Penalties are suspended, the requirement remains
The government statement distributed by AGERPRES confirms the one-year extension. It covers missing beneficiary identification codes, receipt identification numbers and required QR data. The delay applies to these specific omissions, rather than all offences involving tills.
The prescribed fines range from 2,000 to 4,000 Romanian lei. The previous rules suspended their application until 1 November 2026. The announcement extends that suspension and does not remove the mandatory receipt details. The framework is set out in Romania’s OUG 28/1999, Articles 4, 10 and 11.
Around a million tills need updating
The draft’s explanatory note estimates that around a million tills are involved. It describes a series of interdependent steps: adapting technical rules, developing software, testing models at ICI Bucharest to supplement their technical approval, and then having technicians install the updates.
These steps, set out in the ministry note reproduced by Digi24, explain the request for more time. Generating a QR image is only one part of the task: the till software must produce the required data and print it within the prescribed technical framework.
Fiscal QR, payment or link: different functions
A QR code carries data. In the Romanian system, it holds information required on a fiscal document. A payment QR is used in a payment process. A QR containing a web address opens a page. This is explained in our guide to how QR codes work. A shared visual format does not give these codes the same function.
Adding a QR link to a shop’s website on a receipt therefore does not replace the required fiscal data. Qurl does not certify Romanian till compliance. Businesses concerned should check with their distributor or maintenance provider which schedule and software version apply to their equipment.
This decision concerns Romanian rules. It creates no obligation for Belgian retailers. The announced delay allows time to adapt tills, while the fiscal QR requirement remains.