State Control over Commercial Transactions with Goods from Precious Metals

I. Bostan, Stefan cel Mare University, Faculty of Economics, Suceava; I. Pohoata, Al. I. Cuza University, Faculty of Economics/ FEAA, Iasi; C. Lazar, Ovidius University, Faculty of Economics, Constanta, Romania. The paper illustrates a synthetic analysis of the Romanian perspective related to commercializing process of those goods manufactured from precious metals or only fi lm coated with these metals, namely gold, silver, platinum and palladium, in pure or alloy with at least 10 % precious metal. Our approach is considering the legal regime established, in this respect in Romania, in the context of European Union (EU) integration. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the way in which Romanian legal authority exercised through a institutional system is guiding the operations with precious metal objects, with additional references to some identifi ed limitations, or weaknesses. Furthermore, our attention was also focused on suggesting few indications that might improve the inland conditions in the future.