Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced on Wednesday three draft pieces of legislation aimed at simplifying the process of obtaining environmental permits, shortening the deadlines for fire-safety approvals issued by the Emergency Management Inspectorate (ISU), and easing the approval procedures for foreign investments.
The draft ordinances will enter the public consultation process starting next week, the prime minister said during a press conference at the Victoria Palace.
The first draft act targets the simplification of environmental permitting and cutting processing times.
"Deadlines will be substantially shortened so that the duration for obtaining environmental permits decreases, allowing companies to faster carry out their investments. For example, for a decision on whether a project requires or not an environmental impact assessment, the current deadline is 90 days. Under the proposal, that was also agreed with the Commission, the deadline will be reduced to 60 days," Bolojan said.
The second project, promoted by the Ministry of the Interior, aims to simplify the issuance of fire-safety authorizations and approvals issued by ISU.
"This means simplification, shorter deadlines, and standardization, so that the approval can be obtained in a maximum of 15 days and the authorization in a maximum of 30 days. Today, in some parts of the country, such as Bucharest, obtaining the approval takes months, which blocks investments and delays financing for companies," the prime minister explained.
The third package concerns simplifying the approval of foreign investments in Romania by reducing fees.
"It refers to the approval issued by the Commission for the Examination of Foreign Direct Investments (CEISD), for which the fees will be cut to half. Deadlines will also be halved, and the current threshold of 2 million euros requiring this approval will be raised to 5 million euros, so that we can reduce bureaucracy for major investments in Romania," Bolojan said.
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