The approval required for the alienation of agricultural land located outside city limits may be requested by any person who owns such land, for the purpose of selling it.

For the implementation of the provisions of this procedure, the city halls have the following duties (according to Order No. 719/740/M.57/2333 of May 12, 2014 regarding the approval of the methodological norms for the application of Title I of Law No. 17/2014 regarding certain regulatory measures for the sale-purchase of agricultural lands located outside city limits and for the amendment of Law No. 268/2001 regarding the privatization of commercial companies managing agricultural lands under public and private ownership of the state and the establishment of the State Domain Agency):

a) register the seller’s application, accompanied by the offer to sell the agricultural land and the supporting documents provided for in art. 5 para. (1);

b) post the sale offer at the city hall’s headquarters and on its website, as the case may be, in compliance with the provisions of art. 6 para. (2) of the law and with the legal provisions concerning the protection of personal data;

c) notify the preemptors, within the period provided for in art. 6 para. (6) of the law, by sending the notification regarding the registration of the sale offer to their domicile, residence, or headquarters, as the case may be; the notification is sent by mail and/or by electronic mail, with delivery confirmation;

d) post the preemptors’ notification at the city hall headquarters or on the city hall website, in compliance with the legal provisions regarding the protection of personal data, in case the holders of preemption rights from the preemptors’ list cannot be contacted;

e) notify the neighboring local public authority with the land area subject to the sale intention, if the area is on the border of two administrative territories, for the purpose of notifying the holders of preemption rights, as provided in points c) and d);

f) send to the central structure for lands with an area of over 30 hectares, or to the local structures for lands with an area of up to and including 30 hectares, as the case may be, as well as to A.D.S., within the period provided for in art. 6 para. (5) of the law, the file regarding the application and the sale offer of the agricultural land, together with the supporting documents, as the case may be, accompanied by the preemptors’ list, the documents issued in exercising the duties provided for in points c)-e), as well as the minutes regarding the posting of the offer, following the model provided in Annex no. 1I;