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Law No. 573 Of 14 December 2004 Concerning The Service Of The Motherland Honorary Sign For Officers And Civil Servants With Special Status, With Professional Degrees Equivalent To The Ranks Of Officers

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 573 din 14 decembrie 2004 privind Semnul onorific În Serviciul Patriei pentru ofiţeri şi funcţionari publici cu statut special, cu grade profesionale echivalente cu gradele de ofiţeri

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LEGE no. 573 573 of 14 December 2004 (* updated *) on the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Homeland for officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers ((updated on 30 October 2011 *)
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---------- The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 The honorary sign In the Service of the Fatherland is conferred on officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, of the Ministry of National Defence, Ministry of Administration and Interior, Ministry of Justice, the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Protection and Guard Service and the Special Telecommunications Service, which have 15, 20 and 25 years of activity in the fields of defense, public order and national security. ---------- Article 1 has been amended by section 1. 1 1 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. + Article 2 (1) The honorary sign in the Service of the Fatherland for officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the degrees of officers, is presented in two forms with equal hierarchical value: the insignor and the barge. (2) The honorary sign in the Service of the Fatherland presents itself in the form of an oval piece that has the fine grained field and which has applied, marginally, an open crown consisting of laurel and oak leaves. Central are inscribed with gilded Roman numerals the numbers: "XV", "XX" or "XXV". ---------- Alin. ((2) of art. 2 2 has been amended by section 2 2 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. + Article 3 Regulation on the description and manner of awarding the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Homeland for officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, for each category, as well as the model drawing of the honorary sign are set out in Annexes no. 1 and 2 which form an integral part of this law. + Article 4 (1) The honorary sign in the Service of the Fatherland shall be conferred by order or decision, as the case may be, by a) Minister of National Defence; b) Minister of Administration and Interior; c) Minister of Justice; d) director of the Romanian Intelligence Service; e) Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service; f) Director of the Protection and Guard Service; g) Director of the Special Telecommunications Service; h) the heads of other militarized or classified structures with civil servants with special status. (2) The order or decision shall be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, except for the annexes that, according to the law, are classified according to the category of personnel to which they refer. (3) The nominal proposals for conferring the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland shall be sent to the ministers, respectively to the heads of the autonomous central institutions 1, until August 31 of each year, and the number of those who will be decorated, until June 1 of the same year. ---------- Article 4 has been amended by section 4. 3 3 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. + Article 5 The honorary sign In the Service of the Fatherland for officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, can be conferred in unlimited numbers. + Article 6 The honorary sign In the Service of the Homeland for officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the degrees of officers, is conferred for: a) 15 years of activity in the fields of defence, public order and national security; b) 20 years of activity in the fields of defence, public order and national security; c) 25 years of activity in the fields of defence, public order and national security. + Article 7 (1) The accompanying document of the Honorary Sign In the Homeland Service is the attestation. (2) Attestations for the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland are validated by the signature or paraphernalia of the ministers or heads of the autonomous central institutions of the state ---------- Article 7 has been amended by section 7. 4 4 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. + Article 8 In the event of the death of a holder of the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland, the mark remains in the possession of ---------- Article 8 has been amended by section 6.6. 5 5 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. + Article 9 The amounts necessary to make the marks, ribbons, bars, attestations and boxes of the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland are provided annually by a chapter in the budget of the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Administration and Interior The Ministry of Justice, the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Protection and Guard Service, the Special Telecommunications Service, as well as other militarized or framed structures with civil servants with status Special. ---------- Article 9 has been amended by section 6.6. 6 6 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. + Article 10 The honorary sign In the Homeland Service for officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to officer ranks, is established instead of the old Military Merit Order and Honorary Sign In the Army Service. for officers, in accordance with the provisions Law no. 29/2000 . + Article 11 The Order of Military Merit, established in 1954 and which conferred on officers prior to the entry into force of Law no. 29/2000 ,, is substituted with the following honorary signs: a) Order of the Third Class Military Merit, with the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Army for officers who have 15 years of activity in the military, until the entry into force of this law, and with the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland for the officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, who have 15 years of activity in the fields of defence, public order and national security, on the date of entry into force of this law; b) Order Military Merit Class II, with the Honorary Sign In the Army Service for officers who have 20 years of activity in the military, until the entry into force of this law, and with the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland for the officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, who have 20 years of activity in the fields of defence, public order and national security, on the date of entry into force of this law; c) Order Military Merit Class I, with Honorary Sign In Army Service for officers who have 25 years of activity in the military, until the entry into force of this law, and with the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland for officers and officials public with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, who have 25 years of activity in the fields of defense, public order and national security, on the date of entry into force of this law. + Article 12 Officers and civil servants with special status with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, decorated with the Military Merit Order, established in 1954, with the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Army and with the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland, benefit from provisions Law no. 80/1995 on the status of military personnel, with subsequent amendments and completions. ---------- Article 12 has been amended by section 4.2. 7 7 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. + Article 13 The date of entry into force of this Law shall be repealed Government Ordinance no. 104/2000 on the Honorary Sign In the Army Service for Officers, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 436 of 3 September 2000, approved with amendments by Law no. 650/2001 ,, as amended. This law was adopted by the Romanian Parliament, in compliance with the provisions of art. 75 75 and art. 76 76 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution, republished. ROOM PRESIDENT VALER DORNEANU MEMBERS OF THE SENATE NICOLAE VACAROIU Bucharest, December 14, 2004. No. 573. + Annex 1 REGULATION on the description and the way of granting the Sign honorary in the Homeland Service for officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to officer ranks Article 1. -The honorary sign in the Homeland Service is granted for life. Article 2. -The honorary sign In the Service of the Fatherland may be granted to officers and civil servants with special status with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers for: a) 15 years of activity in the fields of defence, public order and national security; b) 20 years of activity in the fields of defence, public order and national security; c) 25 years of activity in the fields of defence, public order and national security. ---------- Article 2 of Annex 1 has been amended by section 2. 8 8 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. Article 3. -(1) The honorary sign In the Service of the Fatherland presents itself in the form of an oval piece, slightly bulging, having the height of 35 mm and the width of 30 mm, which has the fine grained field and which has marginally applied, both on the obverse and on the reverse, an open crown consisting of laur leaves to the right and oak leaves to the left, 6 mm wide, tied at the bottom with a bow. ---------- Alin. ((1) of art. 3 3 of Annex 1 has been amended by section 6.6. 9 9 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. (2) On the obverse, central, the Roman numerals, 10 mm high, "XV", "XX" or "XXV" are applied, representing the number of years of activity for which they are granted. (3) On the reverse, at the top of the piece is applied an eagle, 12 mm high and 8 mm wide, holding in the beak an Orthodox cross, in the right claw a sword, and in the left claw a mace and having applied on the chest the small shield of the Romanian coat of arms. At the bottom of the piece is inscribed "IN SERVICES/fatherland" with embossed letters, 2 mm high. (4) The sign is surmounted by a ring from which starts an open half-moon, consisting of two laurel branches, with the green enameled leaves, having a width of 31 mm and the height of 14 mm. Between the arms of the semicunsome is fixed a bar. (5) The ribbon, 35 mm wide and having an apparent height of 50 mm, is yellow mored rips, crossed by 5 blue bands, 2 mm wide. On the back has a clamping system. ((6) Abrogat. ---------- Alin. ((6) of art. 3 3 of Annex 1 has been repealed by point (a) 17 17 of art. II of LAW no. 233 233 of 6 July 2007 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 490 490 of 23 July 2007. (7) The strap shall be presented in the form of a rectangular ribbon of rips, applied to a metal holder, 18 mm wide and 10 mm high and having the dimensions of the coloured bands of the ribbon reduced to 50%. On the strap is applied, with Roman numerals, 8 mm high, the number "XV", "XX" or "XXV", made of silver with the title of 800 per thousand. On the back has a clamping system. Article 4. -(1) The difference between categories is as follows: a) for 15 years of activity, the mark is from the silver tombac, and the crown of laurel and oak leaves, the number with Roman numerals "XV" and the eagle are from the gilded tombac; b) for 20 years of activity, the mark is of silver with the title of 800 per thousand, and the crown of laurel and oak leaves, the number with Roman numerals "XX" and the eagle are of gilded silver; c) for 25 years of activity, the mark is of silver with the title of 925 per thousand, and the crown of laurel and oak leaves, the number with Roman numerals "XXV" and the eagle are of gilded silver. (2) The marks for 20 and 25 years of activity have pounded, on the reverse, the title of the metal from which they are made. Article 5. -(1) The box in which the mark is kept is made of cardboard, dressed on the outside in blue pergamoid, has metal clasps and inside is lined with blue silk. ---------- Alin. ((1) of art. 5 5 of Annex 1 has been amended by section 6.6. 10 10 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. (2) On the lid of the box are printed, with blue, Romanian coat of arms, name and category of honorary sign. Article 6. -(1) The honorary sign in the Homeland Service is usually carried out on the occasion of the National Day of Romania and the other national or religious holidays and in other situations established by specific regulations. (2) Under the conditions provided in par. (1), Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland, regardless of the category, shall be worn on the left side of the chest, according to all Romanian or foreign orders, before crosses and medals. Only the mark of the last category received is always worn. ---------- Alin. ((2) of art. 6 6 of Annex 1 has been amended by section 6.6. 11 11 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. (3) The bar is worn daily only to the uniform, on the left side of the chest. The uniform is worn the bars of all the decorations received, in their descending order. Article 7. -For the conferment of the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland, officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the degrees of officers, must meet the following conditions: a) have a seniority in the fields of defence, public order and national security of 15, 20 or 25 years of activity; b) to have meritorious results in the performance of duties and in professional training, highlighted by rating of at least "good" in the assessments of service in the last 4 years before the year in which the honorary sign is to be given. ---------- Article 7 of Annex 1 has been amended by section 1. 12 12 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. Article 8. -For the conferment of the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland, the calculation a) to seniority in activity, the time when officers in activity and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, were sentenced with conditional suspension of the execution of the sentence or were convicted with its execution, except where, following the retrial of the case, the competent court has rendered the acquittal; b) the years of the last 4 years before the year in which the honorary sign is to be given, if during this period those concerned have obtained annual qualifications lower than the "good" rating. ---------- Lit. b) of art. 8 8 of Annex 1 has been amended by section 6.6. 13 13 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. Article 9. -(1) Officers sanctioned for committing serious deviations from the provisions of the military regulations or other legal provisions in the period from the last service appreciation until August 31 of the year when the Honorary Sign is conferred. In the Service of the Fatherland are no longer proposed, and if the deviations were committed between August 31 and December 1, the ministers, respectively the heads of the autonomous central institutions of the state, have their deletion from the tables with proposals. ---------- Alin. ((1) of art. 9 9 of Annex 1 has been amended by section 6.6. 14 14 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. (2) Provisions of para. ((1) applies only if the serious deviation committed would have as a result the granting of a lower rating to the "good" rating in the assessment of service for the current year. Article 10. -(1) For officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, entitled to be given the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland, the duration of the activity in the army shall be calculated by 31 August of the year in which they are proposed to receive the mark. (2) I am subject to the proposals for the award of the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland including officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers, who have fulfilled the conditions for receiving the meaning and have been placed in reserve or directly in withdrawal or have ceased the service report for reasons not attributable to them until the date of issue of the order or decision granting the Honorary Sign In the Service of the Fatherland. ---------- Article 10 of Annex 1 has been amended by section 1. 15 15 of art. IV of LAW no. 189 189 of 24 October 2011 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 755 755 of 27 October 2011. Article 11. -Within 30 days of the entry into force of this law, the ministries and autonomous central institutions of the state with responsibilities in the field of defense, public order and national security will develop specific regulations, approved by order of the relevant ministers and heads of the autonomous central institutions of the state, in which the conditions under which the Honorary Sign in the Service of the Homeland for officers and civil servants can be conferred with Special status, with professional degrees equivalent to officer ranks. + Annex 2 MODEL DRAWN of the Honorary Sign in the Service of the Homeland for officers and civil servants with special status, with professional degrees equivalent to the ranks of officers image -------