AvtoVAZ estimates the amount of scrappage fee for the company in 2014 in amount of 13 billion rubles.
20 february 2014, 17:11
The Government has approved the procedure for collecting of the scrappage fee from domestic plants. From January 1st of 2014, Russian companies have to pay it on par with the importers.
10 january 2014, 10:20
Ministry of environment in conjunction with the Ministry of Industry and Trade is preparing a proposal for the introduction of environmental tax on cars that use fuel Euro 1 and 2, said the head of Ministry of environment, Sergei Donskoi.
4 december 2013, 17:28
Collection of the scrappage fee by Russian Federation will not be an additional barrier for access of Belarusian automotive technology to the Russian market, reported the Prime Minister of Belarus, Mikhail Myasnikovich to the President, Alexander Lukashenko, on Monday during a working meeting.
27 november 2013, 19:34
Losses of Belarus from scrappage fee of automakers of Customs Union can be up to $350 million a year, said First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarusian government, Vladimir Semashko. According to him, Belarus will protect its car manufacturers, measures will be taken before January 1st of 2014.
7 november 2013, 19:33
Scrappage fee, which was introduced from September 1st of 2012 for import cars, applies to the local vehicles from January 1st, 2014.
1 november 2013, 16:39
Russia challenged the EU's request to the WTO about the convocation of a panel of arbitrators for the consideration of the existing mechanism of the scrapping fee in Russia, there is still a month for the dispute.
24 october 2013, 19:35
A law, which withdraws utilization tax privilege from Russian automakers was passed by State Duma in the second and the third reading. Starting from 2014 the utilization duties will be paid not only for imported vehicles, but also for the vehicles produced in Russia, imported from the Customs Union - Kazakhstan and Belarus- as well as for the vehicles of free customs zone in Kaliningrad region.
17 october 2013, 18:20
The EU asked the WTO with a request to collect panel of arbitrators who will rule on the legality of the fee. EU demands to eliminate “discrimination” and to make the conditions equal for all market participants
14 october 2013, 09:48
The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill, which depriving the Russian automakers of opportunity to make commitments for disposal of their products instead of the mandatory fee paying.
10 october 2013, 12:29
Annual revenues of the budget of the scrappage fee will exceed RUB 100 billion in 2014-2016, said the Russian Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov.
19 september 2013, 15:19
The Committee on Industry of State Duma has supported the government's bill, according to which the scrappage fee will be collected also from cars produced in Russia, which will inevitably lead to their rise in price. At the same time the deputies offer to develop an effective compensation system of measures for Russian automakers before the adoption of the bill on the second reading.
13 september 2013, 13:57
Ukrainian Association of auto importers and dealers insisted on the abolition of the scrappage fee, or on the adjustment of the law, said the head of the association, Oleg Nazarenko.
10 september 2013, 14:54
Sales of new passenger cars rose by 16 % to 23,457 units in Ukraine in August. Thus, after three months of decline, connected with the introduction of the special duty, Ukrainian car market showed again a spike in sales, which is due to the introduction of scrappage fee for cars from September 1st.
4 september 2013, 14:30
In Ukraine, the law on recycling came into force from September 1st, which will affect all segments of the car market, all brands and all models.
3 september 2013, 15:51
The bill, which extends the scrappage fee at all automakers, will be accepted by the State Duma in November of 2013, informed the first deputy chairman of Committee of Industry of the Duma, the First Vice-President of the Russian Engineering Union, Vladimir Gutenev.
16 july 2013, 17:35
The European Union has filed a lawsuit in the WTO court on the illegality of the scrappage fee in Russia. In Europe representatives say that this measure provides unfair advantage for the current Russian automakers that are free from paying the tax.
11 july 2013, 18:10
Russian authorities did not have time to equal conditions of scrappage fee payment for domestic auto plants and importers by July 1st: the new rules will be only in October.
21 june 2013, 17:39
Representatives of European Union said that Russia took too protectionist measures, which violate rules of WTO.
30 november 2012, 17:11