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Document: ROU-BO-06001

Title:

CARTE DE IDENTITATE _ IDENTITY CARD

Issuing Country:

ROU - Romania • ROMÂNIA •

Document Category:

B - Identity card

Document type:

O - ordinary document

Document version number:

06001

First issued on:

17/06/2025

Valid:

yes

Legal status / main purpose:

Identity document. The document establishes the holder's identity within the territory of the issuing country, but can abroad not be used as an identity document. Not a travel document.

Overall construction:

card

Format width (mm):

86

Format height (mm):

54

Number of pages:

Validity

Maximum validity:

5 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

14 year(s)

Maximum age for validity:

18 year(s)

Validity

Maximum validity:

10 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

18 year(s)

Validity

Maximum validity:

50 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

70 year(s)

The normative acts governing the issuing of ordinary identity cards by the competent authorities are as follows: Government Emergency Decree No 97/2005 on the registration, domicile, place of residence and identity documents of Romanian citizens, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented; Government Decision No 295/2021 approving the methodological rules on the uniform application of the provisions of Government Emergency Decree No 97/2005 on the registration, domicile, place of residence and identity documents of Romanian citizens, and establishing the form and content of identity documents, proof of residence and property ownership documents.

The ordinary identity card is produced by the state-owned company "Imprimeria Națională S.A.", and is personalised by the Single Electronic Passport Personalisation Centre within the framework of a centralised system; the ordinary identity card is issued from the age of 14 years; it is not a biometric document (no chip); the ordinary identity card is an identity document.

Image 385250 of Recto - identity

Security features:

Substrate

Substrate:

PC (polycarbonate)

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT (365 nm)

Colours:

multi-coloured

Image 385254 of UV feature

Security features:

OVD (optically variable device)

OVD (optically variable device):

DID® - Diffractive Identification Device

OVD description:

protection of the holder's facial image

Image 385259 of OVD (optically variable device)

Security features:

Personal data

Image 385262 of Personal data

Security features:

Facial image

Photo type:

black & white

Security features:

Printing technique

Image 385270 of Printing technique

Verso

Image 385251 of Verso

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT (365 nm)

Colours:

multi-coloured

Image 385277 of UV feature
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