NB! Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 has been replaced by Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council as of 1 July 2022.
Notifications made under the new Regulation can be found here!
Article 2 – Requested courts
The Romanian court competent to receive requests is the district court under whose jurisdiction the evidence requested by EU Member States is to be taken.
Article 3 – Central body
Central body
The central Romanian authority is the Ministry of Justice.
Ministry of Justice
Directorate for International Law and Judicial Cooperation (Direcţia Drept Internaţional şi Cooperare Judiciară)
Service for international judicial cooperation in civil matters (Serviciul Cooperare judiciară internaţională în materie civilă)
Str. Apollodor 17, Sector 5, Bucharest 050741
Tel.: +40372041077 Secretariat
Tel.: +40372041083, +40372041218 (Service for international judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters) (Serviciul Cooperare judiciară internaţională în materie civilă şi comercială)
Fax: +40372041079; +40372041084
E-mail: dreptinternational@just.ro; ddit@just.ro
Article 5 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
Transmission of requests and other communications: Romanian
Article 6 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
Documents can be received by post or by fax.
Article 17 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
Ministry of Justice
Directorate for International Law and Judicial Cooperation
Service for international judicial cooperation in civil matters
Str. Apollodor 17, Sector 5, Bucharest 050741
Tel.: +40372041077 Secretariat
Tel.: +40372041083, +40372041218 (Service for international judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters)
Fax: +40372041079
E-mail: dreptinternational@just.ro; ddit@just.ro
Article 21 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 21(2)
Not applicable