Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Wednesday that the limitation of cash payments by individuals is aimed at combating tax evasion, not at the prohibition of cash.
Ciolacu gave himself as an example, saying that he does not have a "money-making jacket", but that he does have cash in the car, agerpres reports.
According to Ciolacu, Romania has "the highest tax evasion" in the European Union, standing at 10 percent of GDP, or a total of 160 billion RON.