Article XIII. - Law No 188/1999 of the Status of Civil Servants, published in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I, No 600/December 8, 1999, with subsequent modifications and completions, shall be amended and extended as follows:

1. Article I shall be amended to read as follows:
"Article 1-(1) This Law regulates the general status of the legal relations between the civil servants and the public authorities and institutions of the central and local public administration, hereafter called work relations.

(2) The purpose of this Law is to ensure, consistent with the legal provisions, a stable, professional, transparent, efficient and unbiased civil service, for the benefit of the citizens a well as of the authorities and public institutions in the central and local public administration."

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