The competency certificate for personnel involved in the execution of killing operations and related operations, as well as for those responsible for animal welfare in slaughterhouses, hereinafter referred to as the professional competency certificate, is issued to those who complete professional training courses in the field of animal protection at the time of killing operations organized by authorized institutions, according to the law. The professional competency certificate is mandatory for:

-personnel involved in the execution of killing operations and related operations, respectively personnel involved in the following operations: unloading, animal handling, restraint, stunning, bleeding, and slaughtering;

-personnel involved in the execution of killing operations for disease control or emergency killings;

-personnel involved in killing animals for fur; persons responsible for animal welfare in slaughterhouses. Exempted from this provision are slaughterhouses that slaughter less than 1,000 live animal units for mammals or 150,000 units per year for birds or farmed rabbits. The competency certificate is valid for a period of 4 years and is drafted according to the model provided in Annex no. 1 of Order no. 73/2013 regarding the approval of the procedure for organizing and conducting training courses for personnel involved in the execution of killing operations and related operations, as well as those intended for persons responsible for animal welfare in slaughterhouses. The competency certificates are recognized throughout all member states. Romania recognizes the professional competency certificates issued in another member state, the curriculum of completed courses being based on the provisions of Council Regulation (EC)1099/2009. The professional competency certificate cannot be issued more than twice within a period of 3 years. After the expiry of the validity period of the professional competency certificate, a new certificate will only be issued to those who complete a new professional training course, organized according to legal provisions.

The professional competency certificate is issued by the county sanitary-veterinary and food safety directorates, respectively of the municipality of Bucharest, based on the promotion certificate issued following the successful completion of the professional training course, for personnel involved in the execution of killing operations and related operations, as well as those responsible for animal welfare in slaughterhouses, from the slaughterhouses or units within the county/Bucharest municipality where killing operations are carried out.