure, absent in the old regulation. Thus, we examined and analyzed the provisions of art. 244 of the new Code of Civil Procedure, which establishes, as a general rule, the obligation of the court to grant a hearing date for the submission of written observations. The relevance of the art. 244 is also examined in relation to the prosecutor, the exceptions to the general rule are analyzed, as well as the possibility that the parties have to submit addenda to the written observations, upon closure of the debates, according to art. 394 para. (2) of the Civil Procedure Code. Finally, the court proceeding is reviewed in case the party declares a different remedy than that determined by the court, namely if the court decides a wrong remedy.

This paper presents propter rem obligations in terms of their distinctive characteristics that prevent their inclusion in the classical categories of property rights and obligations. The incidental nature of these obligations is emphasized in relation to the real right on which the prevalence if the intuitu rei nature is grafted in relation to that of intuitu personae and, as a consequence of these, the propter rem obligation perpetuity. The purpose of the propter rem obligation, is to facilitate the operation of real estate that is subject to real right on which is grafted, helps us decipher the accesoriality relation concerning the real right, the transmission mechanism of these obligations, and the abandon as a sanction occurring in case of failure to comply with these obligations. Recourse to abandon is not only the sanction for the non-performance of these obligations, but also the individual having the propter rem obligation, who releases himself from the performance of the obligation in this way. The last part of the paper helps to explain how certain propter rem obligations set forth in the Civil Code or in certain special laws are created and transmitted, which raises questions on the propter rem nature of some of these.

This study presents the specific elements of the security obligation, having as benchmarks the scope, the legal nature and the fundamentals of the civil repair liability and preventive, anticipatory liability based on the precautionary principle. The stated conclusions try to define this obligation, thus providing a useful approach to the legal action of the creditor regarding the debtor’s liability for infringement of that obligation.

The Competition Law no. 21/1996 and the secondary regulations issued for its enforcement advise the parties involved in a merger, assessed as having serious doubts with a normal competitive environment, to propose to the Competition Council a number of commitments aimed at removing these doubts and ultimately lead to achieving a decision authorizing the notified transaction. The purpose of this article is to analyze, on the one hand, the current legal framework of the commitments which may be undertaken by the parties in the context of certain mergers, the procedure for the proposal, the undertake and the approval of the commitments and, on the other hand, the practice of the Competition Council on this topic.