Law no. 52/2003 regarding decisional transparency in public administration establishes the minimal procedural rules applicable to ensure decisional transparency within central and local public administration authorities, whether elected or appointed, as well as within other public institutions using public financial resources, in the relations established between them and the citizens and their legally constituted associations, and aims to increase the accountability of public administration towards the citizen, as the beneficiary of administrative decisions, to involve citizens’ active participation in the decision-making process and in the drafting of normative acts, and to increase the level of transparency throughout the entire public administration.

During the procedures for drafting normative act projects, the public administration authority has the obligation to publish an announcement regarding this action on its own website, to display it at its own headquarters, in a space accessible to the public, and to send it to central or local mass media. The public administration authority shall send the normative act projects to all persons who have submitted a request to receive this information.

The announcement regarding the drafting of a normative act project will be brought to the public’s attention at least 30 working days before being submitted for approval by the public authorities. The announcement will include: the date of display, a substantiation note, a statement of reasons, an approval report on the necessity of adopting the proposed normative act, an impact and/or feasibility study, as appropriate, the full text of the respective project, as well as the deadline, the place and the manner in which interested parties can submit in writing proposals, suggestions, opinions with recommendation value regarding the normative act project.

Upon the publication of the announcement, the public administration authority will set a period of at least 10 calendar days for normative act projects, to receive in writing proposals, suggestions or opinions regarding the normative act project subject to public debate.

The notification form including displayed proposals, suggestions or opinions may be filled in by the citizen, who can request that these be maintained in the final version of the draft decision.

First of all, in order to benefit from this right, the citizen must create an account on the Single Electronic Contact Point platform. After registering or logging in to the account, the natural or legal person enters the platform and searches for the institution they wish to address, in this case the Brăila County Council. After reaching the respective institution, the citizen searches for the necessary form for submitting their observations, which they must download, complete with the requested data, scan, and then upload again on the platform. Confirmation of receipt of the document and, subsequently, the response will be communicated via the platform, to the e-mail address mentioned in the form.