The Law No. 251/2006 (and the related secondary legislation) amending the Law No. 188/1999 represents an important stage within the legislative development in the field of civil service and civil servants. The legal framework had also been improved through adoption of the Law no. 161/2003 on certain measures for ensuring transparency within the exercise of civil service positions, public dignities and the business environment, prevention and sanctioning of corruption. The distribution of civil servants between central and local levels of administration has been changed.. The Law No.251 of 23 June 2006 to amend the Law No.188/1999 as to the Status of the civil servants. Extensively amends the said Law No.188/1999 that is going to be republished with up to date modifications and having its articles renumbered. The amendments deal with the scope of action of the amended law, with the definition of the public function and of the public servant, with the classification of public functions, with the appointment of the public servants and with the conditions to be met by candidates to the public functions, with the assessment of the individual professional performance, with the right of the public servants to affiliate with trade unions and with their right to strike, with the continuous improvement of their professional performance, with their promotion, with their legal responsibility, with the disciplinary action against them, with the ceasing of the work relation and with several other provisions specific to the matter.