Romanian Govt Might Pull Over Non-Euro Cars Come ‘11

Non-euro cars include Dacia1310 made before January 1, 1996, Trabant, Oltcit, OpelAscona, Renault16,Renault21, OpelKadett, Renault5.

The Romanian government indicates, in the founding note for the draft emergency ordinance on the pollution  tax for cars, that the Romanian car park has an average age of 13 years, and cars with non-euro, Euro 1 and Euro 2 pollution norms represented, in 2005, some 90% of the entire car park.

"On a European Union level, there are talks on a directive removing non-euro cars from traffic, starting with 2011. In these conditions, Romania will provide from the state budget all costs for the disassembly of the non-euro cars," the document reads.

The Executive decided Monday that the pollution tax for cars will be set with respect for the technical data of each particular car, based on carbon dioxide and noxious gas emissions.

Through the introduction of the new calculation formula, the Fiscal Code regulations on the special tax for cars and vehicles are abolished.

“The difference in money that results from the tax paid by drivers between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 and the current formula of the car tax will be refunded based on the procedures stipulated in the methodological norms on applying the current emergency ordinance,” reads the draft emergency ordinance on the car tax approved Monday by the Executive.