THE ROMANIAN OFFICIAL GAZETTE, FIRST PART, NO. 469 DATED ON THE 26TH OF JUNE 2014 HAS PUBLISHED LAW NO. 78/2014 ON THE REGULATION OF THE VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY IN ROMANIA.

The law regulates the participation of a natural persons at voluntary activities carried out on behalf of other people or of the society, organized by legal persons governed by public or private non-profit law. The development of any voluntary activity is realized by excluding the remuneration from the beneficiary.
Volunteering is conducted following a request from the host-organization, in which the latter expresses its willingness to collaborate with volunteers. The request issued by the legal person of public law host-organization, which manifests the willingness to collaborate with volunteers, is realized through a public announcement.

It is forbidden, under the penalty of annulation, to conclude a volunteering contract in order to avoid the conclusion of an individual employment contract or, according to the case, of a civil contract destined for services provision or of other pecuniary civil contract for the realization of those specific services.

Volunteering is considered professional and / or specialized experience, according to the type of activity if it is done in the person’s field of study.
During the volunteering activity period, as well as at the termination of the volunteering activity, at the request of the volunteer, the host-organization issues a volunteering certificate having linked a volunteering activity report.

The volunteering activity is carried out on the basis of a written form signed contract, in Romanian language, among the volunteer and the host-organization. The obligation to conclude the volunteering contract in a written form belongs to the host-organization. The written form is required for the valid conclusion of the contract.

Previously to the starting of the volunteering activities, the volunteering contract is recorded in the volunteer registry, kept by the volunteer host-organization. The moment the new law enters into force, the Volunteering Law no. 195/2001 will be abrogated.

Published in The Romanian Official Gazette, First Part, no. 470 of the 26th of June 2014
Issuer: Romanian Parliament