- Romanian contiguous zone (12 nm zone from the territorial sea) is approximately 3,202 km².
- Romanian Exclusive Economic Zone is about 22,486km².
- The limit between Romania and Ukraine was agreed in 2009 after being referred to the International Court of Justice. The EEZ between Romania and Bulgaria has not yet been agreed upon.
Download full Country Information ProfileBack to all Countries
Romania
WHICH MARITIME SPATIAL PLANS EXIST?
There is currently no national legally binding Maritime Spatial Plan in Romania. Nevertheless, main advances in MSP have been achieved through several European projects in which Romania has been involved, such as MARSPLAN BS I and II.
It should also be noted that Romania has been highly active in the field of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). One regional (undertaken in the scope of the PlanCoast project) and four local MSPs were finalised before 2014 under the ICZM principle (national law).
MSP LEGISLATION
Romania transposed Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament into national legislation through Law no. 88/2017 related to the approval of Government Ordinance no. 18/2016 on maritime spatial planning.
NATIONAL MSP AUTHORITY
Since 2015, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration, has been the Competent Authority responsible for preparing national legislation and rules on MSP, nominating MSP authorities and implementing the MSP Directive.
Contact
Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration (MPWDA)
Directorate General for Regional Development and Infrastructure
Liviu BĂILEȘTEANU. Director
Phone: +40372 114 525
E-mail: liviu.bailesteanu@mdrap.ro
Contact person: Bogdan Andrei GHINEA. Head of unit
Phone: +40372 114 518
E-mail: bogdan.ghinea@mdrap.ro
Street: Libertății Bd., no. 16, North Wing, Sector 5, Bucharest, postal code 050706
Web: https://www.mlpda.ro/
Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests (MEWF)
National Committee of Coastal Zone
Department for Water, Resources Management (DWRM)
Director: Gheorghe CONSTANTIN
Street: Calea Plevnei, 46-48, Bucharest
Phone: +4 021.316.61.56.
E-mail: gheorghe.constantin@map.gov.ro
Web: http://www.mmediu.ro/
http://apepaduri.gov.ro/
Ministry of Transports, Infrastructure and Communications (MTIC)
Commission of Integrated Maritime Policy
Inter-ministerial committee for coordination of EU's Integrated Maritime Policy
Secretariat - DGSMAE and DN (Memorandum nr.20/9709/2009) Contact person: Violanda Alayan
Street: Dinicu Golescu Bd no. 38, 010873, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
Web: http://www.mt.ro/
Phone: +4021.319.61.24, fax - +4021.313.88.69
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"
Dr.ing. Mihaela Laurenta ALEXANDROV
Bul.Mamaia 300
Constanta 900581
Web: http://www.rmri.ro/
Phone +40 241 543288
National Institute for Research and Development on Marine Geology and Geo-ecology – GeoEcoMar
Dr. Dan-Lucian VASILIU
Director of the Constanța branch
23-25 Dimitrie Onciul Street, Sector 2, Bucharest Romania
Web: https://www.geoecomar.ro/
Phone: +4 0724 051 880
email: dan.vasiliu@geoecomar.ro