Under the legal instruments of the Council of Europe, requests should be sent, during the investigation and prosecution stage, to the Prosecutor Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, and during the trial stage, to the Ministry of Justice. Under the legal instruments of the European Union, direct communications between the competent judicial authorities is foreseen. In case of urgency, request may be made via EJN contact points or Eurojust.
MLA: Identification of persons or object may be ordered by the prosecutor or by the criminal investigation bodies during the criminal investigation, or by the court during the trial. EIO: When Romania is the executing state, the recognition and execution of a European Investigation Order is within the competence of the Prosecutor's Office or the competent court and according tot he quality of the person, according to the Romanian law. Territorial jurisdiction is determined by the location of the investigative measure. European investigation orders dealing with deeds which, under the law, are within the competence of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism and the National Anticorruption Directorate are recognized and executed by them.