ROMANIA’S TIMETABLE
FOR COMPLETION OF REFORMS
March 2003
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Romania’s Timetable for Completion of
Reforms stresses Romania’s commitment to continue and finalise the reforms assumed
by the Government in preparation for NATO membership, as well as for EU
membership. These reforms are an integral part of the wider strategy to reform
and modernise the Romanian society. They constitute a continuous and long
lasting process over several years, with additional goals to be achieved in the
coming months and years.
The document is based on continuity with the
objectives already presented or achieved during the current and previous cycles
of the MAP process. The Timetable for reforms is consistent with
Romania’s ANP IV, with the EU Pre-Accession Strategy, and with other
international commitments Romania has undertaken. The Timetable for Reforms focuses on those issues
where Romania has to further consolidate progress achieved thus far.
It
contains a number of legislative measures to place the legal framework on a
solid base. Wherever possible, precise deadlines have been given.
The document highlights the main reform areas, in a
priority-based manner. The order of the objectives listed in the indicative
timetable provided by the Alliance has been slightly rearranged in coordination
with the NATO International Staff, taking into account priorities for reforms
in Romania as seen by Allied countries.
The
Government has set up a mechanism to monitor the implementation of the
objectives on a regular basis.
OBJECTIVE 1: Complete the legal framework for the fight against corruption and fully implement the necessary measures
The
fight against corruption is one of the highest priorities of the Romanian
Government.
During the 3rd and the 4th MAP
cycles, the Government has been taking numerous steps to significantly reduce
corruption. The Romanian Government is firmly committed to continue with its
strong reform plans, assuming responsibility for a comprehensive
anti-corruption law. This law will be discussed with the civil society and the
political groups in the Parliament. The Government is determined to allot the
necessary resources in order to implement its anti-corruption strategy.
In order to intensify the fight against corruption a
new institution was created, the National Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s Office. It was
established on 1 September 2002 and is now operational.
The National
Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (NAPO) is an independent and autonomous
structure with
legal personality, which has its own budget and personnel, its own
headquarters, as well as its own functioning regulations. It has both central
and local structures. NAPO presents its annual report directly to the
Parliament.
The
General Prosecutor of NAPO is appointed by the President of Romania, based on
the proposal of the Superior Council of the Magistracy. The General Prosecutor
has a six- year mandate, with the possibility of renewing it only once, and can
be dismissed by the President of Romania on the proposal of the Superior
Council of Magistracy, at the suggestion of the Minister of Justice.
The
prosecutorial activity is accomplished by joint teams of prosecutors, judiciary
police officers and specialists in economic, financial, banking, customs, and
IT fields. The process of selection of the NAPO’s personnel will be mostly
completed by the end of the third quarter of 2003.
Since it was
established, NAPO has investigated numerous cases of corruption charges.
Statistics reveal that the fight against corruption covers all areas of
activity and all levels, and political affiliation is irrelevant for
investigators and prosecutors.
The concrete results of NAPO in the fight against corruption in all
areas of activity and at all levels are significant. Between 1
September 2002 up to 1 March 2003, to 1,485 cases under investigation, with 869
already finalised, out of these 47 sent to trial. 154 persons were sent to
trial, out of these 51 had leading and control positions, 7 were police
officers, 2 syndic magistrates and 1 bailiff.
In order to complete the legislative framework for the fight against corruption, the following actions will be taken:
·
By the end of the second quarter of 2003:
- Pass comprehensive legislation to cover general regulations on preventing and fighting corruption, together
with a set of amendments to previous laws and regulations in this field.
- finalise
the draft Law on lobbying activities;
·
By the end
of the fourth quarter of 2003, finalise the following:
-
Draft Law
on Judicial organisation;
-
New
Criminal Code.
The actions
to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2003 in order to implement
the provisions of the existing legislation include:
·
Publish the
Code of conduct for magistrates, with a view to informing the public opinion
about the magistrates’ duties;
·
Finalise
and publish the Codes of conduct for other categories of officials;
·
Make fully
operational the new headquarters of NAPO (expenses allotted in the 2003
approved budget: approx. EUR 14,000 -
500,000,000 lei);
·
Continue
the process of staff selection and appointment in the NAPO (expenses allotted
within 2003 approved budget: about EUR 2,630,000 - 93,538,930,000 lei); (from
320 financed positions, 161 have been filled: 55 of 75 prosecutors, 36 of 150
policemen, 19 of 35 specialists, 44 of 50 auxiliary personnel, 7 of 10
administrative personnel);
·
Provide
specific equipment to the 4 operative teams within NAPO;
·
Set up a
specialised library for NAPO;
·
Set up the
National Office for Witness Protection;
·
Organise 27
seminars for prosecutors and other specialised personnel investigating cases of
corruption.
By the end of 2003:
·
Extend the
random case distribution and management system, as well as establish a unified
electronic number system in order to trace the corruption files in all the
stages of the judicial procedure.
By the end of
2004:
·
Draft the
Ethic Code for court clerks;
·
Set up the
position of court manager covering 200 courts.
The Romanian
Government aims to develop programmes that involve the civil society in the fight
against corruption. For example, from the 2003 budget, around EUR 8,600
(300,000,000 lei) will be allotted in order to implement a joint program with a
Romanian NGO (The League for the Defence of Human Rights) aiming at
increasing the level of the civic awareness on social control over corruption
and the role of civil society in preventing corruption.
OBJECTIVE
2: Ensure the provision of sufficient
administrative capacity to sustain reforms
In view of
Romania’s future NATO membership, as well as EU membership, the Romanian
Government is fully committed to improve the efficiency of public
administration and public services and to establish the necessary legal
framework and institutions for the reform of public administration. A special
attention continues to be paid to increasing the capacity of public
administration to implement laws and reforms, also by
regular professional training.
An important
objective assumed by the Government is to make the judicial system more
effective, guaranteeing its independence and making it strongly resistant to
any attempts of corruption.
By February
2003, the objective of ensuring financial independence of all magistrates by
increasing their wages, as well as the objective of increasing by 30% the wages
of magistrates and other highly qualified personnel involved in the fight
against corruption, were accomplished.
In the field
of justice, the actions include:
·
By the end
of 2003:
- Improve the working conditions of
magistrates and auxiliary personnel, by finalising 8 investment projects and 23
major overhauls of a number of courts.
·
By the end of 2004:
- Set up
specialised courts for minors and family, labour cases, commercial and fiscal
cases.
In
the field of public administration, the actions to be completed include:
· By the end of the second quarter of 2003:
-
Establish
and make operational the National Regulatory Authority for Municipal Services
(as well as its territorial units).
-
Create a professional
Civil Servants Body - the Civil Service Reform – by completing the Law on the
Civil Servant Statute and reviewing the appropriate legislation in the field as
well as the structures and the personnel working in the ministries and other
central public authorities;
-
Review the
Law on
local public administration;
-
Continue to
strengthen the administrative capacity of the European Integration structures
within the ministries and the prefects’ offices (prefectures) by increasing the
number of specialists in this field;
-
Submit the
draft Law on the National Action System for Civil Emergencies to the
Parliament;
- Reorganise the decentralised public
services of the ministries in the counties;
-
Strengthen
the Departments for European Integration in the counties and local councils;
-
Pass the Law
on local elected officials;
-
Make
operational the National Administration Institute;
-
Finalise the
draft Law on organising and functioning of public administration in Bucharest
municipality.
By the end of the fourth quarter 2003:
-
Harmonise
the Administrative Code, the Administrative Procedure Code, and the Electoral
Code with European legislation;
-
Continue to
transfer certain community services (the electronic record of population,
issuing of passports) under public administration authority.
The long-term actions include:
· Gradually, by 2005:
-
Implement
electronic procedures in public administration (introduction of electronic ID
cards, on-line access to services provided by central and local public
administration, intranet networks for local administration, projects on digital
signature certification, collecting local taxes and fees through electronic
means).
· By the end of 2006:
-
Complete the
transfer of certain community services (civil defence and fire-fighters) under
public administration authority.
Ongoing actions
include:
· Investments for the rehabilitation,
modernisation and extension of municipal services on the basis of national
sectorial programmes (in accordance with the implementation timetable agreed
with the European Union).
Other
important areas that the Romanian authorities are determined to implement
further reforms in are the customs services and the penitentiary system.
In the field of the penitentiary system, the main
actions to be completed include:
·
By the end of the second quarter 2003:
-
Open a new penitentiary hospital in Bucharest;
-
Conclude the Protocol of cooperation with the National Employment
Agency, with a view to ensuring the social reintegration of minors and young
people released from detention;
-
Pass the draft Law on the status of the civil servants that work in the
penitentiary system, with a view to demilitarising the penitentiary personnel.
·
By the end of the first quarter 2004:
-
Draft a law on enforcement of judgement, in accordance with the
provisions of the new Criminal Code and international standards.
OBJECTIVE 3: Consolidating macroeconomic stability (growth, employment, prices, state budget and balance of payments)
The latest macroeconomic data strongly
assert Romania’s entry on a sustainable development path. Sectoral strategies
and national programmes, in accordance also with the EU Pre-Accession Economic
Programme, support the main objectives and related governmental actions for
continuing economic reforms. Further improvement and consolidation of
macroeconomic stability is expected, maintaining high rates of the GDP growth.
Gradual disinflation will continue through prudent monetary policy maintaining
liquidity control, exchange rate policy allowing moderate appreciation in real
terms to accommodate productivity gains, consistency of the macroeconomic
policy mix. Maintaining the unemployment rate at reasonable levels is expected
to be sustained by the economic growth, and by implementing measures included
in the Employment National Plan (active programmes for the unemployed,
incentives for employers hiring young people and disadvantaged persons, “job
rotation”, training assistance system reform, growing flexibility and mobility
on the labour market, supporting SMEs development, knowledge-based economy
opportunities a.o.).
The actions to be completed in 2003 include:
1.
Achieve a GDP growth rate of around 5%;
2. Gradual
disinflation: inflation rate target (Dec./Dec.) below 15%;
3. The
target for the consolidated general government deficit is established at 2.65%
of the GDP in 2003;
4. Non-inflationary
financing of the consolidated general government deficit;
5. Maintain
public debt-to-GDP ratio at reasonable levels (around 31% in 2003);
6. Contain
the Balance of Payments (BoP) current account deficit below 5% of GDP;
7. Maintain
the unemployment rate at reasonable levels;
8. Review the legislation in force concerning Foreign Direct Investments
(FDI).
Note:
a. Regarding the gradual disinflation, the inflation
rate is expected to reach one digit by 2004.
b. The targets
set out in 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 apply also for the successive years.
c. The final
figures for 1, 3, 5, 6 will be available in March next year.
OBJECTIVE 4: Pursue key
economic reforms and restructuring, including the strengthening of the private
sector
The strategic short and medium
term options of the Government in the economic field focus on accelerating
privatisation and restructuring, strengthening the financial and banking
sectors reform, as well as improving the business environment, increasing
competition and attracting more foreign investments. In 2001, the contribution
of the private sector to the Gross Domestic Product was 67,9%.
The privatisation process will
be accelerated under the provisions of the Privatisation Law, which stipulate
transparency and equal treatment for all investors.
By July 2003:
· Privatisation
procedures for BCR (Romanian Commercial Bank) will continue.
· Privatisation of two electricity distribution
branches from MIR (Ministry of Industry and Resources) portfolio will be
completed.
The
actions to be completed by the end of 2003 include:
· Privatise
at least 200 state-owned companies from APAPS (Authority for Privatisation and
Management of State Ownership) portfolio, out of which 20 large companies, the
others being small and medium-sized enterprises (including companies spun-off
from larger enterprises);
· Complete
the privatisation of two natural gas distribution companies from the MIR (Ministry
of Industries and Resources) portfolio;
· Finalise
the privatisation of PETROM (the Romanian National Oil Company) from MIR
portfolio;
·
Continue to restructure the
defence industry by privatising the companies spun-off from the National
Company ROMARM, resizing the production capacities according to the national
defence system needs, developing partnerships with NATO countries, attracting
foreign investments and ensuring the compatibility of Romanian defence products
with NATO standards;
· Unify
the fiscal regulations, elaborate and finalise the Fiscal Code and the Fiscal
Procedure Code;
· Adapt
the Company Law and the Companies Register, in accord with EU legislation.
OBJECTIVE 5:
Ensure macroeconomic affordability and sustainability of the defence spending
The improvement and the
consolidation of the macroeconomic performances allow Romania to comply with
its international commitments, including those that NATO membership entails.
The following
measures will be applied in 2003:
·
Allot 2.38 percent of GDP for defence expenditures for 2004.
Note:
a.
The target set out for the defence budget applies also for the successive
years.
b.
The ratio of 2.38% GDP for defence expenditures is stipulated in the Law on
approving the state budget. Therefore, this law guarantees approval by
Parliament of the above-mentioned GDP ratio.
OBJECTIVE 6: Continue to improve the
export control system
Export control represents a
major component of the national foreign and security policy. Since 1990, Romania
has become a member of all international regimes and arrangements in the field
of arms control and non-proliferation, except for the Missile Technology
Control Regime (MTCR), to which our country is still a candidate.
The commitments thus
undertaken have been implemented at the national level by means of enacting a
specific legal framework and by institutionalising the system and necessary
mechanisms for the control of imports and exports of conventional arms, WMDs,
and dual-use goods and technologies. The primary export control regulations of
1992 has been permanently improved and up-dated according to relevant
international developments.
The Government of Romania
enforces strict control of strategic exports. The National Agency for Export
Control (ANCESIAC) together with the competent authorities (MFA, MoD, Customs,
Ministry of Interior) are involved in a careful scrutiny of export license
applications, which are granted only when in compliance with Romania’s
international obligations and if there is no risk that such exports might
affect regional and global security and stability, including through the risks
of diversion and of terrorist activities.
The Government of Romania
is fully committed to continue the development and maintenance of the responsible
and transparent strategic export control policies and mechanisms. The main
objectives are to:
-
Further strengthen the current legal and institutional
framework, according to relevant international decisions and regulations;
-
Ensure stronger cooperation among national enforcement
authorities;
-
Extend internal and external outreach activities as a means
of promoting and supporting the implementation of responsible export controls;
-
Increase transparency and accessibility to information
concerning strategic exports.
OBJECTIVE 7: Continue to take
measures to solve community issues (Roma minority, children protection,
restitution of properties)
The
existing legislation concerning minority issues and the effective way of
implementing this legislation prove that Romania has found appropriate
solutions for settling minority issues, a fact also acknowledged by the EU
Commission.
Further actions will be completed in order to ensure
the full integration of the Roma minority into society. Regarding other community
issues, the Romanian Government is committed to further protect and promote
children’s rights and to ensure the completion and implementation of the
legislation on adoption. A special attention will be paid to the restitution of
properties.
7.1. Roma minority
Romania’s
objective is to continue to protect Roma minority rights by taking resolute
action against all forms of discrimination and to continue to improve the
integration of the Roma minority into Romanian society. In 2001, The Romanian Government
adopted a Strategy for the improvement of the Roma
situation. This strategy covers a period of 10 years. In a meeting with the President of Romania on 5 February
2003, representatives of the Roma community expressed their satisfaction with
the improvement in the situation of their community in Romania.
In 2003, EUR 1.6 million (61 billion lei) will be allotted from the approved budget for the implementation of the Romanian Government Strategy for the improvement of the Roma situation. This amount is part of the commitments of Romania under PHARE 2000. In addition, an amount of EUR 6 million is allotted to Romania under PHARE for programmes designed for the Roma minority.
An additional amount of approx. EUR 85,000
(3 billion lei) will be allotted for combating discrimination, including ethnic
discrimination. An amount of EUR 60,000
(2 billion lei) will be allotted for actions aiming at combating racism,
anti-Semitism and xenophobia.
The
actions to be completed by the end of 2003 include:
·
Draw up and implement community
programs to improve the integration of Roma into society, with special
attention to the police.
Ongoing
actions:
· Further implement the objectives and activities included in the Romanian Government Strategy for the improvement of Roma situation.
· Continue the cooperation with the European Union, Council of Europe, as well as with other international financial institutions (IBRD, EBRD), in order to support the implementation of projects of interest for Roma social integration; 29 NGO projects will be implemented within 10 months (2002 – 2003) under the second PHARE programme “Developing Civil Society 2000” (EUR 900,000 – 32 billion lei); they focus on such issues as public administration and community development, education, health, social security, civic communication and participation.
·
Assisted by EU experts, the National Office for Roma
designed in 2002 a new PHARE financing procedure, so that several priorities of
the Strategy for Roma will be more easily addressed in 2003 – 2005. Among these, the most important are
professional training and employment of the Roma, tackling the housing problem
according to European standards, and facilitating the access of Roma to health
care services
·
Full implementation of the Action Plan, started in 2002, Roma 2002 – Together for Europe. The programme aims to build a
database for Roma and set up a public institution for raising identity
awareness for the Roma minority.
· Strengthen cooperation with the civil society
by concluding protocols and partnerships with the representatives of the Roma
minority.
· Hire police officers able to communicate
in the language of the respective national minority in the police structures
from territorial-administrative units in which the percent of the persons from
a certain national minority is over 20%;
· Adjust the Ministry of Interior’s
personnel recruitment system and promote the police officer profession within
the Roma communities;
· Admit roughly 400 members of
the Roma community to universities by affirmative action;
· Provide advisers on Roma
affairs to county administrations and to several municipal administrations;
· Establish a theatre for the
Roma community, performing in Roma language and cultivating Roma history,
traditions and culture.
7.2. Child protection
The actions to be completed include:
·
By the end of the second quarter of 2003: pass new regulation on the professional maternal
assistant (foster care) status;
·
By the end
of June 2003:
-
Pass the
legislative package on child protection:
-
Law on child
protection;
-
Law on the
establishment, organisation and functioning of the Romanian Office for
Adoptions;
-
Law on the
organisation, functioning and financing of the National Authority for the
Protection of Children’s Rights;
-
Law on the
legal framework for adoptions.
-
Adopt the
regulations on the accreditation and inspection system of the child protection
service providers.
Other actions include:
·
By the end
of September 2003:
-
Amend the
regulations concerning the financial basis of the child protection system in
order to stimulate the development of alternative services.
· By the end of December 2003:
-
Pass the
quality standards and the personnel norms for all types of services;
-
Develop the
work instruments in order to identify all existing services at the level of each
county and the real needs of the system and to promote the measures implied;
-
Implement
the accreditation and inspection system for child protection services;
-
Increase the
quality of caring for children with handicap;
-
Integrate
the children with special needs into the regular educational system.
The financial resources in the field of child
protection include:
·
The National Authority for Child Protection and
Adoption will finance this year 3 Programmes of National Interest, as
following:
-
“Closure of old type institutions for children with handicap/ special needs,
which cannot be restructured/ rehabilitated”, with a budget of ROL 94.4 billion
(EUR 2,625,000)
-
“Social integration of street children”, with a budget of ROL 7.1 billion (EUR
197,500);
-
“Social and vocational integration of children/ young persons in state care
institutions that have turned 18 years of age”, with a budget of ROL 16
billion (EUR 444,900)
·
ROL 5,800 billion (EUR 161,300,000) are allotted for
the child protection in the state budget law;
·
A number of programmes are funded from external
sources.
7.3.
Restitution of properties
Regarding
the individual restitution of properties, the Romanian Government is committed to
take all the necessary further actions in order to reduce as much as possible
the number of individual restitution cases decided against the Government by
the Council of Europe.
The actions to be completed by the end of the second
quarter of 2003 include:
·
Draft the norms for the unitary application of the Law on the
restitution of properties with a view to increasing the efficiency of the
administrative bodies involved in the restitution activities;
· Complete the legal framework regarding
compensations for abusively confiscated properties;
· Solve claims over the properties by the involved
institutions on the basis of proving documents submitted to the city halls and
prefects’ offices / prefectures (for restitutions in kind).
By
the end of the fourth quarter of 2003:
·
Continue the implementation of the Laws on the establishment and the
re-constitution of the property rights over agricultural lands and forests for
the whole agricultural area.
OBJECTIVE 8: Continue to ensure democratic control of armed forces and civil – military relation
Civilian
democratic control over the security sector and civil - military relations are important dimensions of
Romania’s security and defence policy. The
existing constitutional and legal provisions ensure the necessary
framework for the exercise and development of corresponding oversight policies
and measures at the level of defence objectives and resources.
Public accountability of the military institution has
significantly increased with the implementation of the defence budget on the
basis of major programs, which are approved on an annual basis by the
Parliament. In 2001 the Romanian Ministry of Defence established a special
department to ensure increased cooperation with the Parliament’s specialised
Committees, to provide regular reports and responses to hearings, and to
contribute to the process of legal harmonization as well to develop the
relations with the mass media.
The
following ongoing actions will be completed in order to improve the democratic
oversight and the civil-military relations:
· Improve organisational management within
the Ministry of National Defence and develop flows of information and
cooperation between the central structures within the Ministry of Defence;
· Increase the civilian expertise on
political-military issues, including the expertise of the members of defence,
public order and national security Committees in the Parliament;
· Improve the legal framework for the armed
forces role and responsibilities;
· Strengthen the cooperation with
non-governmental organizations with a view to developing a consolidated
security community.
OBJECTIVE 9: Continue to ensure that public opinion is sufficiently well informed and supportive of NATO membership and the objectives of the Alliance
Romania
continues to enjoy an overwhelming percentage of public support for NATO
membership. The strong public support for NATO membership is correlated with a
high percentage of citizens in favour of Romania’s participation in NATO-led
missions, as well as in other international peacekeeping operations.
Following
the invitation received by Romania to begin accession talks with NATO, the
percentage of public support for NATO has increased.
According
to a December 2002 public opinion poll, if a referendum for Romania’s
integration into NATO had been organised at the time, 86% of the population
would have voted in favour of NATO membership.
The
Government is committed to carry out and actively support further initiatives
on raising the public opinion awareness with regard to the obligations and
responsibilities of Romania as a future Ally, including its military and financial
obligations. These
initiatives will include: conferences, seminars, studies and debates on NATO
related issues in Bucharest and other cities, as well as visits of Romanian
public opinion leaders to the NATO Headquarters and visits of foreign
journalists to Romania.
Cooperation between
governmental and non-governmental institutions has increased. Non-governmental organisations have already
organised numerous meetings, round-tables and conferences on NATO-related
issues in order to raise public awareness on the costs, responsibilities,
rights and duties associated with NATO membership. Non-governmental organisations
are aware of the advantages of a close collaboration with the NATO Office of
Information and Press and will submit a number of concrete civil-society driven
projects to the latter.
A NATO information centre was inaugurated on 22
December 2002 in Cluj – Napoca (Western Romania) by the Minister of Public
Information as a further step in the Government campaign to inform the public
about NATO.
On 14 January 2003, the Prime Minister of Romania
inaugurated the first “NATO Senior Executive Master” degree course at the
National University for Political and Administrative Sciences. The courses are
open to representatives of central and local administration, NGOs and private
individuals, and are meant to promote and consolidate an in-depth knowledge
about NATO.
SECTION II: DEFENCE / MILITARY ISSUES
Objective
1: By the time of
accession, ensure that there are no constitutional or legal restrictions that
could inhibit collective defence operations.
Romania has
already reviewed the legal arrangements and there are no impediments that could
inhibit collective defence operations or Romanian participation in NATO
operations. By the time of accession,
Romania will have improved current legislation and simplified procedures
regarding the deployment of Romanian forces abroad and the use of the Romanian
territory by Allied Forces.
Objective
2: Implement the
long-term Armed Forces Restructuring Plan with the aim of
reorganising/developing more flexible/capable and more deployable and sustainable
forces able to contribute to the full range of Alliance missions. As a part of
this objective, it is aimed at establishing force and command structures,
including the organisation of those
compatible with Alliance’s force and command structures and in line with
NATO requirements.
Romania has
already revised its National Security Strategy, taking into account the post
9/11 security environment. By autumn 2003, Romania will also have revised its
National Military Strategy that will incorporate the preliminary requirements
as set out in draft force proposals for Romania. Romania will undertake a
fundamental review of its force structure by the end of 2003 in order to
enhance the deployability and sustainability of active forces made available for
the full range of Alliance missions and will review the operational requirement
for its territorial forces.
Objective
3: By the time of
accession, be prepared to commit forces and capabilities for participation in
NATO operations, using the defence planning process to help identify and
prepare the specific units/forces/capabilities, including specialised
capabilities as „niche capabilities”.
By 2007, if
identified as requirements of NATO force planning process, Romania will
gradually make available formations of all services according to the
sustainability capability, up to a division framework. Romania is also ready to
provide other capabilities requested by the Alliance: mountain troops, military
police, psy-ops, air transportation, reconnaissance (UAV), and NBC.
Objective
4: By the time of
accession, complete the implementation of the
necessary measures to ensure connectivity with NATINEADS in order to
integrate the national air defence system and airspace control structures in
the NATO air defence system.
By the time of
accession, Romania will be ready to ensure connectivity of its national
airspace control and surveillance capabilities to NATINEADS. In addition, all
necessary legislation regarding civil and military airspace responsibilities
concerning the airspace will be compatible with NATO policies in the field. By
the time of accession, Romania will contribute with forces and installations to
NATINEADS, under NATO command.
Objective
5: Establish by the time of accession Host
Nation Support arrangements, including the development of a database with
points of contact and the identification of railheads, airports and seaports of
debarkation to enable the reception and onward movement of Allied forces.
Romania has
already provided the HNS catalogue to NATO. It will further improve the HNS
arrangements already established, including the adequate civil emergency
planning interfaces. By the time of accession and in conjunction with the NATO
Military Authorities, Romania will identify the infrastructure elements
necessary for the cooperation with the Alliance.
Objective
6: By the time of accession, adapt the
military education and training to reflect NATO strategy, doctrines, procedures
and standards.
Romania has
already adapted its military education and training system to meet NATO
requirements and has established a Training Simulation Centre. Between 2003 and
2005, all joint and service training documents will be revised to reflect NATO
strategy, doctrines, procedures and standards. All forces will be trained in
accordance with the new documents by the end of 2007.
Objective
7: Ensure
that by the time of accession an adequate number of personnel has been selected
and trained to meet NATO language proficiency level in order to be able to fill
positions in NATO headquarters and their liaison offices for allied capitals.
Provide the adequate liaison personnel for Romania and NATO headquarters in
order to ensure the processing of NATO information.
Romania has
already doubled its English language training capacity. By the time of
accession, Romania will have ensured that all personnel required to fill
positions in NATO military HQs and liaison offices to NATO HQs are selected and
trained to meet English language proficiency levels in order to ensure an
efficient communication between the Alliance and Romania and to appropriately
process NATO classified informations.
Objective
8: Remain committed to
ensuring that an effective defence planning process is being established.
Romania has
already implemented the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Evaluation System
(PPBES) that covers a six-year planning period, with assessments and annual
reviews that meet the NATO defence planning requests. Romania will remain
committed to making its defence planning system efficient in order to be
responsive to NATO's similar process and its own national defence review by
improving its internal structures and procedures in the field
Objective
9: Remain committed to maintaining the level of defence expenditures necessary
to support the defence reform and to ensuring that defence expenditures include
the adequate level of capital investment to modernise equipment and
infrastructure and to increase force interoperability, deployability and
sustainability.
Romania will
remain committed to maintaining a level of defence expenditures sufficient to
support the defence reform and modernisation of the military according to the
Force Goals and the concept for the future force structure. To this end,
Romania will envision to provide the appropriate level of capital investment to
modernise military equipment and infrastructure and to increase
interoperability and combat effectiveness, deployability and sustainability.
The level of defence expenditure will be maintained at 2.38% of GDP through
2006 and will remain at a level to support continued reform thereafter.
Romania’s long-term target is to maintain a minimum of 2.38% of GDP.
Objective
10: By the time of the de jure accession into NATO, ensure
that the personnel designated into positions that process NATO information’s
and in command and staff positions in deployable units meet NATO English
language proficiency standards.
By the time of
accession, Romania will ensure that all personnel that fill in positions that
make necessary the use of NATO documents on a regular basis as well as command
and staff positions in deployable units meet NATO language proficiency
standards.
Objective 11: Remain committed to
establishing personnel structures compatible with those of NATO and Allies.
Surplus manpower is to be retired, made redundant or professionally retrained.
Romania will
remain committed to establishing personnel structures comparable with those in
Allied countries and will continue to ensure that surplus manpower is decreased
through retirement, redundancy or professional re-training. Romania will further reduce the number of
conscripts, while increasing the number of contract enlisted personnel. Civilian personnel will be downsized with
about 40% by 2007. The reductions have been fully supported through assistance
programmes to help redundant personnel prepare for their transition to the
civilian sector. To this end, Romania will continue to pursue an active
re-training programme and the redundancy payment system.
Objective 12: Remain committed to
providing a transparent personnel management and to introducing career patterns
comparable with the ones of the Allied countries by the time of accession.
The career
pattern established by the Military Career Guide will be refined based on the
lessons learned by the end of 2003. The establishment of personnel boards has
improved personnel selection and promotion by placing transparency and merit at
the very foundation of the process. Over the 2003 to 2005 timeframe, Romania
will improve this system by elaborating individual career progression plans.
Objective 13: Remain committed to disposing
of all items of excess major equipment.
Romania has
established a Sales Agency to manage the equipment disposal and
demilitarisation proposed and to ensure that the sale and destruction of the
equipment are in accordance with international agreements and regulations. The
Sales Agency has overall responsibility for the disposal of the excess
equipment, while the military units are responsible for its security until it
is sold, transferred or destroyed. Surplus equipment will continue to be
identified during the ongoing restructuring process and turned over to the
agency for disposal. The excess military infrastructure will be transferred to
local authorities free of charge. The
re-conversion responsibility of these bases falls with the future owner.
SECTION
III: RESOURCES
OBJECTIVE 1: By the time of accession, adapt national procurement rules,
as appropriate, to allow the conduct of National Competitive Bidding and
International Competitive Bidding procedures for NATO Security Investment
Programme (NSIP) projects in line with NATO procedures.
The national regulations as far as public acquisition
in the military fields is concerned will be reviewed by July 2003.
OBJECTIVE 2: Adapt national budget regulations, as appropriate for the
payment of contributions to NATO common-funded programmes and budgets and to
provide for the operation and maintenance of NSIP accounts.
The actions to be completed are the following:
·
By May 2003, adjust initial forecast of national
contribution to NATO common-funded programmes and budgets;
·
Include the contribution in the annual budgets.
OBJECTIVE 3: Adapt national tax regulations, as appropriate, to
facilitate NATO’s tax exempt functioning.
By
the first quarter 2003, the exemptions of VAT payments will be reflected in the
specific legislation. The general legal framework was established in 2002.
OBJECTIVE 4: To set-up a national NSIP office, or comparable
arrangement, to:
- Interface with
NATO commands, the International Staff and NATO Committees on NSIP projects;
- Be responsible
for the preparation of Capability Packages and project submissions;
- Be responsible
for project follow-up and NSIP accounting.
The actions to be completed include:
·
By June 2003, establish and staff the national office within
the Department for Euro- Atlantic Integration and Defence Policy, Ministry of
National Defence;
·
By September 2003, draft/amend Ministry of National Defence
regulations to provide for its integration into the integrated defence planning
system;
·
By November 2003, train the necessary personnel.
SECTION IV: SECURITY ISSUES
OBJECTIVE
1: Complete, up-date and harmonise all the legal national documents relevant to
the security of NATO in order to be able to sign and ratify NATO Security
Agreement and the ATOMAL Agreement.
Actions to be completed by December 2003 include:
·
Up-date and harmonise the legal framework in this field;
·
Complete the implementation of the necessary legal measures
in accordance with the requirements of the NATO Security Policy.
OBJECTIVE
2: Empowering ORNISS as the National Security Authority of Romania for the
protection of NATO classified information; completing the establishment of the
INFOSEC Agencies.
Actions to be completed by December 2003
include:
·
Acquire, fit out and settle in a new head office;
·
Finalise the organisational and personnel structure;
·
Set up the relevant departments in the INFOSEC field (SAA,
NCSA, NDA) and in the industrial security field;
·
Staff ORNISS and subordinated Agencies with qualified
personnel.
Actions to be completed by November 2003
include:
· Identify the national bodies, ministries, agencies in Bucharest and in the country that require setting up Registries / Sub-registries / Control Points and define the requirements for physical security;
·
Set up the Registries/ Sub-registries / Control Points in
all the bodies further involved in handling and disseminating NATO classified
information and adjust the existing ones to the new conditions.
Ongoing
actions include:
·
Improve the operation of the new Registries/ Subregistries/
Control Points using computers
connected to the secure network of the National Registry System.
OBJECTIVE 4: Put in full operation the
INFOSEC Agencies
Actions to be completed by December 2003
include:
·
Enable the INFOSEC Agencies as bodies responsible in this
field as is stated in the appropriate legal framework;
·
Suitable entities are to be identified and accredited to
carry out services of security evaluation, certification and laboratory
determination;
·
Prepare the accreditation process for Communication and
Information Systems storing, processing and transmitting NATO classified
information.
OBJECTIVE 5: Establish an appropriate
interconnectivity with NATO
Actions to be completed by December 2003 include:
·
Implement NATO requirements in the communication systems, in
order to be able to be connected to the Alliance’ systems;
·
Provide the necessary equipment to set up the transmission
channel.
·
Identify the positions requiring a NATO Security Clearance
(including those positions that will be involved in NATO structures);
·
Continue the vetting procedure for those persons further
involved in protection and dissemination of NATO classified information.
·
Finalise the vetting procedures for those personnel that
represents “core-personnel”.
Actions to be completed by December 2003 include:
·
Establish an appropriate procedure of cooperation between
ORNISS as NSA and the DSAs in this field;
·
Draft and implement an appropriate security regulation;
·
Identify the economic agents with state or private capital
that are capable of taking part in the carrying out of NATO classified
contracts.
OBJECTIVE
8: Preparing counter-intelligence and security services to work with the NATO
Office of Security and within the Special Committee and participate in its
activities
Ongoing
actions include:
· Cooperation of the security and counter-intelligence services with the NATO Office of Security and within the Special Committee in order to contribute to the achievement of the objectives in the Security Agenda;
·
Constantly improve the specialised structures and increase
their analytical and operational capabilities to achieve the intelligence
exchange within the Alliance in real time;
·
Participate in an active manner to extending cooperation and
establishing conditions for a policy of control and countering the security
risks, especially terrorist threats.
OBJECTIVE
9: Continuing and developing the training process of the staff dealing with
NATO classified information
Actions to be completed by May 2003 include:
·
Organize specialised
courses for the experts carrying out their activity in this field.
Ongoing actions
include:
·
Coordinate the training of personnel with responsibilities in the field
of NATO classified information protection;
·
Ensure a special training for the persons having access to NATO
classified information;
·
Train the personnel selected to hold positions within the Alliance’s
structures.
OBJECTIVE 10: Continuing and extending to
inform the public concerning the protective security demands
Actions to be completed by December 2003 include:
·
Set up the website of ORNISS
Ongoing
actions include:
·
Organise security education
activities with the support of NOS and NATO member states. Representatives of
ORNISS and NATO, as well as MP’s will be invited to take part in these
activities;
·
Issue public information
materials concerning the necessity of the protective security of NATO
classified information.
OBJECTIVE
11: To provide the financial resources for 2004 in order to sustain the
activity for protection of NATO classified information and to ensure the
interoperability of the National Registry System.
·
Assess the amount of the
financial resources to be allocated;
·
Include the respective amounts in the Draft Budget for 2004.
OBJECTIVE 1: Accede to the Washington Treaty, to the 1951 Agreement on the status of forces (London SOFA) and to the 1952 Protocol on the military headquarters (Paris Protocol)
·
Three
months upon invitation[2]:
-
Pass the
Laws of accession to the 1951 Agreement between the parties to the North
Atlantic Treaty regarding the status of their forces (London SOFA), as well as
the 1952 Protocol on the status of international military headquarters set up
pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty (Paris Protocol).
The actions include:
·
Three months after entry into force of the
accession Law to the Washington Treaty[3]:
-
Pass the Law
of accession to the 1997 Agreement between the parties to the North Atlantic
Treaty for the security of information (Brussels Agreement).
-
Pass the
Laws of accession to the 1951 Agreement on the status of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, national representatives and international staff (Ottawa
Agreement) and to the 1994 Agreement on the status of Missions and
Representatives of third states to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Brussels
Agreement).
· Six months after entry into force of the
accession Law to the Washington Treaty:
-
Pass the
Laws of accession to the 1960 Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of
inventions related to defence and for which applications for patents have been
made (Paris Agreement), as well as to the 1970 NATO Agreement on the
communication of technical information for defence purposes (Brussels
Agreement).
· Three months after entry into force of the accession Law to the Agreement for the security of information:
-
Pass the
Laws of accession to the Agreement for cooperation regarding atomic information
(C-M(64)39) and to the Administrative Arrangements to implement the Agreement
(C-M(68)41, 5th Revise).