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A draft emergency ordinance establishes the salaries and other salary rights of staff in Romanian justice, and the monthly salary of drivers is higher than that of an entry level clerk with higher education.

Hundreds of Romanian drivers took to the streets Saturday, displeased with the tripling of the pollution tax for used cars.

Nearly 400 Romanian drivers and car dealers staged protests on Friday against the government’s recent decision to triple a tax on car registration as of December 15.

The National Association of Taxi Transportation Operator Managers cancelled the protest planned to take place Thursday between 10:00 and 13:00 local time, where taxi drivers were to gather in Aviatorilor Boulevard and march up to the Constitutiei Square.

A total number of 70 cab drivers went on hunger strike in front of Bucharest City hall, asking for new amendments to the Law on taxi driving so that they receive the operating licenses already issued for taxi companies using rented cars.

Drivers transporting livestock on a distance longer than 65 kilometers, and their companions, must hold, as of January 5, 2008, a certificate of professional competence drawn up in Romanian and English, to attest the holder’s graduation of training courses in the field of livestock transportation.