Romania has sold several state-owned companies since 1989 and currently holds monopoly only in the conventional energy production sector. Private investments in the energy sector targeted mainly the production of green energy as investors received significant state aid.
In December, Vosganian said Romania would hold new talks with the International Monetary Fund on the companies whose initial public offerings have been put off.
The country postponed the privatization of key state companies several times. On December 18, the government extended by yet another year the deadline by which it plans to sell minority stakes in several state-run companies. The deadline was moved to December 2013, from December 2012 previously.
That was the second delay in less than five months. In August, the government announced it would postpone launching initial public offerings in a batch of companies, including energy producers Hidroelectrica, Nuclearelectrica, Oltenia and Hunedoara, Romgaz and CFR Marfa.