{ "metadata": { "language": "en", "phase": 3, "generated": "2026-08-12", "last_checked": "2026-08-12", "item_count": 19, "status_definitions": [ { "key": "gate_not_open", "label": "Trigger not open", "definition": "The duty depends on commencement or another future trigger; that trigger has not yet occurred." }, { "key": "deadline_running", "label": "Deadline running", "definition": "Publication has occurred and the statutory period is running; this does not prove that the mechanism is already operational." }, { "key": "existing_partial", "label": "Partly exists", "definition": "An official tool, framework or programme exists, but not the complete promise described by the Code." }, { "key": "evidence_not_identified", "label": "Operational evidence not identified", "definition": "The official inventory checked did not identify a distinct service performing the complete function." }, { "key": "future_fixed_deadline", "label": "Future statutory date", "definition": "The text sets a calendar date, but implementation must be demonstrated through acts and results." }, { "key": "optional_future", "label": "Optional mechanism", "definition": "The Code permits establishment or use of the mechanism without a general mandatory deadline." }, { "key": "transitional_continuity", "label": "Transitional continuity", "definition": "The previous rule or existing structure continues until replacement or operationalisation." }, { "key": "drafting_issue_open", "label": "Open drafting issue", "definition": "The text contains a reference or wording that requires official correction or clarification." } ], "legal_stage": "published_vacatio", "legal_status_verified": "2026-08-12", "publication": "2026-08-10", "entry_into_force": "2026-08-25", "status_counts": [ { "key": "deadline_running", "label": "Deadline running", "count": 4 }, { "key": "gate_not_open", "label": "Trigger not open", "count": 5 }, { "key": "existing_partial", "label": "Partly exists", "count": 2 }, { "key": "evidence_not_identified", "label": "Operational evidence not identified", "count": 2 }, { "key": "future_fixed_deadline", "label": "Future statutory date", "count": 2 }, { "key": "optional_future", "label": "Optional mechanism", "count": 1 }, { "key": "transitional_continuity", "label": "Transitional continuity", "count": 2 }, { "key": "drafting_issue_open", "label": "Open drafting issue", "count": 1 } ], "category_counts": [ { "key": "approvals", "label": "Integrated review", "count": 2 }, { "key": "secondary_legislation", "label": "Rules and procedures", "count": 3 }, { "key": "digital", "label": "Digital infrastructure", "count": 6 }, { "key": "institutions", "label": "Institutions and capacity", "count": 2 }, { "key": "justice", "label": "Justice", "count": 1 }, { "key": "bucharest", "label": "Bucharest", "count": 1 }, { "key": "drafting", "label": "Legislative corrections", "count": 1 }, { "key": "transition", "label": "Transition", "count": 1 }, { "key": "social", "label": "Informal settlements", "count": 1 }, { "key": "environment", "label": "Coast", "count": 1 } ], "revision_state": "original", "verified_at": "2026-08-12T10:52:00+01:00", "law_number": "169/2026", "decree_number": "720/2026", "fixed_milestones": [ { "key": "deadline", "date": "2026-12-31", "label": "Administrative preparation", "due_iso": "2026-12-31", "due_label": "31 December 2026", "state": "fixed_date", "item_id": "tracker-administrative-preparation", "item_target": "#tracker-administrative-preparation", "trigger": "calendar", "legal_basis": [ "art. 578 para. (1); Official Gazette p. 167" ] }, { "key": "public_procurement", "date": "2027-06-01", "label": "Mandatory certification in public procurement", "due_iso": "2027-06-01", "due_label": "1 June 2027", "state": "fixed_date", "item_id": "tracker-operator-certification", "item_target": "#tracker-operator-certification", "trigger": "calendar", "legal_basis": [ "art. 383–391; Official Gazette pp. 116–118" ] }, { "key": "implementing_acts", "date": "2027-07-01", "label": "Preparatory acts", "due_iso": "2027-07-01", "due_label": "1 July 2027", "state": "fixed_date", "item_id": "tracker-bucharest-transfer", "item_target": "#tracker-bucharest-transfer", "trigger": "calendar", "legal_basis": [ "art. 584; Official Gazette p. 168" ] }, { "key": "transfer", "date": "2028-11-01", "label": "Transfer of powers", "due_iso": "2028-11-01", "due_label": "1 November 2028", "state": "fixed_date", "item_id": "tracker-bucharest-transfer", "item_target": "#tracker-bucharest-transfer", "trigger": "calendar", "legal_basis": [ "art. 584; Official Gazette p. 168" ] } ], "milestone_count": 11, "pending_trigger_count": 2, "manual_calculation_count": 2 }, "section": { "kicker": "Public verification", "title": "The Code on paper / The Code in operation", "intro": "Promulgation does not build platforms, create commissions or move files by itself. 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(1); Official Gazette p. 167" ] } ] }, "status_key": "gate_not_open", "evidence": [ "The published Code fixes 31 December 2026 as the deadline, but the duty becomes operative when the Code commences on 25 August 2026." ], "source_refs": [ "code" ], "last_checked": "2026-08-10", "reader_effect": "Forms, internal workflows and responsibilities should be aligned before users bear the transition.", "next_evidence": "Public inventories of amended acts, new procedures and each institution’s state.", "aliases": [ "internal procedures planning code", "31 December 2026" ], "tags": [ "secondary_legislation" ], "related_targets": [], "category_label": "Rules and procedures", "status_label": "Trigger not open", "display_status_key": "gate_not_open", "display_status_label": "Trigger not open" }, { "id": "tracker-avizer-procedures", "target": "#tracker-avizer-procedures", "category_key": "secondary_legislation", "promise": "Every issuer of opinions, agreements and permits must update procedures based on the previous statutes.", "legal_basis": [ { "source_id": "code", "article": "art. 583 para. (4); Official Gazette p. 168", "role": "operative_text" } ], "responsible": [ "all issuing authorities and entities" ], "deadline": { "kind": "relative", "label": "120 days after publication", "trigger": "publication", "trigger_label": "publication in the Official Gazette", "milestones": [ { "key": "procedures", "from": "publication", "offset": 120, "unit": "calendar_days", "label": "Updated procedures" } ], "computed_milestones": [ { "key": "procedures", "from": "publication", "offset": 120, "unit": "calendar_days", "label": "Updated procedures", "due_iso": "2026-12-08", "due_label": "8 December 2026", "state": "calculated", "item_id": "tracker-avizer-procedures", "item_target": "#tracker-avizer-procedures", "trigger": "publication", "legal_basis": [ "art. 583 para. (4); Official Gazette p. 168" ] } ] }, "status_key": "deadline_running", "evidence": [ "Publication on 10 August 2026 opened the 120-day period; the calendar calculation gives 8 December 2026. The deadline does not prove that every opinion-giver has already updated its procedure." ], "source_refs": [ "code" ], "last_checked": "2026-08-10", "reader_effect": "Applicants should receive requirements compatible with the Code, not forms and procedures left in the previous system.", "next_evidence": "Each issuer’s updated procedure, adoption date and filing channel.", "aliases": [ "issuer procedure updates", "120 days" ], "tags": [ "secondary_legislation" ], "related_targets": [], "category_label": "Rules and procedures", "status_label": "Deadline running", "display_status_key": "deadline_running", "display_status_label": "Deadline running" }, { "id": "tracker-notification-form", "target": "#tracker-notification-form", "category_key": "secondary_legislation", "promise": "The form for works subject to notification must be approved by ministerial order.", "legal_basis": [ { "source_id": "code", "article": "art. 295 para. (10); Official Gazette p. 88", "role": "operative_text" } ], "responsible": [ "MDLPA" ], "deadline": { "kind": "none", "label": "no general express deadline in the article", "trigger": "commencement", "trigger_label": "commencement", "computed_milestones": [] }, "status_key": "gate_not_open", "evidence": [ "The Code is published but commences on 25 August 2026; until then the legal trigger for this duty is not open. The tracker’s separate operational check of the form remains dated as recorded." ], "source_refs": [ "code" ], "last_checked": "2026-08-05", "reader_effect": "Without a form and instructions, the simplified route cannot be used consistently across local authorities.", "next_evidence": "The MDLPA order, annexed form and public filing instructions.", "aliases": [ "construction notification form", "150 sqm notification order" ], "tags": [ "secondary_legislation" ], "related_targets": [ { "label": "Notification does not mean no project", "target": "#l50-notificare-casa-rurala" } ], "category_label": "Rules and procedures", "status_label": "Trigger not open", "display_status_key": "gate_not_open", "display_status_label": "Trigger not open" }, { "id": "tracker-observatory", "target": "#tracker-observatory", "category_key": "digital", "promise": "The National Territorial Observatory is to be the data and monitoring core of the new system.", "legal_basis": [ { "source_id": "code", "article": "art. 136–137; Official Gazette pp. 44–45", "role": "operative_text" } ], "responsible": [ "MDLPA" ], "deadline": { "kind": "existing", "label": "existing service; no general express deadline for complete integration", "trigger": "current_law", "trigger_label": "the current legal framework", "computed_milestones": [] }, "status_key": "existing_partial", "evidence": [ "The Observatory is publicly accessible and hosts tools and maps; this does not prove every future Code function." ], "source_refs": [ "code", "observator-teritorial", "observator-pug-map" ], "last_checked": "2026-08-05", "reader_effect": "Readers can already use territorial data but should not assume files and all plans are integrated.", "next_evidence": "The official component list, data coverage, interfaces and availability reports.", "aliases": [ "territorial observatory operational", "general plan map" ], "tags": [ "digital" ], "related_targets": [ { "label": "Digital guide", "target": "#guide-ce-devine-digital" } ], "category_label": "Digital infrastructure", "status_label": "Partly exists", "display_status_key": "existing_partial", "display_status_label": "Partly exists" }, { "id": "tracker-national-platform", "target": "#tracker-national-platform", "category_key": "digital", "promise": "The national platform must integrate planning and permitting and interoperate with other public systems.", "legal_basis": [ { "source_id": "code", "article": "art. 137; Official Gazette p. 45", "role": "operative_text" } ], "responsible": [ "MDLPA and local authorities" ], "deadline": { "kind": "dependency", "label": "no general express deadline identified; the duty applies once the Code commences", "trigger": "commencement", "trigger_label": "commencement", "computed_milestones": [] }, "status_key": "gate_not_open", "evidence": [ "The Code is published, but the platform duty begins at commencement on 25 August 2026. Existing digital services do not prove the complete platform described by the Code." ], "source_refs": [ "code", "observator-teritorial", "mdlpa-digital-program" ], "last_checked": "2026-08-05", "reader_effect": "A local project or map is not equivalent to a national platform through which the entire procedure can be completed.", "next_evidence": "Official platform launch, technical documentation, local-authority coverage, interoperability and usage statistics.", "aliases": [ "national planning platform", "national digital permitting" ], "tags": [ "digital" ], "related_targets": [ { "label": "Digital mechanism", "target": "#mechanism-digital-system" } ], "category_label": "Digital infrastructure", "status_label": "Trigger not open", "display_status_key": "gate_not_open", "display_status_label": "Trigger not open" }, { "id": "tracker-geoportal", "target": "#tracker-geoportal", "category_key": "digital", "promise": "The geoportal must permit parcel search, layer overlay, consultation and download of planning data.", "legal_basis": [ { "source_id": "code", "article": "art. 138; Official Gazette p. 45", "role": "operative_text" } ], "responsible": [ "MDLPA, local authorities and data providers" ], "deadline": { "kind": "relative", "label": "90 days from commencement for transmission of existing data; no general express deadline for full launch", "trigger": "commencement", "trigger_label": "commencement", "milestones": [ { "key": "existing_data", "from": "commencement", "offset": 90, "unit": "calendar_days", "label": "Transmission of existing data" } ], "computed_milestones": [ { "key": "existing_data", "from": "commencement", "offset": 90, "unit": "calendar_days", "label": "Transmission of existing data", "due_iso": "2026-11-23", "due_label": "23 November 2026", "state": "calculated", "item_id": "tracker-geoportal", "item_target": "#tracker-geoportal", "trigger": "commencement", "legal_basis": [ "art. 138; Official Gazette p. 45" ] } ] }, "status_key": "gate_not_open", "evidence": [ "The general-plan map and other layers exist, but do not prove the complete geoportal with all functions and standardised data required by the Code." ], "source_refs": [ "code", "observator-pug-map", "mdlpa-digital-program" ], "last_checked": "2026-08-05", "reader_effect": "For a plot, availability of one layer does not prove that every applicable constraint and rule is included and current.", "next_evidence": "Data catalogue, share of integrated plans, last-update date and download/query functions.", "aliases": [ "planning geoportal parcel", "GIS planning layers" ], "tags": [ "digital" ], "related_targets": [ { "label": "Digital guide", "target": "#guide-ce-devine-digital" } ], "category_label": "Digital infrastructure", "status_label": "Trigger not open", "display_status_key": "gate_not_open", "display_status_label": "Trigger not open" }, { "id": "tracker-one-stop-shop", "target": "#tracker-one-stop-shop", "category_key": "digital", "promise": "The national one-stop shop must permit filing, clarification and issue of acts through a digital workflow.", "legal_basis": [ { "source_id": "code", "article": "art. 139; Official Gazette p. 46", "role": "operative_text" } ], "responsible": [ "MDLPA, local authorities and opinion issuers" ], "deadline": { "kind": "phased", "label": "mandatory use after 5 years from publication", "trigger": "publication", "trigger_label": "publication in the Official Gazette", "milestones": [ { "key": "mandatory_use", "from": "publication", "offset": 5, "unit": "years", "label": "Mandatory use" } ], "computed_milestones": [ { "key": "mandatory_use", "from": "publication", "offset": 5, "unit": "years", "label": "Mandatory use", "due_iso": "2031-08-10", "due_label": "10 August 2031", "state": "calculated", "item_id": "tracker-one-stop-shop", "item_target": "#tracker-one-stop-shop", "trigger": "publication", "legal_basis": [ "art. 139; Official Gazette p. 46" ] } ] }, "status_key": "deadline_running", "evidence": [ "Publication on 10 August 2026 opened the five-year period in Article 139; mandatory use is calculated for 10 August 2031. 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the Code nevertheless fixes 1 June 2027 for use of the certificate in public procurement." ], "source_refs": [ "code" ], "last_checked": "2026-08-05", "reader_effect": "Until operation, a company should not be presented as certified under the new system merely because it holds existing authorisations or classifications.", "next_evidence": "The association’s legal personality and approved statute, the government decision, regulation, public register and first certificates.", "aliases": [ "construction operator certification", "certification association" ], "tags": [ "institutions" ], "related_targets": [], "category_label": "Institutions and capacity", "status_label": "Future date in text", "display_status_key": "future_fixed_deadline", "display_status_label": "Future date in text" }, { "id": "tracker-expertise-centres", "target": "#tracker-expertise-centres", "category_key": "institutions", "promise": "Authorities may establish public ATU expertise centres for planning, GIS, research and technical support.", "legal_basis": [ { "source_id": "code", "article": "art. 134–135; 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