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Law No. 198 Of 25 May 2004 On Measures Of Construction Works Prior Motorways And National Roads

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 198 din 25 mai 2004 privind unele măsuri prealabile lucrărilor de construcţie de autostrăzi şi drumuri naţionale

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LEGE no. 198 198 of 25 May 2004 (* updated *) on some measures prior to road construction works of national, county and local interest * *) ((updated until 5 January 2009 *)
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---------- *) The initial text was published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE no. 487 487 of 31 May 2004. This is the updated form of S.C. "" Territorial Center of Electronic Computing " S.A. until January 5, 2009, with the modifications and additions made by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 75 75 of 28 June 2007 ; LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 ; EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 228 228 of 30 December 2008 . ---------- **) The title of the law was amended by item 1 1 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 (1) The present law establishes the legal framework for taking measures to prepare prior the execution of road construction works of national, county and local interest provided in art. 5 of Government Ordinance no. 43/1997 on the road regime, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions. (2) For the purposes of this law, roads of national interest are considered of strategic importance and national security. (3) The expropriation corridor comprises the elements of the roads as defined in art. 2 of Government Ordinance no. 43/1997 , republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, and is established by the central transport authority, the Ministry of Transport, for roads of national interest, or by the specialized directions of the councils county, for roads of county and local interest, with the opinion of the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform. --------- Article 1 has been amended by section 1. 2 2 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 2 (1) The present law states that being of public utility all works of road construction of national, county and local interest; expropriator is the Romanian state for roads of national interest, counties for roads of interest county, and municipalities, towns and communes for roads of local interest. In application of the provisions of this law, the Romanian state is represented by the Ministry of Transport, through the National Highway and National Roads Company of Romania-S.A., and the administrative-territorial units are represented by local public administration authorities. (2) In the meaning of this law, through road construction works, hereinafter referred to as works, it is understood works of construction, rehabilitation, development, modernization or extension of roads of national, county and local interest. (3) I am part of the roads of national, county and local interest the elements of the roads as defined in Government Ordinance no. 43/1997 , republished, with subsequent amendments and completions. (4) The land necessary for the relocation of utilities, for technological roads, temporary roads, bypass roads, as well as those necessary for loan pits can be expropriated and subject to the provisions of this law. (5) Land expropriated according to the provisions of par. (4) shall be surrendered, after completion of the works, to the local public authorities and cannot be disposed of. --------- Article 2 has been amended by section 2. 3 3 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 3 (1) The technical-economic documentation related to the execution works of roads of national, county and local interest shall be elaborated under the conditions Law no. 500/2002 on public finances, as amended, the Local public administration law no. 215/2001 , republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, and of the other normative acts applicable to public investments by the National Highway and National Roads Company of Romania-S.A. or by the authorities local public administration, as appropriate, and will contain the final version of the feasibility study. (2) The owners with any title of the buildings affected by the elaboration of the feasibility study on the expropriation corridor are obliged, after a prior notification, to allow access for the topographic measurements, geotechnical studies and any operations necessary for the feasibility study. (3) After the approval by the National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising, through its territorial units, of each cadastral-legal documentation of expropriation, it has the obligation to transmit to the administrative-territorial units the list buildings located on the expropriation corridor. After the transmission of this list it is prohibited to issue any opinion, agreement, permit, authorization regarding the buildings subject to expropriation. ((4) Documentation for issuing urban planning certificates necessary for the construction of the objectives provided in art. 1 shall be submitted by the National Company of Highways and National Roads of Romania-S.A., for the works of national interest, respectively by the local public administration authorities, for the works of county and local interest. (5) The urbanism certificates for the works covered by this law shall be issued and communicated to the National Highway and National Roads Company of Romania-S.A., for the works of national interest, respectively to the authorities local public administration, for works of county and local interest, within 10 calendar days from the date of submission of the documentation. (6) The opinions, agreements, permits and authorizations requested by urban planning certificates, except for the environmental agreement, will be issued and communicated to the National Highway and National Roads Company of Romania-S.A., for the works of national interest, respectively to the local public administration authorities, for works of county and local interest, within 25 calendar days from the date of submission of the documentation for their release. (7) In accordance with the provisions Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2003 on the procedure for tacit approval, approved with amendments and additions by Law no. 486/2003 , urban planning certificates, approvals, agreements, permits and permits are considered granted, if they were not transmitted to the National Highway and Road Company of Romania-S.A., for the works of national interest, respectively to the local public administration authorities, for the works of county and local interest, within the deadlines mentioned in par. ((5) and (6). ((8) In the case of tacit approval of urbanism certificates, approvals, agreements, permits and authorisations, the competent authorities shall be obliged to issue the official document within 5 working days from the date of the tacit approval. (9) By way of derogation from provisions art. 3 lit. c) of Law no. 50/1991 on the authorization of the execution of construction works, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, shall be exempted from the issuance of the authorization to build the objectives provided in art. 1. ((10) The projects included in the program of the Ministry of Transport or in those of the local public administration authorities regarding the development of roads of national interest, respectively of county and local interest are exempt from taxes to State Inspectorate in Constructions mentioned in Law no. 10/1995 on quality in construction, as amended, and in Law no. 50/1991 , republished, with subsequent amendments and completions. (11) Urban planning certificates, notices, agreements, permits or authorisations shall be valid until the execution of the works for which they were issued, respectively until the minutes of final reception of the works have been issued. --------- Article 3 has been amended by section 3. 4 4 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 4 (1) Based on the technical-economic documentation provided in art. 3 3 para. (1), the Government or the competent local public authority, as the case may be, approve, by decision, the technical-economic indicators, the site of the work, according to the final version of the pre-feasibility study, respectively of the feasibility study, as the case may the source of financing, as well as the triggering of the procedure for expropriation of all buildings constituting the expropriation corridor, the global amount of compensation estimated by the expropriator on the basis of an evaluation report prepared according to par. ((9) and the term in which it veers into an account opened in the name of the expropriator. The site of the work is brought to public attention by displaying at the premises of the respective local council, by display on the expropriator's own website, and will be communicated to the National Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising Agency in to note the intention to expropriate the buildings located on the expropriation corridor. The site will be materialized by bornishing all the coordinates points that define it. Local public administration authorities will include the coordinates of the expropriation corridor in the general urban plans of the localities. ----------- Alin. ((1) of art. 4 4 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. IV of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 228 228 of 30 December 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 3 3 of 5 January 2009. (2) After publication of the decision provided in par. (1), the expropriator prepares the cadastral-legal documentation for each building proposed for expropriation, having regard to the provisions Law of cadastre and real estate advertising no. 7/1996 , republished. The documentation will also include data on the framing of the work in urban planning and landscaping plans, as well as plans with the site of the work that is endorsed by the National Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising Agency, through the units its territorial. The plan with the site of the work, on each administrative-territorial unit, which contains the delimitation of buildings-land and/or constructions-proposed for expropriation, with the indication of the names of the holders, as well as of the compensation offers, on categories of buildings, established by authorized assessors, shall be made public by display at the premises of the respective local council, where it will remain displayed until the expropriation procedure is completed, and by display on its own page of internet of the expropriator. (3) The estimated global amount of compensation shall be made available to the expropriator, no later than 30 days from the date of its request. (4) The amount provided in par. (3) may be supplemented, by decision of the Government or the authority of the competent local public administration, as the case may be, at the request of the expropriator, following the realization of the evaluation reports of the buildings subject to expropriation, for each administrative-territorial unit, on each category of use, of the modification of the number of buildings necessary to be expropriated, as well as in any other situations, thoroughly motivated. (5) The tables with the privately owned buildings subject to expropriation under the present law, comprising the county, the locality, the cadastral indicator, the area (m2) and the owner's name/holder, according to the cadastral-legal documentation, will be find out at the expropriator and will be brought to public knowledge by display at the headquarters of the local council of each administrative-territorial unit and on the expropriator's own website, 10 days before the start of the activity the commission provided in art. 6 6 para. ((1). (6) Date of commencement of the commission's activity 6 6 para. (1) and the date on which the tables provided in par. (5) will be brought to the attention of interested persons by publishing an ad in a local newspaper. (7) If, as a result of the completion of the technical project or details of execution, the site of the work changes, the expropriator will proceed to regularize the identification data of the buildings subject to expropriation and to the updating the tables provided in par. (5), in compliance with the regulations in force and without the need to modify the Government's decision or the competent local public administration authority, as the case may be. (8) Before the start date of the activity provided in art. 6 6 para. (1), an expert evaluator specialized in the evaluation of real estate, member of the National Association of Evaluators of Romania, will draw up a report assessing the buildings subject to expropriation, for each administrative-territorial unit, on each category of use. The forest and agricultural land evaluation report will be prepared by an authorized assessor, agreed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development. ----------- Alin. ((8) of art. 4 4 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. IV of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 228 228 of 30 December 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 3 3 of 5 January 2009. (9) The evaluation report shall be drawn up in view of the expertise updated by the Chamber of Public Notaries, according to art. 77 ^ 1 para. (5) of the Fiscal Code, with subsequent amendments and completions. ----------- Alin. ((9) of art. 4 4 has been introduced by section 2 2 of art. IV of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 228 228 of 30 December 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 3 3 of 5 January 2009. ----------- Article 4 has been amended by section 4. 5 5 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 5 (1) Payment of compensation for buildings expropriated under the provisions of art. 4 4 para. ((1) shall be made on the basis of the requests made by the rightholders, as well as by any person justifying a legitimate interest. (2) The application for payment of damages shall contain the names and surnames of the holders of the real rights, the home address, the supporting documents regarding the existence of real rights on the expropriated immovable property. The application, together with the supporting documents, original and/or certified copies, will be submitted within 10 days from the date of bringing to public knowledge, by display at the premises of the local council within which the building of the tables provided for is located to art. 4 4 para. ((5). --------- Alin. ((2) of art. 5 5 has been amended by section 6 6 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. (3) Proof of ownership and other real rights to expropriated buildings shall be made by any means of proof permitted by law, including in the areas in which it applies Decree-Law no. 115/1938 for the unification of the provisions relating to land books, as amended, depending on how to acquire the rights-conventional, judicial, legal, succession, understanding by acquiring and constituting or reconstructing ownership under special laws. -------- Alin. ((3) of art. 5 5 has been amended by section 6 6 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. (4) If the holders of the real rights do not submit the application and/or the supporting documents, according to the provisions of par. (1) and (2), the expropriator will notify them the amounts proposed for the payment of compensation and will record them in an open bank account on behalf of the expropriate. The compensation will be issued under the present law. (5) If the compensation relating to the same building is required in the contest or in contradiction by several persons apparently entitled, the compensation will be recorded in the name of all, and will be divided according to the civil law. The compensation will be issued only to rightholders proven by genuine acts and/or final and irrevocable court decisions. Any disputes postpone the release of the recorded compensation, but do not suspend the transfer of ownership to the expropriator. -------- Alin. ((5) of art. 5 5 has been amended by section 6 6 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. (6) If the buildings to be expropriated are the subject of a succession, and the successors are not known or cannot present a certificate of heir, if the succession procedure is opened, the compensation will be recorded on account of Apparent heirs. In the event that the succession procedure is not open, a representative of the expropriator is entitled to request the opening of the succession, and the amount representing the compensation will be recorded in a separate account, on account of the heirs Appearances. The compensation will be issued only to the successors who will prove their quality with the certificate of heir or with the final and irrevocable court decision. --------- Alin. ((6) of art. 5 5 has been amended by section 6 6 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. ((6 ^ 1) By way of derogation from the provisions art. 21 21 para. ((5) of Law no. 10/2001 on the legal regime of some buildings improperly taken over from March 6, 1945 to December 22, 1989, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, the buildings for which restitution notifications were made will be expropriated in the conditions of this law or, as the case may be, transferred to the public domain of the state and to the administration of the National Highway and National Roads Company-S.A. the amount of compensation will be recorded in the name of the holder and of the person who made notification. If the property is in the public domain of the state or administrative-territorial units, it will be subject to transfer under the conditions Law no. 213/1998 on public property and its legal regime, with subsequent amendments and completions. In this case the person entitled to the refund will be compensated under the conditions Law no. 10/2001 , republished, with subsequent amendments and completions. -------- Alin. (6 ^ 1) of art. 6 6 has been introduced by section 7 7 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. (7) In the case of other contentious situations than those provided in par. (5) and (6), the amounts related to expropriation shall be recorded in the name of the persons in dispute, to be paid under the conditions of this law. ((8) If the holder or one of the holders of the real right, in the contest, does not agree with the established compensation, the amount representing the compensation shall be recorded in the name of the holder or, as the case may be, of the holders. The compensation will be issued on the basis of the request made in this regard, accompanied by authentic acts or by the final and irrevocable court decision establishing the amount of compensation or, as the case may be, the authentic declaration of acceptance of the amount of compensation provided for in the judgment establishing compensation. --------- Alin. ((8) of art. 6 6 has been introduced. 8 8 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. (9) The identification of buildings subject to expropriation, in dispute, will be made only in cadastral coordinates, in accordance with the provisions Law no. 7/1996 , republished. --------- Alin. ((9) of art. 6 6 has been introduced. 8 8 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 6 (1) Within 5 days from the date of entry into force of the Government decision, respectively from the date of publication of the decision of the local public administration authority, provided in art. 4 4 para. (1), the expropriator appoints a commission verifying the right of property or other real right under which the application was made and finds acceptance or, as the case may be, not accepting the amount of compensation by the owner or holders of other real rights to the property subject to expropriation. (. At the request of the commission referred to in paragraph (1), the applicant has the obligation to complete the submitted documentation on the status of holder of the real right for which he requests the compensation, within 15 days. Otherwise, the commission referred to in par. (1) will record the compensation in the name of the applicant, but its release will be made only on the date on which the applicant will prove his right under the conditions of this law. --------- Article 6 has been amended by section 6. 9 9 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 7 Determination of the amount of compensation issued under the conditions provided in art. 5 and 6 shall be communicated to the applicant, as well as to the other holders or, as the case may be, apparent holders, shall be displayed in the extract at the premises of the local council within which the expropriated property is located and in the extract, on its own website of the expropriator. --------- Article 7 has been amended by section 7. 10 10 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 8 No later than 90 days from the date of issue of the judgment establishing the amount of compensation, the expropriator shall make, by bank transfer or cash, the payment of compensation to the holders of real rights on expropriated buildings or their record, under the conditions of art. 5 5 para. ((4)-(8) and art. 6. --------- Article 8 has been amended by section 6.6. 11 11 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 9 (1) Expropriate dissatisfied with the amount of compensation recorded under the conditions of art. 5 5 para. ((4)-(8) and art. 6 6 para. (2) may be addressed to the competent court within 30 days from the date on which the decision establishing the amount of compensation was communicated to him, under penalty of forfeiture, without being able to challenge the transfer of ownership to the expropriator on the property subject to expropriation, and the exercise of the remedies does not suspend the effects of the decision establishing the amount of compensation, namely the transfer of the ownership of the land. (2) If the judgment has not been communicated, any person who considers himself entitled to compensation for the expropriation of the property may apply to the competent court, within 3 years from the date of display of the fixing the amount of compensation, under the conditions of art. 7, under penalty of decay. ((3) The action brought in accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be settled according to art. 21 21-27 of Law no. 33/1994 on expropriation for the cause of public utility, as regards the establishment of compensation. ----------- Alin. ((3) of art. 9 9 has been amended by section 3 3 of art. IV of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 228 228 of 30 December 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 3 3 of 5 January 2009. (4) I take exception to the provisions art. 21 21 para. ((5) of Law no. 10/2001 , republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, the situations in which the buildings are requested for expropriation in order to carry out public utility works on roads. In this case, the entitled persons will be assigned by the expropriator the legal compensation. (5) Both the expropriation procedure and the public utility works on the roads covered by this law cannot be suspended or stopped at the request of any person who invokes the existence of disputes regarding possession or property Expropriated property. ----------- Alin. ((5) of art. 9 9 has been amended by section 3 3 of art. IV of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 228 228 of 30 December 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 3 3 of 5 January 2009. ----------- Article 9 has been amended by section 6.6. 12 12 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 10 (1) Applications to the court for the establishment, in contradiction with the Romanian state or with the administrative-territorial units, as the case may be, of the right to compensation for expropriation and its amount are exempt from the judicial fee of stamp and are of the jurisdiction of the common law courts. ----------- Alin. ((1) of art. 10 10 has been amended by section 4 4 of art. IV of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 228 228 of 30 December 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 3 3 of 5 January 2009. (2) Provisions of para. (1) are not applicable to disputes having as their object the establishment of the right of property or of another right on buildings subject to expropriation. (3) The expenses necessary for the realization of the expertise to assess the amount of compensation due as a result of expropriation within the disputes provided in par. ((1) shall be advanced in accordance with the common law procedure. ----------- Alin. ((3) of art. 10 10 has been introduced by section 5 5 of art. IV of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 228 228 of 30 December 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 3 3 of 5 January 2009. -------- Article 11 was repealed by point (a). 14 14 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 12 (1) Legal acts ending after the date of communication of the judgment establishing the amount of compensation or after the date of payment or, as the case may be, of recording the amounts established as compensation, for the establishment or transfer of real rights having as object the buildings affected by expropriation, are hit by absolute nullity, except those who subsequently clarify the expropriation of the legal situation of the buildings, in the cases provided in art. 5 5 para. ((4)-(8) and art. 6 6 para. ((2) of this Law. ((2) As of the date of publication of the decision provided in 4 4 para. (1), the legal acts making the transition from extravilan to intravilan, as well as those through which the transition from the public domain into the private domain of the administrative units, regarding the buildings necessary to be expropriated, according to the feasibility study, are hit by absolute nullity. --------- Article 12 has been amended by section 4.2. 15 15 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 13 ^ 1 The removal, final or temporary, of the land necessary for road construction works of national, county and local interest from the agricultural circuit and from the national forest fund, respectively, is exempted from the payment of the taxes provided for art. 92 92 para. ((4) of the Land Fund Law no. 18/1991 , republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, respectively of taxes and other amounts due according to art. 33 33 para. ((3) lit. h), art. 36 36 para. ((2), art. 41 41 and 42 of Law no. 46/2008 --Forest code. --------- Article 13 ^ 1 was introduced by item 1. 17 17 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. --------- Article 14 has been repealed by art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 75 75 of 28 June 2007 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 443 443 of 29 June 2007. + Article 15 The transfer of buildings from private property to public property of the state or administrative units and in the administration of the expropriator operates by right on the date of payment of compensation for expropriation or, as the case may be, on the date their record, under the conditions of this law. --------- Article 15 has been amended by section 6.6. 18 18 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 16 The secretaries of the administrative-territorial units in which the buildings to be subject to expropriation are located, as well as the public notaries are obliged to communicate, within 5 days from the expropriator's request, the information on the opening of the proceedings. + Article 17 Services regarding registration, endorsement and reception of cadastral-legal documentation are exempt from the payment of taxes, and fees related to the intabulation procedure for the land necessary to carry out road construction works national, county and local interest, as well as any other taxes due to the state budget or local budgets are exempt from payment. --------- Article 17 has been amended by section 6.6. 19 19 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 18 The provisions of this Law shall be duly completed with the provisions Law no. 33/1994 , as well as those of the Civil Code and the Code of Civil Procedure, insofar as they do not provide otherwise. + Article 18 ^ 1 (1) Any opinions, agreements, permits or authorizations issued to third persons for buildings subject to expropriation from the date of approval by the National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising, through its territorial units, documentation Cadastral-legal are struck by absolute nullity. (2) Failure to issue within the deadlines established by the present law of urbanism certificates, opinions, agreements, permits and authorizations by the authorities in whose task the issue falls shall be sanctioned with a fine of between 5,000 lei and 10.000 10.000 lei. (3) The finding of contraventions and the application of fines shall be made by the prefect, in his capacity as public authority, representative of the Government locally. ((. The provisions of this Article shall be duly completed with the provisions of Government Ordinance no. 2/2001 on the legal regime of contraventions, approved with amendments and additions by Law no. 180/2002 , with subsequent amendments and completions. (5) If, due to the lack of an opinion, agreement, permit or authorization, the builders record delays in the execution of the works defined in art. 1, the amount of damages claimed by them will be borne by the institutions that are guilty of exceeding the deadlines set out in art. 3 3 para. ((5), (6) and (8). (6) The provision provided in par. ((5) shall also apply to the issue of an opinion, agreement, permit or authorization of third persons for buildings subject to expropriation. -------- Article 18 ^ 1 has been introduced by item 1. 20 20 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. + Article 19 Within 30 days of the entry into force of this law, the Ministry of Transport will develop the methodological norms for the implementation of this law, which will be approved by Government decision. --------- Article 19 has been amended by section 6.6. 21 21 of art. I of LAW no. 184 184 of 21 October 2008 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 740 740 of 31 October 2008. This law was adopted by the Senate at the meeting of April 1, 2004, in compliance with the provisions of art 76 76 para. (1) of the Romanian Constitution, republished. p. SENATE PRESIDENT, DORU IOAN TARACILA This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies at its meeting on May 4, 2004, in compliance with the provisions of 76 76 para. (1) of the Romanian Constitution, republished. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT VALER DORNEANU Bucharest, 25 May 2004. No. 198. -------