Primary legislation
Laws, Governmental Decision and Governmental Emergency Ordinances
Laws
Energy Law no 13/2007 published in the O.G. no 51/23.01.2007
- The goal of the Energy law is to create an appropriate legal framework to regulate the activities of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electrical and thermal energy produced in cogeneration, taking into account the satisfaction of public and private interests, according to market economy principles.
Law no 33/1994 related to the expropriation for public utilities reason published in the O.G. no 199/2.06.1994
Competition Law no 21/1996, published in the O.G. no 88/30.04.1996 as subsequently amended and completed
Law no 14/1997 for the ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty and the Energy Charter Protocol concerning energy efficiency and the environmental related aspects, concluded in Lisbon on December 17th, 1994, published in the O.G. no 26/ 18.02.1997
Law no 213/1998 concerning public property and its legal regime, published in the O.G. no 448/ 24.11.1998, as subsequently amended and completed
Law no 199/2000 concerning the efficient use of energy, published in the O.G. no 577/ 17.11.2000, as subsequently amended
Law no 570/2004 regarding some measures for the privatisation of the commercial companies of electricity distribute and supply electricity Electrica Dobrogea-SA and Electrica Banat-SA, as well as some measures for the regulation of the activities carried out by the commercial companies in the electricity distribution field, published in the O.G. no 1198/15.12.2004
Government Decisions
GD no 90/2008 concerning the approval of the Guideline related to the use of electrical networks of public interest, published in the O.G. no 109/12.02.2008. The guideline sets forth the stages and procedures required for the connection of the users to the electrical networks of public inters and it is applied in the relations between the network operators or other owners of electrical networks of public interest and:
- The users requesting the connection to the electricity network of a new generation/ consumption place;
- The users requesting the change in the installation via which an existing generation/ consumption place is connected to the network;
- The users whose existing generation/ consumption places have their characteristic technical energetic/ administrative elements changed.
GD no 365/1998 concerning the foundation of the National Company of Electricity SA, of the National Company "Nuclearelectrica"- SA and of the Autonomous Administration of Nuclear Activities, through the reorganisation of the Autonomous Administration of Electricity "Renel", published in the O.G. no 246/ 03.07.1998, as subsequently amended and completed
GD no 553/2007 regarding the amendment and completion of the Guideline for the granting of licenses and authorisations in the energy sector, approved by the GD no 540/2004 published in the O.G. no 404/15.06.2007
The guideline sets forth:
- The general terms related to the granting of authorisations and licenses that fall on the competence of the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority;
- The procedure for the application and granting of authorisations and licenses;
- The terms according to which the granted authorisations or licenses are amended;
- The cases in which the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority may decide upon the temporary suspension or the invalidity of the granted authorisations or licenses;
- The obligations of the applicants, the license/ authorisation holders respectively, concerning the payment of fees for the granting or amendment of authorisations/ licenses as well as of the annual contributions charged by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority.
GD no 138/2000 related to the restructuring programmed in the electrical and thermal energy sector, published in the O.G. no 89/ 28.02.2000;
GD no 627/2000 related to the reorganisation of the National Company for Electricity - SA, published in the O.G. no 357/ 31.07.2000, as subsequently amended and completed
GD no 410/2007 that approves the Guideline for the organisation and operation of the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority, published in the O.G. no 337/18.05.2007
GD no 857/2002 related to the reorganisation of the Commercial Company of Electricity Generation "Hidroelectrica"- SA, published in the O.G. no 632/27.08.2002
GD no 1524/2002 related to the reorganisation of the Commercial Company of Electrical and Thermal energy Generation "Termoelectrica"- SA and the operation of certain commercial companies in the energy sector, published in the O.G. no 6/09.01.2003
GD no 273/2003 related to the foundation of certain subsidiaries, commercial companies for repair works and services with the Commercial Company of Electrical and Thermal energy Generation "Termoelectrica"- SA, published in the O.G. no 204/28.03.2003
GD no 890/2003 related to the approval of the privind aprobarea Foii de parcurs din domeniul energetic din România, published in the O.G. no 581/14.08.2003
GD no 1580/2003 related to the reorganisation of the Commercial Company of Electrical and Thermal energy Generation "Termoelectrica"- SA – the "Electrocentrale Galaţi" branch and the foundation of the Commercial Company "Electrocentrale Galaţi"- SA, a subsidiary of the related to the reorganisation of the Commercial Company of Electrical and Thermal energy Generation "Termoelectrica"- SA, published in the O.G. no 1/05.01.2004
GD no 1007/2004 that approves the Guideline for electricity supply to customers, published in the O.G. no 673/27.07.2004
The guideline sets forth:
- The relations between the electricity supplier and the customer, between the customer and another customer fed from his installations, as well as the similar relations of the supplier with the transmission and distribution system operators related to the development of the electricity supply contract.
Download electricity supply contract.
HGD no 638 /2007 related to the full opening of the electricity and natural gas markets, published in the O.G. no 427/ 27.06.2007.
GD no 425/1994 that approves the Guideline for the supply and use of thermal energy, published in the O.G. no 238/ 26.08.1994, amended through the GD no 168/2000, published in the O.G. no 115/16.03.2000
GEO
GEO no 124/2001 related to the foundation, organisation and operation of the Romanian Fund for Energy Efficiency, published in the O.G. no 644/ 15.10.2001, approved under Law no 287/2002
GEO no 5/2003 related to the grating of financial support for house heating, as well as certain facilities offered to the population for the thermal energy payment, published in the O.G. no 119/25.02.2003, as subsequently amended and completed.
GEO no 89/26.08.2004 related to some measures for the efficient constitution and use of revenues with special purposes in the energy sector, published in the O.G. no 799/30.08.2004
GEO no 36/2.08.2006 related to the application of local reference prices for the thermal energy supplied to the population via centralised systems, published in the O.G. no 692/14.08.2006
GEO no 33/4.05.2007 related to the amendment and completion of the Energy Law no 13/2007 and the Gas law no 351/2004.
Directives
- Directive no 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and Council related to the common rules applicable on the internal energy market.
- Council Directive no 90/377/EEC related to the Community’s procedure for the improvement of the electricity price transparency.
- Directive no 90/547/EEC European Parliament and Council related to the electricity transit via transmission networks.
- Directive no 2004/8/CE European Parliament and Council related to promoting cogeneration.