A.F.M. (Administration of the Environmental Fund), information regarding the transmission of environmental statements

Considering the objectives established by the National Strategy on the Digital Agenda for Romania, as well as the digitization measures at the level of public authorities and institutions promoted by the Romanian Government in the context of the epidemiological situation generated by SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Environment Fund Administration informs that regarding the obligations to the Environmental Fund will be deposited exclusively by electronic means of remote transmission starting with the declaration related to the reporting period March 2021, with submission deadline 26.04.2021.

In this regard, we recommend all taxpayers who have not registered for the use of the “Online Declaration Submission” service, to take all necessary measures in this regard, accessing the website of the Environment Fund Administration at https://online.afm.ro/.

According to a recent communiqué of the AFM (Administration of the Environmental Fund), the institution informs that the declarations regarding the obligations to the Environmental Fund can be submitted in paper format until March.

The declarations will be submitted exclusively by electronic means of remote transmission starting with the declaration related to the reporting period March 2021, with an extended deadline of April 26, 2021.

„Considering the objectives established by the National Strategy on the Digital Agenda for Romania, as well as the digitization measures at the level of public authorities and institutions promoted by the Romanian Government in the context of the epidemiological situation generated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, AFM informs that the declarations The environmental fund will be deposited exclusively by electronic means of remote transmission starting with the declaration related to the reporting period March 2021, with submission deadline April 26, 2021 ”, according to the AFM communiqué.

The institution recommends to all taxpayers who have not registered for the use of the “Submit online declarations” service to take all the necessary measures in the next period, accessing the website of the Environmental Fund Administration at https://online.afm.ro/.

We remind you that “eTax” is the computer application that allows taxpayers, individuals, or legal entities, without having to travel to the headquarters of the Environmental Fund Administration, to access the following features of the service “Submission of online statements”:

– electronic editing, communication and printing of declarations regarding the obligations to the Environmental Fund (*);

– verification of the receipt of the declarations regarding the obligations to the Environmental Fund and of the assigned registration numbers;

– viewing the history of the communicated statements and downloading their situation;

– viewing and downloading the situation of payments made to the Environmental Fund.

For the electronic submission of the declarations regarding the obligations to the Environmental Fund, it is mandatory to enroll in the computer application of an authorized person (holder of a qualified electronic signature).

We specify that during this period, the transmission of the declarations regarding the obligations to the Environmental Fund is done through postal services, courier services or through the eTAX online service. And the payment of taxes and contributions is made by payment order or postal order.

The environmental statement is submitted at several deadlines. It can be sent monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or annually, depending on the situation, according to the Order of the Ministry of Environment 591/2017 (for approving the model and content of the form “Declaration on obligations to the Environmental Fund” and instructions for completing and submitting).