Registrul Auto Român Harghita, Miercurea-Ciuc

In the European Union member states, as well as in the EU integration candidate countries EU, the PTI performance system has been initiated and developed supervised by an institution designated by the authorities. In such system, the licensing of the stations which perform PTI is mainly performed according to technical criteria and in certain stations even according to territorial criteria (the limitation of the number of stations according to the surface and number of registered vehicles). In Romania, the periodical technical inspections are performed by the Registrul Auto Roman (Romanian Automobile Registry), specialized technical body of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure by its county representative offices or by means of the economic operators authorized and monitored by RAR. RAR authority is materialized by the use of the RAR registered trade mark by the authorized economic operators or by the authorized public institutions.
The licensing of the periodical technical inspection stations held by the legal entities shall be performed by RAR under the licensing application and the favorable result of the Technical capacity assessment report, drawn up by the certified personnel for the assessment of the compliance. The technical license shall be granted to the legal entities which hold appropriate spaces for the performance of the periodical technical inspection activity, fulfill the legal conditions regarding the necessary technical equipment and have authorized personnel for the periodical technical inspection activity.
In the case of Romania, as of 1998, under the Order of the Minister of Transport 353/1998 the first step was made for the harmonization of the national legislation with the European legislation in the field (Directive 96/96 EEC).