Foreigners traveling to Romania to participate in official shooting competitions or to practice hunting, under the conditions of the law, based on a short-stay visa or who benefit from exemption from the obligation to have this visa, according to the law, may, based on the approval for the introduction of weapons into the country, possess and, as the case may be, carry and use the hunting or shooting weapons they own, if the weapons, essential components, and ammunition are registered in the border crossing documents. The approval for the introduction of weapons into the country may be granted to foreigners by the General Inspectorate of the Border Police, with a validity of 30 days, under the following conditions: a) they prove legal possession of the weapons in the state of origin; b) in the case of hunting weapons, they present a nominal invitation from a legally established game fund manager in Romania, operating according to the provisions of Law no. 407/2006, with subsequent amendments and completions, in compliance with the legal provisions in force; c) in the case of shooting weapons, they prove that they are to participate in a shooting competition organized by an association or a sports shooting club affiliated with the national sports federations of the specialty; d) in the case of collection weapons, they prove that they are to participate in a cultural, artistic, or historical event and present the invitation of a legally established collectors' association or of a museum institution in Romania.*