31 may 2023
Newsletter
Anca Mihăilescu
On 31 May 2023, the President of Romania promulgated the Law no. 166/2023 amending and supplementing Law no.350/2001 (“Law 350”) on territorial development and urban planning and Law no. 50/1991 (“Law 50”) on authorizing the execution of construction works (“Law 166”).
Law 166 aims to facilitate the investments from renewable sources in order to comply with the targets imposed by the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use ofenergy from renewable sources. As the entire European Union is under the pressure of energy prices, amendments and supplements to Law 350 and Law 50 were considered necessary to avoid delay or obstruction of such investments.
In a nutshell, the main amendments and supplements are as following:
building permits are granted in the absence of approved documentation on territorial development and urban planning for construction works regarding production and storage of electricity and hydrogen from renewable sources located outside and/or inside city limits (extramuros and/or intramuros lands), as well as for energy transformation stations, cables and installations for connection to the electrical network of public interest.
if the construction works aim to achieve several investment objectives on the same land, a building permit can be issued for each investment objective on the basis of the same urbanism certificate, with the condition of delimiting these investment objectives.
Considering the above, it would seem that a PUZ is no longer necessary for renewable projects (until now PUZs were not required for extramuros lands below 50 ha). However, Law 166 is rather unclear and, at least in relation to the situation of extramuros lands above 50 ha, it remains to be seen how Law 166 will be implemented inpractice.
We do hope that all uncertainties will be clarified and that projects located on extramuros lands above 50 ha will be unlocked.
31 may 2023
Newsletter
Anca Mihăilescu
On 31 May 2023, the President of Romania promulgated the Law no. 166/2023 amending and supplementing Law no.350/2001 (“Law 350”) on territorial development and urban planning and Law no. 50/1991 (“Law 50”) on authorizing the execution of construction works (“Law 166”).
Law 166 aims to facilitate the investments from renewable sources in order to comply with the targets imposed by the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use ofenergy from renewable sources. As the entire European Union is under the pressure of energy prices, amendments and supplements to Law 350 and Law 50 were considered necessary to avoid delay or obstruction of such investments.
In a nutshell, the main amendments and supplements are as following:
building permits are granted in the absence of approved documentation on territorial development and urban planning for construction works regarding production and storage of electricity and hydrogen from renewable sources located outside and/or inside city limits (extramuros and/or intramuros lands), as well as for energy transformation stations, cables and installations for connection to the electrical network of public interest.
if the construction works aim to achieve several investment objectives on the same land, a building permit can be issued for each investment objective on the basis of the same urbanism certificate, with the condition of delimiting these investment objectives.
Considering the above, it would seem that a PUZ is no longer necessary for renewable projects (until now PUZs were not required for extramuros lands below 50 ha). However, Law 166 is rather unclear and, at least in relation to the situation of extramuros lands above 50 ha, it remains to be seen how Law 166 will be implemented inpractice.
We do hope that all uncertainties will be clarified and that projects located on extramuros lands above 50 ha will be unlocked.
31 may 2023
Newsletter
Anca Mihăilescu
On 31 May 2023, the President of Romania promulgated the Law no. 166/2023 amending and supplementing Law no.350/2001 (“Law 350”) on territorial development and urban planning and Law no. 50/1991 (“Law 50”) on authorizing the execution of construction works (“Law 166”).
Law 166 aims to facilitate the investments from renewable sources in order to comply with the targets imposed by the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use ofenergy from renewable sources. As the entire European Union is under the pressure of energy prices, amendments and supplements to Law 350 and Law 50 were considered necessary to avoid delay or obstruction of such investments.
In a nutshell, the main amendments and supplements are as following:
building permits are granted in the absence of approved documentation on territorial development and urban planning for construction works regarding production and storage of electricity and hydrogen from renewable sources located outside and/or inside city limits (extramuros and/or intramuros lands), as well as for energy transformation stations, cables and installations for connection to the electrical network of public interest.
if the construction works aim to achieve several investment objectives on the same land, a building permit can be issued for each investment objective on the basis of the same urbanism certificate, with the condition of delimiting these investment objectives.
Considering the above, it would seem that a PUZ is no longer necessary for renewable projects (until now PUZs were not required for extramuros lands below 50 ha). However, Law 166 is rather unclear and, at least in relation to the situation of extramuros lands above 50 ha, it remains to be seen how Law 166 will be implemented inpractice.
We do hope that all uncertainties will be clarified and that projects located on extramuros lands above 50 ha will be unlocked.