The European Professional Card is an electronic certificate that certifies either that the professional has met all the requirements necessary to provide temporary and occasional services in a host Member State, or the recognition of professional qualifications for establishment in a host Member State.
The holder of the mountain guide qualification may choose to apply for such a card either by applying the procedure regarding the temporary and occasional provision of the tourist guide profession in Romania, or by the procedure for recognition of professional qualifications based on Law no. 200/2004 regarding the recognition of professional qualifications with subsequent amendments and completions, as applicable.
To facilitate the free movement of mountain guides within the EU, the European Commission, under Regulation 983/2015 regarding the procedure for issuing the European Professional Card and the application of the alert mechanism pursuant to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and Council, provided for the introduction of the European Professional Card (EPC) for mountain guides. The EPC is valid indefinitely if you establish yourself long-term or for 12 months if you provide temporary services.
To obtain the EPC, interested persons will access the Your Europe portal ("Europa Ta") where all documents required by the competent authority from each Member State are published and will create an account on the ECAS platform. For details on how to create a user account for submitting an EPC application, please access the following link: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/professional-qualifications/european-professional-card/index_ro.htm. Before submitting your request, check that you have respected the requirements published in the Simulator on the EPC page, on the Your Europe website. For details about document uploading in the platform, please access the link: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/imi-net/_docs/library/epc_user_guide_professionals_ro.pdf

• Each required document (copies of originals, copies of certified translations, etc.) must be uploaded as a single PDF file containing all page(s) of the document;
• For each uploaded document, the applicant must complete the identification information and address of each issuing authority;
• All submitted documents will be validated as authentic and valid by the Internal Market Information System (IMI) by the competent authority in the Member State of origin (according to EPC Regulation 2015/983).

The central public authority in the field of tourism (Tourism Department within the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Business Environment) is the competent authority for issuing the EPC for mountain guides wishing to establish themselves in Romania for the purpose of exercising this profession.

List of regulated professions in Romania: The profession of mountain guide is included in the category of specialized tourist guides for certain segments of tourism services; the tourist guide profession is regulated in Romania and is found in the List of regulated professions - Annex no. 2 of Law no. 200/2004 regarding the recognition of professional qualifications with subsequent amendments and completions.

FEES: No fees are charged for issuing the EPC.

Registers/databases regarding mountain guides for whom the European Professional Card has been issued – currently the database does not contain any records.