Request for license for the public sewerage service, provided in the form of delegated management by companies with entirely public capital - https://www.anrsc.ro/gestiune-delegata-apa-canal/

Processing time: 60 days from the registration of the documentation or 30 days from the transmission by the public utility service operator of the additions requested by A.N.R.S.C.

Procedure description: The documents submitted by the applicant for the granting of the license for a public utility service/activity are analyzed by A.N.R.S.C., and in cases where necessary, the regulatory authority sends the applicant a letter informing them of the obligation to make additions, corrections, or clarifications regarding the application and the submitted documents, within 30 days from the registration of the documentation.

If, within 30 days from the date of the request for additions, the applicant does not provide all the appropriate documentation specified by the regulation, including the requested additions, A.N.R.S.C. will return the corresponding documentation, striking out the respective application from the licensing procedure, communicating this decision to the applicant.

Depending immune upon the way of submission and complexity of the information contained in the documentation submitted by the applicant, A.N.R.S.C. may decide:

a) summoning, at the A.N.R.S.C. headquarters, the authorized representatives of the applicant, to clarify certain aspects that result/do not result from the submitted documentation;

b) checking on site the reality of the data from the documentation submitted by the applicant.

A.N.R.S.C., through the specialized department, prepares a specialty report including the justified proposal to grant/reject the license, which will be presented for analysis to the Licensing Commission, by the commission’s secretary.

The proposal to grant/reject the license is submitted to a vote in the Licensing Commission.

Granting/rejecting the license is made by order of the president of A.N.R.S.C..

In case of granting the license, A.N.R.S.C. communicates to the applicant the invoice for the license granting fee, which must be paid within a maximum of 30 days from the date of communication of the invoice.

After payment confirmation A.N.R.S.C. sends the applicant within maximum 5 days, the order of the president of A.N.R.S.C. granting the license, accompanied by the license and its associated conditions.

In case of non-compliance with the 30-day deadline for payment of the licensing fee, A.N.R.S.C. will proceed to withdraw the license.

In case of refusal to grant the license, A.N.R.S.C. sends the applicant within a maximum of 5 days from the boysuance, the president's order of A.N.R.S.C. rejecting the license, accompanied by the reasons for the refusal.

In situations where the granting of the license was refused, the applicant may not submit new licensing documentation earlier than 6 months from the date of issuance of the rejection order.

Final document:

a) Order of granting the license, accompanied by the license and the conditions associated with the license;

b) Order of rejection of the license, accompanied by the reasons for refusal;

c) Notification regarding the striking out of the application from the procedure.

Notification period upon expiration of the processing period: 5 days from the confirmation of payment of the license granting fee, if the license is granted, respectively 5 days from the date of issuance of the license rejection order.

Additional information: https://www.anrsc.ro/front-page-apa-si-canalizare/