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Law No. 267 Of 16 June 2004 On Agricultural Merit Order And Medal Of Agricultural Merit

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 267 din 16 iunie 2004 privind Ordinul Meritul Agricol şi Medalia Meritul Agricol

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LEGE no. 267 267 of 16 June 2004 (* updated *) on the Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal ((updated until 26 July 2007 *)
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---------- *) The initial text was published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE no. 609 609 of 6 July 2004. This is the updated form of S.C. "" Territorial Center of Electronic Computing " S.A. Piatra-Neamt until July 26, 2007, with the modifications and additions made by LAW no. 233 233 of 6 July 2007 . The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 The Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal, provided for art. 7 lit. A and B of Law no. 29/2000 on the national system of decorations of Romania, with subsequent amendments and completions, are part of the category of civil decorations on fields of activity. + Article 2 (1) The Order of Agricultural Merit is a decoration that can be granted to Romanian or foreign citizens, with special merits in the fields: agriculture, food industry, forestry, water and environmental protection, in teaching and research scientific or who have contributed to the collection of links between specialized institutions abroad and those in Romania. (2) The Agricultural Merit Medal is a decoration that can be awarded to Romanian or foreign citizens, with meritorious results in the fields: agriculture, food industry, forestry, water and environmental protection, in teaching and research scientific. (3) National Institutes, autonomous regions, national agencies and specialized public institutions in the country or abroad can be exceptionally decorated with the Order of Agricultural Merit. + Article 3 (1) The Order of Agricultural Merit is presented in two forms with equal hierarchical value: insignia and rosette. (2) The sign of the Order of Agricultural Merit presents itself in the form of a cross of Malta, made of silver, enameled green, having on the obverse, applied on the arms of the cross, an open crown, oval, made of metal, consisting of wheat ears and from Oak leaves with acorns. Central, the coat of arms of Romania stamped in metal is applied. + Article 4 (1) The Agricultural Merit Medal is presented in one form: the mark. (2) The mark of the Agricultural Merit Medal is a circular piece, with slightly elevated border, made of tombac, having rendered on the obverse the insignia of the order. + Article 5 The regulations on the description and the way of granting the Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal, for each degree or class, as well as the drawn model are provided in Annexes no. 1 1-4 which are an integral part of this law. + Article 6 (1) The Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal shall be conferred by the President of Romania by decree, based on the proposals for individual decoration, formulated according to art. 4 4 para. ((2) lit. c) of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions, by the relevant ministers and the heads of the competent public institutions, for the persons in their fields of activity. (2) The nominal proposals for the conferment of the Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal are endorsed by the Chancellery of Orders, in accordance with art. 5 5 of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. (3) The President of Romania may confer the Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal and on his own initiative, in the proportion of 1% of the total number established by law, for each degree or class of each decoration, except for the degree of Great Officer, according to art. 4 4 para. ((3) of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. + Article 7 (1) The distribution of the maximum number of decorations on the Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal, which is granted annually, is carried out by the Chancellery of Orders, within the limits of vacant places. (2) For the first year after the entry into force of this law, a maximum of 15% of the number of decorations for each grade and class can be conferred. + Article 8 (1) The Order of Agricultural Merit is limited to a maximum of 8,600 members. (2) The national institutes, the autonomous regions, the national agencies and the specialized public institutions, to which the Order of Agricultural Merit was awarded, do not enter the number provided in par. ((1). (3) Foreign citizens or specialized institutions abroad, to whom the Order of Agricultural Merit was awarded, do not enter the number provided in par. ((1). + Article 9 The Order of Agricultural Merit includes 4 degrees. The hierarchy in descending order is as follows: a) Great Officer; b) Commander; c) Officer; d) Knight. + Article 10 The Agricultural Merit Medal includes 3 classes. The hierarchy in descending order is as follows: a) Class I; b) Class II; c) Third grade. + Article 11 (1) The Agricultural Merit Medal may be granted unlimited for classes III and II and is limited to 6,000 members for Class I. (2) The agricultural merit medal class I, conferred on foreign citizens, does not enter the number provided in par. ((1). + Article 12 (1) The Atesting of the Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal is made by a patent, in accordance with art. 24 24 of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. (2) The brevets for the Order of Agricultural Merit are validated, for the ranks of Knight and Officer, through the paraphernalia of the President of Romania, and for the ranks of Commander and Grand Officer, by the autograph signature of the President of Romania. Patents for all grades are countersigned autographed by the relevant minister and the chancellor of the orders, according to art. 26 lit. b) of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. (3) Brevets for the Agricultural Merit Medal are validated, for classes III and II, through the paraphernalia of the competent minister and the signature of the chancellor of the orders, and for the first class, by the signature of the competent minister and the signature of the chancellor orders, in accordance with art. 28 28 of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. + Article 13 Members of the Agricultural Merit Order, regardless of the degree they have, are appointed Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit. + Article 14 (1) The Day of the Order of Agricultural Merit is celebrated on April 18, the date of the first institution of the order, in 1932. (2) On the occasion of the Day of the Order of Agricultural Merit, the relevant ministries and the other public institutions empowered to make proposals for decoration organize, with the support of the Chancellery of Orders, the meeting of the Knights of the Order of Agricultural + Article 15 Persons decorated with the Order of Agricultural Merit Grades of Commander and Grand Officer, if the award of the order was not made directly by the head of state, may request, through the Chancellery of Orders, the right to be received in the audience at President of Romania to thank him personally. Depending on the schedule of the President of Romania, the Chancellery of Orders will organize the personal or group audience of the decorated. + Article 16 (1) The quality of the Order of the Agricultural Merit may be lost under the conditions laid down in art. 52 52 of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. (2) For the adjudication of dishonorable acts, which prejudge the members of the order, other than those that led to the conviction of the members of the Order of Agricultural Merit to a custodial sentence by judicial decision remaining final, an honorary council shall be constituted, in accordance with art. 53 53 of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. + Article 17 (1) The Honorary Council of the Order of Agricultural Merit is composed of 5 members, as follows: a member of the ranks of Knight, Officer and Commander and two members of the rank of Grand Officer. The president of the board of honor will, as a rule, be the oldest member in the rank of Grand Officer. (2) The Board of Honor shall be constituted or shall be elected on the occasion of the Day of the Order of Agricultural Merit, within 5 years, by the Knights of this Order (3) May be re-elected, for a new period, 3 of the members of the honorary council, of which at least one of the lower ranks. (4) The relevant ministries will provide adequate spaces for the activity of the honorary council. + Article 18 (1) The Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit may signal to the council of honor acts committed by other members of the order, considered to bring moral damage to them. (2) As a result of the complaint, the honorary council and the accused person shall be convened, within a maximum of 30 days from the referral. (3) The Knights of the Order may also signal directly to the Chancellery of the Orders acts committed by other members of the order, considered to be of moral prejudice As a result of the referral, the Chancellery of Orders convenes the honorary council and the accused person, within a maximum of 45 days of the referral. (4) If the accused person does not present himself at the fixed term, the honorary council shall summon it to another term, and in the case of non-submission and the second time, the case will be tried in absentia. (5) The Board of Honor deliberates and decides after the investigation of the case, but no later than 60 days after the first meeting for the respective case. withdrawal of decoration. (6) The withdrawal of the decorations is made by decree signed by the President of Romania, at the proposal of the Chancellery of the Orders art. 59 59 of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. + Article 19 The Honorary Council of the Order of Agricultural Merit also judges the dishonorable facts of the persons decorated with the Agricultural Merit Medal. In this case, the board of honor are co-opted for the case in the present case and two holders of the medal, who will have the right to vote deliberatively, according to the provisions art. 55 55 para. ((1) of Law no. 29/2000 , with subsequent amendments and completions. + Article 20 The amounts necessary to make the marks, rosettes, patents and boxes of the decorations of the Order of Agricultural Merit and the Agricultural Merit Medal are provided annually from the state budget through the budget of the Presidential Administration. 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. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT VALER DORNEANU SENATE PRESIDENT NICOLAE VACAROIU Bucharest, June 16, 2004. No. 267. + Annex 1 Regulation 16/06/2004 + Annex 2 Regulation 16/06/2004 + Annex 3 NOTE C.T.C.E. PIATRA NEAMT -------------------------- The drawn model of the Order of Agricultural Merit, is found in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 609 609 of 7 July 2004 on pages 6-8. ((see associated image) * *) According to section 11 11 of art. II of LAW no. 233 233 of 6 July 2007 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 490 of July 23, 2007 is repealed the Funda comic models for female persons, the rank of Knight, Funda for female persons, the rank of Officer in Annex no. 3. + Annex 4 NOTE C.T.C.E. PIATRA NEAMT -------------------------- The drawn model of the Agricultural Merit Medal, is found in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 609 609 of 7 July 2004 on page 9. ((see associated image) * *) According to section 11 11 of art. II of LAW no. 233 233 of 6 July 2007 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 490 of 23 July 2007 the model drawn Funda for female persons at the Agricultural Merit Medal in Annex no. 4 -------------