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    General Principles of the Administrative Procedure. The Romanian Perspective
    (Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Public Administration Department, 2007-06-01) Bălan, Emil; Troanță Rebeleș, Dragoş Teodor
    From our perspective, the administrative procedure represents in a simple way the rules that apply to the activities of public administration structures (even if it concerns the drafting, the execution or the control of administrative acts or the realization of administrative operations). In the context represented by the need for reform and modernization in the public sector, the administrative procedure has to systemize, simplify and unify public administration activity eliminating the contradictions between the administrative actions. The reform and modernization of public administration needs in our opinion to state and establish in a clear and prescriptive way the rules concerning the general administrative procedure, in other words – the rules that guide the decision making process, that assures openness and transparency, the respect of citizens’ rights and interests, the efficiency of public administration. Our paper – “General principles of public administration procedure. The Romanian perspective” analyzes some of the general principles that apply to the administrative procedure as they are formulated in the internal legal order, principles governing the administrative procedures that are not yet systemized and unified in the form of one complex law, representing the first stage of our project. Taking into consideration the internal experience, our future research in this project will continue this study, in order to realize the comparative dimension in two directions – one representing the level and experience of the European Union Member States and the other representing the European Union dimension.
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    Green Initiative and Mineral Governance: The Interplay of EU Policies and Romania’s Regulatory Framework
    (MDPI, 2025) Alexandru, Dana-Georgeta; Bălan, Emil; Berceanu, Ionuț Bogdan; Iftene, Cristi; Varia, Gabriela
    The global shift toward green technologies presents a dual challenge: surging demand for clean technology products and an increasing reliance on critical raw materials (CRMs). While the existing literature has largely concentrated on economic, geopolitical, or general governance perspectives, scant attention has been devoted to the legal, institutional, and justice dimensions of mineral resource governance. This article addresses this gap by examining the European Union’s evolving policy framework—particularly the Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Act—and its implications for Romania’s national regulatory landscape. Employing a mixed-method approach that combines a systematic literature review and a SWOT analysis, this study assesses Romania’s capacity to align its mineral governance with the EU’s objectives for supply security, environmental sustainability, and strategic autonomy. Its findings underscore the urgent need for Romania to streamline its regulatory frameworks, enhance institutional coherence, clarify property rights, and reform licensing and fiscal regimes to attract investment and ensure legal predictability. Advancing green mining technologies, recycling initiatives, and sustainability-focused innovations is also vital for aligning national practices with the EU’s environmental and economic goals. By foregrounding issues of transparency, good governance, and procedural justice, this article offers new insights into how national and supranational governance structures intersect in the context of the green transition. This study provides valuable recommendations for policymakers, industry actors, and scholars seeking to strengthen Romania’s position within the EU’s broader resource security and sustainable development strategies.
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    Local Collectivity v. Administrative-Territorial Unit–a Legal-Semantic Perspective
    (T&T Academic Publishing, 2021) Bălan, Emil; Varia, Gabriela
    The paper topic is placed in the general context of implementing democracy at the local level by means of decentralization of public administration (PA). This interest requires the need of theoretical grounds for a series of new concepts, such as local power and subjects entitled to detain and exercise this power. The study is looking for an answer to the following research question: which is the scientific concept that describes the subject of local autonomy: the territorial-administrative unit or the local collectivity?