The minister of development, public works and administration, Cseke Attila, on Tuesday stated in Reghin that the adoption of the reform in the procedure for approving public and private investments in Romania is the most important in the last 35 years.

„If you allow me I will give you some elements related to an important reform that we have regulated and that we are implementing during this period. It is about Government Emergency Ordinance 31/2025, which, from our point of view, is the most important reform in what concerns the procedure for approving public and private investments in Romania in the last 35 years. This ordinance established shorter deadlines, introduced very clear procedures, including with adjacent sanctions in case of failure to implement them, the tacit approval procedure, so that public and private investments in Romania can be carried out at an alert pace,” minister Cseke Attila told a press conference.

This decision was based on a series of relevant figures that determined the Ministry of Development to propose this regulatory act to the Government, so that investments would be boosted.

„For investments on Anghel Saligny, the average number of days elapsed from the urban planning certificate to the building permit – that is, the period in which the beneficiary, usually local or central authorities, must collect approvals from all institutions – is 507 days. So, one year and five months, on average, are spent at various state institutions or private operators. On the energy side, for example, where we have private operators and approval is also required from them, one year and five months, on average, are spent in the approval procedure on Anghel Saligny. But there are over 20% of these investments for which the average exceeds 700 days, which means over 2 years of being in the approval procedure alone” detailed Cseke Attila.

The Minister of Development emphasized that the Government agreed with this reform, which he considers „radical and sudden”, but which the investment system in Romania and all beneficiaries need.

„What we want is to make the approving institutions accountable. State institutions or private institutions must do their duty within these deadlines,” he mentioned Cseke Attila.

This ordinance, the minister added, comes with procedures through which PUGs [General Urbanistic Plan] will be approved in six months.

„Our objective and that of the Government is to hold state institutions accountable, to put them to work, to eliminate bureaucracy. Tacit approval is a sanction, everyone in these approving institutions must understand this. We do not want to have many tacit approvals in this procedure. The objective is to hold and give approvals as quickly as possible, but if this does not happen with the passage of the respective deadlines, then tacit approval will intervene, because we cannot stay in these procedures for years. Obviously, with the accountability of everyone who has done or has not done their duty,” emphasised Cseke Attila.

AGERPRES