The Minister of the Environment proposes limitations for the second-hand car market: a maximum of two imported cars per person
The Minister of the Environment, Diana Buzoianu, announces new restrictions for the second-hand car market, as part of an emergency ordinance being prepared, the measure aimed at limiting the number of old vehicles that can be brought and registered by a natural person from other states.
The Minister of the Environment, Diana Buzoianu. PHOTO: Facebook
“We proposed two (second-hand cars – no), in the sense that, if you are a samsar, even with two cars a year you don't really have economic activity, so to speak. We didn't want to limit it, in the sense that maybe if a family wanted to get two cars in a year. I understand that the proposal is to have one car. On the other side, you should know that there were many who said why limit the right… Well, limit the right of an individual to to bring 50 cars to use for personal purposes. It was very clear that there was, in fact, an illegal activity.”said Diana Buzoianu at TVR Info.
The official says the project is still under discussion and discussions are taking place with operators in the second-hand car industry to avoid harming the legal market.
“At the moment the formula is two cars, but the project is still under public debate. There will be some more changes, because we also talked with the fair industry, the honest second-hand operators, who drew our attention to the fact that the bureaucracy should not be so great that, in fact, we give up a legitimate market, the second-hand market. And we will have some improvements in this economic area as well”. the minister also said.
Asked about the possibility of some people circumventing the rules by using relatives or friends, Diana Buzoianu said that the authorities will try to limit this phenomenon.
“I have full confidence in the creativity of the criminals in Romania, believe me, in the last nine months I have seen a lot of things, but believe us, we are also with a very high energy to stop this creativity and to cost this creativity. Because, in the end, if it does not cost them, it costs all of us, in the air we breathe”. she added.
