Romania
1. Legal Gazette
1.1. Overview
Monitorul Oficial al României
Official Journal of Romania
Published by:
Monitorul Oficial R.A.
(Official Journal R.A.)
65, Str. Parcului, sector 1 — 012329 Bucharest
Romania
Tel. +40 213185110
Fax +40 213185109
E-mail: ramo@ramo.ro
Website: http://www.monitoruloficial.ro
| Official journal / legal gazette |
The Monitorul Oficial contains a part with legislation and parts with legal notices and other official documents; see point 1.2 for details. |
| First edition |
The first copy was issued on 8 December 1832 under the name of Buletin gazetă administrativă (Administrative Gazette Bulletin). Starting with issue No 3 of 22 December 1989, the paper’s name was changed to Monitorul Oficial. |
| First online edition |
1999 |
| Paper edition |
Monitorul Oficial
Price
Part I: RON 1310(EUR 273)/year
Prices for Parts II to VII vary between RON 470 (EUR 98)/year and RON 2 460 (EUR 513)/year.
Legally binding |
| Online edition |
http://www.expertmonitor.ro
Access and price
E-monitor - PDF read only – free of charge
Autentic Monitor — PDF
files electronically signed.
Prices/year vary between RON 550 (EUR 115) and RON 650 (EUR 135)
Expert Monitor — PDF files and XML files. Prices/ year vary between
RON 1000–1200 (EUR 208–250). |
| CD/DVD edition |
CD-ROM
Available texts
On request
Frequency of publication
On request
Price
Each regulatory act can be acquired in an electronic edition at the price of RON 1 (EUR 0.20)/page.
The 1989–2007 legislative collection is available, on request, at the price of RON 70/year (EUR 15). |
1.2. Details on the legal gazette in general
| Content |
- Part I: The laws and other official documents adopted by the parliament, the President’s decrees, decisions and government ordinances, the documents of the Constitutional Court, etc. (a selection of regulatory acts are also published in Hungarian)
- Part II: Statements of the sittings of the Chamber of Deputies, of the Senate, as well as the joint sessions; the reports submitted by public authorities to the parliament
- Part III: Publications and notices
- Part IV: Publications of the economic operators
- Part V: Collective labour agreements at both national and branch level
- Part VI: (Documents regarding public acquisitions), public tenders
- Part VII: Documents of cooperative societies
|
| Legal basis |
Constitution and Law No 202/1998, RDG (Romanian Government Decision) No 884/2018 on the establishment and organisation of theMonitorul Oficial, Order of the General Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies No 1173/2018. |
| Legally binding |
Paper edition |
| Financing |
Sales revenues |
1.3. Details on the online edition
http://www.expert-monitor.ro/expert-monitor/
See also point 1.1
| Functionalities |
|
| Format description |
PDF and/or Word for acts since 1989 (and about 2 000 texts in PDF for acts before 1989). The Monitorul Oficial is downloadable online or can be delivered on CD/DVD. XML files are available online on a subscription basis. |
| Authenticity |
Since 30 March 2009 the PDF files have been electronically signed. |
| Archiving |
The Monitorul Oficial company is, as the online publisher, responsible for archiving. |
1.4. Details on the publishing institution
Monitorul Oficial R.A.
(Official Journal R.A.)
For contact details, please refer to point 1.1
| Form and nature |
State company (autonomous public corporation), under the coordination of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Basic tasks |
- Pre-press: yes
- Printing: yes
- Dissemination/distribution: yes
- Legal gazette online: yes
- Legislation database: yes
- Consolidation: yes
|
| Other services offered |
The Monitorul Oficial company offers its printing services to other publishing houses; it also has a bookshop and library which offer information on administrative and legal documents. |
1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures
Text processing
systems |
- Editors use standard software, mainly Microsoft Word, to draft legislation.
- QuarkXPress files are converted into XML according to the DTD scheme, to be uploaded into the database.
- A production system based on XML is under development.
- The same system is used for primary and secondary (delegated) legislation.
|
| Workflow |
- There is no single integrated electronic workflow system for drafting, adopting and publishing: delivery of electronically signed digital files on CD or via e-mail is made on a regular basis. Of the documents sent to be published in the Monitorul Oficial, Part I, 90 % are electronically signed.
- The text is received as a Word file or gathered from a paper document, then converted into QuarkXPress for DTP and finally saved as a PDF file for printing.
|
| Publishing |
Proofreading and editing is carried out by the Monitorul Oficial company.
There are no deadlines for publishing regulatory acts in the Monitorul Oficial, Part I.
The paper and electronic editions are derived from the same final text file but are not published at the same time. |
2. Collections of consolidated Legislation
See full details >>
Expert-Monitor
For details, see point 3.2
Body carrying out
consolidation |
Monitorul Oficial company |
| Content |
Consolidated legislation (consolidation work started in 2008) |
Status of the
consolidated texts Consolidation is for information purposes only
3. Legislative portals and online databases
3.1. Official portals
3.2. Official databases
Access via N-Lex
(see Annex 2) |
Not yet established |
1. Website of the Monitorul Oficial
http://www.monitoruloficial.ro
Organisation
responsible |
Monitorul Oficial company |
| Content |
- Only the publication’s summary since 1989
- Expert-Monitor database (see hereafter)
|
| Access |
Free of charge |
2. Expert-Monitor
http://www.expert-monitor.ro/expert-monitor/
Organisation
responsible |
Monitorul Oficial company |
| Content |
- Non-consolidated legislation (identical with the online Monitorul Oficial, see point 1.3)
- Consolidated legislation (since 2008)
- Facilities (classification and search of legal documents, hyperlinks to images of PDF files, etc.)
|
| Access |
Subscription based |
3. Consilliul legislativ (Legislative Council)
http://www.clr.ro
Organisation
responsible |
Legislative Council |
| Content |
Laws (in non-consolidated form), government decisions and ordinances only |
| Access |
Free of charge |
3.3. Additional information: other commonly used legal databases
