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Starting in 2006, the corps
abandoned conscription and in 2007
it became an all-professional
military force.
The Romanian Gendarmerie is a full
member of the Association of the
European and Mediterranean Police
Forces and Gendarmeries with
Military Status (FIEP), along with
the Italian Carabinieri, the French
Gendarmerie, the Spanish Guardia
Civil, the Portuguese Guarda
Nacional Republicana, the Turkish
Gendarmerie, the Moroccan Royal
Gendarmerie and the Dutch Royal Marechaussee.
After Romania's accession to the European Union, the Jandarmeria sought to be accepted
as permanent observer to the European Gendarmerie Force, as a first step towards full
membership. On 3 March 2009 the Romanian Gendarmerie became full member of the
European Gendarmerie Force.

Romanian Gendarms in a 1934 picture

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