Registrations of new light commercial vehicles of up to 3.5 tonnes rose by 2.8% on the year to 13,748 in January-September, ACEA said in a statement citing provisional data.
Registrations of new heavy commercial vehicles of over 16 tonnes fell by an annual 1.6% to 4,936 in the first nine months of the year.
New commercial vehicle registrations in the EU, excluding Malta, rose by 4.6% to 1.93 million in January-September.
In 2018, the registrations of new commercial vehicles in Romania rose by an annual 11.5% to 25,812.