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The spouse of a Romanian citizen, who is not a national of a EU/EEA Member State or the Swiss Confederation, and who uses his long-term residence right on the Romanian territory benefits by equal treatment as the Romanian citizens regarding the implementation of the European Union treaties, subject to the provisions of these treaties and the directives adopted for their application. As holder of a diploma issued by third states’ architectural higher education institutions, whose diploma was recognized by the National Centre for the Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas (CNRED) within the Ministry of National Education, according to point 1 of the full description of the procedure, he can pursue his profession under all legal forms, being supervised by an architect with the signature right, namely an architect whose professional practice competences were recognized by OAR.
According to OAR, in order for an architect to be entitled to sign his own designs, he needs to carry out a 2-year professional traineeship as a transition period between his university training and his independent and responsible pursuit of the profession. During the 2 years, the professional trainee shall achieve, under the guidance of a mentor, the basic Architect’s Services that an architect shall be able to carry out.
OAR shall appraise the competences of candidates by their evaluation through the National Commission for Awarding the Signature Right (CNADS), in 4 yearly sessions of interviews.
For the full description of the procedure, please visit the link below:
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Means of appeal:
With reference to the interview for awarding the signature right: the applicant shall make an appeal against CNADS, in accordance with art. 40 of the 2018 Methodological Norms on Awarding the Signature Right. The applicant can also bring the action before administrative court, in keeping with Law no. 554/2004.
With reference to the pursuit of the profession, given the provisions of art. 95 paragraph (1) of ROF, the person injured by the services provided by an OAR member architect shall file a disciplinary complaint which shall be settled by the OAR competent disciplinary commission.
The injured person can also use the internal law procedures in order to settle any conflict (OAR-architect, OAR-beneficiary, architect-client, architect-architect).
Any interested person can look for an architect with the signature right by visiting SIOAR - https://www.sioar.ro/membersearch or by consulting The National Architects’ Register (TNA), published yearly in the Official Journal, part I.
This information is also available on the link: https://www.oar.archi/exercitarea-profesiei/cum-devii-arhitect
This procedure shall be performed by means of PSC. The applicant can also achieve it through SIOAR, by visiting the link: https://www.sioar.ro/.