Institutions and legislative framework in the Romanian irrigation sector.

In Romania, the irrigation water management is in conformity with the European Union requirements, which regulate the framework of action, cooperation, coordination and implementation of common standards concerning the sustainable use of water and soil. The administration and use of irrigation infrastructure is based on a current legislative framework under continuous dynamics. In this context, the paper intends to analyze the legislative framework and the main institutions that regulates the activity in the Romanian irrigation sector and highlights the main normative acts that lie at the basis of the new forms of irrigation system infrastructure management, as well as of the organization forms of water users. The modernization and rehabilitation strategy of the land improvement infrastructure mainly targets the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure, sparing the water resources and irrigation system efficiency increase.