In Russia, simplified rules for the production of cars have been extended until June 1st

The government of the Russian Federation has extended the simplified rules for the production of cars in the Russian Federation until June 1, 2023, follows from the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers. After this period, Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to tighten the requirements for the production of cars, RIA Novosti agency writes. Simplified requirements for cars produced in the country have been in force in Russia since spring of 2022. The document allows automakers not to install a number of systems for new cars - in particular, ABS and ESP - and ERA-GLONASS emergency response system in case of accidents may not have automatic operation functions. It is also allowed to produce cars with engines of different environmental classes, including the lowest Euro-0.

According to the deputy head of the analytics department of the agency "AUTOSTAT" Viktor Pushkarev, in order to ensure technological sovereignty, it is clearly necessary to localize the production of all the most important auto components in the territory of the Russian Federation. And it means that if it is planned to launch a full-fledged sovereign production of a particular Chinese car model, then it is necessary to create a full-fledged pool of enterprises supplying its auto components.

"It is necessary to create a mechanism for collecting customs duties, economic benefits, preferences, tax holidays and other economic instruments for locally assembled cars with localization of more than 70%. In this case, there will be Chinese and other Asian companies that want to set up production in Russia. Well, it is necessary that the market still be at least 1.5 million units. Otherwise, production creating for a smaller market simply does not make sense," said Alexei Podshchekoldin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BN-Motors.