The agreements signed by the roads authority with postal operator Posta Romana and with Rompetrol Downstream, the fuel distribution unit of oil group Rompetrol, could not be extended, the statement also reads.
The roads authority, however, did not provide more details on the issue.
Vignettes can still be bought from other distributors, namely, OMV Petrom, MOL Romania, UNTRR, Automobil Clubul Roman, companies Pasaj, Carisima, Medina Trans Spedition, Scala Assistance, Speedy Driver, TDH Max Insurance, Peter SM 2012 and from CNADNR.
Romania introduced the electronic vignette in October 2010 for 35.96 million lei (EUR7.9 million), VAT excluded. The contract was awarded to consortium Novensys Corporation-UTI Systems. (EUR1=RON4.5178)