Regimul juridic aplicabil asociaţiilor de dezvoltare intercomunitară în România

Administrative development based on the principles of decentralization, deconcentration and local autonomy has led to differences between communities. There are better developed communities, that manage with their own ressources, while at the opposite end there are communities that fail to cover their own expenses. Thus, the Law no. 286/2006 for amending and completing Law on Local Public Administration no. 215/2001 has created intercommunity development associations. Although they are entities formed by the asso-ciation of moral persons governed by public law, intercommunity development associations have been qualified as “private law structures” having a public utility status. Moreover, intercommunity development associations are assimilated to public authorities according to Law no. 554/2004 on administrative judicial review. In practice there have been many legal issues concerning these associative structures, which is why we have analysed some of them in the following article.