Cătălin-Silviu Săraru Administrative law in Romania Administrative Law in Romania Cătălin-Silviu Săraru Activity Cătălin-Silviu Săraru, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Law Department of Bu- charest University of Economic Studies, where he specializes in administrative law and administrative contract law at national and European level. He is Arbi- trator at the Court of International Commercial Arbitration (Romania); Lawyer in the Bucharest Bar Association; Editor in Chief of the Juridical Tribune – Tribuna Juridica Journal (indexed in Clarivate Analytics) and Perspectives of Law and Public Administration; member in the Editorial Board of several scien- tific journals: International Law Research (ILR) - Toronto, Canada, Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Law and Administrative Sciences, Dreptul, Acta Uni- versitatis Danubius. Juridica, Reflecții Academice; President of the Society of Juridical and Administrative Sciences and member in Société de législation com- parée, Research Network on EU Administrative Law (ReNEUAL), Union of Ju- rists of Romania, Institute of Administrative Sciences "Paul Negulescu". Publications Cătălin-Silviu Săraru is the editor of two volumes: Contemporary Challenges in the Business Law, ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher, 2016; Studies of Business Law – Recent Developments and Perspectives, Peter Lang Interna- tional Academic Publishers, 2013; 9 books as sole author among which: Drept administrativ. Probleme fundamentale ale dreptului public (Administrative law. Fundamental issues of public law), C.H. Beck Publishing House, Bucharest, 2016, Legea contenciosului administrativ nr. 554/2004. Examen critic al Deciz- iilor Curtii Constitutionale (Administrative Litigation Law no. 554/2004. Critical examination of the Constitutional Court Decisions), C.H. Beck Publishing House, Bucharest, 2015; Contractele administrative. Reglementare, doctrină, ju- risprudenţă (Administrative agreements. Regulatory, doctrine, jurisprudence), C.H. Beck Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009; 2 books as coauthor among which: Drept administrativ European (European Administrative Law), Lumina Lex Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005; author of over 100 articles published in journals: Juridical Tribune – Tribuna Juridica, Transylvanian Review of Admin- istrative Sciences, Acta Juridica Hungarica, Dreptul, Juridical Current, Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica, Revista de Drept Public, Pandectele române, Curierul Judiciar, Notebooks of international law, Tribuna Economică, Econo- mie și Administrație locală etc. Prizes "Anibal Teodorescu" Prize awarded by the Union of Jurists of Romania in 2014 for the work „Cartea de contracte administrative – modele, comentarii, explicații” („The Book of administrative contracts - models, comments, explanations”), C.H. Beck Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013. Cătălin-Silviu Săraru Administrative Law in Romania Bucharest 2019 ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher This is a Publishing House specializing in the publication of academic books, founded by the Society of Juridical and Administrative Sciences (Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Ad- ministrative), Bucharest. We publish in English or French treaties, monographs, courses, theses, papers submitted to international conferences and essays. They are chosen according to the contribution which they can bring to the European and international doctrinal debate concerning the questions of Social Sciences. ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher is included among publishers recog- nized by Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters). ISBN 978-606-94978-1-4 (E-Book) © ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher Editing format .pdf Acrobat Reader Bucharest 2019 All rights reserved. www.adjuris.ro [email protected] All parts of this publication are protected by copyright. Any utilization outside the strict limits of the copyright law, without the permission of the publisher, is forbidden and liable to prosecution. This applies in particular to reproductions, translations, microfilming, storage and processing in electronic retrieval systems. Table of Contents Chapter I Administrative Law Science ........................................................................... 12 1. The emergence of the science of administrative law ........................... 12 2. The emergence and evolution of the science of administrative law in Romania ............................................................................................... 13 Chapter II Introductory notions of Romanian administrative law ................................ 15 1. Definition of administrative law .......................................................... 15 2. The object of regulation of the Romanian administrative law ............. 15 3. The features of administrative law ....................................................... 15 Chapter III The sources of administrative law .................................................................. 18 1. The notion of source of law ................................................................. 18 2. The formal sources of administrative law ............................................ 18 2.1. Constitution and constitutional laws.............................................. 18 2.2. Organic laws and ordinary laws .................................................... 19 2.3. Simple ordinances and emergency ordinances adopted by the Government .......................................................................................... 20 2.4. Administrative acts having normative character ........................... 20 2.5. Legal uses ...................................................................................... 21 2.6. Jurisprudence ................................................................................. 21 2.7. Legal doctrine ................................................................................ 23 2.8. International treaties ...................................................................... 23 2.9. The legal order of the European Union ......................................... 24 2.10. The need to codify the rules of administrative law...................... 25 Chapter IV Norms and relations of administrative law ................................................... 28 1. The norms of administrative law ......................................................... 28 2. The relations of administrative law ..................................................... 29 2.1. Definition ....................................................................................... 29 2.2. Features of administrative law relations ........................................ 29 2.3. The subjects of the relation of administrative law ......................... 30 6 Table of Contents 2.4. Classification of administrative law relations ............................... 30 Chapter V The administrative act .................................................................................... 33 1. Definition ............................................................................................. 33 2. The features of the administrative act .................................................. 33 3. Classification of administrative acts .................................................... 35 4. The legal regime of administrative acts ............................................... 36 4.1. Legality of administrative acts ...................................................... 36 4.2. Competence of public administration authorities .......................... 37 4.3. Competence related and the discretionary power (opportunity) of public administration ........................................................................ 38 4.4. Form of the administrative act ....................................................... 38 4.5. Procedure for issuing/adopting administrative acts ....................... 39 4.6. The legal force of administrative acts............................................ 43 4.7. The legal effects of administrative acts ......................................... 44 Chapter VI Administrative contracts ................................................................................. 51 1. The notion of administrative contract .................................................. 51 2. The features of administrative contracts .............................................. 51 3. The main types of administrative contracts ......................................... 52 3.1. The concession contract ................................................................ 52 3.2. The public procurement contract ................................................... 53 3.3. The contract to rent a good public property .................................. 56 3.4. The contract for the award of a good public property for free use ................................................................................................. 57 Chapter VII Administrative operations .............................................................................. 59 1. The notion of administrative operations .............................................. 59 2. The features of administrative operations ............................................ 59 3. Form and legality of administrative operations ................................... 60 Chapter VIII Control of the activity of the public administration ..................................... 62 1. The notion of control of the activity of the public administration ....... 62 2. The modalities of the control ..............................................................