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Law No. 134 Of 23 July 1997 For Empowering The Government To Issue Ordinances

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 134 din 23 iulie 1997 pentru abilitarea Guvernului de a emite ordonanţe

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LEGE no. 134 134 of 23 July 1997 for the empowerment of the Government to issue ordinances
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Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 169 169 of 24 July 1997



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 Pursuant to art. 114 114 para. (1) of the Romanian Constitution, the Government is empowered that, from the date of entry into force of this law until the resumption of the Parliament's works, in the second ordinary session of 1997, it shall issue ordinances in the following areas: a) ratification of international agreements on foreign credits granted to Romania and Romania's guarantee of external credits, including amendments to such agreements; ratification of the Memorandum of Economic Policy of the Government Romania for the years 1997-1998, agreed with the International Monetary Fund; ratification of the Loan Agreement between Romania and the Social Development Fund regarding the financing of the project for the rehabilitation of Baltesti Hospital, Prahova County; amendment of Government Ordinance no. 66/1994 on the formation and use of resources carried out through the state treasury, approved by Law no. 128/1994, republished, as amended; amendment of Government Ordinance no. 6/1995 regarding the approval of some expenses from the state budget and the regularization of the exchange rate and price differences recorded from the settlement of critical imports financed from government external loans, approved by Law no. 57/1995; modification and completion of Government Ordinance no. 12/1993 on public procurement, approved and amended by Law no. 83/1994, republished; amendment and completion of Law no. 15/1994 on depreciation of capital immobilized in tangible and intangible assets; modification and completion of Government Ordinance no. 15/1996 on strengthening the financial-currency discipline, approved and modified by Law no. 131/1996; regulation of state holdings in international financial bodies and the way of regularization of financial influences resulting from transactions with them; establishment of the Special Fund for the promotion and development of tourism; amending and supplementing certain regulations on value added tax; amending and supplementing Law no. 73/1996 for approval of Government Ordinance no. 70/1994 on profit tax; amendment and completion of Law no. 32/1991 on payroll tax, republished, as amended; imposition of income made by individuals; modification of Decree no. 276/1973 on the regulation of the imposition of income made from Romania by non-resident individuals and legal entities; suspension of the agricultural income tax until 2000; modification and completion of the local taxes and fees regime; restitution of the amounts in foreign currency of Romanian citizens, deposited in the account of the Romanian Foreign Trade Bank-S.A., for the savings from work performed abroad or other amounts received from them, according to the legal regulations in force until 1 December 1989; rectifying the state budget for 1997 and the budget state social insurance for 1997; modification and completion of Government Ordinance no. 11/1996 on the execution of budgetary claims, approved and amended by Law no. 108/1996; unitary regulation of procedures on tax and tax declarations; regulation of insurance and reinsurance regime of goods in Romania; procedure for carrying out the activity of fiscal control; b) measures regarding the implementation of the reform in agriculture; establishment of the fund for the purchase of wheat from the harvest of 1997, necessary for domestic consumption; implementation of the coupons system for farmers; No. 18/1991; granting compensation to agricultural producers for calamity areas in agricultural years 1995-1997; c) measures to accelerate the investment and privatization process, including by: regulation of leasing operations and leasing companies; organization and operation of economic interest groups, regime of franchise operations, the regime of commodity exchanges; d) regulation of the protection of cultural-national heritage; organization and functioning of public cultural institutions and the conduct of cultural activities; tax and tax regime on some cultural activities; e) regulations on the organization, financing, heritage and intellectual property in the field of science and technology; regulations on nuclear activities; f) amending and supplementing the regulations on the safe implementation of the existing built fund; changes to the regulations on construction; g) the establishment of the summer schedule in Romania, correlated with that of the European Union, and the establishment of the official summer time; h) creation of the legal framework necessary for the implementation of the transport reform programme; measures for the scrapping of the physically and morally used means of transport, not fully depreciated, and for the renewal of the transport means park; the staff of the National Society of Romanian Railways and the transport regulation on the Romanian railways; i) measures regarding the functioning and modernization of the Ministry of National Defence, military programming and multiannual budgetary planning in the Ministry of National Defence; optional insurance of goods, persons and civil liability in the Ministry National Defence; exemption from road tax of motor fuels, intended for consumption for military special technique that does not use public roads; regulations on gradations, soldiers, students and military students; modification some regulations concerning: war veterans, the passport regime in Romania, defending against fires, organizing the activity of accounting expertise; j) social protection measures, including regarding the regulation of salaries and the situation of natural and legal persons; k) protection of children and persons with disabilities, organization and functioning of family-type institutions for children with disabilities; grant of grants from the state budget for the payment of rights and facilities of persons with disabilities; the legal regime of protected units, specially organized for activities specific to persons with disabilities; exemption from the payment of taxes on means of transport, purchased or donated to persons or associations and establishments which maintain or help people with severe disabilities; changes to the sponsorship regime; the arrangement of access routes in buildings and public places by adaptation to the movement of handicapped persons; l) modification of regulations regarding the honor of the heroes-martyrs and the granting of rights to their descendants, wounded and fighters in the December 1989 Revolution; m) regulation of the regime of information technologies and protection of individuals regarding the processing of personal data; n) the regulation of optional insurance for vehicles serving the Presidency, the Government, as well as the insurance of vehicles of Romania's diplomatic representations. + Article 2 According to the provisions of art. 114 114 para. (3) of the Constitution, until the resumption of the Parliament's works in the second ordinary session of 1997, the ordinances issued by the Government pursuant to art. 1 will be submitted to the Parliament for approval, according to the legislative procedure, non-compliance with the deadline by Ordinances submitted by the Government, according to para. 1, will be debated as a priority. + Article 3 In the areas of empowerment provided for in this law, if draft laws or legislative proposals have been issued by one of the Houses of Parliament or have been developed and submitted reports of the standing committees referred to in the fund, they will be considered by the Government when issuing the ordinances. This law was adopted by the Senate at its meeting of 9 July 1997, in compliance with the provisions of art. 74 74 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. SENATE PRESIDENT PETRE ROMAN This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies at its meeting on July 10, 1997, in compliance with the provisions of 74 74 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. p. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT ANDREI IOAN CHILIMAN ------------------