Important / The import of used cars was allowed

According to the report of Economy Online, quoted by ISNA, in today’s (Sunday) public meeting of the Islamic Council, the members of the parliament approved the report of the Commission of Industries and Mines on the bill to add articles to the law on the organization of the automobile industry.

According to this resolution, the following texts are added as articles (11) to (13) to the Law on Organizing the Automobile Industry – approved in 1400 and its subsequent amendments:

Article 11- In order to regulate the car market, the import of used cars is allowed.

Note 1- For the import of these cars, the transfer of technology subject to paragraph (2) and also paragraph (3) of article (4) of this law is not mandatory.

Note 2- The executive regulations of this article include matters such as how to provide the required foreign currency and support domestic production, the technical standards of these cars (less than 5 years old at the time of entering the customs) and how to verify them and the conditions of importation by natural persons. and rights at the suggestion of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade in cooperation with the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Environmental Protection Organization and the National Standards Organization of Iran, within a month after the law comes into force and will be prepared and approved by the Council of Ministers arrive The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade is obliged to send the report on the performance of this article every 6 months to the Industries Commission and the Deputy of the Islamic Council.

Article 12 – Note (6) of the single article of the law on how to calculate and collect customs entry duties, commercial profits and taxes on all types of imported road construction and construction machinery and their parts – approved 1371 – amended as follows and note (8) of the single article The mentioned is deleted:

Note 6- The value of road construction machinery and vehicles that are allowed to enter the country (both new and used), every year after reviewing the available documents, including the price of the manufacturing companies or the price of the main dealers in third countries or The market price (for used machines and cars) will be determined by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade in coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs and will be the basis for calculating customs duties and taxes.

Article 13- It is possible to use the national standards of the country or the standards of the country of origin for the imported cars subject to this law, with the approval of the National Standards Organization of Iran and the Environmental Protection Organization.