MP Marian Zablotskyi proposes to add to the draft law on customs clearance of cars through Diia a permit for mass importation of junk cars into Ukraine without any technical condition checks.
People’s Deputy Marian Zablotskyi is trying to allow the import of junk cars to Ukraine without any checks, which are banned from the EU and the US due to their poor technical condition and danger to drivers and passengers. As it became known, Zablotskyi proposes to add the relevant amendments to the draft law 10380 on customs clearance of cars through Diia, which was adopted as a basis. As a reminder, the idea of the MP’s colleagues in the faction and the Ministry of Digital Transformation was to simplify the procedure for customs clearance of cars, not to cancel technical condition checks.
Earlier, the MP’s attempts to introduce uncontrolled import of cars by introducing draft laws 9460 and 9210 were stopped in time in the committees on economic policy and law enforcement, and the Government concluded that such ideas of Marian Zablotskyi would harm Ukraine’s European integration, economy and road safety.
In particular, the Ministry of Economy, in its opinion on Draft Law 9460, emphasized that its adoption would negatively affect Ukraine’s fulfillment of its obligations under the Association Agreement, as the introduction of unilateral recognition of conformity assessment results conducted in EU member states would offset the results achieved in the negotiation process on the conclusion of the Agreement on “industrial visa-free regime” in the first priority sectors of industrial products – machinery. As for the consequences for citizens and businesses, the Ministry of Economy stated them very simply: higher car prices. The Ministry also noted that registering a vehicle in countries where minimum safety requirements apply cannot be equated with assessing compliance with the requirements in force in Ukraine. That is, draft law 9460 could have led to an increase in road accidents.
However, Zablotskyi is again trying to push the same proposals – this time to draft law 10380.
As you know, in the EU and the US, the main reasons for deregistering and selling a car are that it has high mileage or has been involved in an accident. Often, due to the high mileage, these cars have their engines replaced, catalytic converters and particulate filters removed due to their failure before they even get to Ukraine. Thus, a car that was once registered in the EU or the US and a car that later entered Ukraine are completely different cars in terms of safety and environmental parameters.
Thus, if Zablotskyi’s amendments are adopted, vehicles that do not meet the requirements of the technical regulations will be imported into Ukraine en masse, and without undergoing a certification procedure or any inspection of the technical condition of the vehicle, they will be registered and allowed to participate in road traffic, which will lead to an increase in the number of accidents on Ukrainian roads, as the technical condition will not be controlled.
