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Law No. 123 Of 2 April 2001 On Aliens In Romania

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 123 din 2 aprilie 2001 privind regimul străinilor în România

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LEGE no. 123 123 of 2 April 2001 on the foreign regime in Romania
ISSUER PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 168 168 of 3 April 2001



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Chapter 1 General provisions + Article 1 (1) For the purposes of this law, foreign persons shall be understood without Romanian citizenship. (2) The proof of foreign citizenship shall be made with the passport or other identity document issued by the state of which the foreigner is a citizen. In the case of the person without citizenship proof of identity and quality of stateless shall be made with his passport with another document issued by the state in which he is domiciled. + Article 2 (1) In Romania foreigners enjoy the general protection of the person and the wealth, guaranteed by the Constitution and other laws, as well as by the rights provided in the international treaties to which Romania is a party. (2) Foreigners cannot organize on the territory of Romania political parties or other organizations or groups similar to them, nor can they be part of them, they cannot occupy public, civil or military functions and dignities and cannot initiate, organize or participate in demonstrations or meetings that affect the public order or national security. (3) Also, foreigners cannot finance parties, organizations, groups or demonstrations or meetings between those provided in par. ((2). + Article 3 During their stay in Romania foreigners are obliged to comply with Romanian legislation. + Chapter 2 Entry, stay and exit of foreigners + Section 1 Foreign entry + Article 4 Foreigners can enter Romania for official purposes, for business, for press activities, for employment or for studies, as tourists, in transit or in other interests, under the conditions of this law. + Article 5 (1) The entry of foreigners on the territory of Romania can be made on the basis of valid state border crossing documents, which are recognized or accepted by the Romanian state, as well as the Romanian visa, if international agreements have not been agreed Otherwise. (2) The Government may establish by decision the unilateral exemption of citizens of certain states from the visa requirement. (3) The entry of foreigners on the territory of Romania can be made by any checkpoint for the crossing of the state border open to international traffic. (4) The crossing of the Romanian state border by foreigners can be done through other places, under the conditions established by agreements and agreements between Romania and the neighboring states. + Article 6 (1) The Romanian visa shall be granted, upon request, by the diplomatic missions and consular offices of Romania. (2) In the checkpoints for the crossing of the state border the Romanian visa may be granted, as an exception, by reciprocity and for specified periods, under the conditions established by joint instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of the Interior. (3) The government may unilaterally decide to abolish or obtain the Romanian visa by the citizens of certain states in the checkpoints for the passage of the state border. (4) Depending on the purpose of the trip the visa may be: diplomatic, service, simple or transit. ((5) The visa shall be granted as follows: a) diplomatic visa and service visa: by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic missions and consular offices of Romania; b) simple visa and transit visa: by diplomatic missions or consular offices of Romania, checkpoints for crossing the state border, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Ministry of Interior. (6) The simple visa is granted for business, for press activities, for employment or for studies, for tourism purposes, visiting or in other interests, under the conditions of this law. (7) The conditions for granting visas shall be established by joint instructions by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Public Finance. (8) The citizens of the states with whom Romania has concluded agreements to abolish visas are exempted from obtaining the visa. + Article 7 (1) Persons who have the nationality of several states fall within the visa regime established for the citizens of the state who issued the passport presented at the entrance to the country. (2) Persons who also have Romanian citizenship will be treated on the territory of Romania in this capacity, if they prove it with appropriate documents, even if they entered the country with passports issued by the authorities of other states. + Article 8 (1) The granting of the visa for employment, studies, teaching activities, documentation internships, activities in the field of cults, humanitarian or other fields can be done only after the presentation of the opinion, in writing, as the case may be, of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity, Ministry of Education and Research, Ministry of Health and Family or Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs or other ministries or central and local institutions interested. (2) Provisions of para. ((1) shall also apply accordingly to foreign nationals exempted from the visa requirement. + Article 9 ((1) The visas shall give the right of residence on the territory of Romania for the following a) during periods established by bilateral agreements with other states or under conditions of reciprocity, in the case of diplomatic and service visas; b) up to 30 days, with the possibility of extension in the country for new periods of up to 6 months, in the case of simple visas for employment, business, teaching activities, documentation internships, activities in the field of cults or humanitarian, activities press or for other activities that do not contravene the Romanian laws; c) up to 30 days, with the possibility of extension in the country for new periods of up to one year, in case of simple visa for studies; d) up to 60 days, with the possibility of extension in the country for a period of another 60 days, in case of simple visa for tourism, visit or other personal interest; e) 3 days from the date of entry into Romania, in case of transit visa. (2) The spouses and minor children of the foreigner, whose stay in Romania is extended under the conditions of this law, may extend their stay visa for the period corresponding to that granted to the spouse, respectively to the parent. In the situation of minor children the extension of the stay visa is made only under the agreement of both spouses, authenticated under the law. + Article 10 (1) The extension of the duration of validity of diplomatic and service visas for members of diplomatic missions and consular offices shall be made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the conditions established by bilateral or on the basis of reciprocity. (2) The duration of validity of the other categories of visas may be extended successively by the competent bodies of the Ministry of Interior, for periods corresponding to the reasons justifying the request, provided that the foreigner proves that it has material means of maintenance in an amount established by the methodological norms provided for in art. 54 54 para. ((2). (3) The extension of the validity of the visa may not exceed the validity of the travel document. (. The transit visa shall not be extended. (5) On the basis of reciprocity, visas may be granted for periods of more than one year. Diplomatic missions and Romanian consular offices can grant visas that exceed the 30-day period, under reciprocity conditions. (6) In reasoned situations, which prevents the foreigner, independently of his will, to respect the term provided in art. 9 9 para. ((1) lit. e), it can be granted a simple visa for personal interest, valid until the disappearance of the causes that prevent it from leaving the territory of Romania. + Article 11 The Romanian visa can be refused to the stranger in the following cases a) carried out, conducts or there are thorough indications that it intends to carry out activities likely to endanger national security, order, public health or moral, rights and freedoms of citizens; b) it was expelled, returned, it was limited, it was interrupted or it was lifted the right to stay in Romania or it was declared undesirable; c) does not prove that it has means of maintenance during the stay in Romania; d) committed crimes during other stays in Romania or violated customs regulations or those regarding the crossing of the state border; e) intends to transit through the territory of Romania and does not possess the entry visas of the country of destination and of the other states whose territories are to transit them, if they are necessary, or possess these visas, but there are Thorough indications that they intend to remain on the territory of Romania; f) suffer from diseases that endanger public health; g) introduced or tried to smuggle other foreigners into Romania; h) previously violated, unduly, the stated purpose of obtaining the visa. + Article 12 Entry into Romania may be refused to the foreigner who possesses the entry visa when, from the granting of the visa until the presentation for entry, it has been established that it falls within one of the cases provided for in art. 11. + Article 13 (1) It is prohibited to bring to Romania by transport companies foreigners who do not possess valid documents for crossing the state border or who do not meet the conditions regarding the visa. (2) In case of non-compliance with paragraph (1) the respective transport company is obliged to provide and bear the transport of the foreigners concerned at the place of embarkation or in another place that the foreigner accepts and where it is accepted, as well as its accommodation and maintenance. + Article 14 (1) Foreigners possessing simple passports, coming from one of the states known with emigration trends, may be granted the visa of entry into Romania under the conditions of this law, if they present to diplomatic missions or consular offices of Romania written invitation from a natural or legal person who has, as the case may be, his domicile, residence or headquarters in Romania, as well as a proof of medical insurance for the period of stay. (2) The invitation authenticated under the law, registered with the competent bodies of the Ministry of Interior, must contain the commitment of the person who invites to bear the expenses occasioned by the foreign stay on the territory of Romania, as well as those imposed by his eventual return to the country of origin, departure or destination, according to the provisions of art. 21. (3) The invitation will be accompanied by proof of a bank guarantee at the level established by the Ministry of Public Finance. ((4) The commitment of the person who invites is not necessary if the person invited to submit abroad a bank guarantee, at the disposal of the diplomatic mission or of the Romanian consular office from which he requested the granting of the visa, to be used for covering the expenditure necessary for the return of foreigners to the country of origin, departure or destination. (5) In reasoned cases, established by the methodological norms approved by Government decision, the granting of visas to foreigners from the categories provided in par. (1), under the conditions of this law, without it being necessary for them to present invitations and evidence on the establishment of bank guarantees. (6) Romanian and foreign companies and travel companies, through which the foreigners referred to in par. (1) enter the country for tourism purposes, have the obligation to constitute bank guarantees in Romania, at the disposal of the competent territorial bodies of the Ministry of Interior, and abroad, at the disposal of diplomatic missions or consular offices novels, for the purpose provided in par. ((2) and (4), at the level established by the Ministry of Public Finance. (7) For the refund of bank guarantees constituted according to par. (6) the opinion of the competent territorial bodies of the Ministry of Interior and of the diplomatic missions or of the Romanian consular offices is necessary. + Section 2 Stay of + Article 15 (1) The stay of foreigners on the territory of the Romanian state is limited to the duration of validity of the visa granted or to the period provided for in the agreement to abolish the visas, concluded by Romania with the state whose citizenship they have. (2) In case of termination of the reason behind the granting of the visa The consular relations department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the competent body of the Ministry of Interior, as the case may be, may order the cancellation of the residence visa. A. Temporary stay + Article 16 (1) In the case of an uninterrupted stay of more than 15 days the natural or legal person who provides a foreigner with housing for hosting or land for the installation of mobile accommodation is obliged to notify the police body of the locality of stay within 3 days. (2) In the situation of accommodation in hotels or other spaces arranged for this purpose, the foreigner will carry out the formalities of making in evidence at the administration of the place, to which the obligation is required within 24 hours to communicate the necessary data the police organ in the locality of residence. (3) Individuals and legal entities may not host foreigners who do not possess valid travel documents and visas and are obliged to notify the local police body immediately. (4) The stranger entering Romania to establish his residence in order to carry out some of the activities provided in art. 9 9 para. ((1) lit. b) has the obligation to appear at the competent territorial body of the Ministry of Interior, within 15 days from the date of entry into the country, in order to take into account and obtain the residence card. The same obligation lies with the foreigner entered the country under the conditions provided in art. 9 9 para. ((2). (5) For minor children the obligation provided in par. (4) returns to their parents. + Article 17 Foreigners coming temporarily to Romania are obliged to leave the territory of the Romanian state within the term of validity of the visa or, as the case may be, within the period of stay provided for in the agreement to abolish the visas, concluded by Romania with the citizenship have it. + Article 18 (1) The extension of the duration of validity of the visa must be requested to the bodies provided in 10 10 at least 24 hours before its expiry. (2) The extension of the validity of the visa may be refused for the reasons provided for in art. 11 lit. a)-d) and f)-h), as well as where the grounds invoked do not correspond to the stated purpose of the trip and the visa category, respectively. + Article 19 (1) The Ministry of Interior may order the limitation or interruption of the right of residence of the foreigner who carried out, carry out or there are thorough indications that he intends to carry out activities likely to endanger the national security, public order, public health or morals, citizens ' rights and freedoms. (2) In such cases the Ministry of Interior may declare the foreign person undesirable for Romania for a fixed period. (3) The measure of limitation or interruption of the right of residence of foreigners in the country can be challenged on the way of administrative litigation. + Article 20 The foreigner who has been restricted the right of residence is obliged to leave the territory of the Romanian state until the date set, and the one who has been interrupted this right or has been declared undesirable, no later than 48 hours from the date on which it the measure was brought to his attention. + Article 21 (1) The stranger who does not comply with the provisions of art. 5 5 and art. 17-20 may be returned to the country of origin or departure or may be sent to the country of destination. (2) The return measure shall be ordered by the Ministry of Interior and its territorial bodies shall apply in the travel document the exit visa. (3) Until the measure provided in par. (2) the foreigner who does not have a valid travel document and material means can be accommodated in places specially arranged for this purpose by the Ministry of Interior. + Article 22 (1) Against the foreigner who committed an offence may be ordered the measure of expulsion, under the conditions provided by the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. (2) The court may order that until the expulsion is carried out by the police bodies, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the foreigner shall be accommodated under supervision in a special place arranged for this purpose. (. The expulsion measure shall not be ordered, and if it has been ordered, it shall not be executed, if: a) there are justified fears that the life or freedom of the foreigner is endangered in the state in which it is to be expelled or that it will be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment; b) the foreigner is in one of the situations where the law prohibits leaving the territory of the Romanian state (4) The expulsion ban lasts until the disappearance of the grounds on which it was founded. (5) The stranger who is in one of the situations referred to in par. ((3) lit. b) may be expelled for reasons of national security or public order only under a final court ruling, according to the law. (6) Provisions of para. ((4) shall also apply accordingly to the foreigner to whom the measure provided for in art. 21 21 para. ((1). B. Establishment of residence + Article 23 Foreigners can establish their domicile in Romania under the present law. + Article 24 (1) The establishment of domicile in Romania is approved by the Ministry of Interior. (2) Applications for the establishment of domicile in Romania shall be submitted abroad to the diplomatic missions or to the Romanian consular offices, and in the country, to the competent territorial bodies of the Ministry of Interior. (3) The conditions under which the establishment of the residence of foreigners in Romania is approved shall be established by methodological norms developed in accordance with the provisions of 54 54 para. ((2). + Article 25 (1) The stranger who has been approved the establishment of domicile in Romania is obliged to present himself within 5 days from the communication of the approval to the competent territorial bodies of the Ministry of Interior in whose territorial area he is to domicile, in order to be issued the proof document. (2) For the foreigner abroad the term provided in par. ((1) flows from the date of entry into the country. (3) If within 6 months from the date of communication of the approval the foreigner does not establish his domicile in Romania, the approval shall lose its validity. (4) The stranger residing in Romania can go out or enter the country without a visa, if he has on him, at the crossing of the Romanian state border, his passport and identity card. (5) At least 5 days before the expiry of the validity of the annual visa or identity card the foreigner is obliged to present himself to the competent territorial body of the Ministry of Interior in whose radius he resides, for the purpose of applying the visa annual times of issuing a new identity card. (6) If the foreigner residing in Romania requests the final departure from the country or is in one of the situations provided in art. 19 19, it shall be applied in the passport to the exit visa. + Article 26 (1) For the reasons shown in art. 19 the foreigner residing in Romania may be revoked the right of residence on the territory of the Romanian state. (2) The measure of revocation of the right of residence shall be ordered by the Ministry of Interior, in accordance with the methodological norms provided in 54 54 para. ((2). (3) In such cases the Ministry of Interior may declare the foreign person undesirable for Romania for a fixed period. + Article 27 (1) The stranger who has been revoked the right of residence is obliged to leave the territory of the Romanian state within 60 days from the date on which this measure was communicated to him. (2) In case of non-compliance with the obligation provided in (1) the provisions of art. 21. + Section 3 Exit foreigners + Article 28 (1) Foreigners can come out of Romania through the checkpoints for the crossing of the state border or through other legally established places, based on the border crossing documents. (2) The person who has the citizenship of several states is obliged to present the passport on the basis of which he was allowed to enter the territory of Romania. (3) They are exempted from the provisions of par. (2) persons who provide proof with documents that they also have Romanian citizenship, even if they entered the country with a passport issued by the authorities of another state. (4) If the passport presented at the entrance to Romania has been lost, stolen or destroyed, the person concerned must present at the exit of the country a new passport or travel title issued by the diplomatic mission or consular office of the the state that issued the passport used at the entry into the country or, as the case may be, by another competent authority. (5) The competent body of the Ministry of Interior may issue to foreigners in one of the situations referred to in par. ((4), the state of which has no diplomatic or consular representation in Romania, a travel title for return to the country of origin or to the country of departure. + Article 29 (1) The stranger shall not be allowed to leave the country in the following situations: a) does not present legal documents for exit from the country; b) is accused or indicted in a criminal case and the magistrate orders the establishment of the measure of prohibition of leaving the locality for the purpose of proper conduct of the criminal proceedings, regardless of the stage in which it is located; c) was convicted by final court decision and has to execute a custodial sentence; d) is pursued for chargeable claims due to individuals, legal entities or the state, and their execution is not guaranteed; in this case the measure is taken at the request of those interested, if the payment of the receivables was ordered by decision the remaining final court or if there is another enforceable title. (2) In the situations referred to in lett. b) and c) the measure not to allow the departure of the country will be taken by the competent body of the Ministry of Interior only on the basis of the written request of the prosecution bodies, the courts or bodies provided by law, which have duties for the execution of the prison sentence. + Article 30 The foreigner in one of the situations referred to in art. 29 may leave the country if it proves to the competent body of the Ministry of Interior, with documents issued by the competent authorities, according to the law, that: a) obtained legal documents to exit the country; b) was ordered not to prosecute, was removed from prosecution or was ordered to end the prosecution, was acquitted or ordered to end the criminal trial; c) executed the sentence, was pardoned, benefits from amnesty or was sentenced with conditional suspension of the execution of the sentence by final court decision; d) executed the claim provided in art. 29 29 para. ((1) lit. d). + Article 31 The exit from the country of the foreigner who is in the situation provided in art. 29 29 para. ((1) lit. d) may be allowed if the debtor proves to the competent body of the Ministry of Interior, with documents issued or confirmed by the competent judicial bodies, that there is no possibility of execution according to the law. + Section 4 Common provisions + Article 32 (1) The legal provisions regarding domicile and residence, as well as those related to identity documents, established for Romanian citizens, shall also apply to foreigners, if by this law it is not provided otherwise. (2) At the request of the competent authorities according to the law foreigners have the obligation to legitimize themselves and to act on the official invitation to appear at the headquarters of these authorities. + Article 33 (1) The documents that may be issued to foreigners by the Romanian authorities are: a) passport, for persons without citizenship, for stateless persons residing in Romania; passport for persons without citizenship is issued with validity of 2 years, which can be extended; b) travel title, for persons without citizenship who do not have their domicile in Romania, as well as for foreigners who do not possess a national passport and, for objective reasons, cannot obtain such a document from the diplomatic representation of their country; the travel title is issued with a validity of up to 30 days; c) temporary residence card, for foreigners whose stay in the country exceeds 120 days; the validity of the temporary residence card is appropriate to the right of residence; d) identity card, for foreigners residing in Romania; the identity card is issued with validity of 5 years and is intended annually. (2) The minor stranger who has reached the age of 14 is issued with documents similar to those of his legal representative. The latter is obliged to ask the competent authority to issue the necessary documents to the minor. (3) The documents provided in par. (1) and (2) shall be issued, as the case may be, in the country by the Consular Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or by the competent central or territorial body of the Ministry of Interior, and abroad, by the missions diplomatic and Romanian consular offices. + Article 34 The extension of validity or, where applicable, the release of a new identity document shall be requested at least 24 hours before expiry. + Article 35 Underage foreigners up to 14 years of age shall be entered in the identity document of their legal representatives. + Article 36 The documents provided in art. 33 33 para. ((1) and (2) shall be withdrawn by the bodies referred to in art. 33 33 para. ((3), if the reasons for their release have ceased. + Article 37 (1) Loss, destruction or damage to the documents provided in art. 33, as well as of the national border crossing document, shall be announced within a maximum of 48 hours, in the country, at the competent body of the Ministry of Interior in whose territorial area the holder of his or her residence or domicile, as the case may be, or at the Consular Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and abroad, at the Romanian diplomatic missions and consular offices. The theft of the same documents immediately advertises the nearest police body. (2) The documents crossing the state border, issued by diplomatic missions or consular offices accredited in Romania instead of those lost, destroyed, damaged or stolen, must be presented, as the case may be, to the Consular Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or competent bodies, central or territorial, of the Ministry of Interior, in order to apply appropriate visas. + Article 38 For reasons that are interested in defending national security, order, health or public morals, citizens ' rights and freedoms can limit the movement of foreigners or temporarily establish their domicile or residence in certain areas or localities, according to the law and methodological norms provided in art. 54 54 para. ((2). + Chapter 3 Employment of foreigners + Article 39 Foreigners may be employed at economic agents or institutions whose activities are important for national defence or security, apart from the cases established by Government decision. + Article 40 (1) Foreigners may perform, under the conditions established by law, alone or in association, economic, social, cultural-sports activities, acts of trade and may be employed by Romanian or foreign legal or physical persons, in compliance with the agreements concluded by Romania with other states, regarding the labor market. (2) The employment is based on the work permits issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity, according to the norms established by Government decision. + Article 41 (1) Foreigners in Romania cannot carry out activities contrary to the purpose for which their visas were granted. (2) It is forbidden to issue permits for the employment of foreigners who do not have proper visas. (3) The work permit issued in compliance with the provisions of par. (2), as well as the employment contract, the execution of works or service supplies, concluded on its basis, are void of law. + Chapter 4 Liabilities and penalties + Article 42 The violation of the provisions provided in this law attracts, as the case may be, the disciplinary, material, civil, contravention or criminal liability of the guilty persons + Article 43 (1) The organization by foreigners, on the territory of Romania, of a political party or other organization or groups among those provided in art. 2 2 para. (2), the accession of a foreigner to them, as well as the initiation, organization and participation in demonstrations or meetings affecting the public order and national security shall constitute a criminal offence and shall be punished with imprisonment from 3 months to 2 years or a fine. (2) With the punishment provided in par. (1) it is also sanctioned the act of the foreigner to finance a political party, an organization, grouping or manifestation or a meeting, among those provided in art. 2 2 para. ((2). (3) Amounts of money, goods of any kind or other values received in violation of the provisions of art. 2 2 para. ((3) shall be confiscated. + Article 44 Evading in bad faith from the execution of the obligations imposed by the competent bodies by the foreigner against whom the expulsion measure was taken or was ordered one of the measures to prohibit the right to remain on the territory of the country, limitation of the right of travel or temporary establishment of residence or residence in certain areas or localities is punishable by imprisonment from 6 months to 5 years. + Article 45 The employment of a foreigner to an economic agent or an institution whose activities present importance for national defense or security, in violation of the provisions of the Government's decision adopted according to art. 40, constitutes a crime and is punishable by imprisonment from 6 months to 5 years. + Article 46 (1) The fraudulent entry into the territory of the country of the foreigner declared undesirable or prohibited in any way the right of entry or stay in the country is punishable by imprisonment from 1 year to 5 years. (2) If the act provided in par. (1) has been repeatedly committed, the sentence is imprisonment from 2 to 7 years. + Article 47 (1) It constitutes contraventions and the following acts are sanctioned, if they are not committed under such conditions that, according to the criminal law, they constitute crimes: a) non-compliance with 16 16 para. ((4) and (5), art. 25 25 para. ((1), (2) and (5), art. 32 32 para. ((2), art. 33 33 para. ((2), art. 34 34 and art. 37, with a fine of 500,000 lei to 1.500.000 lei; b) non-compliance with 16 16 para. (1) and (2), with a fine of 1,000,000 lei to 3,000,000 lei; c) non-compliance with 17 17, art. 18 18 para. ((1), art. 21 21, art. 27 27 para. ((1), art. 28 28 para. ((2) and (4), art. 39 39 and art. 41, with a fine from 3,000,000 lei to 9,000,000 lei; d) non-compliance with 13 13 para. (1), with a fine from 5,000,000 lei to 20,000,000 lei. (2) The contravention sanctions may also be applied to legal entities. + Article 48 The finding of contraventions and the application of sanctions are made by officers and non-commissioned officers of the Ministry of Interior, and for the facts provided in art. 39 and to art. 41 and by the finding agents of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity. + Article 49 Of the amounts collected from the fines imposed according to art. 47 and 48 a percentage of 25% rests with the Ministry of the Interior or, as the case may be, the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity, depending on the belonging of the + Article 50 The provisions of this law regarding the establishment and sanctioning of contraventions shall be completed with those Law no. 32/1968 establishing and sanctioning contraventions. + Chapter 5 Final provisions + Article 51 Funds necessary for the application of the provisions on limitation, interruption or revocation of the right of residence, return or expulsion of foreigners, those necessary for the maintenance and accommodation of foreigners provided in art. 29, healthcare and hospitalization expenses, as well as those for the construction, arrangement, maintenance and operation of specially arranged accommodation places, feeding and providing expenses for their personal use needs, for the entire period until their return to the country of origin, in the country of departure or in the country of destination, including the necessary expenses for transport, will be made available to the Ministry of Interior by the Romanian Government. + Article 52 This law does not apply to asylum seekers, refugees and victims of armed conflict, whose status and regime are regulated by special laws. + Article 53 (1) The tasks of the Ministry of Interior regarding foreigners are exercised through the General Directorate of Informatized Records of the person, the General Inspectorate of the Border Police, the General Inspectorate of Police and the territorial bodies subordinate to them, except in cases where the law provides for another jurisdiction. (2) The tasks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding foreigners are exercised abroad through the Romanian diplomatic missions and consular offices, and in the country, through the Consular Relations Directorate. + Article 54 (1) The present law shall enter into force 30 days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, except art. 54 54 para. ((2) entering into force on the date of publication. (2) Until the entry into force of the law the Government will issue the methodological norms for its application. + Article 55 The date of entry into force of this Law shall be repealed Law no. 25/1969 on the regime of foreigners in the Socialist Republic of Romania, republished in the Official Bulletin, Part I, no. 57 of 18 May 1972, as amended, art. 9 9, art. 28 and head. III of Decree-Law no. 10/1990 on the passport and travel regime abroad, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 6 6 of 10 January 1990, and any other provisions to the contrary. This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in the joint meeting of March 7, 2001, in compliance with the provisions of art 74 74 para. ((1) and of art. 76 76 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT VALER DORNEANU SENATE PRESIDENT NICOLAE VACAROIU -----------