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Actually, the superlegalisation resides in the application of an apostille by the competent Court of Law or by the Chamber of the Notaries Public. Superlegalisation represents a certification of the notarization, in other words the procedure by means of which a notarized document is certified by the Chamber of the Notaries Public.

The Chamber of the Notaries Public superlegalizes the following types of documents:

- notarized translations of the original documents bearing the Apostille 

- Photocopies of Romanian documents certified by a notary public

- Original notary issued documents (powers of attorneys, statements, agreements, authentic deeds etc.) 

The Court of Law superlegalizes the types of documents presented below: 
- documents issued by the courts of law (decisions, resolutions, judgments etc ) 

- Original documents issued by the Trade Register

- Original documents issued by the executors / bailiffs

The Ministry of Justice of Bucharest further superlegalizes the documents to be used in the countries that are not member of the Convention of the Hague.

Superlegalisation of the documents for the countries not part of the Convention of The Hague

The superlegalisation procedure implies the acknowledgement of the official documents in the countries not part of the Convention of the Hague. Unlike the Apostille procedure which is a simplified procedure of documents' acknowledgement by the application of an Apostille, the superlegalisation of the documents for the countries which are not members of the Convention of the Hague implies a more complex route and a large number of visas and certifications from the competent Romanian Institutions. In the end the documents shall bear the visa of the embassies or consulates of those particular countries.

In most of the cases, the superlegalisation is required in the countries non member of the Convention of the Hague for the residence papers and work papers: 

· Study documents: baccalaureate diplomas, qualification certificates for various trades, university degrees etc. – to obtain work contracts.

· Civil status documents: birth certificates, marriage certificates, judgments of divorce, citizenship certificates – for residence and marriage.

· Legal documents: necessary to establish companies, to open branches, notary powers of attorney and statements etc.