Starting 2019, parcel delivery providers will have the obligation to send to ANCOM both the number of parcels handled on the territory of Romania and the number of parcels sent and received in the EU and in the EEA, as well as the overall turnover generated by these services. The relevant provisions are laid down in the Regulation (EU) 2018/644 on cross-border parcel delivery services. On 20 September 2018, a Commission Implementing Regulation was adopted, establishing the forms for the submission of such information at EU level. According to the legislation in force, an EU Regulation is a binding legislative act and is directly applicable in the format established at EU level.

Postal service providers’ obligations, established by implementing regulation/provisions/norms

Postal service providers authorised in Romania will have to send to ANCOM the characteristics and detailed description, as well as the general terms and conditions for the parcel delivery services offered.

Further details to be sent include the number of domestic parcels handled and the number of incoming/outgoing cross-border parcels, the turnover from cross-border parcel delivery services provided both at European and at global level –, the number and name of subcontractors, the number of employees involved in parcel delivery, as well as a publicly available price list.

These statistical data must be submitted to ANCOM not later than 30 June, each year for the previous one, exclusively in electronic form, by means of an online application available here, using a certified electronic signature.

Application

The Regulation is applicable to postal service providers offering parcel delivery services, irrespective of the domestic, intra-Union or extra-Union character of the delivery.

Postal service providers that have less than 50 employees involved in the parcel delivery service are exempted from this obligation.

Other provisions

National regulatory authorities may impose further information obligations, in addition to those provided in the Regulation, if deemed necessary and proportionate.

Until 23 November 2019, Member States shall lay down the rules on the penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation, shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented and shall notify the European Commission on the respective measures. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.