The National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania presents its official web page, aiming both at the improvement of quality and volume of the supplied information, as well as at a quicker exchange of information.
European Commission presents practical guidance to ensure continuous flow of goods across EU via green lanes, details here
European Commission - Coronavirus response: Transport measures - Mobility measures implemented or announced by EU and non-EU Member States, more details here
European Union (20 March 2020)
The European Commission services have made available a dedicated COVID-19 Temporary relaxation of drivers' hours rules section on itswebpage, offering summary information on the various exemptions introduced by EU Member States on driving and rest time rules. It is expected that this will be regularly updated. The table is available here(under “COVID-19 – Temporary relaxation of drivers’ hours rules).
Source: European Commission
The International Road Transport Union - IRU, addresses a letter to Romanian Prime Minister, Mr. Ludovic Orban, ref. CORONA VIRUS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE EU SUPPLY CHAINS AND MOBILITY NETWORKS – ACTION NEEDED, more detais here
Romania - decisions and measures in the context of COVID-19
On March 26, 2020, upon the request from UNTRR, the General Directorate of Emergency Medical Management confirmed that drivers of the commercial vehicles with more than 2.4 t max authorised weight will not go to self isolation or quarantine if they do not have sympthoms. These drivers have to be equiped with masks, gloves, and to have disinfectant at the board of the vehicle, more details here in Romanian language.
On March 24, 2020, Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced new measures as following:
- isolation at home or, as the case may be, quarantine for all persons entering Romania. The measure enters in force from March 25, 2020, at 12:00 (Romanian time).
- all flights to France and Germany and from France and Germany to Romania are suspended for a period of 14 days. The measure does not apply to flights made by state aircraft, freight and mail, humanitarian or emergency medical services, as well as non-commercial technical authorizations. This measure enters in force from March 25, 2020, at 23.00 (Romanian time).
- Documents that expire during the period of emergency, issued by the public authorities, may be exchanged within 90 days from the date of cessation of the state of emergency.
Passage transit corridors in Romania
Upon the EC encouragement, Romania established the following transit corridors:
Corridor 1
▪️Alternative 1 - Nădlac (border crossing point) –Arad – Timișoara - Lugoj- Ilia – Deva – Simeria – Sebeș -Sibiu- Râmnicu Vâlcea – Pitești – Bucharest – Giurgiu (border crossing point);
▪️Alternative 2 - Borș (border crossing point) – Oradea – Cluj Napoca – Alba Iulia - Sebeș -Sibiu- Râmnicu Vâlcea – Pitești – Bucharest – Giurgiu (border crossing point)
▪️Additional corridor from Bucharest to Constanța A2
Corridor 2
▪️Giurgiu(border crossing point) – București – Urziceni – Buzãu – Focșani – Bacãu – Suceava - Siret (border crossing point)
Corridor 3
▪️Nădlac (border crossing point) - Arad – Timișoara - Lugoj – Caransebeș – Orșova- Drobeta Turnu Severin – Șimian – Maglavit- Calafat (border crossing point).
Corridor 4
▪️Moravița (border crossing point) – Timișoara – Arad – Oradea- Satu Mare – Halmeu (border crossing point).
Corridor 5
▪️Nãdlac (border crossing point)- Arad – Timișoara – Lugoj – Ilia – Deva – Simeria – Sebeș – Sibiu – Brașov – Târgu Secuiesc – Lepșa – Focșani – Tesila – Tecuci – Bârlad – Huși – Albița (border crossing point).
▪️Corridor 5 starts from border crossing point NADLAC.
On March 22, 2020, Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced new measures as following:
1) Retail activities, products and services are temporarily suspended in the shopping centers where several economic operators operate, except for the sale of food, veterinary or pharmaceutical products and cleaning services.
2) Recommendations entering in force on March 22, 2020, at 22.00 (Romanian time) for the movement of people between 06.00 – 22.00:
- the movement of persons outside the home/household should be carried out only for the following reasons:
a) travel in professional interest, including moving between home/household and the workplace, when the professional activity is essential and cannot be postponed or performed remotely;
b) travel for the provision of goods that cover the basic needs of the persons and their pets, as well as goods necessary for the professional activity;
c) travel for healthcare that cannot be postponed or performed remotely;
d) displacement for justified reasons, such as caring/accompanying the child, the assistance of elderly, sick or disabled persons or death of a family member;
e) short trips, near the home/household, related to the individual physical activity of the people and the needs of their pets.
3) Between 22.00 – 06.00 the movement of persons outside the home/household is allowed only by presenting, at the request of the authorized authorities, a certificate issued by the employer or a declaration on their own responsibility. The declaration on its own responsibility must include name and surname, date of birth, address of place of residence/household/place of work, reason for travel. The measure shall be applied from March 23, 2020, at 22:00 (Romanian time).
4) Foreign citizens are forbidden to enter Romania's territory unless they transit Romania through transit corridors organized through agreements with the neighboring states (as soon as the transit corridors will be available, UNTRR will publish it on www.untrr.ro and on www.untrr.ro/en/). By exception, the entry of foreign citizens belonging to the following categories is allowed on the territory of Romania:
a) are family members of Romanian citizens;
b) are family members of citizens of other EU Member States, of the European Economic Area, or of the Swiss Confederation, residing in Romania;
c) citizens who hold a long-stay visa, a residence permit or a document equivalent to the residence permit issued by the Romanian authorities, or an equivalent document issued by the authorities of other states, according to the law of the European Union;
d) are traveling in professional interest, evidenced by visa, residence permit, or other equivalent documents;
e) are from diplomatic or consular personnel, personnel of international organizations, military personnel or personnel who can provide humanitarian aid;
f) are passengers in transit, including those repatriated as a result of granting consular protection;
g) are passengers traveling on imperative grounds (medical or family);
h) are persons who need international protection or for other humanitarian reasons.
Exceptions:
- National transport of goods and passengers
- International road freight transport
- Drivers of goods vehicles over 2.4t who arrive from or have passed through "red areas" or "yellow areas" are not subject to quarantine or isolation measures if at the border crossing point they do not show symptoms associated with coronavirus infection SARS-CoV-2. All persons entering Romania will have to fill in a form. Templates of these forms are available in Romanian and English here.
- Drivers of goods vehicles over 2.4t have the obligation, at the border crossing point, to have on them and to wear individual means of protection, such as disinfectant, gloves, face mask and to present documents attesting the route of travel to the destination.
The following border crossing points have been closed:
- Border crossing points with Hungary: Turnu, Săcuieni, Salonta and Valea lui Mihai
- Border crossing point with Ukraine: Sighet
- Border crossing points with Bulgaria: Negru Vodă, Lipniţa, Dobromir, Zimnicea, Turnu Măgurele and Bechet
- Border crossing points with Moldova: Rădăuţi, Prut and Oancea
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, the Serbian authorities unilaterally closed the following border crossing points with Romania: Porţile de Fier 2, Moldova Nouă, Foieni, Lunga, Vâlcani, Drobeta Turnu Severin and Naidăş.
Due to the volume of traffic, the waiting times at borders will be significantly longer. The updated border waiting times can be found here
Derogations of the regulations on driving and rest times:
The Romanian authorities has introduced a temporary relaxation of the enforcement of driving and rest times for drivers performing domestic/international road transport of goods. This exception applies from 18.03.2020 to 16.04.2020. Measures lifted are the following:
- Art. 6(1): replacement of the maximum daily driving limit of 9 hours with one of 11 hours;
- Art. 7: replacement of the minimum daily breaks requirements by imposing a break of 45 minutes after 5 and a half hours
- Art. 8(1): Reduction of the daily rest requirements from 11 to 9 hours;
- Art. 8(6): postponement of a weekly rest period beyond six-24 hours period.
The President of Romanian declared on Monday, March 16, 2020, a 30 day state of emergency to limit the spread of COVID-19. Additional measures have been taken such:
- Activities in restaurants, hotels, cafes and pubs are suspended.
- All flights to Spain and from Spain to Romania are suspended on all Romania’s airports for a period of 14 days. The decision takes effect on 18.03.2020, 20.00 h Romanian time.
- The decision of suspending flights to Italy and from Italy to Romania is extended for a period of 14 days starting with March 23, 2020.
- Road transport of passengers by regular services, special regular services and occasional services in international traffic for all the journeys performed by the transport operators to/from Italy from/to Romania starting from 10.03.2020 at 12h00 until 31.03. 2020 at 12h00 (Romanian time) are suspended.
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Related pages: Page of I.R.U. (The International Road Transport Union)
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Working conditions for professional drivers
A perspective of road transport companies - read here
PRESS RELEASE, 16.10.2017: UNTRR signed a mutual declaration between transport & logistics associations, bus & coach associations, chambers of commerce and employers’ confederations from 17 EU members countries against the application of the Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC) to international transport operations in the EU, more details here
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Euronews interview - Radu Dinescu: "We want EU road transport completely liberalised", more details here
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UNTRR info on the message addressed by IRU to the operators from the Republic of Moldova and Romania, 29.09.2017, read message here
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UNTRR INTERVENTIONS AND PRESS RELEASES AGAINST LOI MACRON AND FRENCH PROTECTIONISM
UNTRR letter to President of France, Mr. Emmanuel Macron
PRESS RELEASE, March 18, 2015: UNTRR organized a protest at the embassies of Germany and France
Communiqué de presse, 29.08.2014: Le gouvernement francais a pris de mesures qui peuvent intensifier les actes de vandalisme dans le transport routier européen
The response of Mr. Nicolas Paulissen, General Delegate - FNTR France
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UNTRR INTERVENTIONS ON MOBILITY PACKAGE
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Traffic info
- Real time traffic map - Romanian national roads
- Official national meteo agency
- Online Traffic - Border Crossing waiting time
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Brochure for start up a business in Romania
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