REFORMING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU SERVICES DIRECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION. A CASE STUDY ON THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION PROCESS IN ROMANIA

Romania is currently facing a lot of challanges in the public administration (PA) field. In this context probably one of the most pressing factors is the European Union integration process. Thus, starting with 2007, when Romania joined the European Union, it has become a necessity to build an European dimension of the PA reform process. In this paper, we are going to show how the European Union Services Directive implementation impacts on the PA reform process and also we are going to check if the outputs of the reform match the goals set by the Services Directive. Our whole approach is based on finding out the progresses and drawbacks associated with the business opening process, within the Romanian Trade Register Office.