On July 14, 2012, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law approving the introduction of a scrappage fee for cars. Both car dealers and motorists took this news ambiguously.
A special fee for the disposal of old vehicles will be applied from 1 September 2012. It will apply to both buyers of domestic cars and those purchasing imported cars imported into Russia from abroad. Under the new law, a registration certificate for a newly purchased car will not be issued until a receipt for payment of the fee is presented.
The fee will be calculated at certain base rates, which are currently determined as follows. For a passenger car, it will be necessary to deduct from 20,000 to 45,000 rubles to the treasury. Freight will cost an order of magnitude more - from 150,000 to 400,000 rubles. For a more accurate calculation, you can use the base rates. So, for example, the coefficient for small cars, the carrying capacity of which is less than 3 tons, will be 0. 5. Coefficient 1 is the rate for cars with engine displacement from 1.5 to 1.8 liters. The most expensive car disposal will cost owners of status cars with 3, 5-liter and more engine displacement. If you buy a used car, you can safely increase your coefficient by 4 times.
The Ministry of Trade of the Russian Federation is confident that the introduction of a scrappage fee will help the domestic auto industry to stay afloat against the background of a sharp decrease in duties on the import of foreign cars. And this will certainly happen due to the fact that Russia has joined the World Trade Organization.
The meaning of this fee is a kind of guarantee that in a few years the old car, which has already lost its commercial qualities and will be subject to recycling, will be removed from the streets of the city. This is due to the fact that its owner has already paid all the costs associated with the transportation of junk to the place where it should be disposed of.
The buyer will not have to pay the fee if the carmaker will bear these costs. However, motorists are confident that such a measure will significantly increase car prices. For example, the utilization fee for a powerful car with a 3.5 liter engine will be about 600,000 rubles.
You will need to pay the fee either directly at customs (when importing a foreign car), or before registering a car with state traffic safety authorities.
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