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according to legal provisions, public authorities and institutions are required to organize a different compartment for public relations to receive, register and settle petitions and reply to the petitioners. In this case, due to the fact that 51.64% of the inhabitants of Savadisla are of Hungarian origin, the defendant Police Inspectorate is obliged to also employ people of Hungarian origin. The police agent was required to receive and register the petition; the regulations on petition solving activity state that petitions registered are to be forwarded to expert departments function of their object. The Police Inspectorate is responsible for the proper organization and development of the activity of receiving, registering and solving petitions.

The Steering board Resolution no. 658/26.10.2016 showed that the refusal of registering a petition and the refusal to comment in any widespread language by the police officer rep- resents a fact of discrimination pursuant to the provisions of Art. 2 par. 1 and Art. 10 letter h of the Government Ordinance no. 137/2000 republished and decides to impose a warning on the police officer. The Police Inspectorate is responsible for the proper organization and development of the activity of receiving, registering and solving petitions. Non-compliance with the provisions of Art. 79 of Law 360/2002, of Art. 4 of the Ordinance no. 27/2002 on regulating the petition settlement activity, as updated, represents a fact of discrimination pursuant to the provisions of Art. 2 par. 1 and Art. 10 letter h) of the Government Ordinance no. 137/2000 republished and provides for a contraventional fine of Lei 2,000 pursuant to the provisions of Art. 26 par. 1 of the Government Ordinance no. 137/2000

22. Access to public information. The right to public information The petitioner reports that information of public interest was published exclusively in the Hungarian language on the website of the defendant, the Mayor’s Institution of M. Hence, the access to public information of citizens who do not speak Hungarian is restricted and the right to public information is infringed.

The Steering board Resolution no. 368/18.05.2016 notes the existence of a differentiated and discriminatory treatment on language grounds, pursuant to the provisions of Art. 2 par. 1 and Art. 15 of the GO 137/2000 on the prevention and punishment of all facts of discrimination, as republished, and ruled on imposing a warning on the defendant Mayor’s Institution of M., pursuant to the provisions of Art. 2 par. 1 and Art. 15 of the GO 137/2000 on the prevention and punishment of all facts of discrimination, as republished.

23. Racist manifestations The Romanian National Council for Combating Discrimination opened an investigation by itself on a possible fact of discrimination by racist manifestations during a feminine handball game between H.C. Zalău and H.C.M. Baia Mare. After the game, the player M.C. and the foreign player A.P. published the following reactions on their Facebook profile pages: A.P. wrote: “...a part of Romania showed me lack of respect. I am of colour and I am proud of it. If you do not know how to appreciate this, let me remind you I am representing a Romanian team. I am polite with you all, I always stop to take pictures and what do you show me? If you do not respect me, then I do not have anything to do here. I will not let anyone step upon me, especially because of my origin”. During the game, a group of supporters of H.C. Zalău

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