RO e-Transport treats international transport and domestic transport with the same procedure and different scope. The declaration, the UIT code and the deadlines behave identically in both cases. What differs is which goods are caught: inside Romania the obligation targets goods on the high fiscal risk list, while for international movements the obligation was extended, according to Romanian specialist sources, to all goods from 1 July 2024. The vehicle and consignment thresholds are the same either way.
Which goods are covered inside Romania
The obligation follows the operation rather than the truck, and the full allocation by operation type is in the guide on who must declare in RO e-Transport. For movements on Romanian territory, the starting point is the nature of the goods. The high fiscal risk goods list is set by ANAF Order 802/2022 and, according to specialist analyses, remained unchanged in 2026, with no Combined Nomenclature codes added or removed.
The categories, with their Combined Nomenclature chapters:
- edible vegetables, plants, roots and tubers (chapter 07);
- edible fruit (chapter 08);
- alcoholic beverages (headings 2201 to 2208);
- salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plaster, lime and cement (2505, 2517);
- clothing and accessories (chapters 61 and 62);
- other made-up textile articles (chapter 63);
- footwear (chapter 64);
- pig iron, iron and steel (7213, 7214, 7228 and other headings in chapter 72).
Classification is done on your own eight-digit NC code, not on the category. A covered chapter does not mean every product in it qualifies; the order names the headings. Details are in the guide on the high fiscal risk goods list.
RO e-Transport international transport: which goods are covered
Here the premise changes. According to Romanian specialist sources that followed the 2024 amendments, the reporting obligation for international goods transport has applied to all goods since 1 July 2024, not only to high fiscal risk goods. The same sources report that sanctions became fully applicable from 1 January 2026, after the grace periods, including those relating to positioning data.
This distinction is marked deliberately. The thresholds and deadlines below are read directly from the legislative texts. The extension to all goods comes from specialist press and trade association communications. Before changing an internal procedure, the text that decides is OUG 41/2022 as currently in force.
The thresholds, identical in both cases
Three parts of that sentence are misread regularly.
The 2.5 tonnes belong to the vehicle. It is the rated mass in the vehicle documents, not the weight of the load. An empty 3.5 tonne van is above the threshold.
The goods thresholds are alternatives. Either more than 500 kg gross mass or more than 10,000 lei excluding VAT. A 120 kg pallet of clothing worth 40,000 lei qualifies through the value alone.
They are assessed per consignment. The wording requires the thresholds to be met for at least one consignment in the transport, not for the truckload as a whole.
| Criterion | Domestic transport | International transport |
|---|---|---|
| Goods covered | high fiscal risk list (ANAF Order 802/2022) | all goods, per specialist sources, since 1 July 2024 |
| Vehicle | maximum technically permissible mass ≥ 2.5 t | same |
| Goods | > 500 kg gross or > 10,000 lei excluding VAT | same |
| Filing deadline | up to 3 days ahead, before the vehicle is set in motion | up to 3 days ahead, before presentation at the border crossing point |
| UIT code validity | 5 calendar days | 5 days; 15 for intra-community acquisitions |
Who declares, by direction of the movement
In summary, under OUG 41/2022, art. 8 to 9: the beneficiary or importer declares imports and intra-community acquisitions; the supplier or exporter declares intra-community supplies, exports and domestic transport; the warehouse keeper declares goods in transit or storage. The transport organizer, the role most companies call the carrier, is responsible for the vehicle and the positioning data.
For a foreign company, this is the part that produces undeclared shipments. “The Romanian side will handle it” is not a rule, it is an assumption, and it fails in both directions: a foreign seller delivering into Romania and a foreign buyer collecting goods from Romania sit on opposite sides of the same article. Common situations for non-resident companies loading or unloading in Romania are collected in the guide for foreign carriers in Romania.
The procedure cited here is Joint Order ANAF/AVR 1.337/1.268/2024, published in Official Gazette 597 of 27 June 2024. Official explanations, with examples by operation type, are in ANAF’s RO e-Transport guide (2025).
Frequently asked questions
Does RO e-Transport apply to international transport of all goods?
According to Romanian specialist sources, the reporting obligation for international goods transport has covered all goods since 1 July 2024, not only those on the high fiscal risk list. The vehicle and consignment thresholds still apply. Because this point comes from specialist reporting rather than a clause quoted directly, confirm the current wording of OUG 41/2022 before building a process on it.
When does e-Transport apply to domestic transport in Romania?
For movements inside Romania, the obligation targets goods on the high fiscal risk list set by ANAF Order 802/2022, provided the thresholds are met. The vehicle must have a maximum technically permissible mass of at least 2.5 tonnes, and the goods must exceed either 500 kg gross mass or 10,000 lei in value excluding VAT, for at least one consignment.
What are the e-Transport thresholds?
Joint Order ANAF/AVR 1.337/1.268/2024, art. 1 para. 4, requires a vehicle with a maximum technically permissible mass of at least 2.5 tonnes, carrying goods with a total gross mass above 500 kg or a total value above 10,000 lei excluding VAT, for at least one consignment. The two goods thresholds are alternatives, so crossing either one triggers the obligation.
Who declares an import into Romania?
The beneficiary or the importer, under OUG 41/2022, art. 8 to 9. The same articles place intra-community supplies, exports and domestic transport on the supplier or exporter, and goods in transit or storage on the warehouse keeper. The transport organizer, whom most companies simply call the carrier, is responsible for the vehicle and for the positioning data.
Does a foreign carrier need to do anything in RO e-Transport?
A carrier is usually not the declarant, but the transport organizer role sits close to it: responsibility for the vehicle data and for transmitting positioning data through the in-vehicle device. In practice a foreign carrier needs the UIT code before the vehicle is presented at the road border crossing point, and needs to send a vehicle change if the truck is replaced en route.
