​Central

The central government is responsible for:

• The legislative framework;
• Strategy;
• Elaborating economic policy in the field of transport, infrastructure communication and administrates the financial resources;
• Elaborating and implements the policies in the field of transport, infrastructure and communication (manages and implements infrastructure projects);
• Exercising the rights and obligations of the state as shareholder in the national and commercial companies that are under its authority, until the end of the privatisation process;
• Organisation and development of scientific research and data in the field of transport;
• International obligations in the field of transport (concluding conventions, representing state interest, promoting the economy, coordinating the technical assistance programmes provided by international organisations);
• Signing, on behalf of the state, contracts with the national company that administrates the rail transport as well as with the national/commercial companies that provide public transport; and
• Providing health insurance for the personnel (including family members, retired persons) and the one of commercial companies dealing with transport.
• Establishes the regional organization of road, rail, naval and air transport;
• Encourages regional and local development, as well as private sector and promotes public-private partnership in its field of activity;
• Ensures at national level the tasks of the Bureau on communications infrastructure, in compliance with the recommendations of the European Union;
• Compiles and monitors the implementation of the strategy for the development of intelligent communities (SMART CITY) in Romania;

Regional

The Counties are responsible for:

Own competencies: Art 22 of Framework Law n°195/2006 on decentralisation, revised by GEO no. 42/2016):

• Management of local airports.

Shared powers of the County with the central public administration authorities (Article 26 of the Framework Law n°195/2006 on decentralisation, revised by GEO no. 42/2016):

• Management of road infrastructure of County interest.

Local

The Municipalities (Cities), Towns and Communes are responsible for:

Own competencies (Article 21 of Framework Law n°195/2006 on decentralisation, revised by GEO no. 42/2016):

• Management of road infrastructure of local interest; and
• Local public passenger transport.

Shared competencies between Municipalities (Cities), Towns and Communes and the central public administration authorities (Article 24 Framework Law n°195/2006 on decentralisation, revised by GEO no. 42/2016):

• Management of road infrastructure of local interest at commune level.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communication

Sources

Constitution of Romania of 8 December 1991 amended, published in the Romanian Official Gazette Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 233 of 21 November 1991.

Framework Law no. 195/2006 on decentralisation, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 453 of 25 May 2006, revised.

Law N°215/2001 of Local Public Administration, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 204 of 23 April 2001, as subsequently amended; last modified February 2007.

Law no. 315/2004 on regional development in Romania, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 577 of 29 June 2004, revised.

Law no. 340/2004 on the institution of the prefect, consolidated version published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 225 of 24 March 2008 revised.

Government Emergency Ordinance GEO no. 42/2016, published in the Romanian Official Gazette (Monitorul Oficial al României)  no. 492 of June, 30, 2016.

Framework Law no 90/2020 concerning the organisation of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communication, published Romanian Official Gazette, no 127, of 19 February 2020