Regional Development in Romania
1995
The project for the elaboration of the document entitled Green Charter of Regional Development by the European Union and the Government of Romania is initiated, establishing the roles of Romania's regional development policy for starting the preparation stage of Romania's accession to the European Union and through which established structural co-ordination models at national level, including the description of the organizational structure of the future Regional Development Agencies involved in the implementation of the regional development policy.
1997
The document entitled Green Charter on Regional Development is finalized and adopted.
1998
- The Government of Romania shall sign the Position Paper for Chapter 21, supplemented by the Accession Partnership and the Common Roadmap for Romania and Bulgaria, basic documents of the national regional policies of Romania and Bulgaria.
- The Law no.151 / 15 July 1998 on regional development in Romania is adopted, which establishes the institutional framework, objectives, competencies, and instruments specific to the regional development policy in Romania.
-The National Agency for Regional Development is set up.
1999
Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and Regional Development Councils are set up.
2002
- Romania's Chapter 21 negotiating Romania's accession to the EU opens, setting out the criteria to be met by our country and eligibility for the Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund, namely the Community Acquis and the modalities for
implementation.
- The Ministry of Development and Prognosis is designated as the institution responsible for the elaboration of the National Development Plan, on the basis of which Romania negotiates the Community Support Framework with the European Commission.
- The Ministry of European Integration is designated as the managing authority for the Community Support Framework, with responsibility for coordinating the implementation of Community assistance through the Structural Funds.
2004
- Law 315/2004, which establishes the basic objectives of the regional development policy in Romania, as well as the attributions of the Regional Development Agencies, as promoters of socio-economic development at the regional level.
- The Ministry of Public Finance is designated as the Managing Authority for the Community Support Framework.
- The Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing is designated as the Managing Authority for the Regional Operational Program (ROP) 2007-2013, and the RDAs are designated Intermediate Bodies.
2014
The Managing Authority for the Regional Operational Program 2014-2020 is established and the RDAs are designated Intermediate Bodies.
2020
The Government of Romania, through Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO) 122/2020, entrusts ADRs with the role of Management Authority with "all the functions and attributions specific to a management authority." (Art. 3).
2021
The Romanian Parliament adopts the law 277/26 Nov. 2021, approving the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 122 of
July 29, 2020 regarding some measures to ensure the efficiency of the decision-making process of non-refundable external funds intended for regional development in Romania, published in the Monitorul Oficial of Romania, Part I, no. 686 of July 31, 2020.
2022
The Government of Romania issues EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 88 of June 27, 2022 for the amendment and completion of some normative acts in order to manage non-reimbursable European funds intended for regional development (completion/amendment of GEO 122/2020 and Law 315/2004).
Law no. 315/2004 regarding regional development in Romania, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 577 of June 29, 2004, with subsequent amendments and supplements, is amended and supplemented as follows:
1. Article 8, paragraph (1) is amended and will have the following content:
Article 8(1) In each development region there is an agency for regional development, non-governmental, non-profit, public utility body, with legal personality, which operates in the field of regional development, with the role of management authority, under the law. They are organized and operate under the conditions of this law and the statute of organization and operation, approved by the council for regional development.
2. In Article 8, after paragraph (13), a new paragraph, paragraph (14), is inserted, with the following content: (14) In exercising the role of management authorities, under the terms of the law, regional development agencies act in a regime of power publish and are assimilated to public institutions, and the acts that the agencies issue in the exercise of this role are assimilated to administrative acts. These documents can be challenged under the terms of the Administrative Litigation Law no. 554/2004, with subsequent amendments and additions.
BIRDA
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