Round trip of the car import plan to the parliament / What are the objections of the import decision?

According to the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency, the deputies of the parliament approved the amendment of the car import resolution in the parliament on September 15, and this plan was submitted to the Guardian Council for final approval.

According to this parliamentary resolution, any natural or legal person can import an all-electric or two-force (hybrid) car in exchange for the export of cars or car parts or other goods or services related to various propulsion industries, or through imports without currency transfer. Or the import of a gasoline or gas-burning vehicle with an energy label of b (b) and above, or with a safety index of three stars or higher based on valid standard certificates, equivalent in value Export Take action yourself.

Also, the import of used cars within the framework of this article is allowed, provided that more than 3 years have not passed from the date of their production.

The resolution, which was approved by 172 votes in favor, 38 against and 3 abstentions from the 243 deputies present in the parliament, was sent to the Guardian Council for final approval, and now the Guardian Council has some objections to it.

Hadi طحان Nazif, the spokesman of the Guardian Council, stated about these objections: the issue was discussed in the meeting of the Guardian Council and the members of the council had ambiguities regarding the resolution in one or two cases. For example Ambiguities were raised about imports without currency transfers, Because it involved different divisions, the parliament was asked to make the issue a little more precise and transparent.

He specified: in one of the notes of this article, the approval of other regulations to the ministry صمت Was assigned. If these cases are identified more precisely, it will be possible to comment on it better.

طحان Nazif added: Of course The High Board for Supervision of the Good Implementation of the General Policies of the System, which is based in the Assembly, has announced in a letter the cases with the title of contradicting the policies. According to the regulations, we are obliged to announce these cases to the parliament. The panel considered Article 4 to be contrary to the policies of national production and protection of Iranian labor and capital, and the policies of the resistance economy and the policies of the administrative system. He knows that these cases will be announced to the parliament.

He noted: “Overall, we in the Guardian Council had one or two ambiguities about the same decision as we announced, but the High Supervisory Board has told us more discrepancies. Therefore, the resolution will be returned to the parliament, and if these issues, including the ambiguities of the Guardian Council and the discrepancies of the High Supervisory Board, are amended and approved by the parliament, the Guardian Council will review the resolution again.

* Objections are formal, not unconstitutional

Seyed Javad Hosseini Kia, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Industries and Mines, said that the Parliamentary Committee on Industries and Mines would address the Guardian Council’s objections. Details to be corrected.

Regarding the objections of the Guardian Council regarding the conditional import of cars, he said: “The Industries and Mines Commission of the Parliament will put the removal of the objections of the Guardian Council on the agenda and we will try to address issues such as importing cars in exchange for exporting cars and auto parts.” And modify the details.

He added: The Guardian Council has not made any serious objections to the parliament’s decision on conditional car imports, and most of them are formal objections, not unconstitutional.

Hosseini Kia continued: “After the Industries and Mines Commission resolves the objections of the Guardian Council, the resolution will be sent to the main court of the parliament and after the objections are resolved by the deputies, it will be sent to the Guardian Council for reconsideration.”

* Investigation of objections in the Parliamentary Industries Commission

Reza Taghipour, Chairman of the Industry Committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Industries and Mines, also stated about one of the objections of the Guardian Council to the parliamentary resolution that there is no talk about how to transfer currency in this resolution: We did not interfere in this issue, because the transfer method Foreign exchange is carried out by the central bank in accordance with the procedure and mechanism of the central bank.

He added that according to the parliament’s decision, the currency obtained from the export of cars and car parts and foreign currency of foreign origin will be used for imports. The Guardian Council will be informed about how to transfer the currency.

Taghipour continued: in the parliamentary resolution, the approval of other regulations is the responsibility of the ministry صمت Because before, there were many methods and systems such as tariffs in the import process, the change of which may cause new problems. In any area that we did not enter, it means that the process is as before and in the hands of the government.

He specified: the objections and ambiguities of the Guardian Council to the approval of the parliament will be examined in the Industries and Mines Commission in order to be resolved quickly and sent to the Guardian Council for re-approval with the vote of the parliament.

* Rationalization of prices and increase of car quality with the mechanism of the parliament

Mohammad Rezapour Ebrahimi, the head of the parliament’s economic commission, said that the parliament’s resolution on importing cars with capacity building would provide conditions for cars to be imported from the currency of car exports. Prices will improve and quality will increase, and in contrast, any issue that leads to a monopoly will lead to a decrease in quality and increase بهای This product becomes.

He added: “The parliament’s decision on importing cars with capacity building will provide conditions for cars to be imported into the country with the currency obtained from car exports.” According to this decree, even if the country faces currency restrictions, the currency from the export of cars and car parts can be used for import.

He added: “The more competition in the car market, the higher the quality of domestic production, prices are adjusted and people can use quality cars, and this is in several ways in favor of the national economy, people’s welfare and reduction.” بهای Finished car production. On the other hand, this can increase export capacity and improve the trade balance. This approach is important in the long and medium term.

Poor Ebrahimi continued: “Creating a logical relationship between the adjustment advantage in the field of import based on export capacity is one of the programs that can be put on the agenda in order to increase the quality of domestic cars and rationalize prices.”

He added: Although in recent years the import of cars was banned due to lack of foreign exchange resources, but regardless of the country’s currency conditions, we must have a specific plan for joint cooperation of domestic automakers with foreign companies to produce quality cars for export that can be imported at the same time. Dad.

The head of the parliament’s economic commission pointed out that in some countries one or two types of cars are produced and exported, and in contrast, cars are imported from other countries. Joint cooperation with foreign companies through the joint venture produced cars that could be exported.

In any case, we have to wait and see what changes the MPs will eventually make to the car import plan and how the Guardian Council’s objections to car imports will be corrected.

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