Requests should be sent, during the investigation and prosecution stage, to the Prosecution Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, and during the trial stage, to the Ministry of Justice. In case of urgency, request may be made via EJN contact points or Eurojust.
When the offence was committed in the Romanian territory, requests to take over criminal prosecution or trial shall be settled, as the case may be, by prosecutor’s offices of the courts of appeals or the courts of appeals having jurisdiction over the location where the offence was committed or the investigated person was identified or the prejudiced person resides. When the offence was committed abroad, the requests for taking over the criminal prosecution or trial shall be settled, as the case may be, by the prosecutor’s office of the court of appeal having jurisdiction over the residence of the perpetrator or by the court of appeals. If the perpetrator does not have his domicile and does not reside in Romania, the competence in settling the request shall pertain to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Appeals of Bucharest or to the Court of Appeals of Bucharest. Requests for taking over criminal prosecution in relation to offences which, in accordance with the law, fall under the jurisdiction of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism or the National Anti-Corruption Directorate, shall be settled by the latter.