Country Profile: Romania

• Author: Naldini, Andrea; Pompili, Marco; Peruccacci, Eleonora
• Pages: 231-236

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24.COUNTRY PROFI LE: ROMAN I A

24.1Section 1- Nat ional rules for t he evaluat ion ofSt ate aidschemes

24.1.1.Obligat ion or lack ther eof to evaluat e

The Rom ania n l egisl ati on does no t h ave spe cific re qui rem ent s f or th e e valu at ion of State

aidsch emes. The legisl ation227r equire men ts in ter ms of e valu ation are lim ited t o a n ex -

ante ev aluation of th e pu blic po licie s issu ed b y t he centr al aut hor itie s, and t here are no

par ticular provisio ns for other ev aluat ions of pub lic p olicies or St ate aid.

The legislation covers different aspects of t he St ate aid, starting with the Law no. 143

of 27thJuly 1999, updated and republished in the Official Gazette of Romania no.

744/ 16th August 2005. This law sets t he rules for the authorisation, grant ing, control,

inventory, monitoring and reporting of State aid, to create and maintain a healthy

competitive en vironm ent .

Further updates of the State aidlegislation were made regarding the national

pr ocedures, as sum marised below , and referr ed t o in th e next sect ions of th e report :

−Gov ern me nt Deci sion no . 6 51/ 2 006 r egar di ng the ap pro val of th e S tat e a id poli cy

for th e perio d 2007 -201 3;

−Government Emergency Ordinance no. 117/2006 regarding the national

pr ocedu res in the field of Sta te aid, app rov ed w ith m od ifica tions and com plet ions

by Law no. 137/ 2007;

−Regulation of the Competition Councilon 20th June 2007 regarding the

monito ring p rocedur es of t he State aid;

−Eme rgency Ord inan ce n o 7 7/ 201 4re gard ing nat ion al p rocedur es i n t he Stat e aid

field and the amendment and completion of the Competition law no. 21/ 1996,

with th e con sequent modification an d com plet ion;

−Governmental Decision no. 437/2015regarding the approval procedureand

content of the m emoran dum provided by t he art . 7 of the Em ergency Ord inance

no. 77/2014 r egardin g national procedu res in the St ate aid field;

−Regulat ion of the CCon 21stJune 2016 regardin g the State aid Registry (RegAS

dat abase);

−Governmental Decision no 326/2017 r egarding the creation of the Inter-

ministerial Committee for the application of the State aid policy and the

modification of t he Go vern men t Decision no. 750/ 2005 reg arding the cr eation of

the per man ent in ter -minist erial Committees;

−Emergency Ordinance no.6/2020 for amending and supplementing the

Government Emergency Ordinance no. 77/2014 regarding the national

procedur es in t he field of St ate aid, as well as for am ending and com plet ing the

Com petition Law no. 21/ 1996 and for the modificat ion and completion of art . 1 5

of t he Comp etit ion Law no. 21/1996.

227Government Decision (GD) no 775/2005 the Regulation regarding the procedures for elaboration,

mo nit oring and eval uati on of th e pub lic p olicie s at cent ral l evel.