Govt draws law list to last by 2004

The Ministry for Relation with Parliament has completed the “legislative programme” of the Government for 2001-2004. The document includes the main draft laws the ministries and public administration bodies have to work out by the end the current’s administration term.

According to the schedule devised by the ministry run by Acsinte Gaspar, the Government will draw up several draft laws on protecting the state’s interest in the privatising companies of strategic interest and on setting the penalties for the employers hiring people from the black market, by the end of the year.

Also by the end of the year, another draft law on the salaries of the budget-paid employees will emerge. The Cabinet is to complete a series of legislative modifications to cover the financial-banking field, the fiscal, energy, transports, telecommunications infrastructure and constructions sectors this year or no later than 2002.

The Privatisation Authority was requested to work out several draft laws to regulate the operations transferring the State’s participation in the trading companies and the management of such participation.

The Ministry of Industry and Resources and the SMEs Ministry have to work out a draft law by the end of the year, which should set clear liabilities for damages caused by faulty products. The Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity is to work out a new Labour Code, as well.