The Romanian Chamber of Deputies Wednesday passed the
final vote on a law aimed at improving the quality of resident registration services and
at facilitating the issuance of identity documents for Romanian citizens.
Under the new law, no more than 10 people may register
the same address on their identity documents. The provision does not apply for
home owners and their extended family. An extended family includes the holder of residence rights, their spouse,
and relatives up to the fourth degree, reads the document. Violations of this
provision entails fines ranging between EUR 15 and 30. Deputy Viorel Sălan (Social
Democratic Party), one of the initiators of the bill, says an improvement of
the relevant legislation was necessary.
Viorel Sălan: Perhaps the most telling example is that
early this year, in Bucharest, as many as 18,000 people were registered with
their residence visas at the same address.
However, the AUR Deputy Titi Stoica believes the new
regula