On 26 November 2019, Law no. 230/2019 on the approval of
Emergency Ordinance no. 23/2019 for the supplementing of the
National Education Law no. 1/2011 (Education Law), the
establishment of waivers and the extension of certain deadlines
(Law 230/2019) was published in the Official Gazette.
The main change set forth under Law 230/2019 is an express
regulation of the legal entity responsible of obtaining the
required fire permit for the operation of educational institutions.
The new provisions aim to provide clarity, given the current
terminological ambiguity, and shall enter into force on 29 November
2019.
Under Romanian fire safety regulations, buildings where
educational activities are operated have to be authorised from a
fire safety perspective. However, the current provisions have led
to diverging interpretations and court decisions regarding the
legal entity responsible of obtaining the fire permit, specifically
if the educational institution is not the legal
