The government committed to increase tariffs practiced by ten public companies registering the highest losses, including railway transports, metro, thermoelectric services, Romanian news agency Mediafax informs on Wednesday quoting the supplementary intent letter of the stand by agreement Romania signed with the IMF.

According to the document, the government plans to improve the performance of public companies. The ten companies reached the indicated target regarding operational losses in the second quarter. The authorities wrote that the debts to private agents continued to increase which suggests that new measures are called for.