KOMMUNALWAHLEN RUMANIEN 2012

 

Die ersten offiziellen Teilergebnisse der Kommunalwahlen am Sonntag zeigen, dass die meisten Stimmen für Kreisräte und Kreisratspräsidenten für die Union der Sozial-Liberalen (USL) abgegeben wurden (52%). Für die Demokrat-Liberalen (PDL) haben etwa 13% gestimmt, für die Volkspartei von Dan Diaconescu (PP-DD) 7%. Was die Lokalräte betrifft liegt USL mit 42,7% vorne, gefolgt von der PDL 15,78% und PSD (allein) mit 7,67%. Auch die meisten Bürgermeister stammen aus der USL (53,27%), PDL hat 15,8% und PSD alleine 9,93% der Stimmen erhalten. PSD erscheint auch alleine, da die Union (USL) nur in den Kreishauptstädten und in Bukarest gemeinsame Kandidaten aufgestellt hatte, in den anderen Ortschaften haben sich PSD, PNL und PC (die drei Parteien, die die Union bilden) alleine zur Wahl gestellt.

 

BUCUREŞTI / BUKAREST

Ersten Hochrechnungen zufolge hat sich der Parteilose Kandidat Sorin Oprescu mit 56,67% der Stimmen ein zweites Mandat als Oberbürgermeister von Bukarest gesichert. Oprescu wird von der USL (Union der Sozial-Liberalen) unterstützt. Auf Platz 2 befindet sich Silviu Prigoana mit 15,67% der Stimmen, gefolgt von Nicusor Dan (parteilos) mit 9,17%.

 

Fünf der sechs Bezirksbürgermeister kommen aus der USL:

Im Bezirk 1 wurde Andrei Chiliman (PNL) mit 74,52% Stimmen wiedergewählt, im Bezirk 2 bleibt Bürgermeister Neculai Onţanu (Nationale Union für den Fortschritt Rumäniens - UNPR) im Amt (49,01% der Stimmen). Im Bezirk 3 gibt es einen Wechsel: der amtierende Bürgermeister Liviu Negoiţă von der Demokratisch-Liberalen Partei (PDL) wurde von seinem Bruder Robert Negoita (PSD) besiegt (58,51% der Stimmen). Bezirk 4 wird auch die nächsten 4 Jahre von Cristian Popescu Piedone (PC) geleitet, der 80,08% der Stimmen erhielt. Für den Bezirk 5 bleibt Marian Vanghelie von den Sozial-Demokraten (56,02%) im Amt. Bezirk 6 hat einen neuen Bürgermeister: Rares Manescu (PNL) erhielt 50,61% der Wahlstimmen.

 

Der Lokalrat wird von folgenden Parteien gebildet: USL 54,15%, PDL - 16,3%, PP-DD, 10,83%.

44,25% der Bukarester haben ihr Wahlrecht ausgeübt.

 

CLUJ / KLAUSENBURG

In Cluj findet ein Kopf an Kopf rennen statt zwischen Marius Nicoara (PNL) und Emil Bob (PDL). Laut Exit-Poll Antena 3 hat Nicoara 43,1% der Stimmen und Boc 40% erhalten. Realitatea TV schätzt 41% für beide Kandidaten. Der frühere Regierungschef Emil Boc hatte das Bürgermeisteramt bereits zwischen 2004 und 2008 inne.

 

TIMIŞOARA / TEMESWAR

Laut Hochrechnungen IRES(DIGI 24): hat Nicolae Robu (PNL) über 50% der Stimmen erhalten. Der amtierende Bürgermeister Gheorghe Ciuhandu (PNTCD – Bauernpartei) hat sich nicht mehr zur Wahl gestellt. Kreisratvorsitzender wird Titu Bojin (PSD).

ARAD

Der amtierende Bürgermeister Gheorghe Falca (PDL + PER) hat ein drittes Mandat gewonnen mit 43,45% der abgegebenen Stimmen, laut Teilergebnissen.

 

SIBIU / HERMANNSTADT

Der amtierende Bürgermeister Klaus Johannis (Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien) wurde mit 77,9% der Stimmen wiedergewählt. Es ist dies sein viertes Mandat. Kreisratvorsitzender soll nach aller Wahrscheinlichkeit Ion Cindrea (PSD) werden, der laut Teilergebnissen 49,94% der Stimmen erhalten hat und somit Martin Bottesch besiegt.

IAŞI / JASSY

Der Kandidat der PSD, Gheorghe Nichita, hat sich noch ein Mandat gesichert mit 65,8% der Stimmen laut CCSB (Antena3). Kreisratvorsitzender soll Cristian Adomnitei (PNL) werden.

 

CONSTANŢA

Der amtierende Bürgermeister, Radu Mazare (PSD), ist bereits Sieger mit über 60% der Stimmen. Der Kreisrat wird ebenfalls von einem PSD-Mitglied geleitet, Nicusor Constantinescu.

 

CRAIOVA

Lia Olguta Vasilescu (USL) erhält 45,5% der Stimmen und wird somit neue Bürgermeisterin der Stadt.

Die Wahlbeteiligung landesweit lag bei 56,39%.

Source hotnews.ro 

 

Changes in several Ministry of Finance orders regarding VAT

An Order ("the Order") has been published amending some rules regarding the cases of application of VAT exemption provided by the Fiscal Code, as well as new rules for VAT registration for newly established companies. The Order amends previous orders related to VAT exemption and registration. The first amendment clarifies that the VAT exemption for supply of goods / services related to ship construction may be applicable in some specific situations provided by the law. Another amendment stipulates that in order to apply the VAT exemption for supply of goods and services performed in the benefit of NATO member forces, a letter must be obtained from the National Defence Ministry confirming that those forces are participating in a common defence activity in Romania. Finally, from 23 April 2012, in the event of registration for VAT purposes the clearance certificate is mandatory for all shareholders regardless of the shareholding percentage.

The Future of the Common Agricultural Policy in Romania 2014 - 2020

Between 2014 and 2020, over 386 million euros will be allocated for supporting agriculture in the European Union. As announced by the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Romania’s Dacian Ciolos, the Common Agricultural Policy remains the main beneficiary of the EU budget, valued at 1025 billion euros. The EU strategy for the 7-year period is mainly aimed at boosting the economy once again through the development of research and innovation, investment in green energy, the acquisition of organic products, guaranteeing food safety, as well as the creation of new jobs.

One new feature is that the budget bill addresses a series of key principles, the first and foremost being that the European Commission will focus on obtaining actual results, rather than absorbing as much money from community funds as possible. The second principle is that of conditionality, meaning that money will be allocated on the basis of commitments made by member states for obtaining stable results. The rules will be simpler, clearer and more transparent, resulting in reduced bureaucracy. Another principle is that of flexibility, meaning funds will be more easily transferable from one budget line to another, depending on priorities.

The EU’s budget bill will, for the first time, allocate funds for agricultural research, will finance consortia and collaborations between laboratories and research centers, agricultural producers and professional associations, as well as structures dealing with professional organization and consultancy. 3.5 billion euros in total, meaning an average of 500 million euros per year, will be allocated for crisis situations on the food market. These include scenarios like those caused by the bird flu, E-coli or dioxin contamination. The future CAP will bring Romanian farmers even bigger subsidies, Dacian Ciolos assures.

The European commissioner says that at community level, a harmonization of these subsidies is required, given the currently large discrepancies between sums allocated to different countries: “The Commission will propose increasing subsidies for farmers in Romania and other countries currently benefiting from amounts of money far below the community average. We are unlikely to see subsidies brought to the same level for all countries, as this would be hard to justify. Production conditions vary from one country to another and even from one region to another, so the system we are going to propose will even allow for differentiation of subsidies between different regions of the same member country.”

While long-standing members of the Eu are granted subventions following a historical criterion, receiving a fixed amount of money each year, new members are subject to new conditions, until they catch up with the more developed nations. There are currently two ways of allocating subsidies as part of the CAP. At present, the European average per land area unit is 260 euros.

Florin Marius Faur, head of the Agency for Payments and Interventions in Agriculture, told us more: “Romania still has limited experience in the area of European subsidies. Romanian farmers only began to benefit from payments per land area unit in 2007. Initially, 50 euros per unit were allocated for Romanian farmers, and that sum has so far grown to nearly 100 euros. Through the new CAP, between 2014 and 2020, the subsidy could be increased to over 200 euros per unit, bringing Romanian farmers much closer to those in older EU member countries. We have 900 million euros allocated for this year, and we’ll have 1.1 billion next year. This money comes from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and is made available exclusively for payments per land area unit.”

One issue in Romanian agriculture continues to be the widespread fragmentation of plots of land. Over one million Romanian farmers are currently benefiting from payments per land area unit, of which some 900 thousand own between 1 and 5 hectares of land. That is why, in order to merge plots of land, the Romanian authorities will grant between 30 and 100 euros per hectare annually to owners aged over 55 who lease their plots for periods of 5 to 15 years. Those who sell their plots under these conditions will receive 200 euros per hectare, according to the law. The authorities in Bucharest believe that merging plots will make agriculture more productive.

Dacian Ciolos: “For certain member states, including Romania, the sums received for investing in modernizing agriculture are, to my mind, just as important as the subsidies received. Because, if we were to heavily increase subsidies for Romanian farmers, and if we were to provide almost none of the 40-60% co-financing funds for purchasing equipment, building processing plants, or helping young farmers and so on, then I think that Romanian farmers would face tough competition against other parts of the EU where these investments have already been made.”

In the new CAP there is increasing talk about concepts like environmentally friendly agriculture, and according to specialists, Romanian farmers fall into this category. The European Commission is going to present the legislative package on the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy on 12th October 2011, and it will then be discussed by the European Council and the European Parliament. The new CAP should enter into force on the 01 January 2014.

CERERE UNICĂ DE PLATĂ PE SUPRAFAŢĂ 2012

Fermierii vor primi mai mulţi bani drept subvenţii pentru culturile vegetale, iar pentru crescătorii dce animale se anunţă noi programe de finanţare. Ministrul Agriculturii, Valeriu Tabără, spune că din octombrie se vor da bani şi în avans.

În sectorul vegetal, subvenţia pe suprafaţă va creşte de la 131 de euro/hectar la 190 de euro/hectar, iar de această creştere vor beneficia 1,2 milioane de fermieri, a declarat ministrul Agriculturii, Valeriu Tabără, într-o conferinţă în care şi-a prezentat activitatea la împlinirea unui an de mandat. „Din 16 octombrie până în primele zile ale lunii decembrie se va acorda un avans la subvenţie, în valoare de 43 de euro/hectar, şi sperăm ca până la 15 martie 2012 toate plăţile să fie încheiate“, a arătat ministrul. Cât priveşte subvenţiile pentru motorină, Tabără a arătat că a fost sprijinită astfel achiziţia a 247 milioane de litri, de cdare au beneficiat 9.000 de fermieri.

Toţi banii sunt pregătiţi În sectorul zootehnic, se dau subvenţii de 40 de lei/cdap pentru oi şi capre şi de 410 lei/cap pentru bovine. „Pentru fiecare tip de subvenţie sunt pregătiţi banii necesari“, a precizat Tabără. El a mai anunţat că săptămâna viitoare va discuta, la Bruxelles, demararea unui „sistem special de creditare pentru agricultorii din sectorul privat, din fonduri ale Programului Naţional de Dezvoltare Rurală, care va semăna cu ceea ce a fost programul «Fermierul»“.

Local elections set for June 10 this year in Romania

Romania will organize local elections on June 10 this year, according to Mediafax, quoting official sources. Last year, Emil Boc’s pre-protest Government, assumed responsibility in the Parliament for organizing joint local and Parliamentary elections. The country’s Constitutional Court however ruled that joint elections would be unlawful.

business center romania buzau - rent an office in Buzau

  Buzau a central location. The city of Buzău (Romanian pronunciation: [buˈzəw]) is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain. It is close to the capital Bucharest (120 km) and close to the Black Sea and Brasov, Pitesti and Ploiesti. Buzău is an important modern city in south-eastern Romania.

  The province of Buzau, Romania and East Flanders, Belgium are "twins". Since 1995 there is a cooperation agreement between East- Flanders and the province of Buzau. The cooperation has been initiated by the Belgian Governor Herman Balthazar and later by governor André Denys and from the Romanian side prefect Ion Vasile and the president of the county counsel Victor Mocanu.

  There was an important collaboration with the hospital of Buzau and financial aid from the province of East- Flanders (http://www.spitalulbuzau.ro/colaborari_en.php).

  For this reason the Belgian Romanian Real Estate Chamber has an office in Buzau and not in Bucharest since 2006.

For this reason we have created the Belgian Romanian Business Center in Buzau in 2011 in Maracineni 5 km from the city center in Buzau. The center is a business center and incubation center for Belgian companies that want to develop activities in Romania. We thank the Romanian side for the support on this project. This project is very important in the framework of collaboration between the provinces. At this moment there are 4 companies present and two more will be registered before the summer of 2012. 

  We would like to thank the local authorities for the support that they give and will give to Belgian investors in order to have a fast company creation, registration of the office at anaf and for the support in obtaining the vat number and ROI certificates and registration of employees at the start-up of the company.

  Freddy Jacobs

Data: 25 April 2012 

frjacobs@telenet.be

President Belgian Romanian Real Estate Chamber 

  We represent the Belgian owner of the business center in Buzau with full powers

Report on the waste sector in Romania 2012

For the implementation in 8 development regions of the National Waste Management
Plan, Regional Waste Management Plans (RWMP) have been issued, with a view to
develop and implement an integrated waste management system, economically and ecologically efficient. Targets to comply with National and EU objectives and including projections for the necessary investment in equipment and facilities have been set up in the RWMP. The waste management legislation in Romania is in line with the acquis communautaire. In the process of negotiating the access to EU, Romania obtained transition periods until 2017 for certain waste types, in order to comply with EU Directives as follows: municipal landfills - transition period until 2017, temporary storage of hazardous industrial waste - 2009; industrial waste landfills – transition periods until 2013.

Between 2011 and 2013, 75 non - compliant landfills are still to be closed. In accordance with the Accession Treaty, Romania needs to ensure the gradual reduction of waste stored in the 101 municipal landfills which do not comply,by capping the maximum quantities stored annually as follows:

• by end 2010: max. 2 900 000 t;
• by end 2011: max. 2 740 000 t;
• by end 2012: max. 2 460 000 t;
• by end 2013: max. 2 200 000 t.

According to Directive 1999 / 31 / EC and Government Decision 162 / 2002, Romania must reduce the quantity of biodegradable municipal waste deposited annually, as compared with 2001 (in weight), to 50% till 2010 and to 35% till 2017. Other periods of transition have been obtained for some targets in the field of packaging waste by 2013, aimed at significantly reducing the amount of waste to be stored.

Landfill

•2013 – closure of 238 existing municipal landfills which are not in compliance with EU
regulations;
•Construction of 65 municipal landfills which are in compliance with EU regulations (min.
capacity of 100,000 t/year – regional) – transfer stations;
•2016 – reduction of the quantity of solid waste disposed in 101 municipal non-hazardous waste
which are not in compliance with EU regulations;
•2013 – reduction of the quantity of liquid waste disposed in 23 plants which are not in
compliance with EU regulations;
•2006 – 2011 – reduction of the quantity of liquid waste disposed in five sedimentation ponds
which are not in compliance with EU regulations.

Biodegradable waste management

The Strategy provides to reduce the removal by landfills of biodegradable waste:

•by 25% up to 2011;
•by 50% up to 2015;
•by 65% up to 2016,

compared with the quantities generated in 1995.

Selective collecting of packaging waste – M.O. No. 1281/2005

Containers – inscriptions and colours:

•Non - recyclable waste – black/grey;
•Biodegradable waste – brown;
•Paper/cardboard – blue;
•Glass white/coloured – white/green;
•Ferrous and plastic – yellow;
•Hazardous waste – red.

Packaging and packaging waste (directive 94/62/ce)

•2013 – recycling target level - 55%
•2013 – revaluation target level – 62%

WEEE (Directive 2002/96/CE)

Targets:
31.12.2008 – 4 kg WEEE/inhabitant/year
31.12.2008 – recovery and recycling …

Incineration of waste

Transition period until 2009 for the close-up of 335 crematoria located in the hospital and construction of 8 regional incineration plants for medical hazardous waste and one national incineration plant for industrial hazardous waste.

Different programs, absolutely necessary to fulfill the legislation requirements, will be implemented in Romania in the period 2008 - 2016:

- construction of 65 new landfills in compliance with UE and Romanian legislation; except the existing 20 should be constructed other 45 new landfills;
- transfer station at the level of each county for small localities;
- regional sorting plants;
- recycling plants;
- composting plants;
- construction of 8 incinerators for medical waste (one for each region);
- construction of an industrial hazardous waste incinerator, estimated capacity 62,000 tons/year;
- co incineration of some municipal waste categories in the cement kilns;
- construction of municipal incineration plants with minimum capacity of 150,000 tons/year (each);
locations in Region 1, Region 6 and Region 8.

The tendency is to build, as much as possible under technical and economical point of view, regional waste treatment platforms for treatment- recycling and final disposal of municipal waste. For the moment the existing projects are connected with the construction of new landfills with the obligation the close-up the existing landfill, but the Romanian investors analyse the extension of the existing projects with sorting and recycling stations for municipal waste, WEEE, used oils, aso.

In order to be economically feasible, the locations of the regional waste treatment platforms will be located near the big cities.

Type of EU financed projects

The EU financing scheme for this domain offers subsidies for projects which usually
cover extended regional areas, either urban or rural. The main purpose of the financial scheme is to implement or complete the infrastructure for the integrated waste management system, starting from collection and transport to final disposal and / or recycling solution. There will be funded major projects, with values exceeding EUR 25 million. Maximum funding of total eligible costs of a project is 98% (of which 80% are provided by FEDR and 18% are provided by the national budget). Project beneficiaries which usually are the local authorities through the District Councils must provide the remaining 2% and have to cover the expenditure for the non - eligible costs.

According to SOP - Environment, the main objectives of the Priority Axis 2 - Area of
intervention “Development of integrated waste management and waste
management infrastructure expansion”, are as follows:

• Increase coverage of the population receiving municipal waste collection and
management services of appropriate quality and affordable tariffs
• Reduce the amount of waste deposited
• Increase the amount of waste recycled and recovered
• Establishment of efficient waste management structures

The operations to be developed under this key area of intervention will finance the
following indicative activities:

• Acquisition and installation of selective collection systems
• Construction of sorting, recycling and composting facilities
• Acquisition of waste transport vehicles
• Construction of municipal waste disposal facilities and transfer stations
• Recovery of gas from landfills, where appropriate
• Construction of adequate facilities for municipal hazardous waste (medical waste, electric and electronics waste, etc.) and other specific municipal waste streams (construction and demolition waste, etc.)
• Closure of non - compliant landfills
• Technical assistance for project preparation, management and supervision, publicity and awareness campaigns (on selective collection, sorting, recycling, composting), institutional governance improvement, tendering and selection of waste services operators.

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Source: EVD, case study region 8 bucharest Ilfov, internet research and some interviews