The Romanian Gendarmerie is a special institution of the state with military status, falling under the Ministry of Administration and the Interior. Its tasks include:
- protecting public order and safety, citizens’ rights and fundamental liberties, and public and private property;
- preventing and detecting crimes and other infringements of laws;
- protecting the state’s fundamental institutions and countering terrorist acts.
The Gendarmerie performs its activities in the interests of the public and the community, in support of state institutions, exclusively on the basis of law enforcement. They include maintaining public order during meetings, marches, demonstrations, processions, strike pickets, promotional and commercial activities, cultural-artistic, sports, religious and commemorative events and other similar activities carried out in public areas and involving large numbers of people.