The Government will approve, through an Emergency Ordinance, a pack of measures regarding the public-private partnership, a normative act meant to remove blockages and boost investment capacity in Romania, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila made an announcement on Thursday.
According to her, the new normative act also includes a series of measures referring to the local administrations.
"In the local public administration they removed all the ex-ante approvals, so that based on the resolutions of the county council or the local council to be able to move directly (...) to the contractual period with the public-private partnership. Moreover, we are introducing for the first time, besides the construction of goods, also the operation of services, which is a first for Romania. At the same time, we exclude the application norms, for the law is clear and it can be applied of a direct manner. However, in order to ensure a good understanding of the law, we will issue a guide of good practices, which is not mandatory, but it can be used for guidance," said Dancila.
The PM also added that "there will be established a one-year term for the creation of a special fund for financing public-private partnership at national level."