Legal regulations

Legal regulations

A. NATIONAL

  • Law No. 16/1996 on National Archives, as amended and supplemented, republished in 2014.
  • Instructions on archiving activities for document creators and holders, approved by the management of the National Archives by Order No. 217/23.02.1996.
  • Regulation on the technical and functional characteristics of premises and equipment for the storage and preservation of archives administered by public and private archive creators.
  • Technical standards on the conduct of activities in the National Archives, approved by the Director General by Order No. 227 of June 18, 1996.
  • Law No. 135/2007 on the archiving of documents in electronic format.
  • Order No. 493/2009 on technical and methodological requirements for the application of Law No. 135/2007 on the archiving of documents in electronic format.
  • Law No. 677/2001 on the protection of individuals concerning the processing of personal data and the free circulation of such data.
  • Law 506/2004 on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector.
  • Law No. 455 of July 18, 2001, on electronic signatures.
  • Law No. 451/ of November 1, 2004, on time stamps.
  • Order No. 492 of June 15, 2009, on technical and methodological requirements for the application of Law No. 451/2004 on time stamps.
  • Order No. 3512 of November 27, 2008, on financial and accounting documents.
  • Order No. 882 of December 29, 2012, on the amendment and supplementation of specific accounting regulations.
  • Government Ordinance No. 8 of January 23, 2013, amending and supplementing Law No. 571/2003 on the Fiscal Code and regulating specific financial and fiscal measures, published in the Official Gazette (Monitorul Oficial) No. 54 of January 23, 2013.
  • Law No. 148 of July 23, 2012, on the registration of commercial transactions by electronic means, published in the Official Gazette (Monitorul Oficial) No. 509 of July 24, 2012.

B. EUROPEAN

  • Recommendation No. R(2000) 13 of the Committee of Ministers of the Member States on a European policy on access to archives.
  • EU Council Resolution of May 6, 2003, on Archives in the Member States (2003/C 113/02).
  • Code of Ethics for Archivists.
  • ISAD (G): General International Standard for Archival Description.
  • Directive EC/95/46 on the protection of individuals concerning the processing of personal data and on the free circulation of such data.
  • Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector.