Translation from Romanian:

Law No. 10 of 18 January, 1995 (*updated*)

Regarding Quality in Constructions
(updated prior to 12 December 2002*)
Issued by: PARLIAMENT
----------*) The initial text was published in Monitorul Oficial No. 12 of 24 January 1995. This is the form
updated by S.C. "Territorial Data Processing Center" S.A. Piatra Neamt prior to 12 November
2002, as amended by: Resolution No. 498 of 24 May 2001; Law No. 587 of 29 October 2002.
The Parliament of Romania hereby adopts this law.
CHAPTER I
Article 1
General Provisions
The quality of constructions is the result of all their performance parameters under operation in
order to meet, during their entire existence, the requirements of users and communities. The
requirements regarding the quality of installations and technological production equipment shall be
established and fulfilled based on regulations that are specific to each field of activity.
Article 2
This laws provisions shall be applicable to any category of construction and their afferent
installations - irrespective of their form of property or scope (hereinafter called constructions) and to
the upgrading, alteration, transformation, strengthening or remedial works.
The one level and two level buildings and their annexes located in the rural environment and in the
villages belonging to cities or towns and also the temporary constructions shall be excepted.
Article 3
This law shall establish the quality system in constructions, with the purpose of entailing the
accomplishment and exploitation of constructions having an appropriate quality, to protect people's
life, their assets, society and environment.

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Article 4
The quality system in construction shall be applied differently according to the importance
categories of constructions, according to the applicable regulations and procedures for each part of
the system.
Constructions shall be classified by categories of importance according to their complexity,
destination, manner of use, risk degree in respect of safety, and also according to economic
considerations.
Article 5
To obtain constructions having an appropriate quality, the following requirements shall be achieved
and maintained, during the entire lifetime of constructions:
a)

resistance and stability;

b)

safety in operation;

c)

fire-proofing;

d)

hygiene, people's health, environmental protection and rehabilitation;

e)

thermal insulation, waterproofing and energy saving;

f)

protection against noise.

Article 6
The obligations provided by the precedent article shall be observed by the parties involved in
creation, achievement and operation of constructions and in their post-use, according to each
partys responsibilities.
Such parties are: investors, researchers, designers, design checkers, manufacturers and suppliers
of constructions products, constructors, owners, users, technical responsible entities charged with
the execution, technical experts and the public authorities and professional associations.

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Article 7
In the concluded contracts or, as the case may be, in the issued instructions or licenses, the parties
provided by Art. 6 shall be bound to include clauses regarding the quality level in constructions
according to the requirements, as well as material guarantees and other provisions that are meant
to support the accomplishment of such clauses.
Contracts shall not, under any circumstances, refer to quality levels and requirements that are
inferior to regulations in force, regarding the requirements provided by Art. 5.
CHAPTER II
Quality System in Constructions
Article 8
The quality system in constructions represents the assembly of organization structures,
responsibilities, regulations, procedures and means that concur to the achieving of the quality in
constructions throughout all stages of their design, performance, operation and post-use.
Article 9
The quality system in construction includes:
a)

technical regulations in constructions;

b)

quality of products used for the execution of constructions;

c)

technical agreements for new products and procedures;

d)

checking of designs, performance of works and expert appraisal of designs and

constructions;

e)

management and insurance of the quality in constructions;

f)

authorization and certification of trial tests laboratories for construction activities;

g)

metrology activities in constructions;

Translation from Romanian:

h)

taking over of construction works;

i)

behavior under exploitation and interventions in due course of time;

j)

post-use of constructions;

k)

State quality control in constructions.

Article 10
Technical specifications shall be settled through regulations and procedures and have as their
object the conception, calculation and structure, execution and use of constructions. Technical
specifications are meant to settle, primarily, a minimum level of quality requirements in
constructions, products and procedures used in constructions and also the means for their
assessment and verification.
Article 11
The certification of the quality of products used in constructions shall be carried out by producers
care, in compliance with the methodology and procedures provided by law.
For construction works, it shall be forbidden to use products that are not certified from the quality
point of view, as they should ensure a quality level in compliance with the requirements.
Article 12
The technical agreements for new products, procedures and equipments in constructions shall
establish, as provided hereby, their suitability for use, conditions of manufacturing, transport,
storage, use and maintenance.
For the construction works that have to ensure a quality level according to the requirements,
traditional products, procedures and equipments shall be used, as well as new ones, for which
appropriate technical agreements exists.

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Article 13
The checking of designs for construction works, as regards the observance of technical
specifications regarding requirements, shall be carried out only by certified specialists, design
checkers, others than the specialists that designed the project.
It shall be forbidden to implement designs and working drawings that have not been checked as
provided by the previous paragraph.
The checking of the quality of constructions execution shall be compulsory, and such checking
shall be performed by investors through specialized site managers or specialized consultancy
companies.
The technical appraisals of the designs and constructions shall only be performed by certified
technical experts.
Article 14
The management and assurance of quality in constructions represents an obligation to be
observed by all parties participating in the creation, performance and operation of constructions
and involve an adequate strategy and specific measures in order to guarantee their quality. The
economic units that carry out construction works shall ensure the proper level of quality in
compliance with the requirements through their own personnel and certified technical inspectors of
the execution and through their own conceived and implemented system.
Article 15
The certification and license of trials and tests laboratories shall be carried out in compliance with
the legal provisions.
Article 16
The performance of metrology activities in constructions shall be carried out in compliance with the
legal provisions regarding calibration, review and maintenance in operation of measuring and
control devices used in such domain.

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Article 17
The taking over of the construction works represents the certification of their completion through
direct assessment, in compliance with the working drawings and the documents included in the
technical book of the construction.
The technical book of the construction includes the working drawings and a set of documents
regarding its performance and operation. It is elaborated by the care of the investor and shall be
submitted to the owner of construction, who is bound to keep and to update it; the provisions of the
technical book of the construction regarding its operation are compulsory for both owner and user.
The taking over of the constructions works shall be carried out by the investor - owner, in the
presence of the designer and the contractor and/or their specialized representatives, duly
appointed thereby.
Article 18
The constructions behavior during exploitation shall be observed throughout their entire duration of
use and shall include all the activities regarding direct assessment or investigation by specific
observation and measuring devices, in order to maintain the requirements.
Interventions on existing constructions include reconstruction, consolidation, transformation,
extension, partial demolition works, as well as repairs works that shall be performed only based on
a design endorsed by the initial designer of the building or on a technical appraisal made by a
certified technical expert, and shall compulsorily be recorded in the technical book of the
construction.
Article 19
The post-use of constructions includes the disassembling, dismantling and demolition of
constructions, rehabilitation and re-use of recyclable items and products, as well as re-cycling of
wastes with assurance of environmental protection according to the applicable legislation.
Article 20
The State control for quality in constructions includes inspections of investors, design, execution,
exploitation and post-use units, in order to identify the existence and observance of the quality
system in constructions.

Translation from Romanian:

The State control for the quality in constructions shall be carried out by State Inspectorates in
constructions, public works, town planning and national and regional development, which is
responsible for carrying out State inspections of the unitary application of the legal provisions
regarding quality in constructions.
CHAPTER III
Obligations and Liabilities
Section 1
Investors' Obligations and Liabilities
Article 21
Investors are legal or natural entities that finance and invest or intervene in the existent
constructions as provided by law and have the following main obligations regarding quality in
constructions:
a)

to establish the quality level to be accomplished through design and execution based on
the technical regulations and the performed studies and investigations;

b)

to obtain all the approvals and licenses provided by law and of the construction
authorization;

c)

to ensure the checking of the designs by specialized and certified design checkers;

d)

to ensure the checking of the correct execution of the constructions through

specialized site managers or specialized consultants, throughout the entire duration
of the works;

e)

to act in order to solve non-conformities or defects that may arise during the performance
of the works, as well as design deficiencies;

f)

to ensure the reception of construction works upon completion of works and

expiration of the warranty period;

g)

to draw up the technical book of the construction and to hand it over to the owner;

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h)

make the expert appraisal of the constructions by certified technical experts, if such
constructions are performed as per article 18, paragraph 2 hereof.

Section 2
Designers Obligations and Liabilities
Article 22
Construction designers shall be liable for fulfilling the following main obligations concerning quality
in constructions:
a)

to establish, by the design, the importance category of the construction;

b)

to ensure, by designs and working drawings, a quality level in compliance with the
requirements, with the observance of the technical specifications and contractual
clauses;

c)

to submit the elaborated designs to specialized and certified design checkers

appointed by the investor, as well as to find solutions for identified non-conformities
and discrepancies;

d)

to issue tender dossiers, technical instructions regarding the performance of

works,
operation, maintenance and repairs, and, as the case may be, projects for the
supervision of constructions in time. The documents regarding the post-use of the
constructions shall only be issued upon owner's request;

e)

to establish, by design, the performance stages established for the works in

compliance with the requirements and the participation on site at the quality
inspections related thereof;

f)

to establish the method to deal with the defects occurred during performance, due to
designer's fault, at the constructions that should meet a quality level in accordance with
the requirements, and also to monitor the implementation on site of the adopted solutions,
after prior endorsement by specialized and certified design checkers, upon
investor's request;

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g)

to participate in the elaboration of the technical book of the construction and the taking
over of the executed works.

Section 3
Contractors' Obligations and Liabilities
Article 23
The contractor in construction works shall have the following primary obligations:
a)

to notify the investor regarding the non-conformities and discrepancies found in

designs, in order to find solutions;

b)

to start execution of works only for constructions authorized in compliance with law and
only based and in compliance with designs verified by certified specialists;

c)

to ensure a quality level conceived and fulfilled by its own personnel and by certified
technical execution experts;

d)

to summon all persons that should participate in checking the works that reached
determinant phases of execution and ensure the necessary conditions for their
performance, in order to obtain the approval to carry on such works;

e)

to solve non-conformities, defects and discrepancies occurred during the performance

stages, only based on the solutions determined by the designer with investor's
approval;

f)

to use, during performance of works, only those products and procedures provided by the
design, certified or for which technical agreements exist, leading to meeting the
requirements, and the administration of witness-samples; to replace the products and
procedures provided by the design with others that meet the requirements provided by
the design and only based on the solutions indicated by designers with investor's
approval;

g)

to observe the designs and working drawings for achieving the required quality level;

Translation from Romanian:

h)

to notify, within 24 hours, the State Inspectorate in constructions, public works, town
planning and national and regional development in case of technical accidents
occurred during the performance of works;

i)

to submit for taking over only constructions that meet the quality requirements and for
which the contractor has already submitted to the investor the necessary documents
elaborating the technical book of the construction;

for

j)

to take, within the established terms, all the measures instructed by inspection documents
or by taking over of construction works documents;

k)

to remedy, on their own expense, the quality related defects that may arise due to its own
fault, both during the performance and the warranty period provided by law;

l)

to return the temporarily occupied plots of land to their initial state, upon the
completion of the works execution;

m)

to establish the liabilities of all participants in the production process - responsible parties,
collaborators, subcontractors - in compliance with the own quality system adopted
and with the applicable law.

Section 4
Obligations and Liabilities of Specialized and Certified Design Checker, Technical Inspectors for
Performance of Works and of Certified Technical Experts
Article 24
The specialized and certified design checkers shall be responsible, together with the designer, for
the ensuring a quality level in accordance with the design requirements.
The certified technical inspectors responsible for the performance of works shall be liable,
according to their incumbent duties, for the accomplishment of a quality level in accordance with
the requirements of the design.
The certified technical experts, appointed for the expert appraisal of designs, construction works or
constructions in progress, shall be liable for the recommended solutions.

Translation from Romanian:

The liabilities of the certified specialists shall be established by regulations for the enforcement of
law.
Section 5
Obligations and Liabilities of Construction Owners
Article 25
Construction owners shall be responsible for the following:
a)

to perform in due time the maintenance and repair works incumbent to them,
provided in compliance with the legal norms by the technical book of the construction
and arising from the surveillance of such constructions behavior in time;

b)

to keep and update the technical book of the construction and its delivery to the new
owner, in case of alienation;

c)

to ensure the review in time of the constructions, in accordance with the provisions
stipulated in the technical book and the technical regulations;

d)

to perform, if necessary, the reconstruction, consolidation, alteration, extension, partial

dismantling, as well as any other repair works regarding the construction, only in
compliance with designs drawn up by individuals or legal entities, certified and verified
according to the legal provisions;

e)

to insure the performance of intervention works on constructions, as required by

regulations;

f)

to insure the performance of works in the post-use stage of such constructions, in

conformity with the applicable legal regulations.

Section 6
Obligations and Liabilities of Administrators and Construction Users
Article 26
Administrators and construction users shall have the following primary obligations:

legal

Translation from Romanian:

a)

to use constructions according to the operation instructions provided by the technical

book thereof;

b)

to perform, timely, the maintenance and repair works incumbent to themaccording to the
contract;

c)

to perform intervention works at the existing construction as provided by article 18

paragraph 2, subject only to owner's approval and observance of legal provisions;

d)

to survey the behavior in time of constructions according to the technical book of the
construction and the agreement concluded with the owner;

e)

to notify, within 24 hours, the State Inspectorate in constructions, public works, town
planning and national and regional development, in case of technical accidents at the
constructions under operation.

Section 7
Obligations and Liabilities in Research Activity
Article 27
Units that carry out research activities in constructions shall have the following main obligations:
a)

to perform preliminary theoretical and experimental research, in order to substantiate

technical regulations in constructions;

b)

to substantiate, elaborate and test new technical solutions, products and procedures in
constructions;

c)

to verify and control new products and procedures, upon producers' request, with the
purpose of issuing technical agreements, according to the legal provisions.

Section 8
Common Obligations and Liabilities

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Article 28
The liability regarding the achievement and maintenance, during the whole existence of the
construction, of some constructions having an appropriate quality, as well as for the fulfillment of
the obligations determined by the procedures and regulations issued in accordance with the
provisions of the present law, lies with the participants in their design, performance, operation and
post-use stages.
Article 29
The designer, the specialized and certified design checker, materials producers and suppliers, the
contractor, the certified technical inspector, the site inspector, the technical expert are liable
proportionally to the liabilities incumbent to them with regard to hidden defects of the construction
that may arise within 10 years from the reception of works, as well as after the expiry of such term,
during the whole existence of the construction, for defects regarding the resistance structure,
resulting from the non-observance of design and performance regulations in force at the date of its
completion.
Section 9
Obligations and Liabilities of the State Inspectorate in Constructions, Public Works, Town Planning
and National and Regional Development
Article 30
The State Inspectorate in Constructions, Public Works, Town Planning and National and Regional
Development within the Ministry of Public Works and National and Regional Development and the
County Inspectorates and the Bucharest Inspectorate in Constructions, Public Works, Town
Planning and National and Regional Development subordinated to it, and the other similar bodies
with attributions established by legal orders shall be responsible for exercising States control
regarding the unitary implementation of legal provisions regarding quality in constructions, in all
stages and for all components of the quality system in constructions and for the identification of
minor offences and the application of the sanctions provided by law and, as the case may be, for
stopping the non-compliant works.
The State quality control for constructions for objectives with secret character, classified as such by
orders of the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior and Romanian Information Service shall be
conducted by their own bodies empowered to this purpose.

Translation from Romanian:

The organization and operation of the State Inspectorate in Constructions, Public Works, Town
Planning and National and Regional Development shall be established by Government Ordinance
within 90 days from the enforcement of hereby law.
CHAPTER IV
Sanctions
Article 31
The design, review, expertise, construction or alteration of construction without observing the
technical specifications regarding stability and resistance shall be deemed as criminal offences and
shall be punished with imprisonment from five (5) to ten (10) years and cancellation of certain
rights - if these could have entailed one of the following: loss of human lives, serious injury of the
integrity of the body or health of one or several persons, partial or total destruction of the
construction, partial or total destruction of important installations and equipments or any other very
serious consequences.
The deed provided by the above paragraph shall be punished with imprisonment from ten (10) to
twenty (20) years and stripping off certain rights in case it entailed the partial or total destruction of
the construction, death or serious injury of the integrity of the body or health of one or several
persons, destruction of important installations and equipments, or any other very serious
consequences.
Article 32
The continuation of construction works that have not been correctly executed and have been
stopped by order of inspection bodies shall be deemed as criminal offence and shall be punished
with imprisonment from three (3) months to two (2) years or with payment of a fine, in all cases in
which such action would have effects on construction's stability and resistance.
Article 33
The following deeds shall be deemed as minor offences due to the infringement of this law and
shall be sanctioned with fines, unless they were committed under such circumstances that,
according to the law, render such deeds be deemed as criminal offences:
1.

From 15,500,000 ROL to 93,000,000 ROL*):

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a)

alteration or demolishment the construction, with the infringement of the provisions

regarding its authorization and execution;

b)

failure to fulfill the obligations regarding the supervision of behavior in time of the important
and complex constructions, from the point of view of stability and resistance.

2.

From 15,500,000 ROL to 77,000,000 ROL*):

a)

execution of constructions without designs or on ground of designs that have not been
previously checked by certified checkers as provided by law;

b)

failure to observe the obligations regarding the supervision behavior in time of

constructions, maintenance, repairs and consolidation works;

c)

alteration, transformation, modernization, consolidation of constructions, which may affect

the (quality) requirements, without a design checked by a certified checker in compliance
with the legal provisions;

d)

inappropriate organization and failure to apply the quality management and control system,
including the performance of constructions in the absence of certified technical experts
responsible for the execution, as provided by Article 14.

3.

From 7,700,000 to 46,500,000 ROL*):

a)

elaboration of incomplete designs or designs that include discrepancies between their

different sections that may lead to failure in accomplishing the required quality level and
their acceptance by certified checkers;

b)

infringement of the provisions of the technical specifications regarding the constructions

requirements;

c)

taking over of the construction with the failure to observe the legal provisions;

d)

failure to fill in and maintain the technical book of the construction in compliance with the
legal provisions;

Translation from Romanian:

e)

provision, within the expert appraisal of the design and construction works, of
solutions that may lead to failure in accomplishing the quality level according to
requirements;

f)

failure to arrange the temporarily occupied areas to bring them to the original state,
after the completion of works;

g)

failure to ensure the checking of the execution of works through specialized site inspectors
or consultancy entities, as per article 21;

h)

forbiddance or obstruction of performance of the quality inspections in constructions and

failure to submit documents required by the persons in charge with such inspections, as
provided by the law.

4.

From 3,.000,000 ROL to 12,500,000 ROL*):

a)

failure to establish in the design the category of importance of the construction and to
establish determinant phases subject to quality control;

b)

provision by the design for or use of uncertified products or of products for which no
technical agreement exist at works that must meet a certain quality level;

c)

failure to observe, in designs, the level of quality and other contract provisions
concerning the requirements;

d)

failure to carry out maintenance and repairs works for which owners are responsible,
according to law and that may affect the required level of quality;

e)

failure to summon the parties that shall take part in checking the works that reached
determinant phases of execution and to ensure the checking conditions;

5.

From 1,500,000 ROL to 3,300,000 ROL*):

a)

unjustified absence from checking the works that reached determinant phases, after the
having been summoned by the contractor, and the ungrounded summoning, by the latter,
of the interested parties;

b)

Investors /Contractors failure to request solutions for defects remedial that occurred
during execution, with regard to requirements;

Translation from Romanian:

c)

failure of the designer to fulfill its obligation to establish solutions to remedy the identified
defects with regard to requirements;

d)

Contractors failure to apply solutions established by the Designer or Expert in order to

solve non-conformities, defects and discrepancies occurred during execution;

e)

failure to notify the State Inspectorate in Constructions, Public Works, Town Planning and
National and Regional Development in case of technical accidents happened during the
constructions execution or operation;

f)

failure to fulfill, at the established dates, the measures provided by inspection documents.

-----------------*) The limits of the minor offences related fines, provided at items 1-5 of Art. 33, have been
updated according to the inflation rate and increased according to the provisions of Resolution No.
498 dated 24 Mai 2001, published in Monitorul Oficial No. 295 dated 5 June 2001.
Article 34
The above mentioned sanctions provided by Article 33 shall be applicable to all legal and natural
entities.
Article 35
The minor offences provided by Article 33 shall be identified and the related sanctions shall be
applied by individuals that have control assignments within the State Inspectorate in Constructions,
Public Works, Town Planning and National and Regional Development; for the cases provided by
Article 30, such actions shall be taken by representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of
the Interior and the Romanian Information Service.
Article 36
The minor offences provided by Art. 33 shall be subject to provisions of Law no. 32/1968*)
regarding the establishment and sanction of minor offences.
---------*) Law No. 32/1968 was abrogated by Government Ordinance No. 2 dated July 12, 2001,
published in Monitorul Oficial, Part I, No. 410 dated 25 July 2001.

Translation from Romanian:

CHAPTER V
Final and Transitory Provisions
Article 37
The regulations and procedures used for the classification of constructions in categories according
to their importance and for quality system components provided by Article 9 shall be issued by
Ministry of Public Works and National and Regional Development, upon consultation with bodies
that have assignments such established through legal provisions, within 90 days from the
enforcement of this law.
Article 38
The regulations provided by Article 37 shall be approved by Government resolutions. The
procedures provided by Article 37 and the regulations for the issuance and implementation of
quality system in constructions shall be approved by order of Minister of Public Works and National
and Regional Development.
Article 39
The construction authorization for the works provided by Article 3, paragraphs a), b), c), d) and e)
of Law No. 50/1991*) shall be issued only for the designs checked and approved by certified
design checkers, except those provided by Article 2, paragraph 2 of this law.
*) Law No. 50/1991 was republished in Monitorul Oficial, Part I, No. 3 dated 13 January 1997.
Article 40
The investors or owners shall pay monthly to the State Inspectorate in Constructions (SIC)
subordinated to the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing an amount equivalent to
0.70% of the expenses for the execution of constructions and works provided by Article 2 and for
which authorizations for constructions shall be issued, as provided by law, except the owners,
natural persons, that execute consolidation and repair works at the houses in their property. The
calculation and payment of such amounts shall be made in installments, concomitantly with the
payment of the provided services. The State Inspectorate in Constructions - SIC uses 70% of the
fund thus established for the fulfillment of the attributions, according to the legal provisions, and

Translation from Romanian:

pays 30% of such fund in the account of the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing, that
uses it for:
a)

elaboration of technical regulations in constructions, urbanism, land planning and habitat,

and for the research, testing, documentations, studies, audit, databases and
accomplishment of prototypes necessary as a foundation of the specific regulations in
the field. The types of regulations and related expenses shall be established by
regulations elaborated by the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and
Housing
and
approved by Government resolution;

b)

the execution through the National Company of Investments - <<NCI>>- SA of certain

intervention works of first degree of emergency at constructions at risk, that represent a
public danger, in view of ensuring the requirement of resistance and stability, of prevention
of the natural risks, caused by earthquakes, floods, land sliding, land settlements and/or
collapsing and, as the case may be, for the assessment and design of the necessary
works. The criteria and manner of allotting the sums shall be established by
methodological rules elaborated by the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing
and approved by Government resolution.

The delayed payment of installments provided by paragraph 1 by investor or owner, shall be

penalized with a 0.15% delay fee for each day of delay, but not exceeding the due amount.
All expenses for technical and professional certification activities for specialists in constructions
shall be borne by the interested party.
All funds available at the end of the year from extra-budgetary sources shall be reported to the
following year and shall have the same destination.
The expenses for quality certification of products and procedures, issuance of technical
agreements for new materials, procedures and equipments, licensing and approval of laboratories,
checking of designs and execution of construction works, management and assurance of quality,
metrological checking, taking over of works, supervision of behavior under operation and
intervention in due course of time, and the post-use of works shall be borne by the interested party,
except the expenses made according to paragraph 1, letter b.
------------------Paragraphs 1 and 5 of Art. 40 have been modified by Law No. 587 dated 29 October 2002,
published in Monitorul Oficial No. 817 of 12 November 2002.

Translation from Romanian:

Article 41
Commencing with the enforcement date of this law, Law No. 8/1977 regarding Assurance of
Durability, Safety under Operation, Functionality and Quality of Constructions and the Government
Ordinance No. 2/1994 regarding Quality in Constructions and any other orders providing otherwise
shall be abrogated.
This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies in the meeting of 27 December 1994, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 74 paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Romania.
p. PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
DAN MARTIAN
This law has been adopted by the Senate in the meeting of 29 December 1994, with the
observance of the provisions of Art. 74 paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Romania.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Prof. dr. OLIVIU GHERMAN
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I, the undersigned Emanuela ION, sworn translator (License No. 5572, issued by the Romanian
Ministry of Justice), hereby confirm the exact correspondence with the original Romanian text,
collated by me today, 31 August 2005.

Translator, Emanuela ION