The draft Urbanism Code – the Major Reforms regarding the Building Permits Require Legislative Accuracy

27 April 2023

The proposed reforms regarding the Code of land planning, urbanism, and constructions – the Urbanism Code – are substantial and potentially useful. However, for successfully implementing such reforms, additional legal accuracy is required, according to an analysis by the law firm PeliPartners.

The draft law entered parliamentary debate in April 2023. The topic of permitting construction works has been one of the most active areas in the last 20 years from a legislative point of view – since its second republication in 2004, Law no. 50/1991 regarding permitting the execution of construction works underwent not less than 51 changes. Therefore, preparing a unitary legal framework addressing the practical problems is a challenge.

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