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Romania Won’t Increase Scrap Bonus For Old Cars – Environment Min

Romania will not increase the scrap bonus granted to owners of cars older than ten years within the country’s car park renewal program, regardless of car sales, environment minister Nicolae Nemirschi said Friday in a press conference.
Romania Won’t Increase Scrap Bonus For Old Cars - Environment Min
08 mai 2009, 16:22, English

"The scrap bonus will not increase. It will stay at 3,800 lei (EUR1=RON4.1380)," Nemirschi said, tacitly admitting that the country’s car park renewal program isn’t going well.

The minister said about two months ago that the scrap bonus might be increased if few vehicles are sold during the first stage of the program, to encourage people to scrap their old cars.

According to the most recent data provided by the Ministry of Environment, only little over 7,000 cars out of 20,000 available within the first stage of Romania’s car park renewal program were sold by the end of April. The first stage of the program ends at the end of May.

"This is a problem and we’re seeking solutions. We’re talking with the Finance Ministry to see how we can make this program work at set parameters. We won’t change the scrap bonus. We have proposed to scrap 60,000 pollutant old cars this year and we’re seeking solutions," Nemirschi said.