The bills for public utilities will most probably be issued in stages in the course of April. A discussion on the issue will be held today with public service providers, said Prime Minister Ion Chicu. According to him, the measure is needed to avoid the formation of crowds at post offices and banks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, IPN reports.

“We will have a meeting, a discussion with the main providers of such services so as to agree a timetable for issuing these bills in a move to avoid the formation of crowds at offices where the bills can be paid,” Premier Chicu stated after the March 23 meeting of the Commission for Exceptional Situations.

In another development, the official noted that the decision taken by the Commission on March 23 specifies the economic assistance measures agreed in discussions with business associations five days ago. The passage of the measures through the Commission for Exceptional Situations was necessary as some of these measures are to be applied as of March 25.

For example, as from March 25 the legal entities will pay the income tax for the first quarter of 2020 in June. An important point, according to Ion Chicu, is the introduction of the moratorium on all types of inspections at companies until June 1, 2020.

Premier Chicu also said that the filling stations are banned from providing public food services and the Ministry of the Interior will make sure that this ban is respected.