Individuals and companies that carry out unauthorized economic activities or sell goods without documents of origin will be fined for offenses, according to the draft of the Ministry of Finance.

The GEO project fines those who sell goods whose origin cannot be demonstrated – click to open

Thus, if the origin of the goods cannot be proven, the fine is between 500 and 1,500 lei if the actions are carried out by individuals, and 20,000 – 30,000 lei if they are carried out by companies.

The corresponding property will also be confiscated, as well as the corresponding sums of money.

In a situation where, within 12 months after the last sanction of the act, a person commits a new offense of the same category, an additional sanction is also applied, which consists in suspending his activity, which consists of transportation, storage and/or sale, after the case, for 30 days.

If the economic activity is not permitted, the fine is from 500 lei to 1,500 lei if it is carried out by individuals, respectively 25,000 lei – 35,000 lei if it is carried out by legal entities.

And in this case, the goods and money are withdrawn.

Detection of violations and application of sanctions for violations are carried out by the competent authorities of ANAF and customs authorities.

Romanians, as well as officers and agents of the Romanian Police and the Romanian Border Police, as well as officers and non-commissioned officers of the Romanian Gendarmerie.

From the preamble, we learn that this GEO project is intended to fulfill one of the goals of the PNRR: to increase the share of revenues collected by the National Fiscal Administration by at least 2.5% of GDP compared to the value of the indicator from 2019, that is, to reduce the VAT gap by 5 percentage points . in 2026 compared to the value of the indicator in 2019.

In Romania, the VAT gap is 35.7%, the latest data are for 2020. The head of ANAF believes that this percentage is not 35%.