Policy Document
Emergency Ordinance 42/2013 modifying Law 416/2001 regarding minimum guaranteed income, and modifying Law 277/2010 regarding family support allowance
Benefits & Requirements
Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries
No change in the eligible groups
Target group
Family
Types of benefits guaranteed by this document
Cash-Benefits
Conditions for accessing the benefit stipulated by this document
This legal provision increases the income limit up to which the allowance is granted, from 370 lei per family member to 530 per family member (117 Euros/ family member). The two intervals 0-200 per family member and 201-530 per family member were modified and the amount has been increased with 305 since Julie 2013.
The duration of the benefit is determined by the following specific conditions
A certain income threshold per family member.
Read the Law
Original full text source in native language
Monitorul Oficial al Romaniei nr. 287 din 21 mai 2013
Original full text web source in native language
http://www.mmuncii.ro/j33/images/Documente/Legislatie/OUG42-2013.pdf
Secondary Literature & Sources
Secondary literature
- Rat, C. "Saracie si marginalizare sociala in randul familiilor cu copii". In Rotariu, T., & Voineagu, V. "Inertie si schimbare. Dimensiuni sociale ale tranzitiei". Polirom, Iasi (2012):179-198.
- Inglot, T., Szikra, D., & Rat, C. "Familiy Policy in Poland, Hungary and Romania since 2000". Problems of Post-Communism 59 (6) (2012): 27-49.
Links to databases and sources for the analysis or evaluation of this policy field
http://www.mmuncii.ro/pub/imagemanager/images/file/Statistica/Buletin%20statistic/2011/Asistenta%202011%20site.pdf; http://www.mmuncii.ro/j33/images/buletin_statistic/Asist_2013.pdf
http://www.mmuncii.ro/j33/images/buletin_statistic/Asistan2012.pdf; http://www.mmuncii.ro/pub/imagemanager/images/file/Legislatie/ORDONANTE-DE-GUVERN/OUG%20124-2011.pdf
Comments & Clarifications
Although the income threshold under which one can access the family support allowance was increased, the statistical data, in comparison to 2012, show that the number of beneficiary families has decreased. Probable causes may be the decrease of the birth rate, the suspension of the allowance because of children’s truancies, and because the beneficiaries did not uphold their legal obligations to the local budget (both aspects are legal conditions for receiving the family support allowance).