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Romanian Govt OKs Suspending Pollution Tax Until Dec 31 ‘09

Romania's Government approved the suspension of the pollution tax for new Euro 4 cars with less than 2,000 cmc engines, until December 31, 2009.
Romanian Govt OKs Suspending Pollution Tax Until Dec 31 ‘09
19 nov. 2008, 18:19, English

The tax suspension will be enforced as of December 1, 2008.
 
"The tax will be suspended as of December 1, for all new Euro 4 cars, with less than 2,000 cmc engines," the country’s Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said.
 
Tariceanu said earlier Wednesday the decision to suspend the car tax for Euro 4 new cars will be discussed in Wednesday’s Government meeting and the Cabinet will send a notification to the European Commission, in which it will explain the decision mainly by supporting the local jobs.
 
“It is not a problem of protecting the automotive industry. The main problem is to support the jobs. I consider that protecting the employment is a Government responsibility,” Tariceanu said.
 
Eliminating the pollution tax for the acquisition of new cars is a great support for the Romanian auto market, but such a measure might contradict the European Commission regulations, Ernest Popovici, president of the local Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Monday.
 
The prime minister reminded that he discussed in the Wednesday morning the matter with Romania’s president Traian Basescu.
 
“During the meeting, the two officials shared the same concern regarding the fact that import of second-hand cars affected local car sales,” a statement of the government showed on Wednesday.
 
In Romania, the number of new second-hand cars imported in January-September period rose 104.8% on the year to 205,086 units, while new car registrations fell 2.4% in the same period.