Romanian Border Police

The Romanian Border Police () is the structure of the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior responsible for the border security and passport control at border crossing points, airports and ports.
Structure.
Since 2001 multiple restructures and improvements occurred in order to align the service to the European counterparts. Currently it is composed of the Border Police General Inspectorate which is the central structure, subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while the second tier is composed of the 5 Territorial Inspectorates (Giurgiu, Timișoara, Oradea, Sighetu Marmației, Iași) and the Coast Guard. The latter was formed in 2011 when the County Inspectorates of Constanța and Tulcea were reorganized into the newly formed Coast Guard.
Ranks.
The Border Police uses the same ranking system as the Romanian Police, with different colors. ("see Romanian Police")
Before 2002, the Border Police had military status and a military ranking system, within the Ministry of Administration and Interior ("see Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia"). In June 2002 it became a civilian police force, together with the National Police (the first police service in Eastern Europe to do so) and its personnel was structured into two "corps":
Future prospects.
At the beginning of October 2020 a new contract for 5 patrol boats (>15m) was signed with OY Kewatec Aluboat AB of Finland.
As of mid-October 2020 there is an ongoing tender for 2 new 38-43m patrol boats to replace the ageing Neustadt class boats. The Neustadt class vessels were built during 1969-1970 for the German Federal Border Guard, the first one being bought by the Romanian Border Police in 2002 and the other 3 in 2005. Previous attempts to replace them have failed, mainly because of lack of funding.
On March 10th, 2021 a contract was signed for Damen Group to supply the border police with two FCS 4008 Patrol boats. 