Effective as of 15 December 2008, motor vehicles below 2,000 cubic centimetres that are about to be registered for the first time in Romania or other EU Member States are exempted from the one-time pollution tax until 31 December 2009, according to a press release from the National Fiscal Administration Agency (ANAF) to BURSA.
Emergency Ordinance of the Government no. 208 on measures regarding the pollution tax for motor vehicles was published in the Official Journal, Part I, no. 825 on 8 December 2008. Consequently, fiscal authorities must apply the provisions of the new ordinance as of the moment when it comes into effect.
"Government Emergency Ordinances come into effect as of the time when published in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I, on condition that the document has been previously submitted to the relevant Chamber, unless their content stipulates a later date," ANAF representatives explained.