The Administration of the Environmental Fund (EFM) is organizing a new session of the National Program for replacing used electrical and electronic equipment with more energy-efficient ones starting Monday at 10:00 a.m.

According to the ASM, natural persons have 5 days to register in the program by creating a user account in the IT application from Monday, November 21, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.

“The Rabla program for household appliances has been a huge success among the population since its inception, so we decided that the budget allocated in 2022 will be the largest yet, allocating 100 million over two sessions this year, 25 million more than last year. We remind everyone who wants to participate in the program at any of the stages that it is necessary to create a user account. This step is very important because through this account you will be able to choose the appliances you need in each of the three stages. If you already have a user account created in previous versions of the app, you don’t need to create another account, just log in using the email address and password you provided. If you have forgotten your account details, you can recover them by following the steps described in the computer program,” said AFM President Laurenciu-Adrian Neculaescu.

After registering the applicants by creating user accounts, the selection steps in the IT application of the vouchers related to the equipment included in the program begin.

The program schedule for this session is as follows:

Registration of individuals in the application by creating user accounts (11/21/2022, 1000 hours – 11/25/2022, 2359 hours);

Stage I: Selection of vouchers related to the category of washing machines/dishwashers and refrigerators/freezers (05.12.2022, 1000 hours – 09.12.2022, 2359 hours, or until the budget is exhausted), with a budget of 25,000 thousand lei;

Stage II: Selection of vouchers related to the category of laptops and tablets (12.12.2022, 1000 hours – 16.12.2022, 2359 hours or until the budget is exhausted), with a budget of 10,000 thousand lei;

Stage III: Selection of vouchers related to the category of air conditioners, clothes dryers and vacuum cleaners (19.12.2022, 1000 hours – 23.12.2022, 2359 hours or until the budget is exhausted), with a budget of 15,000 thousand lei.

The duration of the stage of selection of vouchers from the category is 5 days or until the budget allocated for this stage is exhausted.

The budget allocated for the second edition of the Rabla program for household appliances is 50 million lei divided into each phase.

The equipment included in the program and the amounts associated with each equipment are as follows:

400 lei for washing machines, including dryers, with at least the new energy consumption class C;

400 lei for dishwashers, at least with the new energy consumption class D;

400 lei for air conditioners, including portable air conditioners, with cooling energy efficiency of at least A++;

400 lei for the category of refrigerators/refrigerators/refrigerators/freezers with at least the new energy consumption class E;

400 lei for clothes dryers with energy efficiency of at least A++;

200 lei for vacuum cleaners with energy consumption less than 43 kWh/year;

500 lei for laptops;

300 lei for tablets.

AFM informs that the voucher is nominal and non-transferable and can only be used by the person to whom it was issued after registration in the IT application.

The validity period of the voucher is 7 days from the date of its confirmation by AFM, during which it must be used at a verified seller. After using from a verified seller, the formalities for purchasing the relevant equipment must also be completed within 7 days.

An individual who selected a voucher in the first edition and subsequently did not use it, may no longer select a voucher for the same category within the same calendar year. In addition, an individual who has already used a voucher of a certain category may no longer use a voucher of the same type during the same calendar year.

Lists of approved beneficiaries will be published on the institution’s website www.afm.ro in the program section.

AFM clarifies that all seller accounts created in previous editions of the Program remain valid and can be used in this year’s sessions as well.