Vezi raport EN

2024

ACTIVITY

REPORT

pursuant to Art. 2 (11) and to Art. 26 (1) of GO no. 137/2000 on preventing and sanction- ing of all forms of discrimination, as further amended and supplemented, republished, in

FOREWORD

ANALYSIS OF PETITIONS

REGISTERED WITH N.C.C.D. IN 2024

conjunction with Art. 8 of GO no. 2/2001 on the legal regime of contraventions, as further

ANALYSIS OF N.C.C.D. FILES IN 2024

amended and supplemented, and sanctioned the bank with a RON 5,000 fine.

ANALYSIS OF CASE PROCESSING

BASED ON THE DECISIONS ISSUED

BY THE N.C.C.D.’ STEERING BOARD         DECISION B

  EXAMPLES BASED                     “The asking price of the owner is EUR40,000. For citizens of Roma ethnicity, the asking price
  ON CASE-LAW OF                      if EUR 38,000, and the agency fee is lowered by 50 %”, read the text of an online advertise-
    FINDINGS MADE                     ment placed by a petitioner, a Romanian citizen of Romanian ethnicity.

BY THE N.C.C.D.’

  STEERING BOARD                     The Board appreciated that the unfavourable treatment of the majority population, compared
                ACTIVITY OF THE      with persons belonging to the Roma ethnicity relies on the respondents’ personal consid-

LEGAL DIRECTORATE

erations regarding likely behaviours related to their ethnic origin and individual features,

DISCRIMINATION-RELATED

  ISSUES IN ROMANIA REFLECTED        which places such a manner of wording in the category of discrimination against persons

IN INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

who do not belong to the Roma ethnicity. At the same time, the Board notes that the possi-

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR

COMBATING DISCRIMINATION

                                     ble affirmative measure cannot be adopted by an individual, given that the lower price offer
                IN MASS-MEDIA        cannot contribute to equal opportunities between the disadvantaged category, namely the
FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL DATA         persons belonging to the Roma ethnicity, and the majority population, Romanian citizens
                                     of Romanian nationality.
                                     In this case, the N.C.C.D. Board sanctioned the real estate agency with a fine in amount of
                                     RON 10,000, pursuant to Art. 26 (1) of GO no. 137/2000, as republished.

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