Ponta said the voucher, granted under the government-backed cash-for-clunkers program, will be used solely by the owner of the scrapped vehicle, not by intermediaries.
The 2012 edition of the cash-for-clunkers program started in April and has been allotted 171 million lei (EUR37 million), enough to scrap 45,000 cars older than ten years.
Some RON114 million were allotted in a first stage, to scrap 30,000 cars. The second run of the program’s 2012 edition, targeting only natural persons, started on August 8 and received RON57 million, enough to scrap 15,000 used cars.
The cash-for-clunkers program led to the scrapping of 305,964 used cars and the acquisition of 101,766 new cars over the past two years, according to the Environment Ministry. (EUR1=RON4.5809)