The Ministry of Finance has adjusted the state aid scheme granted to transporters for diesel, so that it is correlated with the dynamic mechanism for temporary excise tax reduction, introduced by Law no. 162/2026, the institution announced.
The project regarding the adjustment of the scheme was adopted in the Government meeting. According to the Ministry of Finance, transporters can continue to benefit from both forms of support, namely the temporary reduction of excise tax applied to the entire market and the refund of part of the excise tax granted to the transport sector.
“Through this intervention, the Ministry of Finance aims to mitigate the effects of the volatility of the petroleum products market on the transport sector, a field that has an essential role in the functioning of the economy and in ensuring the mobility of goods and services at national and European levels,” said Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare.
The amount of the excise tax refund is correlated with the level of excise tax reduction applied at the national level. Thus, for a 15% excise tax reduction, the state aid is 71 bani/liter, for a 20% reduction it is 57 bani/liter, and for a 25% reduction it is 43 bani/liter, according to the Ministry of Finance.
“Transporters: we have adjusted the state aid scheme to support the competitiveness of the economy. The Ministry of Finance’s draft on the adjustment of state aid granted to transporters for diesel fuel has been adopted by the Government – it is a normative act that establishes how this support correlates with the dynamic mechanism for temporary excise duty reduction. Through this measure, we have made the necessary technical adjustments so that transporters can continue to benefit from both forms of support: the temporary reduction of excise duty applied to the entire market and the refund of part of the excise duty granted to the transport sector,” Nazare wrote in a Facebook post, according to Agerpres.
The two mechanisms are correlated so that the cumulative support remains at the maximum level allowed by European legislation, and transport operators continue to benefit from financial support, while respecting the minimum mandatory level of taxation established at EU level.
“The value of the excise duty refund will be correlated with the level of excise duty reduction applied at national level, and by limiting the impact of operating costs on transport companies, the measure contributes to the stability of supply chains, to maintaining trade flows and to avoiding the full transfer of cost increases to the economy and final consumers. At the same time, it supports the preservation of jobs in the sector and strengthens the capacity of Romanian operators to compete on the European transport market,” Alexandru Nazare wrote on the social network.
The Ministry of Finance specifies that the measure takes into account the crisis situation declared on the crude oil and petroleum products market and complies with the minimum mandatory level of taxation established at the European Union level by Directive 2003/96/EC.
Currently, the Romanian Road Authority, the administrator of the state aid scheme, is resolving requests from transporters from the second quarter of 2026, the Ministry of Finance mentions.