pollution

Costel Alexe: Maximum pollution levels exceeded at all Environment Ministry’s stations

12:48, 02 Mart. 2020
Costel Alexe, the Environment minister, has said during a press conference on Monday that all the Environment Ministry's stations registered on Sunday night exceeding the maximum levels of pollution allowed.

Romanian Govt Considers Replacing Car Registration Tax With Yearly Pollution Tax

16:35, 05 Iul. 2011
Romania's Government will make a decision regarding the new version of the car pollution tax in the next two weeks, while considering a new idea – to introduce a general pollution tax applicable to all cars, Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said Tuesday.

Romania’s New Car Pollution Tax Up In The Air

14:32, 18 Iun. 2011
The new bill on Romania's car pollution tax no longer mentions July 1, 2011 as the date for the new tax's implementation and, with the upcoming parliamentary summer recess, cannot be adopted earlier than this fall.

Oil Spill Found In Danube River, SW Romania

19:06, 08 Iun. 2011
Romanian border police officers Wednesday afternoon reported an oil spill in the Danube River in the Varciorova region in the southwestern Romanian county of Mehedinti.

Poor Air Quality In Bucharest Killed Over 800 People Btw 2004-2009

17:23, 30 Mart. 2011
Over 800 Bucharest residents, who died between 2004 and 2009, could have been saved if the average annual level of fine particles found in the air had been kept within the limits set by the World Health Organization, shows a research conducted by an NGO.

Romanian Govt Reduces Car Pollution Tax Discount Rate

16:20, 21 Ian. 2011
Romania's Government will reduce the depreciation rate, which is a partial discount on the car tax granted to buyers of used cars depending on their state, extra features and mileage, so the tax on such cars will be higher as of 2011.

Romania To Increase Car Pollution Tax By Up To 50% As Of Jan 1, 2011 – Minister

12:37, 24 Nov. 2010
Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely on Wednesday said the car pollution tax will be hiked by 25% up to 50% starting January 1, 2011, in order to stop imports of polluting used cars into Romania.

Tests Indicate No Pollution In Danube – Romanian Water Administration

14:55, 11 Oct. 2010
Tests conducted by experts of Romania’s Water Administration Authority (ANAR) on water samples in Bazias, the entrance point of Danube River in western Romania, indicate the quality of Danube’s water is within normal parameters, following the ecological disaster in Hungary.

Romanian Environ Min Says Romania Not In Danger Of Red Sludge Contamination

12:50, 08 Oct. 2010
Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said Friday information received from Hungarian experts shows the Danube River is not in danger of contamination with toxic red sludge at its point of entry in Romania, but Romanian authorities are prepared to intervene.

Hungary Toxic Mud Spill Reached Danube Thursday Afternoon – Romanian Water Administration

16:23, 07 Oct. 2010
Romania’s National Water Administration on Thursday said the toxic red sludge that burst out of a Hungarian factory's reservoir has contaminated the Raba River in Hungary and reached the Danube River, at 2 p.m..

Over 500 European Cities Pledge To Cut CO2 Emissions

15:19, 04 Mai 2010
The mayors of more than 500 cities in European Union member states, including Romania, will commit Tuesday to cut carbon dioxide emissions by over 20% by 2020, said a European Commission press release published Monday.

Romania’s Govt To Announce By June If Car Pollution Tax Will Be Modified

12:43, 27 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Government will announce by the end of June whether the car pollution tax will be modified and what the modification entails, Government representatives said Tuesday at the Mediafax Talks about Auto Industry conference.

Romanian PM To Set Up Govt Workgroup On Pollution Tax, Electric Automobile

16:23, 23 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday that, in the Government’s next meeting, he will set up an inter-ministry workgroup to design a new framework fro the country's car pollution tax’s and prepare Romania’s strategy on moving towards the electric automobile.

Romania’s Car Tax Levied On Euro 4 Cars Bought Last Year As Of Monday

13:58, 15 Feb. 2010
Romania’s pollution tax will be levied on Euro 4 cars as well starting February 15, when the government-set deadline for tax exemptions expires.

Southern Romania Among EU Regions With High Nitrate Level In Groundwater – EC Report

16:37, 11 Feb. 2010
Southern Romania is one of the areas in the European Union where groundwater contains a high concentration of nitrates, according to a report on the implementation of the Nitrates Directive, published Thursday by the European Commission.

Pollution Tax For One Romanian Dacia Logan Reaches EUR774

16:55, 10 Dec. 2009
The lowest amount to be paid as pollution tax upon the purchase of a new Dacia Logan in Romania will be EUR363 and the highest amount will reach EUR774, starting January 1, 2010, when owners of Euro 4 cars start paying the pollution tax.

More Than Half Of Romania’s Surface Vulnerable To Nitrate Pollution

14:58, 13 Oct. 2009
The Romanian Waters Administration (ANAR) announced that more than half of Romania’s surface is vulnerable or potentially vulnerable to pollution with nitrates, but the latest analyses show that 90% of samples collected point to acceptable levels of nitrates.

Romania Might Introduce Pollution Tax In 2010 To Replace Car Tax – Environment Min

12:40, 10 Apr. 2009
Romanian environment minister Nicolae Nemirschi said Friday after a public debate that the ministry plans to introduce a tax as of 2010, calculated considering pollution levels, to replace the country’s current car tax.

Romanian New Car Registrations Drop By 8.6% In ‘08, Used Cars Thrive

19:21, 08 Ian. 2009
New car registrations dropped by 8.6% in Romania last year, to 285,504 units, while used car registrations grew by 151.4%, to a record level of 310,885 cars.

Romanian Car Tax Triples For New Cars With 2l Euro 4 Engines

13:59, 05 Dec. 2008
The Romanian pollution tax will also triple for Euro 4 cars with engine capacities higher than 2,000 cc, as the Government Ordinance approved Thursday exempts all owners of cars with cylinder capacities below the mentioned value from paying the tax.

Romanian Govt Ups Pollution Tax For Used Cars

16:19, 04 Dec. 2008
The Romanian Government decided Thursday to increase up to three times the pollution tax for cars on purchases of imported used cars. Also, the government decided to increase the bonus for the scrapping of used cars, ministry sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Car Deterioration Review To Cost RON243, RON299 – Evaluator

15:22, 01 Iul. 2008
The fee applied by the Romanian Automobile Registry (RAR), when establishing the deterioration of vehicles, reaches RON243 (EUR66.6) for cars with a maximum authorized mass lower than or equal to 3.5 tons and RON299 (EUR82) for those that exceed this mass, the institution announced Tuesday.

Romania’s Capital City Bucharest –Most Polluted EU City

16:54, 24 Apr. 2008
Romania’s capital city of Bucharest ranks first in the latest top of polluted cities in European Union states, leaving Sofia, Athens or Rome behind, Adrian Catrina, executive manager of Bucharest’s Environment Protection Agency (APM), said Thursday.