{"id":72289,"date":"2017-02-22T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/environmental-measures-72289.html"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T07:44:34","slug":"environmental-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/today-in-the-news\/environmental-measures-id72289.html","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=line-height: 1.6em;>Romanian authorities are going to present an alternative to the environmental stamp duty which was eliminated on February 1 alongside another 101 fees and duties. The environmental stamp duty, in the various forms it had over the years, managed to drastically curb Romania\u2019s rapid transformation into a scrap yard of Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=line-height: 1.6em;>However, according to officials from the Romanian Automotive Register, the elimination of the duty has lately triggered a considerable increase in the number of applications for the issuance of documents necessary for registering second-hand cars bought from abroad. It is obvious that the number of old cars that will enter Romania will grow alongside pollution, and road traffic safety will drop. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=line-height: 1.6em;>The Environment Minister Daniel Constantin has explained that the new system, which will replace the environmental stamp duty, will not entail further taxes for citizens and its aim is to reduce the number of polluting cars. In 2017, the Environment Fund and other such funds will finance 11 programs, among which the replacement of the stamp duty, the \u2018Rabla\u2019 and \u2018Rabla Plus\u2019 car scrapping programs as well as the \u2018Green House\u2019 and \u2018Green House Plus\u2019 programs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=line-height: 1.6em;>Minister Daniel Constantin: <\/span><span style=line-height: 1.6em;> \u201cThe environmental stamp duty has been eliminated.  Living in a much clearer environment is important. Together with other institutions, we are considering a modern system through which we want to make sure that Romanians buy less polluting cars, especially in big cities, without introducing further taxes for citizens. It is a modern, European system, which we have designed so as to reach our environmental targets and make everybody happy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Minister Daniel Constantin has recalled that, at present, Bucharest, Brasov and Iasi are under the infringement procedure because of the poor quality of the air.<span style=line-height: 1.6em;>The minister has also explained that, through a new government decree to be proposed next week, the Government intends to obtain an increase in the capacity of selective waste collection, to reach the 50% target Romania committed itself to reaching  by 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Constantin:  \u201cOf all that it is being collected, the recycling rate must reach 20% in the first year. In this way, we also reduce the amount of waste that usually goes to landfills and thus reach the European recycling target. Then we will increase the collection rate by 10% every year, which is actually the normal level that should have been reached a long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has sued the Romanian state for the illegal landfills that should have been closed or rehabilitated by 2009. 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