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Generic Tax Name Excise duty (Non EU-harmonised excises)
Tax name in the national language Accize nearmonizate
Tax name in English Non-harmonised excise duties
Member State RO-Romania
Tax in force since 1993/07/01
If abolished, date on which the tax ceases to apply
Business version date 2008/01/01
Version date 2008/01/01
This file was last updated on

Type of tax
Direct taxes Personal income tax
Corporate income tax
Other

Indirect taxes VAT
Excise duty (EU harmonised)
Alcoholic beverages
Energy products and electricity
Manufactured tobacco
Other

Social security contribution Employers
Employees
Other
 
Legal base

The 7th Title of the Fiscal Code, approved by Law no. 571/2003 with subsequent amendments and completions.

 
Who sets
The tax rate is set by




The tax base is set by




The reliefs are set by




Comments
 
Beneficiary





Comments

 
Geographical Scope

Romania.

 
Taxpayers

-economic operators which are importers.

-legal persons, family associations and authorized natural persons - that produce or purchase from the Community territory or form outside the Community territory such products;

-natural persons which are introducing in the country hunting guns and guns, other than guns used for military (NC 9302 00 00; 9303; 9304 00 00), yachts and other ships and boats for pleasure with or without motor (NC 8903 10; 8903 91; 8903 92, 8903 99), motors with a capacity over 25 HP intended for yachts and for other ships and boats for pleasure ( NC 8407 21 10; 8407 21 91; 8407 21 99; 8407 29020; 8408 10 11; 8408 10 19; 8408 10 22; 8408 10 24; 8408 10 26; 8408 10 28; 8408 10 31; 8408 10 39 şi 8408 10 41.

 
Tax object and basis of assessment

-Coffee, natural fur products (with the exception of rabbit, goat and sheep), articles of crystal, jewels of gold and/or of platinum, with the exception of wedding rings, perfumery products, hunting guns and guns other than guns used for military, yachts and other ships and boats for pleasure with or without motor, motors with a capacity over 25 HP intended for yachts and for other ships and boats for pleasure.

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For coffee:

-The quantity of goods released for consumption in Romania

For other excisable goods:

-Delivery price - in the case of the products from domestic production;

-Customs value - in the case of the products from import;

-Purchase price - in the case of the products purchased from other Member States.

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Deductions, Allowances, Credits, Exemptions

Excisable products:

Excisable products are exempted from the payment of excises when intended for:

-delivery in the context of consular or diplomatic relations;

-international organizations recognized as such by the public authorities of Romania and by the members of these organizations, within the limits and under the conditions established by international conventions that establish the basis of these organizations or by agreements concluded at the level of the state or the government;

-the armed forces belonging to any state that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the exception of the armed forces of Romania, as well as, for the civilian staff accompanying them or for the supplying their messes or canteens;

-consumption under the provisions of an agreement with non-member states or international organizations providing that this agreement is allowed or authorized regarding VAT exemption.

Other products exempted from the payment of excise duties are:

-products exported directly by economic operators producers or by economic operators that carry out activities based on a commission;

-products under a customs suspension regime, on condition that the economic operator importer deposits a guarantee equal to the value of the related excises;

-any imported product, obtained from donations or directly financed by non-reimbursable loans, as well as scientific and technical cooperative programs, granted to educational, health and cultural institutions, ministries, other public administration bodies, owners' associations and unions at the national level, associations and foundations of public utility, by foreign governments, international organizations and non-profit and charity organizations;

-products delivered to the state reserve and the mobilization reserve, during the period that the regime applies.

 
Rate(s) Structure

No.

Type of products or group of products

2007

Excise

euro/tons

2008

Excise

euro/tons

2009

Excise

euro/tons

2010

Excise

euro/tons

2011

Excise

euro/tons

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

1.

Green Coffee

612

459

306

153

0

2.

Roasted coffee, including coffee with substitutes

900

675

450

225

0

3.

Soluble coffee, including blends with soluble coffee

3,600

2,700

1,800

900

0

No.

Type of products or group of products

2007

Excise

(%)

2008

Excise

(%)

2009

Excise

(%)

2010

Excise

(%)

0

1

2

3

4

5

1.

Natural fur products (with the exception of rabbit, goat and sheep)

45

45

45

45

2.

Articles from crystal1)

55

30

15

0

3.

Jewellery from gold and/or from platinum, with the exception of wedding bands

25

15

10

0

4.

Perfumery products

4.1. Perfumes

of which:

- eau de perfume

35

25

35

25

35

25

35

25

4.2. Eau de toilette

of which:

- eau de cologne

15

10

15

10

15

10

15

10

5.

Hunting guns and guns other than guns used for military

100

100

100

100

6.

For the motors with a capacity over 25 HP intended for yachts and for other ships and boats for pleasure, the excise duties level can be situated between 0 and 50%.2)

1)Crystal means glass that has a minimum of 24% lead monoxide by weight.

The level will be established separately based on the criterions provided in the methodological norms.

 
Tax due date

-For the products from the domestic production - the excises are paid on or before the 25th (inclusive) of the month that follows the month in which the excise becomes chargeable;

-For the products from import - the excises are paid at the moment of the elaboration of the import customs formalities;

-For the products purchased from other Member States by the authorized operators - the excises are paid on the working day following the date of the receipt of the products.

 
Tax collector

The state budget.

 
Special features

 
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Tax revenue
ESA95 code d214a

Year
Annual tax revenue (millions)
Currency
Tax revenue as % of GDP
Tax revenue as % of total tax revenue
2007 77.70 EUR 0.06
2006 128.60 EUR 0.13
2005 86.50 EUR 0.11
2004 47.60 EUR 0.08
2003 23.70 EUR 0.04
2002 70.70 EUR 0.14
2001 190.90 EUR 0.42

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