The High Court of Cassation and Justice pays a rent of 182,000 euros per month for the temporary headquarters of Octavian Goga Boulevard in the Capital rented from the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and CSM pays a monthly rent of almost 40,000 euros for the two headquarters in Calea Plevnei.
The amounts were announced by the JCCJ and the SCM, by official responses made at the request of G4media.
The JCCJ moved to the rented headquarters from the CCIR in Octavian Goga Boulevard in the Capital in July 2023 as the headquarters of the institution on Batiștei Street is under renovation. The High Court pays a monthly rent of 182,059.82 euros including VAT, services and utilities, to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the temporary headquarters, according to an official response of the JCCJ. This means that the JCCJ has already paid over 4.3 million euros for the rent of the 24 months. From August to December 2025, the JCCJ will pay more than 910,000 euros, it is shown in the quoted answer.
CSM pays rent nearly 40,000 euros per month
The Superior Council of Magistracy pays a monthly rent of 39,700.46 euros for its 2 headquarters in Calea Plevnei, Bucharest, in which it has been operating since 2005 and 2014.
For the main headquarters in Calea Plevnei 141B, CSM pays almost 34,000 euros per month for a space of 3,415 square meters. The rent for the square meter is 9.9 euros excluding VAT.
For the secondary headquarters in Calea Plevnei 139, the SCM pays monthly 5,900 lei for a space of 785 square meters. The rent for the square meter is 7.5 euros excluding VAT.
Rent, paid to a representative organization of the business environment
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania is an organization that represents the business environment and has county branches, being run by the businessman Mihai Daraban.
In February this year, the company Global Defense Logistics in which Mihai Daraban is a 10 % shareholder was charged by DNA prosecutors for bribery to the representatives of the NATO base in Kogălniceanu. His brother, Gabriel Daraban, is the company manager and also holds 10 % within the company.
The company representatives would have promised a NATO base official the amount of $ 200,000 to obtain a contract worth over 9,000,000 euros for the fuel supply of ships, a DNA from February 2025 shows. Of this money, 130,000 euros would have been given.
