Romania’s government to introduce in stages penalty tax for polluting cars in 2019

The government prepares a penalty tax for the owners of polluting cars in Romania that will be introduce in stages next year, according to the Envirnment Minister, Grațiela Gavrilescu.

The minister said that a new law project regarding the penalty tax will be ready soon.

“The final form is almost ready. In order to be able to implement this contribution – it will not mean a single component, but more than one component -, we will also inform citizens, and (the new regulation) may include a grace period for accommodation, for information in order to allow citizens to be able, in a shorter or longer period of time, to make a decision with their own vehicle that is older than ten years and thus giving them the opportunity to buy a non-polluting vehicle,” Gavrilescu said, quoted by Digi24.

The car tax was cancelled in 2016, and ever since, representatives of the Ministry of Environment promised repeatedly that it would implement another environment tax. At the beginning of the year, the institution announced the tax would be ready to be implemented by June 2018.

Since the old tax was cancelled, the number of second-hand cars registered in Romania rose to record levels.

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In 2017, 627,753 cars were registered in Romania, a growth by 60 percent compared with 2016.

Romania’s Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA) estimates that around 500,000 second-hand cars will be imported in Romania in 2018.