Romania did not maintain the pace of reform set in May 2009, the reform of the judicial system is limited and the fight against corruption is delayed in high level corruption cases, a press release of the European Commission reads.

Regarding the judicial reform, the Commission notes that it registered modest results: there was no effective improvement in what concerns the difficult situation of the human resources in the judicial system due to the electoral campaign, the Parliament postponed its debate on the civil and penal Codes Romania continues to adopt measures to improve the judicial system but they are not published yet other initiatives were launched in an attempt to improve the efficiency of judicial procedures through a better distribution of work volumes but for now, there are no tangible resultsConcrete results cannot be proved yet, EC Spokesperson Mark Gray concluded regarding this evaluation chapter.

Regarding the anti-corruption fight, the European Commission underlines that there are ongoing delays in judging high level corruption cases, adding to this, the courts' clemency and inconsistency in their sanctions. These continue to be major challenges for Romania.

The report appreciates the results registered by the anti graft department in investigating and judging high corruption cases, results which are convincingthe Commission observes a consolidation of the results registered by the National Integrity Agency in monitoring conflict of interests and unjustified wealthData on the local anti-corruption fight reveals a significant increase in activity of the local penal investigation officials Romania implemented some of the measures meant to improve the coordination of anti corruption fight and to monitor the national anti corruption strategy for vulnerable sectors and the public administration The Commission urges Rom