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Law No. 13 Of 26 July 1974 Law Road

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 13 din 26 iulie 1974 LEGEA DRUMURILOR

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LEGE no. 13 13 of 26 July 1974 ROAD LAW
ISSUER GREAT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Published in OFFICIAL BULLETIN no. 107 107 of 31 July 1974



EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM In recent years, as a result of the impetuous development of the national economy and domestic and international tourism, road transport has increased considerably. Thus, in 1974, the volume in tons transported by car will represent more than 80% of the total goods transported by all means of transport, compared to only 10% as represented in 1955. In order to ensure road transport, our country currently has a road network of more than 135,000 km, of which 76,000 (57%) represent public roads, and the remaining 59,000 km (43%) are the operating roads in the category of which enter industrial, forestry, agricultural and other roads. From the network of 76,000 km public roads, 13,000 km are national roads and 63,000 km county and communal roads. The expansion and modernization of roads were achieved by allocating important financial funds and material means. The efforts made by the state to achieve a network of roads to the needs of the national economy and population requirements, however, have not always given adequate results, in the administration, maintenance and operation of roads manifesting a number of shortcomings. The shortcomings that manifest in the activity of roads are also due to the fact that the legislation in the matter, namely Decree no. 142/1953 on the construction, modernisation, maintenance and management of public roads, and Decree no. 335/1957 amending this decree, has become inadequate and does not allow to act to promote a uniform and firm policy in this area. In order to eliminate existing road gaps and improve activity in this important sector of the economy, it is necessary for the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications to become the single body of authority, coordination and control for roads of all categories, in this capacity following the following main tasks: -to ensure and respond to the unitary development of the entire road network in accordance with the requirements of the national economy; -to give special care to the defense and preservation of agricultural funds, avoiding on the occasion of road works the degradation or change of the destination of agricultural land; -to develop studies, forecasts and programs for the development and systematization of the public road network and to endorse the programs for the development of exploitation roads; -to endorse the constructions of new public roads and exploitation, their approval to be centralized, and to coordinate the action to modernize the roads located outside the localities; -develop norms that are approved by law, regarding the design, construction, modernization, maintenance, operation and administration of roads; -establish mandatory measures for all state socialist organizations, cooperatives, obstesti and other legal entities that have in administration or in property roads of any categories; -to ensure the construction, modernization, maintenance, operation and administration of highways and national roads through direct subordinate units. In application of these principles was adopted the adjoining road law, which aims to achieve, through uniform regulations, the necessary conditions for carrying out the activity in the field of roads, at a level corresponding to the current requirements and the perspective of the national economy and the population. The law includes the following main regulations Chapter I "General provisions" enshrines the principle that the development of the road network, regardless of their category, is carried out in a unified conception, the rules on the design, construction and modernization of roads approved by law. Chapter II "Road categories", maintaining the current provisions on road categories, complements them with motorways, which are public roads intended exclusively for traffic of high-speed vehicles and require conditions. Special exploitation. The approval of the construction of new roads, as well as the framing of roads, is provided to be made, depending on their importance, by presidential decree, for highways and national roads, by decision of the Council of Ministers for county roads, communal and exploitation and by the decision of the executive committee of the county folk council or the city of Bucharest, for the streets. Chapter III "Design, construction of modernization, maintenance, operation and management of roads" includes, in an improved form to the old regulations, rules related to these activities, introducing themselves for the purpose of insurance a unit policy in this field, that the specialized units within the local state administration have as object the construction, modernization, maintenance, operation and administration of county and communal roads to be subordinate to the executive committees of the county folk councils, respectively of the city of Bucharest, as well as the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, regarding the elaboration of annual plan tasks, as well as the specialized technical and methodological guidance. Chapter IV "Conditions of operation of roads" includes regulations intended to ensure the rational use of roads, establishing the tonnages and gauges admitted on public roads, as well as provisions intended to concretely determine the conditions in which, exceptionally, the movement may be closed or restricted on public roads. Chapter V "Building authorizations and installations in the area of public roads" defines in an improved form road protection and servituseful areas in these areas and regulates the authorization of construction and installations in the area roads. Chapter VI "Defence and Road Protection" includes new provisions that effectively ensure the preservation of public roads and establish rules of exploitation, defence and protection in this area. Chapter VII "Management, coordination and control of road activity" provides the tasks of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications as a single organ of authority in road problems, as well as the establishment within this ministry of a Council of roads-deliberative organ-for the unitary application of the tasks of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications in the field of roads. The composition of the Road Council is to be determined by the Council of Ministers Chapter VIII 'Final and transitional provisions' contains some transitional measures in relation to law enforcement. Thus, it is stipulated that within 2 years from the entry into force of the law proposals for the systematization of roads of local interest and exploitation should be submitted for the purpose of restricting them to the maximum, and within one year from the same date reviewed intersections and access to existing public roads. At the same time, repeal Decree no. 142/1953 ,, amended by Decree no. 335/1957 and other provisions contrary to the new law to enter into force within 90 days of publication. For the purpose of unitary development of the entire road network and to ensure the construction, modernization, maintenance, operation and management of roads, to meet the road transport needs of the economy and the population, The Great National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania adopts this law. + Chapter 1 General provisions + Article 1 The development of the road network is carried out in a unified conception, in accordance with the requirements of the national economy and contributes to the continuous improvement of the living conditions of the population. + Article 2 Roads, in the interest of this law, are the land communication routes, other than the railways, specially arranged for the movement of vehicles and pedestrians. They are an integral part of the road: bridges, viaducts, uneven passages, tunnels, defense and consolidation constructions, sidewalks, parking and parking spaces, plantations, signs and installations for circulation, cantons and parking spaces. service buildings, as well as any other constructions, facilities or installations intended for the defence or operation of the road. + Article 3 The construction of new roads is approved under the present law. + Article 4 Rules on the design, construction and modernization of roads are approved by law. + Article 5 In the design, construction and modernization of roads will be given special care to the defense and preservation of agricultural land, avoiding the degradation or change of their destination. Existing roads, which are not economically justified, will be abolished. The remaining land available from the modernization, rectification or dismantling of roads will be immediately rendered to agricultural production or to another productive destination, under conditions corresponding to their use. + Chapter 2 Road categories + Article 6 The roads are divided, in terms of use and administration, in: a) public roads, intended to satisfy the road transport requirements of the entire national economy and of the population and which are managed by the central or local bodies of the state administration; b) exploitation roads, intended to satisfy the own transport needs of some socialist state organizations, cooperatives, other public organizations or other legal entities and which are managed by the organizations that have them in administration or ownership. + Article 7 Functionally the roads are divided into the following categories: a) public roads of republican interest; --highways; -national roads; b) public roads of local interest; -county roads; -communal roads; --streets; c) exploitation roads: forestry, oil, mining, agricultural, as well as other roads, which are directly related to the network of public roads. + Article 8 Public roads of Republican interest ensure the links between the capital of the country and the county seat cities and municipalities or other important localities, as well as with neighboring countries. + Article 9 Public roads of local interest ensure the links between the cities, communes and villages in the county or with those in the neighboring counties, as well as with railway stations, ports and airports, spa resorts and recreational places. located outside the localities. The streets are the public roads inside the localities. + Article 10 Public roads retain their category, considering themselves without interruption and in crossing the localities. The portions of the road in the crossing serve as streets. + Article 11 The operating roads are road routes built or arranged for the purpose of managing the forest fund and the transport of wood material, geological research and access to the exploitation of mineral substances useful, exploitation and the maintenance of hydroamelioration and irrigation systems, agricultural crops or the linking of other objectives to the public road network. + Article 12 The classification or passage of a road from one category to another shall be as follows: a) motorways and national roads, by presidential decree; b) county, communal and exploitation roads, by decision of the Council of Ministers; c) streets, by decision of the executive committee of the county folk council or Bucharest municipality. + Chapter 3 Design, construction, modernization, maintenance, operation and management of roads + Article 13 The construction of new roads, as well as the abolition of roads, is approved by the bodies provided in art. 12, depending on the road category. + Article 14 Design, construction and modernization of roads provided in art. 12 lit. a) and b) shall be carried out on the basis of the unit development plan of the road network in compliance with the norms and regulations in force, as well as in accordance with the provisions of the systematization documentation. In the design and execution of road works will be pursued the defense and preservation of the agricultural fund, as well as the economic efficiency of these works, through the intensive use of existing roads, maintaining the routes in case of their modernization, in the conditions under which the geometric elements corresponding to the operating needs are ensured, the avoidance of parallelisms between road routes and the maximum restriction of operating roads. The occupation of agricultural land or of the forest fund, for new road construction or for road upgrades, is done only on the basis of prior approvals of removal from plant agricultural production or from the forest fund, as the case may be, obtained under the conditions provided by law. In order to avoid the flooding of roads, constructions and surrounding agricultural land, the necessary works will be required to ensure the flow of water to the road design. When establishing the sites of economic, social and cultural objectives, as well as the development of such objectives, the use of the existing road network will be taken into account, avoiding the construction of new roads. + Article 15 The design, construction, modernization, maintenance, operation and management of roads are done as follows: a) national highways and roads, by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, through its central and territorial units. The portions of highways and national roads are exempted in crossing the buildable perimeters of the county seat cities and municipalities, which are the responsibility of the executive committees of their popular councils; b) the county and communal roads, by the executive committees of the county folk councils or of the city of Bucharest on whose territory they are located and carried out, through specialized units subordinated to them; in terms of elaboration of annual plan tasks, technical and methodological guidance, these units are subordinated to the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications. The portions of county roads are exempted in crossing the buildable perimeters of the county seat cities and municipalities, which are the responsibility of the executive committees of the respective folk councils; c) streets, including sidewalks, squares, parking areas, areas of tram lines and green spaces related to streets, by the executive committee of the popular council of the commune, city or municipality, as the case may be; d) the operating roads, by the state socialist organizations, cooperatives, other public organizations or other legal entities that have them in administration or in the property. + Article 16 The upgraded public roads will be provided with platforms for public transport stations and parking spaces or parking, outside the road part of the road, according to the rules and regulations in force. Platforms can be provided in cities for tram stops and on the road side of the street. + Article 17 The intersections at the same level between the roads of any category are arranged, modified or systematized by the bodies that have them in administration or in the property when the traffic safety conditions require it. The expenses related to the execution of these works are the responsibility of the road management body on which traffic is carried out that requires the arrangement, modification or systematization of the intersection For the arrangement, modification or systematization of intersections at the same level will be obtained the opinion of the Interior Ministry. + Article 18 The construction of crosses between a road and a railway is the responsibility of the organ requesting the crossing, and the works determined by the repair of the lines and the connection with the road crossed in the railway area are the responsibility of the bodies of administration of the railways and runs only with the consent of the organ that administers or has the property in the road. Maintenance of crossings at the same level, security and security in the railway area return to the organ that manages the railway. + Article 19 The intersections of roads, between them or with the railway, through uneven passages shall be built or modified according to the rules established by law, by: a) the organs that manage the upper category road, when the bump is imposed by the normal increase in traffic on this road, or by the organ that manages the railway, when the bump is imposed by the rail traffic; b) the organs that, by placing new objectives or the development of existing ones, generate at the intersection an intense traffic that imposes the bump. The maintenance of the upper passages is the responsibility of the organ that manages the communication path located on the passage, and the access routes and related installations from the road nodes are maintained by the bodies that have them in administration. + Chapter 4 Conditions of operation of roads + Article 20 The exploitation of public roads is made according to this law The conditions of exploitation of the other roads are established by ministries, for each category of road, with the agreement of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications. Organizations that have roads in administration or property are obliged to maintain them permanently in a state of viability, for the purpose of rational exploitation of the entire road network, in conditions of traffic safety. + Article 21 The tonnages and gauges permitted for motor vehicles travelling on public roads shall be determined as follows: a) tonages -on motorways and on roads open to international traffic, as well as on modernized streets in cities: 10 tons on simple axle and 16 tons on double axle; -on the other upgraded roads: 8 tons per single axle and 14.5 tons per double axle; -on the hardened roads: 7.5 tons per single axle and 12 tons per double axle. The distance between the axles of the double axle cannot exceed 2 m. b) gauges -width 2,5 m -height 4,0 m -length 12,0 m for motor vehicle without trailers 15,0 15,0 m for semi-trailer motor vehicle 16,0 16,0 m for articulated motor vehicle 18,0 18,0 m for motor vehicle with 1 trailer 22,0 22,0 m for motor vehicle with 2 trailers 30,0 m for trams. For shipments with tonnages and gauges exceeding the above limits, carried out on public roads, special authorization will be requested in advance that will be issued, on a case-by-case basis, by the body administering that road. The authorization will specify the conditions and periods of carrying out these transports in order not to stinjen traffic on public roads and not to degrade the road system of the road. The works for the arrangement and consolidation of roads or works of art, as well as the modification of air installations of any kind, imposed by the carrying out of transport exceeding the limits provided above, shall be financed by the beneficiary The expenses necessary to remove the degradation caused by public roads as a result of transport with outdated tonnages and gauges are the responsibility of the beneficiary of these transports. + Article 22 Design, execution or contracting in the country or from import of machinery, aggregates and installations, as well as vehicles with gauges and tonnages exceeding the limits provided in art. 21, are made with the prior opinion of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications regarding the possibility of transport and traffic conditions on public roads. + Article 23 State socialist organizations, cooperatives, other public organizations or other legal entities, as well as individuals, cannot perform on public roads any kind of works that would lead to the establishment of traffic restrictions. or its closure. In the case of situations or works imposed by the operation of the public road network or the execution of authorized works in the road area, the organs that manage public roads will be able to close or establish traffic restrictions in time limited and on determined stretches of road, under the conditions established by the Ministry of Interior together with the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, ensuring the continuity of traffic on the sectors in work or on bypass routes. The executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest will be able to divert road traffic from the sections of national roads in crossing the localities, by directing it on other streets, only with the common agreement of Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Interior. + Article 24 For the speedy restoration of traffic on public roads affected by floods or other calamities, the organs under which the road is located, together with the organs of the Ministry of Interior, will immediately take the necessary measures, executing local variants or other temporary arrangements or temporarily using the operating roads. In cases where the works will not be able to be carried out in the area of public roads, they will also be carried out on other state or cooperative land, taking measures for the occupied areas to be minimal, to be rendered to the original destination in the shortest time and avoid as much as possible the cause of damage to crops and plantations on these lands. In such cases, for agricultural land or in the forest fund, the organ managing the road is obliged to collect the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Water Industry or the Ministry of Forestry and Materials of Construction, as the case may be, indicating the surface of the occupied land + Article 25 Location of construction and installations or the creation of obstacles of any kind that prevent the safe conduct of traffic or the development in perspective of public roads, the execution of works or exploits that would jeopardize the establishment roads or would cause snow or flooding them, are prohibited. + Chapter 5 Building permits and installations in the area of public roads + Article 26 The road area is made up of the amprise and two side chips called safety zones and includes the land areas occupied by the road and the works shown in art. 2 2 para. 2. The width of the road area differs depending on the land in which the road is carried out and is established by the situation plans or the construction, modernization or modification of the roads, drawn up according to the norms established by law. Safety zones are intended for signage or other purposes related to road operation and traffic safety, as well as for road plantations executed according to the regulations in force. The protection areas of public roads, outside the localities, are the land files located on both sides of the road, between its outer edges and up to 22 m from the axis, in the case of national roads, up to 20 m from ax, in the case of county roads and up to 18 m from ax, in the case of communal roads. The protection zones are established within the above limits by the organs that manage the roads, depending on the road development requirements. The lands that make up the protection zones remain in the household of those who have them in administration or property, with that use, agricultural or forestry, as the case may be. Next to military objectives, the width of public road protection zones is established with the agreement of the Ministry of National Defence. No protection zones shall be provided for operating roads. The width of the area of the streets, in which the sidewalks and areas of land necessary to the location of their annexes are included, is established by the documentation of systematization of the respective localities. + Article 27 On the public road area it is forbidden to place any kind of constructions and installations that do not belong to the road or the execution of works in crossing the road through open excavations. In exceptional cases, on the basis of the authorization issued by the organ managing the road, such works may be placed in the area of the public road, provided that they do not affect the safety of movement. For the installation of railways or tram lines in the public road area, the agreement of the Ministry of Interior will also be taken. Execution without authorization or non-compliance with the conditions provided for in the authorization attracts the abolition of constructions or installations located in the area of roads, by the beneficiary of the executed works, or, when he refuses who have those roads in their administration. The expenses related to the abolition of construction and installations will be borne by their beneficiaries. + Article 28 The location in the areas of the roads, as well as their crossing by the telecommunications, electric, district heating networks, pipes, channels and the like, will be done in accordance with the norms approved by law. In the projects of bridge works, viaducts, tunnels and uneven passages will be provided for the necessary spaces for telecommunications, energy, water, gas, district heating installations, in accordance with the norms provided in the previous paragraph and with the consent of the Ministry of + Article 29 The execution of any new constructions and installations can be done in the road protection areas established in art. 26, only with the consent of the organ managing the public road. Plantations and crops may be carried out in protection zones, if they do not cause damage to the operation of the road or to the smooth running of traffic. + Article 30 Beneficiaries of constructions or installations authorized in the area of roads are obliged to execute the demolition, relocation or modification of these works, under the conditions provided by law, at their expense and without any compensation, if they are imposed by the construction, modernization, modification, maintenance and operation of the public road or traffic safety. The constructions and special installations of the Ministry of National Defence are exceptional. The body administering the road is obliged to notify the beneficiaries at least 12 months before the start of the year in which the execution of the works of moving or amending the constructions or installations is required. + Chapter 6 Defence and protection of roads + Article 31 State socialist organizations, cooperatives, other public organizations and other legal entities, as well as individuals who have constructions, installations and land located outside the public road area or who execute construction, desecations, irrigation, afforestation, logging and deforestation of forests, reservoirs, fish facilities, ponds, as well as other facilities or works, are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure water drainage and land stability and prevent erosion, slipping, degradation or bogging of roads or the works attached to them. The plans to combat soil erosion, to regularize the river basins and to extinguish the torrents, which include in their perimeter public roads, will be developed with the agreement of the organs that manage the respective roads. + Article 32 The exploitation of sand, gravel, ballast or other materials from river beds or from the banks of watercourses in the vicinity of roads, bridges and their defence works can only be done with the prior consent of the the organ managing the respective roads. When carrying out the work provided for in the preceding paragraph, their beneficiaries will take the necessary measures to ensure the stability and integrity of road construction and prevent the challenge of flooding, degradation of crops or other objectives. + Article 33 It is forbidden to traffic on the asphalt public roads of senile vehicles without protective bandages. The movement of senile vehicles of the Ministry of National Defence is admitted on asphalt public roads, if there is no possibility of avoiding them, with the agreement and under the conditions established by the body that manages the road. The traffic on the upgraded public roads of vehicles equipped with nails with nails will be carried out under the conditions established by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications together with the Ministry of Interior. + Article 34 The cutting of trees, trees and shrubs in the area of roads of any category or those planted outside this area, in order to strengthen and protect roads, can be done only under the conditions established by law. Harvesting of fruits, flowers and leaves from plantations related to public roads, as well as grass on their area, is carried out by state, cooperative or public organizations on the basis of conventions concluded with the organ administering the road. + Article 35 Organizations and individuals, construction beneficiaries or installations located in the area of public roads, are obliged to execute their periodic review in order to ensure the protection of roads and safety conditions of Circulation. For this purpose, the beneficiaries will obtain authorization from the organ managing the road. + Article 36 Destruction or degradation of roads, plantations, signs and other means of road signs intended for the safety of movement, as well as of the constructions and installations referred to in art. 2, is punishable according to criminal or contravention law, as the case may be. + Article 37 Damage caused to roads and works attached to them on the occasion of unauthorized transport or by non-compliance with the conditions of the permits issued according to art. 21 or as a result of defects of execution or improper exploitation of construction and authorized installations in the area of roads according to art. 27, as well as in violation of art. 25, 29, 31, 32, 33 and 35 of this law, will be borne by the beneficiaries of transport, construction or installations, or by those who have caused the damage. + Chapter 7 Management, coordination and control of road activity + Article 38 The Ministry of Transport and Telecommunication leads, coordinates, controls and responds to the activity for the entire road network, as a single organ of authority in this field and in this capacity: a) ensure the unitary development of the entire road network according to the needs of the national economy and the judicious management of the funds allocated for the construction, modernization, maintenance, operation and administration of public roads; b) develop studies, forecasts and programs for the development and systematization of the public road network, which they submit to the approval of the Council of Ministers or other competent bodies; c) elaborates together with the State Planning Committee, under the law, the projects of the five-yearly and annual plans related to the construction, modernization and maintenance of public roads; d) develop rules on the design, construction, modernization, maintenance, operation and administration of roads and, together with the Ministry of Interior, rules on traffic safety on public roads; e) it endorses the construction of new roads and the abolition of roads, as well as the programs for the development of exploitation roads; f) ensures a unified conception regarding the assimilation of specific machinery and equipment, the application of new and efficient technologies in the design and execution of works, the import of materials, machinery, installations and equipment necessary for the activity in the field roads, as well as contracting of road works abroad; g) ensures, according to the law, the training of specialized personnel in the field of + Article 39 In the exercise of these powers, the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications establishes, on the basis of the law, mandatory measures for ministries, other central bodies, executive committees of the county folk councils and the municipality Bucharest, cooperative organizations, other public organizations, as well as for other legal entities that have in administration or in property roads of any category. These bodies are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure the conditions corresponding to the proper functioning of traffic, at the level of existing and prospective traffic. + Article 40 In order to ensure a uniform conception the application of the provisions provided in 38, within the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications operates a Council of roads, as a deliberative body. The composition of this council shall be determined by the decision of the Council of Ministers. + Article 41 The management, coordination, control and liability in the activity of design, execution and modernization of the streets return to the executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest. The design, execution and modernization of streets that are part of the national road are made with the agreement of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications. + Chapter 8 Final and transitional provisions + Article 42 Investment works for public roads are financed from the state's centralized investment funds, as well as from other resources provided by the legal provisions. The investments necessary to carry out the other categories of roads under the administration of state economic units are financed from their specific resources, according to the legal provisions. The expenses necessary for the maintenance and repair of public roads are financed from the state budget, as well as from other resources provided by the legal provisions. The expenses for the maintenance and repair of the other categories of roads under the administration of the state economic units shall be borne from their production expenses. Work on the construction, modernization, maintenance and repair of public roads can also be carried out through the monetary and working contribution of citizens, according to the law. + Article 43 To prevent snowfall and flooding, the executive committees of county folk councils take action and respond, together with the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, to the use of all means in maintenance, snow removal and restoration of traffic on all public roads in the territory of the respective counties. To restore and maintain the viability of roads can also be mobilized citizens, according to the law. + Article 44 In order to ensure the stony material necessary to build and maintain roads, the organs that manage them can open and exploit careers and ballasters, according to the legal provisions. The opening, access and exploitation of careers and ballasters necessary for the construction and maintenance of public roads are not subject to any taxes. + Article 45 The executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest, for public roads of local interest, and together with the bodies that have in administration or in property exploitation roads, for these roads, will analyze the current network and will make proposals to systematize it, in order to fully restrict the roads of exploitation and local interest within the counties. The proposals will be presented centrally, through the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, to the Council of Ministers within 2 years of the entry into force of this law. + Article 46 The Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, together with the executive committees of the county folk councils or the city of Bucharest, will review, within one year of the entry into force of this law, intersections and access to existing public roads in order to reduce their number. At the same time, the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications will draw up a phased program for the construction of uneven passages at intersections between the railway and public roads of Republican interest, which will be subject to approval. Council of Ministers. + Article 47 State socialist organizations, cooperatives, other public organizations or other legal entities, as well as individuals, are obliged to arrange access to objectives and properties and to build platforms for storing raw materials, materials and parking places of vehicles on hold, outside the area of public roads, according to the rules established by law. + Article 48 The construction and abolition of roads, as well as the installations in the road area, will be carried out in compliance with the provisions in force regarding the defense needs of the country. + Article 49 The Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and the executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest will annually frame the public roads in differentiated categories, according to the nature of the clothing and their state of viability for the purpose of establishing fuel consumption, lubricants and tyres for motor vehicles travelling on these roads. + Article 50 For the use of public roads, as well as for installations and constructions located in the area of these roads, taxes will be possible, by law. + Article 51 The provisions of this law apply to constructions and installations existing in the area of public roads. + Article 52 This law comes into force 90 days after its publication in the Official Bulletin of the Socialist Republic of Romania. On the same date is repealed Decree no. 142/1953 on the construction, modernisation, maintenance and management of public roads as amended by Decree no. 335/1957 , the provisions relating to public roads in Decision of the Council of Ministers no. 770/1965 on certain measures to ensure negabaritic transport or with outdated tonnages on the network of railways and public roads, as well as any other provisions contrary to the provisions of this Law. ------------------