Doing Business with Romania - Über die Osec

o investments over EUR 30 mill and creating at least 300 new jobs;
o investments over EUR 100 mill and 500 new jobs; eligible costs over Euro 50 mill;
o investments in green energy - 50% subsidy from the total eligible expenses for all regions in
Romania, except Bucharest (40% subsidy); Eligible expenses: investment in tangible assets (land,
buildings, new equipments, installations) and intangible assets. Intensity ceilings increase by 20%
in case of small enterprises, and by 10% in case of medium sized enterprises (Exception:
economic agents activating in the field of transport)
According to the information presented by the Romanian Center for Trade and Investments, FDI
incentives will be provided for investments in the following sectors:
o Activities in agro-industrial processing;
o Top sectors in the manufacturing industry;
o Electric and thermal energy production and delivery; production of equipments for increasing
energetic efficiency and use of renewable energy resources;
o Environmental quality protection and improvement;
o Water distribution, purification, waste management;
o IT;
o Research, development and innovation activities or new products development;
o Activities providing work force services.
Beneficiaries are investments and investors complying with the following conditions:
o contribute to the achievement of at least one of the condition mentioned above
o activities are carried on in the above mentioned sectors
o have no unpaid debts to the funds of the general consolidated budget
o did not ask the Ministry of Economy and Finance to perform neither falling due payments for state
guaranteed foreign and domestic credits, nor payments to the risk fund
o did not contract any state guaranteed loans
o are not subject to compulsory execution or insolvency, dissolution or other situations regulated by
the law
o there are no state aid recouping decisions issued against them or, in case there are, these
decisions have been executed according to the law
FDI policy - see
o www.traderom.ro
o www.monitoruloficial.ro – The Official Gazette of Romania
o Government Decision No 1680/ 2008 – State aid scheme ensuring sustainable economic
development
o Government Decision No. 753/2008 – State aid scheme supporting regional development
by stimulating investment
o Order No. 479/2008 issued by the Ministry of Economy and Finance – State aid scheme
granting support for the consolidation and the development of the Romanian productive
sector through investments of big enterprises, corresponding to SOP IEC
o Government Decision No. 718/2008 – Horizontal state aid scheme for regional
sustainable development and reduction of emissions
o Government Decision No. 750/2008 – Regional state aid scheme for renewable energy
resources harnessing
o www.oecd.org
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