The information was confirmed by the Environment Ministry. The government will settle the enforcement norms until March 15.
In January, the Government proposed a new formula to compute the car pollution tax, which increases by about 10% the sum to be paid for Euro 4 and Euro 3 cars, and lowers by 60% to 90% the tax to be paid by owners of Euro 2, Euro 1 and non-Euro cars.
According to the new formula, the tax will be lower by 60% for Euro 2 cars, by 80% for Euro 1 and by 90% for non-Euro cars.
The tax will remain unchanged for Euro 5 cars. Owners of Euro 6 and hybrid electric vehicles will pay no tax.
The new car tax, named environmental tax, will apply only to M1 cars – passenger cars with less than nine seats, including the driver’s seat. The old car pollution tax will continue to apply to motor vehicles designed to transport cargo and to passenger vehicles with more than nine seats.
Regarding cars registered before 2007, the quotas will be recalculated to lower the tax.
The environmental tax will mainly consider emission standards and will be paid once, upon the first registration of the car in Romania or upon the car’s first sale in Romania.
By enforcing the new environmental tax, the Environmental Fund is expected to increase by RON100 in 2012 compared with a year before, as long as the Romanians will buy the same types of vehicles.