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The Implementation of the Services Directive in Romania

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The EU Services Directive (SD) is a centrepiece for the realisation of the Internal Market in the services sector aiming at considerably lowering the barriers for service provision in the EU. This chapter therefore analyses the transposition and implementation of the requirements of the SD into the national (administrative) law system of Romania. The chapter treats all relevant requirements of the SD, such as the Point of Single Contact (POSC), the screening of national law according to the requirements of the SD, the adaption of authorisation schemes for service provision, the requirement of ‘tacit authorisation’, and the need for new rules on administrative cooperation. Finally an assessment of the impact of the SD on the national (administrative) law system is provided.

Dr. Dacian C. Dragos and Dr. Bogdana Neamtu, both Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Published in the Official Monitor of Romania no. 366 from 1.06.2009, approved by the Parliament through Law no. 68/16.04/2010.

  2. 2.

    Published in the Official Monitor of Romania no. 644 from 15.09.2010.

  3. 3.

    As an anecdotic parenthesis, our request based on the Freedom of Information Law was disregarded by the DEA, as were our insistent messages that we needed the information quickly. Due to the tight deadline for drafting the study we didn’t have the time to go to court over this matter. So we decided to ask for the help of a journalist, whose inquiry has to be answered within 24 h (FOIA law). It worked.

  4. 4.

    Online at http://www.cnrd.ro/ (only in Romanian).

  5. 5.

    Online at http://www.mcsi.ro/.

  6. 6.

    Online at http://www.e-guvernare.ro/.

  7. 7.

    Online at http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/10/st09/st09475.en10.pdf.

  8. 8.

    Online at http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/services/docs/services-dir/studies/euro chambers-report_en.pdf.

  9. 9.

    Order no. 1866/2010 of the Minister of regional development and tourism for the approval of methodological norms regarding the criteria and the methodology for granting the tourism license and brevet, published in the Official Journal no. 544 from 04.08. 2010.

  10. 10.

    Order no. 107/2010 of the Director of the National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate Publicity for the approval of regulation regarding the authorisation and the recognition of authorisation for Romanian natural and legal persons, for those belonging to other Member States or to the European Economic Space in order to carry out and evaluate works in the field of cadastre, geodesy, and cartography, published in the Official Journal no. 231 from 13.04.2010.

  11. 11.

    Governmental Emergency Ordinance no. 25/2010 regarding the modification of Governmental Ordinance no. 58/1998 regarding the organisation and functioning of tourist activity in Romania published in the Official Journal no. 211 from 6.04.2010; Order no. 1204/2010 of the Minister of regional development and tourism for the authorisation of beaches for tourist activities, published in the Official Journal no. 239 from 15.04.2010; Order no. 1296/2010 of the minister of regional development and tourism for the approval of the methodological norms regarding the classification of tourist accommodation structures, published in the Official Journal no. 312 from 10.05.2010.

  12. 12.

    Law no. 128/2010 for the approval of Governmental Ordinance no. 13/2010 for modification of regulations in the field of justice in order to transpose the Directive 2006/123/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council from 12.12.2006 regarding services within the internal market, published in the Official Journal no. 453 from 02.07.2010; Law no. 85/2010 for the modification of Governmental Emergency Ordinance no. 86/2006 regarding the organisation of the activity of practitioners in insolvency, published in the Official Journal no. 327 from 18.05.2010.

  13. 13.

    Order no. 87/2010 of the Minister of the interior and public administration for the approval of the authorisation methodology for the persons who carry out works in the field of fire protection, published in the Official Journal no. 238 from 14.04.2010.

  14. 14.

    Order no. 153/2010 of the State Inspector General in construction for the approval of procedures for the evaluation of laboratories and trials in the construction activity in order to get an authorisation, published in the Official Journal no. 187 from 24.03.2010.

  15. 15.

    Order no. 391/2010 of the Minister of economy commerce, business environment regarding the approval of the procedure for technical-professional certification of specialists for the activity of closing down and reconstructing mines/quarries, published in the Official Journal no. 188 from 24.03.2010; Law no. 40/2010 for the modification of Law no. 333/2003 regarding the protection of objectives, goods, values and the safety of persons, published in the Official Journal no. 153 from 09.03.2010.

  16. 16.

    Order no. 14/2010 of the president of the National Regulatory Authority in the field of energy for the modification of the regulation for the certification of economic operators who design, implement, and verify electrical works, approved through the Order of the president of the National Regulatory Authority in the field of energy no. 24/2007, published in the Official Journal no. 288 from 03.05.2010.

  17. 17.

    Order no. 154/2010 of the State General Inspector in construction for the approval of the procedure for the authorisation of construction sites supervisors, published in the Official Journal no. 184 from 23.03.2010.

  18. 18.

    Order 306/299/4253 of the Minister of labour, family and social protection, of the president of the National authority for disabled persons, of the Minister of education, youth and sports, for the modification of Order 671/1640/61/2007 regarding the approval of the methodology of certification of interprets for sight-impaired and hearing-impaired persons, published in the Official Journal no. 466 from 10.07.2010.

  19. 19.

    Law no. 40/2010 for the modification of Law no. 333/2003 regarding the protection of objectives, goods, values and the safety of persons, published in the Official Journal no. 153 from 09.03.2010.

  20. 20.

    Order no. 1083/2010 of the minister of regional development and housing modifying Order no. 777/2003 regarding the certification of specialists for activities in construction, published in the Official Journal no. 8 from 06.01.2010.

  21. 21.

    Article 16 (3) and (4) of the EGO 49/2009.

  22. 22.

    Law no. 329/09.11.2009 regarding the reorganisation of public institutions and authorities, the rationalisation of public expenditures, the support of business sector, and the fulfilment of the framework-agreements with the European Commission and the IMF, and Government Decision no. 1439/18.11.2009 regarding the creation of the National Management Centre for the Information Society and the National Centre ‘Digital Romania’.

  23. 23.

    Article 22 of the EGO no. 49/2009.

  24. 24.

    Article 7 (6) of the EGO no. 49/2010.

  25. 25.

    Article 7 (3) of EGO no. 49/2010.

  26. 26.

    Ghencea (2009), pp. 7–22.

  27. 27.

    EGO no. 27/2003 on silent (tacit) approval, as amended in July 2010.

  28. 28.

    Tarangul (1936/XI), pp. 56–72; Negulescu (1934), pp. 25–34; Gruia (1934), pp. 45–58.

  29. 29.

    Dragoş (2001); Dragoş (2004/2008), pp. 108–117.

  30. 30.

    High Court of Cassation and Justice, Decision no. 3319/2007.

  31. 31.

    High Court of Cassation and Justice, Decision no. 3799/2006.

  32. 32.

    Caranta (2008), p. 195.

  33. 33.

    Decision no. 3010/2008, Cluj Appellate Court, Commercial, Fiscal and Administrative Law Section.

  34. 34.

    A draft version of the Romanian Administrative Procedure Code is currently under consideration by the Government and will provide for a definition of the concept of discretion. Article 10: ‘The discretion is the possibility granted by law to public authorities to choose between possible options when applying the law, considering also the scope of the law. The exercise of discretion shall not lead to arbitrary measures’. The draft is accessible (in Romanian) at http://www.mai.gov.ro/Documente/Transparenta%20decizionala/Proiect%20COD%20procedura%20administrativa.pdf.

  35. 35.

    Article 14 of the Law no. 38/2003 on taxi and car rentals.

  36. 36.

    Article 4 (1) of the GO 27/2003 on tacit authorisations, as amended in 2010.

  37. 37.

    See Van de Gronden (2009), p. 249.

  38. 38.

    European Commission (2007), p. 78.

  39. 39.

    See Van de Gronden (2009), p. 243.

  40. 40.

    Article 17 of the EGO no. 49/2009 and Article 1 (4) of the Governmental Decision no. 922/2010 on the Point of Single Contact.

  41. 41.

    Codul de bune practici între furnizori şi supermarketuri a fost semnat şi va intra în vigoare dupa aprobarea Consiliului Concurenţei [The code for good practices between providers and supermarkets was signed and shall enter into force after its approval by the Council of Competition] by Anne-Marie Blăjan, online at http://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-companii-3406676-update-codul-bune-practici-intre-furnizori-supermarketuri-fost-semnat-intra-vigoare-dupa-aprobarea-consiliului-concurentei.htm, Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008.

  42. 42.

    Mr. Dacian Cioloş (currently the European Commissioner for Agriculture in the second Baroso Commission).

  43. 43.

    Official Journal of Romania no. 705 from 20.10.2009.

  44. 44.

    Ordinance no.13/2010 for amending some normative acts in the justice domain in order to transpose Directive 2006/123/CE, published in the Official Journal no. 70/30.01.2010.

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Dragos, D.C., Neamtu, B. (2012). The Implementation of the Services Directive in Romania. In: Stelkens, U., Weiß, W., Mirschberger, M. (eds) The Implementation of the EU Services Directive. T.M.C. Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-840-8_22

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