COMMISSION CRACKS DOWN ON ROMANIA, MALTA SECOND-HAND CAR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is demanding that Romania reforms its car registration taxation, which it thinks deters the import of second-hand cars, a key issue for fleets wanting to offload older vehicles. Romania is potentially a major market for EU used cars, given its 22 million population and lower wages. Brussels thinks Romanian car tax legislation does not comply with the country's EU treaty commitments on the free movement of goods between member states. Its tax rises according to the age of a car, and as imported used-cars are inevitably older ...
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