The Foundation For The Defense Of Citizens Against State Abuses (FACIAS) calls on the authorities to communicate the reasons why 25 European Union directives have not been transposed into the national legislation, although the legal deadlines have been exceeded. Romania is currently facing an increased risk of massive financial penalties, as 19 infringement procedures are already active and another 6 EU directives are overdue.
The FACIAS analysis shows that while other European Member States are using these regulations to protect their consumers and modernize their infrastructure, in Romania the rights of Romanians remain only on paper. FACIAS has asked each responsible ministry to publish its communications with the European Commission and to indicate the reasons why the European directives have not yet been transposed into national law.
The top ministries overdue in implementing EU directives look like this: The Ministry of Finance leads the list with 8 directives not implemented, followed by the Ministry of Energy with 6, the Ministry of Environment with 5 and the Ministry of Economy with 2. Other institutions are also overdue: Ministry of Interior - 2 directives, Ministry of Justice - 1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 1.
Among the overdue directives is the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791, whose transposition deadline expired on October 11, 2025. Although the state is obliged to annually renew more than 3% of the floor area of public buildings to reach the zero-emission standard, the delay in implementation deprives citizens of the benefits of efficient buildings with minimal energy consumption.
In the same situation is the RED III Directive 2023/2413, crucial for energy independence, where, although the authorities claim to have adopted transposition measures, the European Commission has not delivered a favorable opinion, pointing to incomplete or faulty implementation. RED III imposes a mandatory target at EU level: a minimum of 42.5% of total energy consumption to come from renewable sources by 2030 and aims to make the Union independent from fossil fuels from Russia well ahead of this deadline.
The impact of government inaction is also directly hitting the pockets of the Romanian citizens who take out loans. Directive 2023/2225 on consumer credit contracts, which should have been in force from November 20, 2025, gives consumers the right to withdraw from the contract within 14 days without penalty. Although the draft is formally in the public consultation stage, the delay in transposition leaves citizens vulnerable to financial decisions made under pressure, without access to standardized and easy-to-understand pre-contractual information.
FACIAS demands the identification of those responsible for the delays in transposing EU directives, actions that can lead to daily penalties of tens of thousands of euros and millions of euros in lump sums. At the same time, FACIAS warns that these penalties will be paid from the public budget, and therefore from Romanian citizens' money, which is unacceptable in a country that ignores the implementation of European benefits, but bears the costs of administrative incompetence.