Monday, March 25 2019 16:16

ArmInfo.The government of Armenia at an extraordinary meeting approved the amendments to the laws on the ban on the import of right-hand drive cars. As a result, the terms to import vehicles with right-side steering located in the customs territories have been extended until May 1, 2019, as well as cars for which payments were made before December 31, 2018. 

Earlier, on March 14, in the second and final reading, the Armenian  parliament approved the draft amendments to the laws "On the ban on  the import of right-hand cars". As a result, it became necessary to  make appropriate changes to the earlier decision of the Cabinet by  prolonging the permissible terms of importation of a car with the  right steering wheel from April 1, 2018 to May 1, 2019. In addition,  according to the draft, cars purchased before December 31, 2018 are  subject to import, instead of early deadline of January 25, 2018. For  the remaining vehicles, this measure will not apply.

It is envisaged that about 1 thousand vehicles with right-hand drive,  accumulated in the customs zone at the Bagratashen checkpoint, are to  be brought into the country.  The previous bill, which was sharply  criticized by auto-importers, proposed to set the deadline by April 1  of this year. However, taking into account the limited time (adoption  of the document by the parliament and its entry into force) at the  proposal of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia,  this deadline was postponed to May 1, 2019.

Recently, the State Revenue Committee of Armenia has already made an  appeal to the owners of right-hand drive cars that have accumulated  in the customs zone of the Bagratashen checkpoint to carry out  customs procedures and withdraw vehicles from the customs zone. SRC  calls upon the owners of these vehicles to independently withdraw  them from the customs zone by March 29, since they impede the normal  operation of the customs services. Otherwise, these vehicles will be  transferred to the temporary territory of the customs zone, for  which, according to the law "On Customs Regulation", the customs duty  will be levied.