Expert CATUC Legislation
Romania’s Code on Spatial Planning, Urbanism and Construction (Law no. 169/2026), end to end. With manual, editable templates, calculation tools and a final exam.
Format
Online · Lifetime access
Duration
30+ hours of course content
Labs
Europroiect Estate Labs access (~300)
Full price
2.320 lei
VAT included
Launch offer −50% until 1 December 2026.
SEAP / SICAP catalogue · EE-CATUC26 · CPV 80530000-8
Trainer
Who delivers this programme
Ing. Marius Gaitan, PMP, PMI-PBA
CEO & President of Europroiect Estate
Ing. Marius Găitan, PMP, PMI-PBA is one of Romania's most respected professionals in project management and business analysis, with over 35 years in business and more than 30 years leading enterprise-level construction projects.
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA®), Marius is internationally recognised for his expertise and direct involvement in developing and improving the global standards of the Project Management Institute (PMI® - USA).
As founder of Europroiect Estate®, Marius Găitan has transformed the organisation into a leader in consulting, training and organisational development, training hundreds of professionals and contributing to modernising project management practice in Romania and internationally.
Through his courses, participants benefit from the expertise of a professional directly involved in writing and reviewing global PMI® standards, which guarantees up-to-date, internationally validated and practically applicable content.
The course manual is produced together with Ec. Dumitra Găitan and Adrian Găitan.
The law has changed. Your files will not wait.
From 25 August 2026, Law no. 169/2026 — the Code on Spatial Planning, Urbanism and Construction — is in force: 584 articles and 8 annexes that reunite and rewrite the rules for planning territory, obtaining planning certificates and building permits, executing, receiving and sanctioning works.
Read in fragments, the new text costs you: a misunderstood deadline means a rejected file; a procedure applied out of habit means delays, costs and sanctions. Scattered notes, forum answers and “how it used to be done” are no longer a working system.
Expert CATUC Legislation takes you through the whole Code, in the order you use it in practice.
What you will learn
- How the Code is built and how to find the right article in minutes, with cross-references between books, titles and annexes
- Spatial planning and urbanism documents: PUG, PUZ, PUD, endorsement, public consultation, environment and financing
- Zoning, basic urban rules, properties and zones with special regulations, urban operations
- Planning certificate and building permit, step by step: documents, deadlines, approvals, demolition, concessions and engineering works
- Control, sanctions and litigation: what happens when you work without a permit and how to regularise
- Consequence classes, quality and performance in construction, construction products
- Roles and responsibilities: investor, designer, verifier, contractor, site supervisor, authorities
- Lifecycle and investment project management, from planning certificate to handover
- Transition from previous legislation and the 8 annexes, explained
- Legislative risk: which alerts to watch and how to keep your knowledge current
Why this course?
The full Code, not a summary
24 modules and 106 sections, with exact references to articles in Law no. 169/2026.
Built around the file, not the article
Each module answers “what do I file, with whom, by when, and what happens if I get it wrong”.
Ready-to-use tools
Decision trees, document lists, consequence-class calculator, annex budget-margin calculator, file deadline tracker.
Manual of over 1,700 pages
Distributed exclusively inside the course, with a glossary of over 1,000 terms and an article index.
Learn at your pace
Study plans of 4, 8 or 12 weeks.
Authors with practice
Over 30 years of construction project management, applied to legislative text.
Who it is for
The course is for professionals who work with planning and construction files and must apply the new Code on the ground.
- ·Architects and designers
- ·Developers and investors
- ·Contractors, site supervisors and technical officers
- ·Design verifiers and technical experts
- ·Municipal and county staff, chief architects
- ·Lawyers and consultants working on planning and construction files
- ·Project managers and construction engineers
You do not need prior CATUC knowledge. We start from the Code structure and end with file-level application.
Final result
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- read the Code with confidence and find the right article quickly
- choose the correct planning document, authorisation regime, approvals and consequence class
- prepare complete files and calculate deadlines correctly
- know who is accountable for what, at every stage from design to handover
- spot legislative risks before they become costs
Curriculum
24 modules, grouped along the practical path of the Code: from orientation to file-level application.
- Module 0 — Orientation and method
What you get
Everything you need to move from reading the Code to applying it on a file.
Complete manual of over 1,700 pages
Over 50 downloadable materials: decision trees, document lists, role guides, quick-read sheets for local authorities, correlation table between previous legislation and CATUC
16 editable templates for requests, notices and replies to authorities
Excel tools: consequence-class calculator, budget-margin calculator, file deadline tracker, study planner
Recap sheets for each module and a legislative-risk alert register
Self-assessment bank: 530 questions with answers and explanations
Final certification exam
Access to Europroiect Estate Labs (~300 instruments)
Practice platform
Europroiect Estate Labs
Expert CATUC Legislation participants get access to Europroiect Estate Labs. You work on practical tools and scenarios around planning, authorisation and construction quality — not theory alone.
~300
Labs instruments
24
course modules
106
sections
3
study plans
- Access to about 300 instruments on the Labs platform
- Guided practice on file and decision scenarios
- Progress at your own pace on the same platform as the course
- Learning on labs.europroiect.org: job-ready and project-ready
Foundation
Foundations
Find the article, understand the term and complete a file step with guidance.
Practitioner
File application
Assemble documents, deadlines and roles on an authorisation or planning scenario.
Expert
Decision
Assess legislative risk, choose the correct procedure and document your reasoning.
Labs access is included for participants on this course.
Access to Europroiect Estate Labs is included for all Expert CATUC Legislation participants.
Certification
You receive two certificates issued by Europroiect Estate: a participation certificate and, after passing the online exam on the platform, an Expert CATUC Legislation completion certificate.
Participation certificate
Issued for completing the course on Europroiect Estate Academy. Confirms participation in the Expert CATUC Legislation programme.
Completion certificate
Issued after you pass the final online exam on the platform. Confirms completion of the Expert CATUC Legislation programme.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Expert CATUC Legislation course?
- It is a complete online course on Romania’s Code on Spatial Planning, Urbanism and Construction (Law no. 169/2026): 24 modules, 106 sections, a 1,700+ page manual, editable templates, Excel tools, Europroiect Estate Labs access and a final certification exam on Europroiect Estate Academy.
- What is CATUC and when does Law 169/2026 apply?
- CATUC is Romania’s unified planning and construction code. Law no. 169/2026 has been in force since 25 August 2026 and covers planning, planning certificates, building permits, execution, handover and sanctions. The course takes you through the Code end to end, file by file.
- Who is the course for?
- Architects and designers, developers and investors, contractors and site supervisors, verifiers and technical experts, municipal and county staff, lawyers on planning files, project managers and construction engineers in Romania. No prior CATUC knowledge is required.
- How does the course work and how long does it take?
- Self-paced e-learning on Academy, with 4, 8 or 12-week study plans. Materials and Labs access remain available for the course period as described on Academy.
- What certificates do I receive?
- You receive two certificates issued by Europroiect Estate: a participation certificate (after completing the course on Academy) and an Expert CATUC Legislation completion certificate after passing the final online exam on the platform.
- How much does it cost and how long is the launch offer?
- List price is 2,320 lei. The launch offer is 1,160 lei (VAT included), −50%, valid until 1 December 2026. You can pay by card (Academy or Netopia) or bank transfer.
- Does the course replace legal advice on a specific file?
- No. It is professional education on the Code and typical file application. For concrete cases, use the official legal text and licensed specialists.
The law has changed. You need someone who has read it to the end.
Start today.
Full price
2.320 lei
VAT included
Launch offer −50% until 1 December 2026.