In accordance with the provisions of Government Decision no. 361/2018 regarding the approval of procedures for granting licenses in the field of railway transport for carrying out activities of organizing railway transport operations while assuming the responsibilities incumbent upon a forwarder, as defined in the Regulation on Railway Transport in Romania, approved by Government Ordinance no. 7/2005, republished, with subsequent amendments, without carrying out railway transport activities, economic operators in Romania, with state or private capital, must apply to the OLFR for the issuance of a license to intermediate railway transport activities.

In order to obtain the license for intermediation of railway transport activity, the economic operator must prove that the activity included in CAEN rev. 2 – code 5229, namely other supporting transport activities, is specified in its constitutive act.

The license for the intermediation of railway transport activities can be obtained by economic operators who, prior to starting the activity, cumulatively meet the requirements regarding:

a) material base;
b) integrity;
c) professional competence;
d) financial capacity,
as provided in Art. 7 of Annex no. 2 to Government Decision no. 361/2018.

The license is valid for all the company’s work points where this activity is carried out. If the economic operator has several work points where they will carry out the intermediation of railway transport activities, each of them must meet the requirements regarding the material base, integrity, professional competence, and financial capacity.
To obtain the license for intermediation of railway transport activities, it is necessary to submit to OLFR an application accompanied by documents showing compliance with the mandatory requirements.
All documents included in the file for granting the license for intermediation of railway transport activities must be presented in Romanian. If some documents are issued in a foreign language, they must be submitted accompanied by a translation performed by an authorized translator.
The documents comprising the file for granting the license may be submitted electronically, in "*.pdf" format. In this case, the application for obtaining the license, as well as all documents prepared by the applicant, will be submitted with a qualified electronic signature.

Within 10 working days from receiving all the documents from a license applicant, OLFR conducts an evaluation visit at their headquarters.
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A person who considers himself/herself harmed in a right or legitimate interest by a public authority, through an administrative act or through failure to resolve a request within the legal term, may address the administrative litigation court, in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 544/2004 on administrative litigation, with subsequent amendments and completions.

Useful links:
a) http://www.afer.ro/olfr/ghiduri/GHID%20LIT.pdf – LICENSE obtaining GUIDE
b) http://www.afer.ro/olfr/ghiduri/LISTA%20DOC%20LIT%20-%20HG%20361-1.pdf – DOCUMENT LIST