Bucharest Court Dismisses NGO Appeal On Tripple Car Tax

Romania’s former liberal government decided last April to introduce a pollution tax for cars, calculated according to technical data of each car and carbon dioxide emissions.

 

Amendments to the car tax brought a fall in the number of new cars, and boosted used car imports.

 

On the backdrop of the increase in the number of imported used cars, the government decided via an emergency decree in December to triple the car tax for used cars,

and to suspend it for new cars with Euro4 engines of up to 2,000 cubic centimeters, registered or the first time in Romania and the European Union.

 

The authorities annulled the act end last year and are expected to make a decision regarding the tax on car’s first registration in February.