Constitution
Texts
Constitutional Laws
Religious Communities
National and International Agreements
Statutes and Internal Rules
Statute of the Board of the Catholic Diocese of Latin Rite of Alba Iulia 1932
Charter of organization and operation of the BOR in 2007
Protocol MEN – Patriarhie – SSC
Statute of Muslim worship in 2008
Statute of Worship Pentecostal Christian – Apostolic Church of God in 2013
Statute of the Union of Evangelical Christian Churches in 2007
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Adventist Church in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Evangelical Church in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Evangelical Church of Romania in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Old Rite Russian Orthodox Church Statute 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Reformed Church in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania in 2010
Amendments to the Statute of the Pentecostal Church
Statute of organization and operation of the BOR in 1949
Statute of organization and operation of the BOR in 2011
Statute of organization and operation of the BOR in 2017
Laws and decrees
Law on the legal personality of associations and foundations 1924
Regulation regarding the execution of the Law on associations and 1924
General scheme of Religious Communities 1928
General scheme of Religious Communities 177-1948
Decree of dissolution of Catholic religious congregations 1948
Decree no. 334/1970 on the organization and functioning of the Department for Cults
Amendment of decree no. 334/1970 which organizes the functioning of the Department for Cults
Ordinance no. 777/1990 on the establishment of the Secretariat of State for the Cults
Decree n. 939/1990 on the organization and functioning of the Cults department
Ordinance no. 595 1992 on the organization and functioning of the Secretariat of State for the Cults
Ordinance no. 218/1995 on the organization and functioning of the Secretariat of State for the Cults
Ordinance no. 63/1998 on the organization and functioning of the Secretariat of State for the Cults
Ordinance no. 22/2012 on the organization and functioning of the Secretariat of State for Cults
Act on associations and foundations 2000 abstract
Approval of the national program of worship and spiritual centres
Prohibition of any form of discrimination 2006
General scheme of Religious Communities 177-1948
Ordinance no. 26-2000 on the regulation of associations and foundations
Law n. 22-2014 amending the order no. 26-2000 relating to associations and foundations
Law on the exclusive right of religious confessions for the production of religious objects in 1992
List of decrees approving some unpublished Statutes of Religious Confessions between 1945 and 1989
Decrees of recognition of denominations between 1944 and 1950
Decree of 28 October 1959 n. 410 that completes the decree 177/1948 on the general regime of cults
Law n. 178/2002 on the repeal of the Art. 7 of Decree 177/1948
Example of decree to appoint a Bishop of the Greek Catholic Church united with Rome 2002
Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars
Decree fixing the number of the eparchies
Ordinance n. 26 of 30 January 2000 on associations and foundations
Repeal of the Judgment n°810/1949 of the Council of Ministers 1991
Approval of the Government Ordinance n.26/2000 concerning associations and foundations
Regulations for the application of the Law on associations and foundations
Ordinance recognition statute BOR 2008
Organization and functioning of the State Secretariat for Cults 2013
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Adventist Church in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Evangelical Church in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Evangelical Church of Romania in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Old Rite Russian Orthodox Church Statute 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Reformed Church in 2008
Decision on the recognition of the Statute of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania in 2010
Amendments to the Statute of the Pentecostal Church
Ordinance on financial support for institutions and religious confessions recognized in 2014
Implementing Regulation of the statute Pentecostal Union in 1999
Electoral rules of Worship Pentecostal Christian Romania 2013
Ordinance no. 16/2012 about the reorganization of the central public administration
Rules of procedure of disciplinary and judicial institutions of the Roman Orthodox Church
Bodies And Church Properties
Taxation
Confiscation, Restitution and Compensation of Properties of Religious Communities
Law n.112/1995 on the legal status of housing owned by the state
Law no. 247/1995 on the reform of property and justice
Government Emergency Decree 94/2000 – republished in 2005
Law n.10/2001 on the legal status of illegally confiscated properties entry into force in 2005
Law 501/2002 of approval of the emergency decree for the return of goods of Churches in Romania
Resolution no. 1239/2004 on the methodological rules of law no. 290/2003
Law on Property expropriation 1948
ECHR Judgment on the Confession of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Law on property rights on agricultural and forest lands in 2000
Law on Property and Reform of Justice No. 247-2005
Repeal of Decree 177-1948 on the general scheme of religious communities 2002
Law on the Protection of National Mobile Cultural Heritage 182-2000
Law on the Protection of property goods in 1996
Measures to refund goods abusively confiscated during the communist regime 165-2013
Amendments to Resolution 361-2005
Government Emergency Ordinance no. 21/2015 on the amendment and completion of Law no. 165/2013
Decision of the Cassation no. 7525/2012
Decree Law on the legal status of the inhabitants of Jewish faith in Romania 1940
Decree n. 113-1948 relating the remains of Jews who were victims of persecution, death and heirs
Decree n. 92-1950 on the nationalization of some real estate
Law n. 169/1997 which modifies and completes the law n. 18/1991 on agricultural properties
Law 66/1937 on the assignment of forests and other lands of some Orthodox monasteries
Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars
Resolution no. 1839/2005 to amend the methodological rules of law no. 290/2003
Decree n. 9-1989 which provides for the repeal of numerous legislative acts
Government Decision no. 1318-1990 on the use of some buildings by religious confessions
Case law
Constitutional Court ruling no. 73-1995 on the constitutionality of the rules on State Ownership
ECHR judgment : Greek Catholic Lupenia appeal v. Romania in 2015
ECHR judgment : Archdiocese of Alba Iulia v. Romania 2012
ECHR ruling: Greek-Catholic Parish of Sambata Bihor against Romania 2010
Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Oradea – trade and litigation section no. 78/2009
Judgment of the Civil Court no. 2095/2010 about the ownership of a church
Emergency Ordinance no. 21/1997 about the return of buildings to the Jewish community
Emergency Ordinance no. 83/1999 about the return of buildings to the Jewish community
Ordinance no. 111/1998 about the return of buildings to the Jewish community
Sentence no. 474-2014 of the Court of Satu Mare
Sentence no. 669-2014 of the Court of Maramureş
Judgment on the case of the Greek-Catholic parish of Sambata Bihor against Romania
Decision no. 157/2012 of the Court of Appeal of Timişoara 2012
Decision on the case of the Greco-Catholic parish of Bogdan Voda against Romania 2013
Case of the Greek-Catholic parish Lupeni and others against Romania in 2011
Summary of the case of the Greek-Catholic parish Lupeni and others against Romania in 2011
Case of the Greek-Catholic Parish of Glod against Romania in 2007
Rules of procedure of the disciplinary institutions 2015
Cumulative acts concerning land use to a religious confession for free
Decision no. 476/2015 requesting for modify to the land register
ECHR decision no. 65965/2001 – Greek-Catholic Parish Sfantul Vasile vs. Romania
CEDU decision no. 2330/2009 – Sindacatul Pastorul Cel Bun affair against Romania 2013
Construction of Worship And Urban Planning
Laws and decrees
Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars
Sustenance of the Clergy and Financing of Religious Communities
Laws and decrees
Unitary payment of the clergy with public funds in 2010
State aid in favor of the wages of the clergy in 1999
Modify to the remuneration of ministers 2003
Exclusive right of religious cults to produce objects of worship in 1992
Financial support to structures of the religious confessions recognized in Romania
On the salary of cult ministers 1999
Amendments to the law on salaries of cult ministers 2008
Coordinated text of the law nr. 142/1999 on the salary of cult ministers, updated to 2009
Record card on the clergy sustenance
Financial support of religious unity, Government Decree 82-2001 as amended and supplemented
Law on the release of the Fiscal Code to religious confessions 571-2003
Regime of grants from public funds allocated to the activities of non-profit public interest 2002
Framework Law no. 284/2010 on the remuneration of public employees
Law on the legal regime of public ownership 1998
Law on the public pension system and other social security rights 2000
Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars
Case law
Individual and Collective Religious Freedom and Minorities
Religious Assistance
Law no. 195/2000 establishing and reorganizes the Romanian clergy in the army
Modification and completion of legislative acts within the health care
Grant agreements of non-profit activities of general interest with public funds
Measures
Prevention and repression of any form of discrimination
Anti-Discrimination Ordinance l. 125 2000
Amendment on the Fiscal Code act
Implementing Regulation of Law 571/1993 on the issuance of the tax code in 2004
Cemeteries
Conscientious Objection
Pandemic
Military Ordinance nr. 2/2020 on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Military Ordinance nr. 3/2020 on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Military Ordinance nr. 4/2020 on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Order on rules of access to places of worship, minimum safety distance and specific health measures to perform religious activities 2020 Original document
Guidelines and instructions of the Church of the Roman Patriarch about the ordinance nr. 3/2020
Indications of the Eastern Catholic Church on Easter Celebrations 2020
Press release of the Catholic Church with Greek ritual on the celebration of Easter 2020
Emergency Ordinance No. 1/ 1999 on the Siege State Regime updated to 2020
Decree no. 195/2020 establishing the state of emergency
Law no. 55/2020 for the prevention of pandemic
Decision No. 47/2020 for the prevention of pandemic
Letter of the Patriarch of the Roman Church Arhiepiscopul Tomisului to Ludovic Orban 2020
Law no. 136/2020 on public health legislation to cope with pandemic