Following the consultation with the factors involved and the interested parties in the railway sector, as well as the integration of the proposals and observations received from the MoH and the MAI, ASFR developed and submitted to the TF Directorate of MTI the improved version of the draft Government Decision for the approval of the Norms regarding verification, ascertaining and sanctioning the consumption of alcohol or psychoactive substances, in the case of personnel with attributions regarding traffic safety in railway and metro transport.

On July 29, 2024, the Cooperation Agreement regarding the cooperation and information exchange mechanism was concluded between the Romanian Railway Investigation Agency - AGIFER and the Romanian Railway Safety Authority - ASFR, based on the provisions of Delegated Regulation (EU) no. 2018/761 of the Commission of February 16, 2018. The cooperation agreement was signed by Mr. Laurentiu DUMITRU, general manager of AGIFER, and Mr. Petru BOGDAN, general director of ASFR and aims to maintain the good institutional collaboration between the two institutions, in order to facilitate the exercise of the powers of each of the parties in order to improve railway safety in Romania.

In July, ASFR issued the following unique safety certificates:

- to the rail transport operator Rail Trans Vagon S.R.L., the unique safety certificate no. RO1020240166, valid from 26/07/2024 until 25/07/2029, for "Transport of goods, including dangerous goods transport services" operations;

- to the railway transport operator EMA RAIL S.R.L., the unique safety certificate no. RO1020240167, valid from 26/07/2024 to 28/07/2029, for operations of "Transport of goods, including dangerous goods transport services".

Order no. 1471/2023 regarding the approval of tariffs for the provision of specific activities carried out by the Romanian Railway Safety Authority - ASFR, with the additions and amendments brought by OMTI 1185 of June 19, 2024.

The Bulletin of the Romanian Railway Safety Authority - ASFR, whose first number we are inaugurating now, is a publication made available free of charge to economic operators in the railway field in Romania and whose content we want to be useful to them, by presenting all the concrete aspects of the activities carried out by ASFR, according to its attributions arising from the specific regulatory framework.

In the period 08-09 May 2024, the first safety surveillance action carried out jointly by the national safety authorities from Bulgaria and Romania, respectively the Railway Administration Executive Agency (RAEA) and the Romanian Railway Safety Authority - ASFR, took place in the joint stations of Ruse and Vidin border.