As of Friday, December 29, 2006, the Prime-Minister of Romania, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, appointed Dan Cristian Georgescu President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI). Vice-President was appointed Alexandrina Luminita Hirtan.
The two appointment decisions (Decision no.234/2006 on the appointment of Mr. Georgescu and, respectively, Decision no.235/2006 on the appointment of Ms. Hirtan) have been published in the Romanian Official Journal no.3 as of January 3, 2007.
On December 29, 2006, the Romanian Official Journal published the Government Emergency Ordinance no.134/2006 on the establishment of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI) – a public institution with legal personality subordinated to the Government, fully financed from extra-budgetary revenues – by mean of re-organising the National Regulatory Authority for Communications, which is dissolved. The authority is organised and operates under the co-ordination of the Prime-Minister.
The ordinance was adopted considering the full harmonisation of the national legislation with the EU legislation as well as the necessity to regulate the information technology domain in close connection with electronic communications and postal services, since they are convergent domains. So far, in Romania there is no institutional regulatory framework to assure the transition to the Information Society.
The new institution takes over the budget, patrimony and personnel of the former National Regulatory Authority for Communications.
The Government will approve the regulation on the organisation and operation of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology within 60 days after the Government Emergency Ordinance enters into force.