Moving, selling and buying a motor vehicle in a Member State

TAKING A MOTOR VEHICLE TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY TO ANOTHER MEMBER STATE

A motor vehicle can be temporarily or permanently taken to Romania either with or without fulfilling the formalities regarding registration in Romania, as follows:

insofar as the vehicle is registered in another State, the national legislation does not limit in time the right of putting it into circulation for persons who do not have their head office/domicile/residence established in Romania, while such right is limited to a 90-day period from the date of introduction of the vehicle in the country, for persons who have their head office/domicile/residence established in Romania.

Persons who have their head office/domicile/residence established in Romania may register their vehicles with the registration authority (Serviciul Public Comunitar Regim Permise de Conducere și Înmatriculare a Vehiculelor – Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration) in whose jurisdiction their domicile, head office or residence, for persons residing abroad, is situated.

Pending registration, the competent Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration may provisionally authorise the movement of vehicles, based on the documents displayed on the page Documents required for the issue of a provisional movement authorization.

In order to register, the applicant will complete the formalities prior to this operation, namely:

• declaration of the vehicle in the fiscal records of the fiscal body within the local public authority in whose jurisdiction they have their head office/domicile/residence;
• approval and certification of the vehicle’s authenticity, as the case may be, operations performed by the Regia Autonomă ‘Registrul Auto Român’ (autonomous company ‘Romanian Automotive Register’), then they will submit to the competent Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration the documents displayed on the page Registrations - Required documents, depending on the operation required to be performed.

The Romanian Vehicles Register (RAR RA) will issue the vehicle identity card (VIC) directly if the vehicle has an EU type-approval and did not undergo modifications by reference to the approved configuration or following individual approval.

RAR RA will also perform the technical inspection and will certify the authenticity of the vehicle.

BUYING AND SELLING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE

A MOTOR VEHICLE CAN BE BOUGHT either with or without fulfilling the formalities regarding registration in Romania, as follows: insofar as the vehicle is registered in another State, the national legislation does not limit in time the right of putting it into circulation for persons who do not have their head office/domicile/residence established in Romania, while such right is limited to a 90-day period from the date of introduction of the vehicle in the country, for persons who have their head office/domicile/residence established in Romania.

Persons who have their head office/domicile/residence established in Romania may register their vehicles with the registration authority (Serviciul Public Comunitar Regim Permise de Conducere și Înmatriculare a Vehiculelor – Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration) in whose jurisdiction their domicile, head office or residence, for persons residing abroad, is situated.

Pending registration, the competent Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration may provisionally authorise the movement of vehicles, based on the documents displayed on the page Documents required for the issue of a provisional movement authorization.

In order to register, the applicant will complete the formalities prior to this operation, namely:

• declaration of the vehicle in the fiscal records of the fiscal body within the local public authority in whose jurisdiction they have their head office/domicile/residence;
• approval and certification of the vehicle’s authenticity, as the case may be, operations performed by the Regia Autonomă ‘Registrul Auto Român’ (autonomous company ‘Romanian Automotive Register’), then they will submit to the competent Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration the documents displayed on the page Registrations - Required documents, depending on the operation required to be performed.
  
  

For vehicles already registered in Romania, the new owner must request, within 90 days from the vehicle acquisition date, from the competent Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration, based on the submission of documents displayed on the page Registrations - Vehicle purchased in Romania.

THE SALE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE may be preceded by one of the following operations:

• temporary registration for export: the operation is carried out by the Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration that performed the registration, at the owner’s request, based on the documents displayed on the page Registrations - Vehicle purchased in Romania;

• deregistration of the vehicle in order to take it out of Romania: the operation is carried out by the Community public service for driving licences and vehicle registration that performed the registration, at the owner’s request, based on the documents displayed on the page Registrations - Export documents required.

*Please note that the deregistration of vehicles can also be carried out ex officio, upon notification from the competent authorities abroad certifying that the vehicle has been permanently re-registered in another State.