The decision was made through an emergency ordinance adopted Wednesday.
The act says ministers, minister-delegates, state secretaries and other public officials may be accompanied by two assistants at most when traveling abroad in official capacity, to lower travel spending.
The ordinance also forbids public institutions from ordering feasibility studies or other research for investment objectives, if studies on the same target have already been made in the last five years (in which case the old studies will be updated), or if the project cannot be included in next year’s investment plan. Studies made with a view to accessing foreign non-refundable financing are exempt from this interdiction.
The Government hopes to save around 1.86 billion lei (EUR416 million) of this year’s consolidated state budget by applying these measures.