1In an administrative procedure, instituted according to the provisions of Article 41 of this Code, the public organ shall act through the responsible official designated in accordance with the rules of this article.

2Unless otherwise provided by law or sub-legal act, the head of the public organ shall preliminary designate a responsible unit for each type of administrative procedure under the competence of the organ, in accordance with the internal rules on its activity. This decision shall be made public by any suitable means.

3The head of the responsible unit, shall assume himself/herself or assign by a written act the responsible official for the conduct of the administrative procedure. The responsible official shall conduct the administrative procedure, and at the end propose in writing a final decision, while the decision is adopted and signed by the person assigned by law or sublegal acts. If the decision is different from the proposed one, it should be accompanied with the respective reasoning.

4In cases provided by the law, the responsible official, after conducting the administrative procedure decides on the matter by a final decision and signs it, save for cases where the law has provided otherwise.

5 The collegial body may assign one of its members to perform the administrative procedural actions. In such a case, the assigned member shall inform on the results of the administrative procedure the collegial body, which shall take a decision on the case.