1. Cadrul legislativ:

• Lg.85/2006 privind procedura insolventei
• Lg. 32/2000 completata si modificata, privind societatile de asigurare si supravegherea asigurarilor. 
• Ordonanta de Guvern nr.10/2004 privind falimentul institutiilor de credit;
• Regulamentul Consiliului european nr.1346/2000 privind procedurile de insolvabilitate

Faza premergatoare reprezinta perioada dintre deschiderea procedurii si aprobarea planului de reorganizare sau trecerea la faliment.

2. Rolul administratorului judiciar in aceasta etapa este guvernat de urmatoarele principii:

• Principiul asigurarii managementului de criza 

Consta in luarea tuturor masurilor necesare pentru stoparea degringoladei debitorului si asigurarea mijloacelor necesare pentru desfasurarea activitatilor. 

• Principiul evaluarii obiective a situatiei economice si juridice a debitorului. 

Administratorul judiciar, in vederea exprimarii unui punct de vedere in legatura cu posibilitatile de reorganizare ale debitorului sau necesitatea trecerii la procedura falimentului, va trebui sa efectueze o verificare, preferabil rapida si eficienta, a situatiei acestuia din toate punctele de vedere. 

• Principiul realizarii unui plan de reorganizare fundamentat si viabil 

Administratorul judiciar, daca va considera posibila redresarea societatii, poate realiza el insusi planul de reorganizare sau poate colabora cu creditorii dau debitorii in realizarea acestuia. 

1. Legislative framework

• Law no. 85/2006 on insolvency procedure
• Law no. 32/2000, as supplemented and amended, on the insurers and insurance supervision
• Government Ordinance no. 10/2004 regarding the bankruptcy of credit institutions
• European Council Regulation no. 1346/2000 on insolvency procedures

The preliminary phase is the period comprised between the procedure opening and the approval of the reorganisation plan or going into bankruptcy.

2. The role of the official receiver in this phase is governed by the following principles:

• Principles of ensuring the crisis management

It is about taking all the measures required in order to stop the debtor’s fall and to ensure the means required for activity performance.

• Principle of the objective assessment of the debtor’s economic and legal standing.

For the purpose of expressing a point of view in relation to the options of reorganisation of the debtor or the necessity to go into bankruptcy, the official receiver shall have to carry out a verification, preferably a short and efficient one, of its standing from all the points of view. 

•  The principle of drawing up a fundamental and sustainable reorganisation plan

Should the official receiver deem that the company could recover its business, he may draw up by himself the reorganisation plan or may collaborate with the creditors or debtors in order to draw it up.