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Law No. 198 Of 21 October 2008 On Consular Services For Which Fees And Consular Fees At The Diplomatic Missions And Consular Offices Of Romania Abroad

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 198 din 21 octombrie 2008 privind serviciile consulare pentru care se percep taxe şi nivelul taxelor consulare la misiunile diplomatice şi oficiile consulare ale României în străinătate

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LEGE no. 198 198 of 21 October 2008 (* updated *) on consular services for which fees are charged and the level of consular fees at Romania's diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad ((updated on 27 November 2015 *)
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---------- The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 This law regulates the legal framework on charging and collecting fees for consular services at Romania's diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad. + Article 2 The consular services for which fees are charged and the level of consular fees are set out in the Annex which forms an integral part of this Law + Article 3 (1) The fees provided for in art. 2 shall be collected in advance, directly in euro, as well as in US dollars or in the currency of the country of residence, as the case may be, in relation to their average exchange rate against the euro. (2) In the countries where the free currency market operates, the collection of consular fees will, as a rule, be made in euro or in US dollars. (3) When in the country of residence there are no direct official quotations between the euro, US dollars and local currency, by order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, another foreign currency convertible as a reference currency is established. + Article 4 (1) The average exchange rate between the euro or the reference currency and the local currency is fixed by the internal note. ((2) The internal note shall be issued, at the beginning of each month and whenever necessary, depending on the variation of the exchange rates, the head of the consular section or the consular office. This is valid for all subordinate consular offices, to whom a copy is sent. + Article 5 (1) The internal note shall establish the exchange ratio on the basis of the average exchange rates of the previous month. (2) When the oscillations of the exchange rates to determine variations of more than 10% occur during a month period, the head of the consular section or the consular office shall issue a new internal rate of exchange rate. ((3) The copy of the internal note shall be displayed at the premises of the consular office which must apply it, together with the consular tariff. + Article 6 (1) The fees for the consular services provided shall be collected, as a rule, by bank transfer or directly by the consular staff, through electronic payment instruments. ---------------- Alin. ((1) of art. 6 6 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. (2) If the consular fees cannot be charged under the conditions provided in par. (1), consular staff will collect them directly in cash, based on a special regime receipt. ---------------- Alin. ((2) of art. 6 6 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. (. The consular authority, when it cannot fit the activity into a category of consular services set out in the Annex, shall adopt the most favourable solution for the persons concerned. + Article 7 (1) For services rendered as a matter of urgency, a fee of 15 euros or value in U.S. dollars or in the currency of the country of residence shall be charged, as the case may be, except for services not subject to the collection of consular fees. ------------- Alin. ((1) of art. 7 7 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. I of LAW no. 78 78 of 6 May 2010 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 307 307 of 11 May 2010. ((. The services performed immediately or within 48 hours shall be considered as emergency services. + Article 8 (1) The consular authority shall provide free of charge any consular services necessary in the interest of the state, including when the Romanian state acts in its own name for the acquisition, preservation, valorisation or defence of certain rights patrimonial, as well as consular services requested by the civil and military personnel of the state, sent on mission abroad, and by accompanying family members. ((. By way of derogation from the taxation regime provided for in accordance with the provisions of art. 2, are exempt from the payment of consular fees: ---------- Part introd. a para. ((2) of art. 8 8 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending section 2 2 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. a) the registration of foreign birth certificates in Romanian civil status registers for minors up to 6 years of age, if the application is submitted within 6 months from the date of birth registration with foreign authorities; b) issue of travel titles for minors up to 6 years of age; c) the registration of foreign birth certificates in the Romanian civil status registers and the issuance of identity and travel documents for unaccompanied minors or subject to protection measures in the accredited state; d) issuance of travel titles for Romanian citizens victims of human trafficking and for those evacuated from regions affected by armed conflicts, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other crisis situations; e) identification of persons in the computerized records of the Romanian authorities, in order to issue identity and travel documents; f) birth registration of the child of Romanian citizenship g) registration of death and registration in Romanian civil status registers of death certificates drawn up by foreign authorities for Romanian citizens who died abroad; h) issue of mortuary passports; i) procuring death certificates drawn up by foreign authorities for Romanian citizens deceased abroad, as well as intermediation of apostille procedures or local overrepresentation of these certificates; j) the authentication of the prosecutors and the performance of other notary procedures having as object the constitution of the files, the erection, transfer and other formalities necessary for the valorization of pension rights or other social insurance; k) registration of applications for granting/regaining of Romanian citizenship submitted pursuant to art. 10 10 para. ((2) and art. 11 of the Romanian Citizenship Law no. 21/1991, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions; l) issue of the certificate of citizenship attesting the granting or regaining of Romanian citizenship; m) issue of provisional travel documents for nationals of the Member States of the European Union, under conditions of reciprocity; n) issuance of visas for foreign officials from organizations to which Romania is a party; o) issuance of visas for members of diplomatic missions and foreign consular offices, persons accompanying heads of states, government, foreign parliamentary delegations and other official guests, as well as their family members, in conditions of reciprocity; p) issuance of short-stay visas for minors up to 6 years of age; ---------- Lit. p) a par. ((2) of art. 8 8 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending section 2 2 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. q) issuance of short-stay visas for students, students, graduates who attend postgraduate courses and accompanying teachers, whose stay is aimed at educational studies or training; ---------- Lit. q) a par. ((2) of art. 8 8 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending section 2 2 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. r) issuance of short-stay visas for researchers moving to Romania for the purpose of carrying out scientific research activities, as defined in Recommendation 2005 /611/EC of the European Parliament and of Council of 28 September 2005 on the facilitation of the issue by Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers of third-country nationals moving for scientific research in the European Union; ---------- Lit. r) a par. ((2) of art. 8 8 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending section 2 2 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. s) issuance of short-stay visas for representatives of non-profit organizations no more than 25 years of age, participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events, organized by non-profit organizations; ---------- Lit. s) a par. ((2) of art. 8 8 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending section 2 2 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. s) issuance of visas for the family members of Romanian citizens, citizens of the other Member States of the European Union and of the European Economic Area, as well as of the citizens of the Swiss Confederation, as defined by the family to art. 2 2 para. ((1) pt. 3 of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 102/2005 on the free movement on the territory of Romania of citizens of the Member States of the European Union, the European Economic Area and the citizens of the Swiss Confederation, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions; ---------- Letter s) a par. ((2) of art. 8 8 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending section 2 2 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. t) issuance of long-stay visas for family members of Romanian citizens, from the categories provided in art. 46 46 para. (16) of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 194/2002 on the regime of foreigners in Romania, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions; t) the provision of consular services requested in the administrative interest by the authorities of the accrediting state or within the framework of consular cooperation, under conditions (3) The gratuity regime provided in par. ((1) and (2) shall also extend to the value of the visa packages and the blanks of the travel titles, as well as the expenses occasioned by the provision of the respective consular services, provided by note no. 8 8 of the Annex. ---------------- Article 8 has been amended by section 6.6. 2 2 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. + Article 9 (1) Heads of consular offices and coordinators of consular posts of diplomatic missions or, as the case may be, heads of diplomatic missions may reduce or exempt from payment of consular fees, on the basis of written, reasoned request, persons in situations Special and without material possibilities. (2) For applicants for consular services that do not fall within one of the situations referred to in par. ((1), in duly justified individual cases, diplomatic and consular staff competent according to par. ((1) may grant discounts or exemptions from the payment of consular fees for humanitarian reasons, as a courtesy or when this measure serves to protect the cultural or foreign policy interests of Romania. (3) In case of exemption from payment of consular fees under the conditions provided in par. ((1) and (2), the provisions of art. 8 8 para. ((3) shall apply accordingly. ---------------- Article 9 has been amended by section 6.6. 3 3 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. + Article 10 (. Consular fees shall be returned to applicants for consular services in the following cases: a) when the consular service was not or could not be provided; b) when the payment was made without the right basis or from a wrong interpretation of the law. (2) Consular fees provided in par. (1) shall be returned from the amounts collected by the consular offices with the same title. (3) The methods of restitution of the collected taxes shall be established by joint order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Economy and Finance. + Article 11 Fees charged for visas shall not be returned, except in the following situations: a) the fee has been paid to a diplomatic mission or to a consular office that is not competent to receive and settle the visa application; b) the visa application is not admissible, as the legal requirements regarding its submission have not been met. ---------------- Article 11 has been amended by section 1. 4 4 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. + Article 12 The consular fees provided by this law, except for the emergency fees, the consideration of the blanks of the travel documents, the consideration of the visa packages, the publication fees in the Official Gazette, the notarial advertising tariffs and the the amounts referred to in note no 8 of the Annex, which stands out separately, constitutes income of the state budget. ---------------- Article 12 has been amended by section 4.2. 5 5 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. + Article 13 The amount of consular fees set out in the Annex may be revised by joint order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Economy and + Article 14 The technical modalities regarding the provision of consular services and the control of receipts resulting from these services shall be established by order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, within 30 days from the date of publication of this Law in the Official of Romania, Part I. + Article 15 (1) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be able to make full use of the emergency fees related to the services ------------- The introductory part of para. ((1) of art. 15 15 has been amended by section 4.2 3 3 of art. I of LAW no. 78 78 of 6 May 2010 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 307 307 of 11 May 2010. a) payment of transport expenses of Romanian citizens in special situations and without financial resources and children without guardianship, including payment for transport, accommodation and daily expenses for accompanying persons, if assisted repatriation is required; ------------- Letter a) a par. ((1) of art. 15 15 has been amended by section 4.2 3 3 of art. I of LAW no. 78 78 of 6 May 2010 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 307 307 of 11 May 2010. b) payment of repatriation expenses of Romanian citizens, deceased on the territory of the states of residence, for which the family cannot bear the repatriation costs and there is no possibility of interment or cremation in the state where the death occurred; ------------- Point b) of par. ((1) of art. 15 15 has been amended by section 4.2 3 3 of art. I of LAW no. 78 78 of 6 May 2010 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 307 307 of 11 May 2010. c) temporary payment of unsalted persons from diplomatic missions and consular offices or persons outside them, who provide such services; d) other expenses arising in the performance of duties provided for in the Statute of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps and in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. (2) Temporary employment of persons referred to in par. ((1) lit. c) will be made on the proposal of diplomatic missions and consular offices, with the approval of the main authorising officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in compliance with the legal provisions in the matter, without affecting the personnel number approved to this ministry for outdoor service. ------------- Alin. ((2) of art. 15 15 has been amended by section 4 4 of art. I of LAW no. 78 78 of 6 May 2010 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 307 307 of 11 May 2010. (3) For the work performed, persons from the diplomatic missions and consular offices referred to in par. ((1) lit. c) receive an allowance in foreign currency established in the net amount up to the limit of the salary provided for the main consular official. During the period during which the persons concerned collect this allowance, they no longer benefit from the allowance in foreign currency provided by the regulations in force for the unlisted/unsalted spouse/wife. ------------- Alin. ((3) of art. 15 15 has been amended by section 4 4 of art. I of LAW no. 78 78 of 6 May 2010 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 307 307 of 11 May 2010. (4) For the provision of services by persons from outside diplomatic missions and consular offices provided in par. ((1) lit. c), an allowance is granted in foreign currency established up to the limit of the salary provided for the main consular official, in which the taxes and fees falling to the employer are included, according to the state regulations of the residence. ------------- Alin. ((4) of art. 15 15 has been amended by section 4 4 of art. I of LAW no. 78 78 of 6 May 2010 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 307 307 of 11 May 2010. + Article 16 Diplomatic missions and consular offices may request, through the central administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the transfer of the necessary amounts for the fulfilment of the provisions of 15 15 para. ((1) lit. a)-d) from other diplomatic missions and consular offices that have funds made according to the provisions of art. 7. ------------- Article 16 has been amended by section 4. 5 5 of art. I of LAW no. 78 78 of 6 May 2010 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 307 307 of 11 May 2010. + Article 17 Consular fees provided for in art. 15 shall be collected, administered and accounted for by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 500/2002 on public finances, as amended. + Article 18 (1) The present law shall enter into force 30 days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I. (2) On the date of entry into force of this Law shall be repealed: art. 3 lit. c), d), e), f) and g), art. 6 6, art. 7 7 and Annex no. 2 2 of Government Ordinance no. 24/1992 on the establishment of consular services and fees charged for their provision, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 213 of 28 August 1992, approved with amendments by Law no. 89/1993 , with subsequent amendments and completions, and Methodological Norms no. H (02) 15.808/683/1997 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior on technical modalities for the provision of services subject to consular fees and control of receipts resulting from these services, published in the Official Gazette of the Romania, Part I, no. 17 of 20 January 1998, as well as any other provisions contrary to this law. This law was adopted by the Romanian Parliament, in compliance with the provisions of art. 75 75 and art. 76 76 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution, republished.
p. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT,
EUGEN NICOLICEA
SENATE PRESIDENT
NICOLAE VACAROIU Bucharest, October 21, 2008. No. 198. + Annex CONSULAR SERVICES for which charges are levied and levies consular missions and offices Romania's consular abroad ┌ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | | No. | | | | crt. | Name of services | Euro tax | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | 1 | 2 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | A. Identity and travel documents | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 1 | Registration of the application for the release of a book | | | | identity or an electronic identity card | 15 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 2 | Release of a passport or a travel title | 40 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 3 | The travail of the blunder of a simple electronic passport | 59 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 4 | The travail of the blunder of a simple temporary passport | 20 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 5 | The traveler of the blunder of a travel title | 5.2 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | B. Visas | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 1 | Airport transit visa | 60 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 2 | Transit Visa | 60 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 3 | Short stay visa | 60 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 4 | Long stay visa | 120 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | C. Notary services | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 1 | Redacting, authenticating and revoking a document, | | | | | regardless of its nature: | | | | |-a copy | 40 | | |-for each extra copy | 10 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 2 | Legalization of the translator's signature | 40 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 3 | Legalization of a copy on the documents | 10 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 4 | Legalization of the signature on a signed under signature | | | | | private | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 5 | Legalization of the Ministry's seal and signature | | | | | Romanian Foreign Affairs, applied on an official act | | | | | issued by the Romanian authorities to be | | | | | used abroad, or the seal and signature | | | | | on an official foreign act, which is to produce effects | | | | | legal | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 6 | Legalizing the seal and signature of the authorities | | | | | foreign skills on a certificate of origin of | | | | | goods, from a commercial invoice and from any other | | | | | document required to export and import goods from and | | | | | | in Romania, depending on the value of the goods, each | | | | | exemplary: | | | | |-for values up to 50,000 euros | 300 | | |-for values between 50.001-100,000 euros | 600 | | |-for values between 100.001-500,000 euros | 900 | | |-for values between 500.001-1.000.000 euro | 1,500 | | |-for values above 1.000.000 euro | 3,500 + 0.1% | | | | | by value | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 7 | Release of a copy or extract from the papers | | | | | located in the archives of diplomatic missions or ale | | | | | consular offices, on each page | 10 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 8 | Making a translation from or into Romanian, by | | | | | each page | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 9 | Legalization of the translation made | 20 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 10 | Certification of facts found personally by | | | | | consular official | 20 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 11 | Release of a certificate of custom | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 12 | Receiving in deposit of documents and documents | | | | | presented by the parties | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 13 | Certification of changes in the role of crew | | | | | of ships, including the change of the ship commander, or | | | | | extending the validity of the convention act of a | | | | | ships | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 14 | Registration and targeting of the high protest, of the journal | | | | | board and car log | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 15 | Release of provisional license of nationality, for | | | | | ships built abroad, purchased or to which | | | | | they change their class | 300 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | D. Civil status services | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 1 | Registration of marriage at diplomatic missions and | | | | | Romanian consular offices | 90 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 2 | Registration of a birth or marriage certificate | | | | | foreigner in Romanian civil status registers, within | | | | | 6 months from the date of birth/marriage registration at | | | | | foreign authorities | 90 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 3 | Registration of a birth or marriage certificate | | | | | foreign in Romanian civil status registers, over | | | | | 6 months from the date of birth registration/| | | | | marriage to foreign authorities | 135 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 4 | Prosecutor's Office of a duplicate of a status certificate | | | | Romanian civil service or a multilingual extract of an act | | | | | Romanian civil status | 45 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 5 | Registration of the application for registration of a mention on | | | | | the edge of an act of Romanian civil status | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 6 | Release of a civil status extract | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | E. Various Services | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 1 | Registration of the application for granting/regaining citizenship | | | | | Romanian under the conditions of art 10 10 para. (1) of the Law | | | | Romanian citizenship no. 21/1991, republished, with | | | | | subsequent amendments and completions | 60 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 2 | Registration of the request for waiver of Romanian citizenship | 600 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 3 | Registration of application for verification of legal status | | | | | of a natural person in relation to the Romanian state | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 4 | Liberation of proof of citizenship | 10 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 5 | Prosecution of a judicial or extrajudicial act from the country | | | | | or from abroad | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 6 | Verification of the authenticity of a driving license | | | | | Romanian | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 7 | Apostille or overelection of an official act | | | | | via diplomatic missions or al | | | | | Romanian consular offices abroad | 30 | ├ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- | 8 | Other consular services not included in the presence | | | | | list | 30 | └ ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: 1. The fees for issuing identity cards, passports or any other travel documents cover the performance of all related legalization or certification services, provided by law. 2. The fees for the registration of foreign civil status certificates in the Romanian civil status registers cover the performance of all the authentication, legalization or related certification services provided by law. 3. The travail of the visa and emergency duty rates, as the case may be, are included in the fees charged according to lit. B of the table. 4. The traveller of the visa packages and the blanks of the damaged travel documents, rebutted or, as the case may be, issued free of charge shall be provided from the funds approved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the annual budgetary laws. 5. Contravail of the blanks of identity cards and electronic identity cards, issued under the conditions provided in art. 14 14 para. ((2) lit. a) in conjunction with art. 16 16 para. (2) of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 97/2005 on the record, domicile, residence and identity documents of Romanian citizens, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, is established by joint order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Public Finance, prior to the entry into service of those documents 6. The rate of enrolment of a notarial act in the notary national registers is charged at the level of 3 euros, and the verification in the national notary registers at the level of 5 euros. The value in lei of these notarial advertising tariffs is transferred by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the account of the National Center for the Administration of National Notary Registers. 7. For successions liquidated by means of diplomatic missions and consular offices, without employment of lawyer, valorization of goods or values, a consular fee of 10% of the amounts actually realized shall be charged. 8. The amounts in foreign currency representing the expenses of travel of consular officials related to the realization of consular duties, expenses necessary for the organization of itinerant consulates, costs related to supplies, consumable materials, telephone communications, fax correspondence and by written or electronic mail, courier dispatches, fees charged, as appropriate, by financial institutions to the payment of consular fees by bank transfer or by electronic payment instruments, as well as any other expenses occasioned by the provision of consular services is collected separately from the consular fees established according to the law, and with their consideration the funds in foreign currency allocated through the state budget to diplomatic missions and consular offices where they were cashed. ---------- Item 5 of the letter. A of the Annex has been amended by section 2 2 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. Item 7 of the letter. E of the Annex has been amended by section 3 3 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. Section 8 of the note to the Annex has been amended by section 6.6. 4 4 of art. unique from LAW no. 291 291 of 20 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 879 879 of 24 November 2015, amending EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 64 64 of 7 October 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 742 742 of 13 October 2014. ------