The National Bank of Romania (NBR), the Romanian Banking
Association (ARB) and the Romanian Banking Institute (IBR) sent
their nominations for a seat in the Tax Council to Parliament as
early as June 21, and the new members will be appointed by
Parliament next week.
Those nominated to the Tax Council are Razvan Stanca from the
NBR, Silviu Seitan from the IBR, Gabriel Mateescu from ARB, Lucian
Liviu Albu from the Romanian Academy and Tatiana Mosteanu from the
Academy of Economic Studies.
According to the Fiscal Responsibility Law signed as part of
the agreement with the IMF and assumed by the Government, a Tax
Council shall be created with five members “experienced in
macroeconomic and budgetary policies, to provide support to the
Government and Parliament in the drafting and conducting of fiscal
and budget policies in order to ensure quality of macroeconomic
forecasts, which are the foundation of the budgetary projections
and of the medium and long-term fiscal and budgetary policies,”
reveals the letter sent by Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu to
general secretary of the Chamber of Deputies Gheorghe Barbu.

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