The Legislation applicable to the conduct of the 2025 presidential elections

Legislative Framework

• Law no. 50/2024 on establishing measures for the application of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a single market for digital services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC, as well as on amending and completing Law no. 365/2002 on electronic commerce (in Romanian)
• Emergency Ordinance No. 1 of 16 January 2025 regarding certain measures for the organization and conduct of the 2025 elections for the President of Romania and the 2025 partial local elections ( in Romanian)
• BEC Decision No. 54D/26.03.2025 regarding measures for the smooth conduct of the election campaign for the 2025 Presidential Election in Romania ( in Romanian)

European legislation

• Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a single market for digital services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act)
• Commission Guidelines for providers of Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines on the mitigation of systemic risks for electoral processes pursuant to Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065

• The Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online +

• 2022 Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation

For more information regarding the 2025 presidential elections, please visit the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) websites – https://prezidentiale2025.bec.ro/ – and the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP), the Romanian bodies responsible for ensuring the smooth conduct of electoral processes: 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS – Permanent Electoral Authority.