EUROPEAN UNION · ROMANIA
Romania: medicines and EU prescriptions
Romania’s Ministry of Health maintains an online-pharmacy register and gives specific instructions for linking the common logo to the authorised business entry. Its medicine-sales notice concerns non-prescription products.
Last updated: October 2026
| Question | Evidence and limits |
|---|---|
| Domestic non-prescription online sales | Permitted with conditions. Non-prescription online supply permitted under national conditions. [RO-ONLINE] Scope: Human medicines; sellers established in Romania |
| Domestic prescription online sales | Not permitted. The pharmacy norms expressly prohibit prescription-medicine sale and dispensing through information-society services. [RO-ONLINE] [RO-LAW] Scope: Online sale/dispensing; distinguish reservation, consultation and arranged delivery |
| Recognition of other EU prescriptions | Recognition subject to national rules. EU cross-border prescription recognition framework applies; dispensing remains subject to national rules. [EU-RX] Scope: Ordinary prescriptions from another EU state; not a guarantee for every product or controlled medicine |
| Cross-border parcel supply into Romania | Not confirmed. Medicine-specific inbound postal supply permission not confirmed. Scope: Romania as destination |
| Cross-border shipment from Romania | Not confirmed. Destination-specific outbound delivery permission not confirmed. Scope: Romania as seller country |
| Foreign ePrescriptions dispensed in Romania | Not confirmed. Country-pair ePrescription dispensing availability not confirmed. Scope: Romania as dispensing country |
| Local ePrescriptions used abroad | Not confirmed. Country-pair ePrescription dispensing availability not confirmed. Scope: Romania as prescription-origin country |
| Reimbursement | Check your home insurer. Home-insurer eligibility and claim process determine reimbursement; national medicine-specific coverage not confirmed. [EU-PAY] Scope: Insurance country, product and purchase route must be identified; not automatic foreign pharmacy payment |
Romania: compare the website with its ministry entry
The ministry register lists authorised online pharmacies and drugstores. Its reporting guidance identifies prescription-medicine offers, missing logo links and unlisted suppliers as reasons to report a suspicious medicine website.
A practical next step
Compare the business name, address and licence details with the ministry record. For a prescription product, ask a physical pharmacy about dispensing rather than relying on an online offer.
Useful local terminology: farmacie (pharmacy); drogherie (drugstore); fără prescripție.
Verify the responsible seller
Use the official route below to locate the relevant guidance or seller list. Some authority pages link onward to a separate register. Compare the legal business, dispensing premises and exact website address; a logo image alone is insufficient.
Ministry of Health: pharmacy verification route. See how to verify an EU online pharmacy for the full checking process.
Using a prescription issued elsewhere in the EU
EU recognition is conditional on the medicine and national dispensing rules. For documentation, preparation and product-name questions, use the cross-border prescription guide. An online purchase and a pharmacy dispensing visit require separate checks.
Electronic prescriptions and payment
Check the specific origin, destination and participating pharmacy before travelling. The table reports only the pairs established by the cited sources. Patient Summary connections do not establish ePrescription dispensing. Ask your home insurer about the intended medicine purchase and keep the itemised receipt.
For national contact routing, consult Romania’s contact-point website or the official EU/EEA contact directory. Your insurance country determines which insurer should answer your claim question.
Before you commit to a purchase
Write down the exact medicine, strength, formulation, quantity, prescription origin, destination address and insurance country. Ask the pharmacy to confirm stock, document handling, delivery eligibility and total charges for that particular request. Do not change a medicine or dose to fit an available website listing.
Official sources / References
- Romanian Ministry of Health: online non-prescription pharmacy notice — Common logo and register-entry linking
- Romanian Ministry of Health: online-pharmacy register — Authorised pharmacy and drugstore listings
- Romanian Ministry of Health: report suspicious medicine websites — Prescription-medicine offers among reportable suspicious activities
- Romanian legal register: consolidated pharmacy norms of 25 March 2019 — Article 1 definitions of online pharmacy/drugstore: express prohibition of prescription internet supply; Articles 32–35
- Your Europe: presenting a prescription in another EU country — Prescription information and national dispensing rules
- Your Europe: prescription expenses and reimbursement — Cross-border prescriptions and EHIC
- EMA: buying medicines online and national registers — Logo verification; national-register directory
- European Commission: electronic cross-border health services — ePrescription versus Patient Summary
- EOPYY: official EU/EEA National Contact Point directory — Country contact listings; updated 20 August 2026
This page explains access routes and official information. It does not select a treatment or guarantee that a pharmacy will dispense, ship or secure reimbursement for a particular medicine. About MediSearcher.