The guides for the Rabla Classic and Rabla Plus 2022 ecotickets incentives programs were sent for publication in the Official Governmental Monitor on 02.02.2022. Following the publication, the Rabla Clasic and Rabla Plus 2022 programs will be launched, no later than February 8

In 2021, the two government programs began on April 26 for both individuals and legal entities.

Last month, the Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests, Barna Tanczos, declared that this year’s edition of the “Rabla” program will start on February 4, on Green Friday, with a budget of 1.2 billion lei (~200mil eur).

“The” Rabla “Program for the 2022 – 2024 version will be completed in a few days. funding and benefits of such a program. There are currently measures in place to encourage those who want to buy new electric and hybrid cars, including to support the local car industry. The “Scrap” program for this year will be launched on February 4, Green Friday (…) is the first time we plan to implement the two programs for 3 years. This is the first time that, following discussions, consultations with car manufacturers’ associations and car importers’ / traders’ associations, we have prepared a 3-year program, thus ensuring predictability, thus ensuring the implementation of public programs, public policies in this field so that the expected result, that of removing from circulation at least 250,000 cars older than 15 years by 2026 to be achieved, achieved. We will ensure in 2022 the largest budget that Rabla Clasic and Rabla Plus have ever had and this budget will be over 1.2 billion lei “, said Tanczos.

The official explained that, in order to reach the proposed goal for 2026, the scrapping bonus has been increased, and in 2022 a maximum amount of 16,500 lei can be reached if the beneficiary will hand over scrapping two cars, both older than 15 years. It will also benefit from the premium of 3,000 lei for hybrid or 1,500 lei for low CO2 emissions.

The 2022 Incetives:

The 2022 case of the “Rabla Plus” program, those who opt for a 100% electric or hybrid Plug-in car can benefit from the following types of vouchers: an eco-ticket of 20,000 lei (~4000 eur) for the purchase of a new hybrid Plug-in car with emissions CO2 less than or equal to 78 g CO2 / km in WLTP mode (with the mandatory condition of scrapping an old car); an eco-ticket of 23,000 lei (~4500 eur), for the purchase of a new plug-in hybrid car with CO2 emissions less than or equal to 78 g CO2 / km in WTLP mode (with the mandatory condition of scrapping two old cars); an eco-ticket of 45,000 (~9000 eur) lei for the purchase of a 100% electric car, with the obligatory condition of scrapping an old car; an eco-ticket of 48,000 (~10 0000 eur) lei for the purchase of a 100% electric car, with the obligatory condition of scrapping two old cars.

Also, an eco-bonus of 1,500 lei can be granted for each used vehicle that is older than 15 years and has a pollution rate of Euro 3 or lower.

According to AFM data, in 2021, the age of the Romanian fleet was 16.8 years, while in 2010 it was less than 10 years old.