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 to carry out activities of organizing railway transport operations with the assumption of responsibilities attributed to 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 from Romania, with state or private capital, must apply to OLFR for the issuance of an intermediation license for railway transport activities.

To obtain the intermediation license for railway transport activities, the economic operator must demonstrate that the activity is included in the Articles of Association under CAEN rev. 2 - code 5229, respectively other ancillary transport activities.

The intermediation license for railway transport activities can be obtained by economic operators who prove, before starting the activity, that they cumulatively meet the requirements regarding:

a) material base;
b) good repute;
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 the intermediation of railway transport activities will be carried out, each of them must meet the requirements regarding material base, good repute, professional competence, and financial capacity.
To obtain the intermediation license for railway transport activities, an application must be submitted to OLFR, accompanied by documents showing compliance with the mandatory requirements.
All documents included in the file for granting the intermediation license for railway transport activities must be presented in Romanian. If some documents are issued in a foreign language, they must be submitted together with a translation made by an authorized translator.
The documents included in the file for granting the license may be sent electronically, in “*.pdf” format. In this case, the application for obtaining the license, as well as all documents prepared by the applicant, will be sent with a qualified electronic signature.

Within 10 working days from receiving all documents from the applicant for a license, OLFR carries out an evaluation visit at its headquarters.
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A person who considers themselves harmed in a right or a legitimate interest, by a public authority, through an administrative act or by failure to resolve a request within the legal term, may address the administrative court, in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 544/2004 on administrative proceedings, as subsequently amended and supplemented.

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 – LIST OF DOCUMENTS