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Government to support access to credits of private sector in 2012

The Government will modify the aid schemes for 2012, the 'de minimis' state aids and the credit guarantees for the private sector, SBEs included, announced Prime Minister Emil Boc on Tuesday during the first meeting of the Tripartite National Council for Social Dialogue held at Victoria Palace, according to a release sent by the Executive Press Office.

According to the source, the representatives of the employers' associations approached the issue of the private sector's higher access to credits and PM Boc briefed them about the Government's plans in this respect for 2012. The Government are also looking for solutions to simplify the payment methods as well, said the prime minister.

During the meeting of the representatives of the Government, the employers' federations and the trade unions, PM Boc presented to the social partners the strategy of social and economic development from the point of view of the budget project for 2012 and of the budget for 2011. The Head of Government said that the budget project for 2012, found in its final stage of creation, is a cautious budget aimed to continue the investment policy backed by the Government.

'Romania and Poland are the states with the largest budget allocation for investments in the European Union. The budget funds allocated to investments in 2011 were 10 percent higher than in 2008. We will keep supporting the investments and new jobs policy in 2012 as well, that being the leading thread of our governmental action. This is the only reasonable and credible action at European level,' said the prime minister.

Romania changed the model of economic growth from one based on consumption to one based on investments, development and new jobs, claimed the prime minister, according to the quoted source.

In this context, he said the budget is created on a deficit of 3 percent at the most for 2012, according to the ESA criteria, considering Romania is under excessive deficit procedure following the budget deficit in 2008. Romania will meet the budget deficit target of 4.4 percent and will reach a 1.5 percent economic growth in 2011, said the aforementioned source.

According to the prime minister, the public investments are going to be prioritized, a fact reflected in the budgetary project for 2012, as the investments to be funded will be made public for the first time, not only the total sum. Investment prioritization will also focus on creating and keeping jobs, he said.

Another major part of the budget project will target co-financing the European-funded projects, as Romania has a cumulated 14 billion euros in current projects, although the reimbursements are not satisfactory. An alternative to fund some projects is the private-public partnership mechanism, considering that the legislation in this field was concluded, said the prime minister.

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