Foreigners: operating and licensing in Romania
YO6OWN, 2008 OCT. 01st: ANRCTI changed to ANC
YO6OWN, 2007 DEC. 12th: IGCTI changed into ANRCTI
YO6OWN, 2006 OCT. 04th: First version of this page
Romania follows the CEPT recomandations;
No Morse code knowledge is needed to pass the exam.
DISCLAIMER: The following parts are taken out from the Romanian Amateur Regulation, valid
since 15 Oct 2005; The translation is not really accurate and it's intended FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
If you need an accurate translation for use in legal purposes, please take the official
Regulation document from the ANC site in romanian language and translate it in a legal
translation office.
NOTE: In the following sentences, the term ANC is standing for National Authority for Regulation in Communications, shortly is the romanian correspondent for the FCC in USA.
The site of ANC.
The autorization request, notification of operation from a foreign person - forms can be found in Doc 1 [link to .doc, 53kByte] and Doc 2 [link to .doc, 53kByte]
There are four ANC offices in Romania in Bucuresti(HQ), Cluj, Iasi and Timisoara, their address and contact data can be found on this page - use the rows where the name BUCURESTI, CLUJ, IASI, TIMISOARA are bold-formatted.
Excerpts from the romanian Amateur Regulation:
Art 30.
(1) In order to be registered to exam, the applicant should submit a registration form,
available on the site of ANC, together with the following documents: a) copy of the passport,
b) a 3x4cm passport-type photo, c) bill proving the payment of the examination fee; with at least
15 days before the examination date.
(2) At the exam, the applicant has to show the passport.
(3) ANC will give away the "admitted" certificates only after presenting the bill for "stamp
fee", paid in the account of the local council in the town where the exam was held.
Art. 34.
(1) Amateur activity and use of amateur equipment is allowed only to individuals licensed by
ANC.
(2) License is nominal and has 5-year validity.
(3) The individual license can be emitted to any person that has an "Amateur Certificate"
obtained in Romania, or to any person that has an Amateur Certificate obtained in any country but
recognized by CEPT, based on a request form available on the site of ANC together with the
following documents:
a) copy of the passport, b) copy of the foreign amateur certificate, c)a recent 3x4cm
passport-type photo,
d) bill proving the payment of the fee for allocating a callsign
(4)The copies of the documents mentioned at a) - b) will be legal-stamped or be together with the
originals.
(5)The local branches of ANC will give the licenses in maximum 30days.
SECTION4: LICENSES EMITTED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES
Art. 42 – Amateurs from countries that adopted the CEPT T/R 61–01 or CEPT ECC 05(06)
recomandations, can use their CEPT-equivalent licenses in Romania.
Art. 43 – (1) Amateurs from countries that signed reciprocity conventions with Romania can use
their home licenses in Romania. (2) In this case those amateurs must notify the local branches of
ANC in the area where they intend to work for the longest period of their stay.(3) The
notification will be done using the form available on the site of ANC, annexing the copy of the
licence obtained in the home country.
Art. 44 – (1)Amateurs from countries that adopted the CEPT T/R 61–01 or CEPT ECC 05(06)
recomandations
but their personal licence is not CEPT-compliant, also those amateurs whose countries did not
signed conventions with Romania, they can work after obtaining a licence from the local branch of
ANC where they will live the longest period of their stay, according to the rules in the
present Regulation.
(2) The request form used for applying for(1) can be found on the site of ANC, will be
registered at the local branch of ANC with at least 30 days before the beginning of the
intended period of amateur activity, and will be accompanied with the copy of the amateur license
obtained in the home country.
(3) The validity period for the license obtained as in (1)and (2) will be established according
with the length of stay in Romania, and will be not longer than 5 years.
Art. 45 – Foreign amateurs can work mobile or portable using the following callsign pattern:
YO/own_callsign/M or P, accordingly; this includes the activity when the transmitter is powered
from the power network in a fixed temporary location.
If you are still not clear, after reading through these things above, write me an e-mail(see it in the Members section)
and I will be glad to try help you out. 73 de yo6own
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