Preliminary assessment of the third payment request of Romania (2024)

        legislative technique for the drafting of legislative acts.
 iii.   Law No. 302 of 15 November 2022 amending GEO 195/2002 on traffic on public roads
        amended Article 64(1) of GEO 195/2002 and allowed the traffic police to order the removal
        of illegally parked vehicles. This Law was published in the Official Journal No. 1107 on 17
        November 2022 and entered into force on 20 November 2022, in accordance with Article
        12(1) of Law 24/2000 on the rules of legislative technique for the drafting of legislative acts.
 iv.    Law No. 134 of 13 May 2022 amending GEO 195/2002 on traffic on public roads established
        traffic rules on expressways and extended categories of vehicles banned from express
        roads. This Law was published in the Official Journal No. 477 on 13 May 2022 and entered
        into force on 16 May 2022, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Law 24/2000 on the rules of
        legislative technique for the drafting of legislative acts.
  v.    Articles 110(4), 160 and 161 of GD 1075/2021 introduced prohibitions for drivers of electric

        scooters, similar to those in place for bicycle drivers. Articles 118(2), 120(d) and 135(g) of
        GD 1075/2021 further introduced priority and safety measures applicable when overtaking
        a bicycle or an electric scooter, drivers of motor vehicles, other than those moving on two
        wheels, regulating manoeuvres allowed when overpassing the longitudinal marking
        separating the traffic directions or separating the lanes on the same direction, including in
        what regards speed limit allowed. This Government Decision entered into force on 6
        October 2021 with its publication in the Official Journal No. 954, in accordance with Article
        12(3) of Law 24/2000 on the rules of legislative technique for the drafting of legislative acts.
 vi.    Government Emergency Ordinance No. 13 of 4 February 2020 amending GEO 195/2002 on
        traffic on public roads sets the applicable legal regime for the circulation of electric scooters
        on public roads. Specifically, rules of conduct for electric scooter drivers and correlative
        sanctions for non-compliance were established to prevent the involvement of electric

        scooter drivers in traffic accidents. It also specified the new rules when overtaking a bicycle
        or an electric scooter and the obligations for vulnerable users as provided for in paragraphs
        2, 4 and 5 of Article 70, and in Articles 73 and 74(1). This Emergency Ordinance entered into
        force on 11 February 2020 with its publication in the Official Journal No. 102, in accordance
        with Article 12(3) of Law 24/2000 on the rules of legislative technique for the drafting of
        legislative acts.
 vii.   Article 6 of Law No. 85 of 12 April 2022 amending GEO 195/2002 on traffic on public roads
        defined distinct bicycle lanes and the national roads for cyclists. This law was published in
        the Official Journal No. 366 of 13 April 2022 and entered into force on 16 April 2022, in
        accordance with Article 12(1) of Law 24/2000 on the rules of legislative technique for the
        drafting of legislative acts.
viii.   Article I (1) of Law No. 278 of 4 October 2022 introduced a new paragraph 8 under Article

72 (7) of GEO 195/2022 mandating appropriate lightning for unmarked pedestrian crossings by means of intelligent systems differentiating them from the roadway. This law was published in the Official Journal No. 967 on 4 October 2022 and entered into force on 7 October 2022, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Law 24/2000 on the rules of legislative technique for the drafting of legislative acts.

• - phasing out from the national register of old/deficient vehicles,

Article 2 of Ministerial Order No. 2261 of 23 August 2022 set up a programme aiming to scrap old vehicles of 15 years or more, while Article 21 of the same act requires these vehicles to be removed from the national register. This Ministerial Order entered into force on 24 August 2022 with its