The Romanian government, through the CNSU, has adopted a series of new rules for people entering Romania during this period, and below you have listed all the details you need to know about right now.
"Art.1 - The list of countries/areas/territories of high epidemiological risk for which the measure of quarantine is instituted on persons arriving in Romania from them, provided in the annex to this decision, is approved.
Art.2 – (1) Upon entering Romania, for persons arriving from the countries/areas/territories of high epidemiological risk provided for in art. (1) and present a document certifying the negative result of an RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 virus infection, performed no later than 72 hours before boarding (for those traveling by public transport) or entry on the national territory (for those traveling with their own means), the measure of quarantine at home or at the declared location is instituted for a period of 10 days.
(2) Children aged less than or equal to 3 (three) years, who arrive in the country together with the persons provided for in para. 1, enter quarantine for a period similar to theirs and are exempted from the obligation to present a document certifying the negative result of an RT-PCR test for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
(3) The negative result of the RT-PCR test for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus provided for in paragraph (1) is presented in the form of a document (in the official language of the respective state and in English), in written or electronic format, issued by authorized laboratories, and will also contain the identification data of the persons for whom the test was performed.
(4) For persons arriving from the countries/areas/territories provided for in para. (1) and who do not present a document certifying the negative result of an RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 virus infection upon entering the country, the measure of quarantine at home or at the declared location is instituted for a period of 14 days .
(5) Economic operators that carry out international, air and road transport of people, through regular or irregular flights to Romania from the epidemiological risk areas, provided for in para. (1.), have the obligation to prohibit the boarding of the means of transport to persons who do not present a document certifying:
a) the negative result of an RT-PCR test for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, carried out no later than 72 hours before boarding or,
b) taking the vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus including the 2nd dose and for which at least 10 days have passed since its administration until the date of embarkation or,
c) the fact that they have been positively confirmed for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the last 90 days prior to boarding and that at least 14 days have passed from the date of confirmation to the date of boarding. Proof of confirmation is made with medical documents such as: positive RT-PCR test on the date of diagnosis, hospital discharge note or test proving the presence of IgG antibodies carried out a maximum of 14 days before entering the country, as well as other documents justifications.
(6) The measure provided for in para. (1) does not apply to persons arriving from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Art.3 – (1) Persons arriving from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland must present upon entering the country the certificate of a negative RT-PCR test, for SARS-CoV-2, carried out no later than 72 hours before of boarding (for those traveling with public transport) or entering the national territory (for those traveling with their own means) and enter quarantine at home or at the declared location for a period of 14 days.
(2) The negative result of the RT-PCR test for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus provided for in paragraph (1) is presented in the form of a document (in the official language of the respective state and in English), in written or electronic format, issued by authorized laboratories, and will also contain the identification data of the persons for whom the test was performed.
(3) Economic operators that carry out international, air or road transport of people, through regular or irregular flights to Romania from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are obliged to prohibit the boarding of the means of transport of people who do not present a document that to certify:
a) the negative result of an RT-PCR test for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, carried out no later than 72 hours before boarding or,
b) vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus including the 2nd dose and for which at least 10 days have passed from the administration of the 2nd dose to the date of embarkation or,
c) the fact that they have been positively confirmed for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the last 90 days prior to boarding and that at least 14 days have passed from the date of confirmation to the date of boarding. Proof of confirmation is made with medical documents such as: positive RT-PCR test on the date of diagnosis, hospital discharge note or test proving the presence of IgG antibodies carried out a maximum of 14 days before entering the country, as well as other documents justifications.
(4) They are exempted from the obligation to present the documents provided for in par. (3), lit. a), the categories of persons provided for in art. 4, para. (1), lit. b), c), e), g) and l), as well as children aged less than or equal to 3 (three) years.
Art.4 – (1) The following categories are exempted from the quarantine measure established regarding persons arriving from countries/areas/territories of high epidemiological risk, except for those arriving from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland does not show symptoms associated with COVID-19, in compliance with the legal provisions in force regarding the use of individual protective materials against COVID-19:
a) persons who come to Romania from countries/areas/territories with epidemiological risk but who, before arriving in Romania, spent the last 14 previous consecutive days in one or more countries/areas/territories without epidemiological risk;
b) drivers of goods transport vehicles with a maximum authorized capacity of more than 2,4 tons, as well as drivers of passenger vehicles with more than 9 seats, including the driver's seat;
c) drivers provided for in letter b), who move in the interest of carrying out their profession from their state of residence to another member state of the European Union or from another state of the European Union to their state of residence, regardless of whether the travel is done by individual means or on account own;
d) members of the European Parliament, parliamentarians and staff belonging to international institutions, as well as representatives of Romania in international bodies and organizations to which the Romanian state is a party;
e) aircraft pilots and their navigation staff, as well as locomotive drivers and railway staff;
f) Romanian seafaring personnel, maritime and fluvial, who repatriate by any means of transport or who carry out the change of crew on board ships located in Romanian ports, regardless of the flag they fly, if upon entering the country, as well as upon embarkation/ disembarking from the ship, presents the "certificate for workers in the international transport sector" to the competent authorities, the model of which is published in the Official Journal of the European Union, series C, no. 96 I of March 24, 2020;
g) seafaring personnel disembarking from inland navigation vessels, which fly the Romanian flag, in a Romanian port, provided that the employers ensure the certificate for workers in international transport and individual protective equipment against COVID-19, on the travel time from the ship to the location where he can be contacted between voyages;
h) cross-border workers who enter Romania from Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine or the Republic of Moldova, as well as Romanian citizens employed by economic operators from the mentioned countries, who upon entering the country provide proof of contractual relations with the respective economic operators;
i) employees of economic operators in Romania who carry out work, according to concluded contracts, outside the territory of Romania, upon returning to the country, if they prove the contractual relations with the beneficiary outside the national territory;
j) representatives of foreign companies that have subsidiaries/branches/representative offices or agencies on the national territory, if upon entering the territory of Romania they prove the contractual relations with the economic entities on the national territory;
k) persons who enter Romania for activities of use, installation, commissioning, maintenance, service of equipment and technology in the fields of medical, scientific, economic, defense, public order and national security, transport, as well as persons carrying out professional activities specific in the mentioned fields, if they prove the contractual/collaboration relations with the beneficiary/beneficiaries from the territory of Romania, as well as the inspectors of international bodies;
l) members of diplomatic missions, consular offices, other diplomatic representations accredited in Bucharest and holders of diplomatic passports, on the basis of reciprocity, staff assimilated to diplomatic staff, members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps of Romania and holders of diplomatic and service passports, as well as members of their families;
m) employees of the national defense system, public order and national security who return to Romania from activities carried out in professional interest outside the country;
n) pupils/students, Romanian citizens or citizens with domicile or residence outside Romania, who attend the courses of educational institutions in Romania or outside the country, commute daily to them and present supporting documents, or who have to take admission exams either for the completion of studies or who begin studies in educational units/institutions on the territory of the country or travel for activities related to the start, organization, attendance or completion of studies, as well as their companions in the situation where they are minors;
o) members of international sports delegations that participate in sports competitions organized on the territory of Romania, under the terms of the law, officials of international sports forums that organize these competitions, delegated referees as well as accredited journalists at these competitions;
p) Romanian athletes, who carry out their activities in other countries and who are summoned to the national teams to represent Romania at sports competitions organized under the law, members of Romanian sports delegations returning to Romania from international sports competitions, Romanian officials and referees who have been delegates to international competitions as well as journalists accredited to these competitions;
q) foreign athletes registered with clubs in Romania who return to the territory of the country as a result of participating in an official international competition of their national teams and are to resume their sports activity at the club to which they are registered, provided that they have concluded a valid contract with a Romanian sports club;
r) persons who carry out their activity on the basis of an employment contract, in the field of social assistance in EU member countries;
s) film crews carrying out professional activities on the territory of Romania on the basis of a contract or document proving the need for presence in the country, if they present a negative test for SARS-CoV-2, carried out no later than 72 hours before boarding (for those who traveling with public transport) or entering the national territory (for those traveling with their own means);
t) persons in transit, if they leave Romania within 24 hours after entering the territory of the country;
u) persons handed over to the Romanian authorities on the basis of Readmission Agreements, returned in an accelerated procedure;
v) employees/representatives of economic operators in Romania who travel outside the territory of Romania for the purpose of negotiating/signing commercial contracts/agreements, if they present a negative test for SARS-CoV-2, carried out no later than 72 hours before boarding (for those traveling with public transport) or entering the national territory (for those traveling with their own means), as well as a document justifying participation in the negotiation or the signed commercial contract/agreement;
(2) The exception to the quarantine measure established for persons arriving from countries/areas/territories of high epidemiological risk, except for those arriving from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, also applies to:
a) persons arriving in Romania from countries/areas/territories of high epidemiological risk, if they stay on the national territory for a period of less than 3 days (72 hours) and present a negative test for SARS-CoV-2, performed with at most 72 hours before entering the national territory;
b) persons who have been positively confirmed for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the last 90 days prior to entering the country, a fact proven by medical documents (positive RT-PCR test at the time of diagnosis, hospital discharge ticket or test that to prove the presence of IgG antibodies carried out a maximum of 14 days before entering the country) or by checking the Corona-forms database and for which at least 14 days have passed from the date of confirmation to the date of entry into the country;
c) persons who have received the vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the 2nd dose, and for whom at least 10 days have passed since it until the date of entry into Romania.
(3) Only the categories provided for in para. (1) lit. b), c), e), f), g), l), t) and para. (2), lit. b) and c).
(4) They are exempted from the obligation to present the test provided for in art. 3 paragraph (1) the categories of persons provided for in para. (1) lit. b), c), e), g), l) and para. (2), lit. b) and c), as well as children younger than or equal to 3 (three) years old.
Art.5 – (1) The exception from the quarantine measure instituted regarding the direct contact persons of a confirmed person applies to:
a) persons who have been confirmed positive for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the last 90 days prior to contact, a fact proven by medical documents (positive RT-PCR test on the date of diagnosis, hospital discharge ticket or test proving the presence of IgG antibodies) or by checking the Corona-forms database and for which at least 14 days have passed from the date of confirmation to the date of contact;
b) persons who have received the vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus including the 2nd dose and for whom at least 10 days have passed from the administration of the 2nd dose to the date of direct contact.
(2) The proof of the vaccination, including the date of administration of the 2nd dose, necessary for the application of the exceptions provided for in this decision, is made through the document issued by the health unit that administered it, from Romania or from outside the country.
Art.6 – Persons arriving in Romania from the countries/areas/territories of high epidemiological risk provided for in art. (1) except for those arriving from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who enter quarantine for a period of 14 days, may be released from quarantine after the 10th day if they perform a test for SARS-CoV -2 on the 8th day of quarantine, and its result is negative and does not present specific symptoms.
Art.7 – (1) For special situations aimed at participation in family events related to birth, marriage or death, trips for interventions/medical treatments in cases that cannot be postponed (eg: oncological conditions, chronic renal failure in hemodialysis program) , change of identity documents, leaving the country, presentation to the vaccination center according to the schedule for vaccination, etc., the temporary suspension of the quarantine measure can be analyzed, based on the supporting documents.
(2) Analysis of the situations provided for in para. (1) is carried out at the level of the county intervention coordination and management centers and, in cases considered justified, may be subject to the temporary suspension of the quarantine measure, by individual decision, issued by the Directorate of Public Health.
(3) In the suspension decision, the period of time for which it applies and the measures to prevent the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus will be mentioned, mandatorily.
Art.8 – (1) The measures provided for in this decision enter into force for the countries/areas/territories on the list approved by HCNSU no. 6 of 04.02.2021 and which can also be found in the list provided for in art. 1, starting from 13.02.2021, 00.00.
(2) For the countries newly included in the list approved by this decision, the measures shall apply from 15.02.2021, 00.00
Art.9 – Starting with the date of this decision, art. 3 and art. 5 of HCNSU no. 36 of 21.07.2020, with subsequent amendments and additions by HCNSU no. 40/13.08.2020, no. 43/27.08.2020, no. 45/12.09.2020, no. 48/08.10.2020, no. 49/13.10.2020, no. 54/12.11.2020, no. 56/04.12.2020 and art. 2 of HCNSU no. 6 of 04.02.2021, with subsequent amendments and additions by HCNSU no. 7.
Art.10 – This decision is communicated to all the components of the National Emergency Management System, for implementation through orders and administrative acts of their leaders."
