At a sitting today, the government will approve one-off aid for pensioners on small pensions, RON 800 in two equal instalments of RON 400 lei each, in April and December, respectively.
The government is also expected to approve a draft emergency ordinance (OUG) to amend OUG 59/2000 on the status of forestry personnel, as amended and supplemented under Law 427/2001.
The draft establishes that „the forestry personnel provided for in Article 4 (1) has the right to receive, annually, free of charge, 6 cubic metres of firewood if the net monthly salary income in the month prior to its granting is lower than the average gross salary.”
Another draft emergency will be considered to amend Law 227/2015 on the Fiscal Code.
„Provisions of the Fiscal Code regarding the calculation of the tax on pension income and its payment term to bring them in line with Ruling 724/2024 of the Constitutional Court of Romania. The method of establishing the tax is the one prior to the amendments being ruled unconstitutional, by waiving the progressive tax and re-establishing the single tax rate of 10%, as well as by regulating the same non-taxable ceiling for all income of this nature, namely the monthly ceiling of RON 3,000 in accordance with the reasons retained by the Constitutional Court. At the same time, the mechanism of calculation, withholding and payment of the tax on pension income by the payers of pension income is maintained, as well as the deadline for payment of the withheld tax, that is throughout the 25th day of the month following the one for which the pension payment is made,” according to the justification note of the draft.
Another emergency ordinance will approve the amendment and completion of Law 129/2019 for preventing and combatting money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as for amending and supplementing certain pieces of legislation.
By a decision, Decision 717/2009 approving rules for the implementation of the „New House” programme will be amended. The draft proposes „the allocation for 2025 of a guarantee ceiling of RON 500 million to issue guarantees according to Article 1(6) of OUG 60/2009, approved by Law 368/2009, as subsequently amended and supplemented in compliance with the regulations on confidentiality and data protection”.
A preventive action plan on measures to guarantee the security of natural gas supply in Romania will be approved by decision.
The government will also approve a decision on the organisation and operation of the Institute of Education Sciences.
The government’s analysis will also include a draft decision approving the maximum average number of personnel for 2025 for business operators in the national defence industry.
The executive will also look at a draft emergency ordinance establishing a legal framework for granting state aid to the Valea Jiului Energy Complex – S.A. for the closure and safety of the uncompetitive coal mines Lonea, Lupeni, Livezeni and Vulcan.
AGERPRES
