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PM Ciolos: Transport Ministry readies emergency ordinance to unlock infrastructure projects

February 5, 2016

Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on Friday announced that the Transport Ministry is preparing several normative acts to unlock the authorization process that is delaying certain infrastructure projects and to facilitate the preparation of public procurement contracts. “In the following days, the Transport Ministry is drafting an emergency ordinance to unlock the approval and authorization process […]

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