romanian franchise market research the increasing importance of private sector opening out new industries and upward evolution investments along with impact romania s accession to eu are instrumental in fostering development system 1998 government created legal framework for this sort business by issuing law which is designed attract unlike other countries where prior setting up a it mandatory establish local office at least one employee very flexible allowing trans border sale however developing contingent on rather large initial capital certain restrictive clause imposed franchiser such as obligation sell products price or buy merchandise only from suppliers that could fall under antitrust legislation all negative consequences deriving despite above referred constraints started an trend 2000 18 chains registered year number went 210 2005 achieving turnover almost 1 billion accounts