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OMV Petrom’s €1bn solidarity

contribution remains in limbo

ROMANIA TWO weeks after the Romanian tax authority contribution, implying that the turnover gener-
ANAF promised to come up with an answer as ated from businesses other than those pertaining
OMV Petrom may owe regards the solidarity contribution possibly owed to the EU Regulation (extraction and refining)
the funds to the budget. by OMV Petrom, ANAF chief Lucian Heius said accounts for more than 25% of the total.
that the report is not ready and will not be ready Reinhard Florey, OMV CFO, reportedly paid
until the European Commission provides clari- a visit to Bucharest on January 26 to meet with
fications on the issue. the management of OMV Petrom, Newsweek.
At stake is a solidarity contribution estimated ro reported.
at €1bn, which OMV Petrom might owe to the On January 27, ANAF’s chief Heius admit-
budget. ted on a more neutral note that the report is not
The inspection carried out by ANAF at OMV ready and implied that the outcome depends on
Petrom, with a view to establishing whether the the Commission’s recommendations.
company is subject to the solidarity contribution Only after ANAF completes its inspection
or not, has been suspended. will it will be possible to say whether the com-
On January 15, Heius announced inspec- pany falls within the provisions of Ordinance
tions at all Romanian companies that are poten- 186/2022. “Otherwise, at this moment, the infor-
tial subjects of Regulation 1854/2022 on “an mation circulated is pure speculation, since there
emergency intervention to address high energy is no report completed, preliminary or final,” says
prices” and warned that “attempts to use tricks a message sent by the president of ANAF. Previ-
will not work this time”. ously, Antena3 reported that ANAF’s inspection
Three days earlier, OMV Petrom had had revealed that OMV Petrom does not have
claimed that it is not subject to such a solidarity to pay a solidarity contribution in Romania. ™

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