{"id":38656,"date":"2025-11-17T13:47:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/?p=38656"},"modified":"2026-05-01T07:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:29:22","slug":"proiect-restrictii-pre-si-post-angajare-pentru-combaterea-coruptiei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/2025\/11\/17\/proiect-restrictii-pre-si-post-angajare-pentru-combaterea-coruptiei\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft Law: Pre- and Post-Employment Restrictions for Combating Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Government has initiated a draft law that establishes a uniform legislative framework<\/b> to impose integrity restrictions<\/b> applicable both before employment (pre-employment) and after leaving office (post-employment) for a wide range of individuals in public administration. The draft, which amends and supplements key normative acts such as Law no. 176\/2010 and the Administrative Code, has been adopted by both Chambers of Parliament and is heading toward promulgation.<\/p>

The main purpose of this measure is to combat the \u201crevolving door\u201d phenomenon (<\/b>revolving door<\/i><\/b>), through which individuals holding influential public positions move quickly to the private sector to serve the interests of former or future employers, undermining the impartiality of public decision-making.<\/b><\/span><\/p>

The draft introduces the concept of a cooling-off period<\/b>, set at 12 months<\/b><\/span>, which represents the timeframe during which strict restrictions apply:<\/p>

  • Persons who are about to occupy a targeted public position are prohibited, for 12 months from the date of appointment, election, or hiring, from performing:<\/b><\/li><\/ul>

    Supervision or control activities<\/b> over the private legal entity at which they worked during the last 12 months prior to taking office.<\/p>

    • Supervision or control activities<\/b> over the private legal entity at which they worked during the last 12 months prior to taking office.<\/li>
    • Participation in concluding contracts<\/b> on behalf of the public authority\/institution with that private legal entity.<\/li><\/ul>
      • Post-Employment Restriction (12 Months After Leaving Office):<\/b><\/li><\/ul>

        For 12 months after the end of the mandate or position, the persons concerned may not carry out professional activities (paid or unpaid) within a private legal entity if those activities overlap or interfere with the public duties they performed in the last 12 months within the authority.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

        The measure aims to prevent the use of privileged information or influence gained while in office.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

        The scope of individuals subject to these restrictions is considerably expanded, including:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

        • Dignitaries and High Officials:<\/b> Members of the Government, Heads of the Chancellery, Secretaries and Undersecretaries of State, Presidential\/State Advisors.<\/li>
        • Officials with Sensitive Responsibilities:<\/b> Staff involved in public procurement evaluation\/award<\/b>, those with authorization, accreditation, or licensing<\/b> duties.<\/li>
        • Key Administrative Personnel:<\/b> Legal advisors representing institutions in court, internal public auditors, and staff administering or implementing programs\/projects funded from external or budgetary sources<\/b>.<\/li>
        • Leaders of Public Institutions:<\/b> Local elected officials who are principal credit authorizing officers, individuals in leadership\/control roles in the education and healthcare systems, autonomous administrations, or companies in which the state is a shareholder.<\/li><\/ul>

          The monitoring mechanism is based on the principle of good faith on the part of the individual, but involves rigorous institutional oversight:<\/p>

          • Mandatory Declarations:<\/b> Targeted individuals must submit, upon employment and upon leaving office, sworn declarations confirming that they are aware of pre- and post-employment restrictions.<\/li>
          • Recusal:<\/b> In the case of the pre-employment restriction, the person must recuse themselves<\/b> from supervision\/control activities involving their former employer and notify the institution accordingly.<\/li>
          • Post-Employment Monitoring:<\/b> During the cooling-off period, if the individual begins private activity, they must file an electronic declaration (via the e-DAI system) with the former institution, certifying that the new activities do not overlap<\/b> with those performed in the previous 12 months.<\/li>
          • Role of ANI:<\/b> The National Integrity Agency (ANI)<\/b> becomes the central authority for monitoring and enforcement. ANI may be notified in cases of non-compliance and may prohibit or restrict<\/b> the new private activity if it affects transparency or the legitimate interests of the public institution.<\/li><\/ul>

            Consequences:<\/b> Failure to comply with any post-employment restriction or failure to file the mandatory declarations<\/b> is punishable by a contraventional fine ranging from 2,000 to 10,000 lei<\/b>.<\/p>

            The draft law does not apply yet, as it still requires presidential promulgation and publication in the Official Gazette.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Guvernul a ini\u021biat un proiect de lege care creeaz\u0103 un cadru legislativ unitar pentru a impune restric\u021bii de integritate aplicabile..<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noutati-legislative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38656"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38662,"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38656\/revisions\/38662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toporvarban.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}