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Law No. 28 Of 19 December 1969 On The Activity Of Scientific Research In The Socialist Republic Of Romania

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 28 din 19 decembrie 1969 privind organizarea activităţii de cercetare ştiinţifică în Republica Socialistă România

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LEGE no. 28 28 of 19 December 1969 on the organization of scientific research in the Socialist Republic of Romania
ISSUER GREAT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 148 148 of 19 December 1969



+ Article 1 The achievement of the program of multilateral development of our socialist society determines the continued growth of the role of science, a decisive factor of economic and social progress. In all branches of science, fundamental and applied research must develop in the direction of a well-defined purpose-meeting the general needs of society. The activity of scientific research, both fundamental and applied, must end with a high social efficiency, contribute to the development of the material base of socialism, to the raising of the spiritual level of the people. + Article 2 In the Socialist Republic of Romania, the scientific research activity is carried out on the basis of the directives of the Romanian Communist Party, under the direct rule of state bodies. Scientific research is organized in relation to the requirements of economic and social development, in units of ministries, economic centers, plants, enterprises, of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, of the academies of sciences, in units of higher education, as well as other state institutions. + Article 3 The network of scientific research units consists of: institutes and research centers, plants with research activity, experimental resorts, as well as research compartments from units with other basic activity. In higher education, the research activity is carried out by the chairs, centers and research resorts. The units in the scientific research network shall be established by decisions of the Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the central bodies concerned. + Article 4 The research units are designed to organize and perform the scientific activity, corresponding to the current and prospective needs of the national economy and the social-cultural development of the country. The institutes and research centres in the production of material goods sector carry out research work related to the development and modernization of production in the branches for which they operate. These research units execute experiments and provide scientific and technical assistance to productive units, for the practical application of research results. The usual laboratories, as well as the experimental resorts, mainly carry out the application of the research results and the improvement of the production processes within the economic units. Institutes and centres in the social-cultural sector, the chairs and research units in higher education carry out scientific research work aimed at contributing to the development of productive branches of the national economy, to progress science and culture. + Article 5 The research units shall operate on the basis of the tasks established by the Ministries, the economic plants, the combined, the undertakings and the institutions to which they belong, in accordance with the development programmes of those sectors, approved by the higher party and state bodies. + Article 6 The scientific research activity is carried out on the basis of plan. The plan of each research unit is developed and debated by the scientific council and approved by the respective tutelary body. When establishing the research topics, the scientific councils will start from the provisions of the annual and prospective plans on the development of that branch. To this end, they will address-with priority-themes and works directly related to solving major production problems, developing new products and technologies, raising the technical and qualitative level of products, increasing overall efficiency of the work carried out in the areas of which they belong In the orientation of the scientific research activity will ensure a greater development of research related to those branches or areas for which our economy has natural resources, as well as research that, according to trends Contemporary technique, open the perspective of the implementation of new useful mineral substances and new raw materials existing in our country. The tasks of scientific research and the valorisation of research results are part of the state plan. From the totality of these tasks, the themes that are of particular importance for the economic, social, cultural and scientific activity of the country will be nominated. In the annual activity plan of the units that are part of the research network, works intended to meet their own scientific needs can also be introduced. These works will be affected up to 10% of the annual time fund. + Article 7 Issues of particular importance for economic and social development, as well as those whose resolution requires the concentration of forces from different branches and fields of science and technique, enroll in priority research programs, which are draw up by the National Council of Scientific Research, ministries and other central bodies and approved by the Council of Ministers. The research tasks contained in the priority programmes shall be nominated in the State plan. + Article 8 Scientific research units operate in economic mode. Institutes and scientific research centres shall be organised-as the case may be-on the principle of own economic management or internal economic management. The tasks contained in the activity plans of the research units are carried out by concluding contracts with state and cooperative organizations, popular councils, ministries and other central state bodies. Research shall be considered to be concluded only after its application in production and the achievement of expected results. + Article 9 For some institutes and research centres in the branches of mathematical, physical and chemical sciences, social-humanities, medical, biological, geographical, established by decisions of the Council of Ministers, which can still operate in budgetary regime, the central supervisory bodies will take measures to ensure that part of the research activity is carried out on the basis of contracts. Also, in higher education will intensify the conduct of scientific research activity on the basis of contracts. + Article 10 The beneficiary organizations shall conclude contracts with the research units within the funds provided by the regulations in force. The beneficiary organisations may also conclude research contracts to be financed from the very economies that will be obtained by applying the results of this research. Ministries, other central bodies and popular councils can conclude contracts, as beneficiaries, for the execution of complex research of a general nature and for research that is part of the priority programmes, within the limits of the funds made available through the state plan and budget. + Article 11 The value of the scientific research works provided for in the contract is determined on the basis of deviz, in which a share of benefit is also included. The benefit made by the scientific research units is distributed for the payments to the state budget, the development of the technical-material basis, the granting of pardons and for other destinations established by legal provisions. + Article 12 All the obligations of the parties will be provided for in the contracts, regarding the conduct of research and To this end, the research units will ensure directly or through cooperation: a) the design and execution of pilot installations, prototypes and experimental models; b) preparation of the documentation necessary for industrial valorization (norms, data and technological drawings, manufacturing recipes, instructions for industrial design of technological processes); c) works for the design, execution and commissioning of investments; d) scientific and technical assistance for the introduction of research results into production; e) other works specific to the respective research field. + Article 13 The ministries, the other central bodies, the popular councils, the economic plants, as well as the units subordinated to them, the beneficiaries of the results of the scientific research activity, have the obligation to create the conditions necessary for the proper the research process. To this end they will ensure: a) making available to the research units, the information and means necessary for carrying out the research, according to the obligations assumed by the contracts; b) the close cooperation between the design and execution personnel of the beneficiary organizations and that of the research units; c) creation, in economic units, of test conditions-at pilot or semi-industrial level-of research results. The ministries, the other central bodies, the public councils, the economic plants and their subordinate units shall be responsible for the rapid recovery of the research and the introduction into practice of the results obtained immediately after the approval. Ministries and other central bodies have the task of generalizing throughout the country the application of research concluded with positive results. These organs also respond to the exploitation abroad of the results of Romanian scientific research. + Article 14 Scientific research units in the Socialist Republic of Romania may conclude contracts for carrying out research works in scientific and technical cooperation actions, with research units or similar organizations in the countries Socialist or other countries. Also, the Romanian research units can provide research, technical and scientific assistance, as well as any other works specific to their field of activity, for partners from other countries respecting the legal provisions in vigor. + Article 15 Depending on the results obtained, the staff in the research activity is materially stimulated through annual gratification and awards. At the same time, the staff in the research activity respond materially for the way they fulfill their obligations in carrying out the research process and capitalizing on the results obtained. + Article 16 The system of contracts, the way of financing and the use of funds, the benefit rates and their distribution, the amount and the way of granting pardons and prizes, as well as the amount of penalties for the non-realisation of research tasks and capitalizing on the results obtained, shall be determined by the decision of the Council of Ministers. + Article 17 The selection, improvement and promotion of research frameworks are made according to the provisions of the scientific staff status. + Article 18 Ministries, other central bodies, economic plants, combined and subordinate units are responsible for the full use of the material base of the research units, as well as the efficient use of scientific frameworks. To this end, they will ensure the concentration of research forces towards issues of particular importance for productive and social activity, the corresponding grouping of institutes and centres, their unification according to profile, improvement continue their structure, according to the needs of the economy and culture. All research units will take measures for good management of investments, as well as funds made as a result of the fulfillment of contractual obligations, paying special attention to the widening of the material base on the way of self-endowment. + Article 19 In application of the provisions of this law, the National Council of Scientific Research will follow: a) the orientation of scientific potential towards solving problems of particular importance for economic and social activity; b) the rational use of the material base, the more efficient use of scientific potential, the improvement of the network of research units; c) to capitalize as quickly as possible in the production of the results obtained and to generalize their introduction into the economy; d) the way of carrying out the provisions of this law and of the other normative provisions elaborated under it. + Article 20 This Law shall enter into force on 1 March 1970. On the same date, all the provisions of this law are repealed. ------------