The European Professional Card is an electronic certificate that attests either that the professional has met all necessary conditions 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 or to follow the procedure regarding the temporary and occasional provision of tourist guide services in Romania or the procedure for the recognition of professional qualifications under 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, based on Regulation 983/2015 concerning the procedure for issuing the European Professional Card and the application of the alert mechanism under Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, has 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 services temporarily.
To obtain the EPC, interested persons will access the Your Europe portal ("Europa Ta") where all documents required by the competent authority of 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 file, please access the following link: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/professional-qualifications/european-professional-card/index_ro.htm. Before sending your application, check that you have met the requirements published in the Simulator on the EPC page, on the Your Europe website. For details on how to upload documents on 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 the originals, copies of the legalized translations, etc.) must be uploaded as a single PDF file containing all pages of the document;
• For each uploaded document, the applicant must fill in the identification details and address of each issuing authority;
• All submitted documents will be validated as authentic and valid through 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 tourism (Tourism Department within the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Business Environment) is the competent authority for issuing the EPC for mountain guides for the purpose of establishment in Romania for 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 profession of tourist guide is regulated in Romania and is found in the List of regulated professions - Annex no. 2 of Law no. 200/2004 on the recognition of professional qualifications with subsequent amendments and completions.

FEES: No fees are charged for issuing the EPC.

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