What was the reason for removing the car import decree from the final text of the budget in the parliament?

According to Tejarat News, on its last working day last year (March 16, 2014), the parliament examined and resolved the Guardian Council’s objections to the bill.

One of the objections related to the addendum to Note 7 was about the import of cars.

The resolution of the parliament on March 16, 2001 was the following text:

– The government is allowed in 1401 in accordance with the general policies of the system and with the following conditions to issue a license to import cars by the private sector, both individuals and legal entities by obtaining entry fees that are approved by the relevant authorities, action and income Deposit in the revenue account of row 5 of this law with the treasury of the whole country.

Import conditions:

1- The criteria for importing cars and the method of providing foreign exchange are determined by the government.

2- The price of an imported passenger car up to the ceiling is equal to 25,000 Euros.

3- The volume of the car engine is less than 2500 cc.

4- No damage to domestic production and foreign exchange market at the discretion of the government

5- Competitive conditions must be observed.

Imported items are:

1- 50,000 passenger cars and 20,000 dual-fuel cars (hybrid and electric)

2- The number of 10,000 trucks, trailers, refrigerated and lethal trailers

3- 10,000 suburban and inner city buses

4- 1,000 wagons and refrigerated wagons

5- 5,000 units of heavy machinery of mines and road construction, whether newly built or up to five years of construction

Remove passenger car imports from the final budget text

However, in the budget law announced by the speaker of the parliament, this section has been amended and the items related to the import of passenger cars have been removed.

The reason for changing the text of the budget after the approval of the MPs is that when the Guardian Council’s objections to the car import sector were resolved, the Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, explained in the open court of the parliament that this issue has also been challenged by the Expediency Council. During the public session of the parliament, Qalibaf implicitly obtained permission from the members of parliament to remove the desired objections (import of passenger cars) if the assembly continues to object to this clause in order not to delay the budget.

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