The bill was passed with 280 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions. It was previously vetted by the chamber’s budget committee on Tuesday.
The project eliminates the fuel overtax from Romania’s Tax Code starting with January 1, 2020, and will also abolish another overtax on part-time labor contracts. Part-time contracts will also have social and healthcare contributions calculated in accordance to the actual part-time wage, and not according to the country’s minimum full-time wage, as is currently the case.
According to the bill, the fuel tax will be reset to its level prior to the increase made by the former social-democrat government in the second part of 2017.
The act will be sent to President Klaus Iohannis for enactment.