Procedure for registration and extension of temporary import of vehicles into Russia

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This article will discuss the import of a car into Russia from another state. The situation is that a car that is not registered in the Russian Federation crosses the border.

It should be noted right away that import can be temporary (for a limited period, after which the car leaves the country) or permanent. In some cases, the owner will have to pay customs duties, recycling fees, and register the car, and in others - not.

Note. This article deals only with the import of category B cars by individuals for personal use.

Importing a customs union car

Regulatory documents that regulate customs clearance of imported vehicles:

• Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union.
• Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission “On certain issues related to goods for personal use.”

Please note that these documents refer to the Customs Union:

• Republic of Armenia,
• Republic of Belarus,
• The Republic of Kazakhstan,
• Republic of Kyrgyzstan,
• Russian Federation.

That is, vehicles from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan can be imported without paying customs duties and recycling fees; registration with the traffic police is not required for them.

Further in this article we will consider the import of cars from states that are not members of the customs union.

Validity period of the preferential treatment

A foreigner or another person who has grounds for this has the right to use the import of personal vehicles for no more than a year. Violators face fines. If punishments are ignored for a long time, the vehicle may be seized. The owner will be required to repay the debt.

To avoid punishment, you can contact the customs authority at the place of registration with an application to extend the period of stay of the vehicle without issuing a Russian registration certificate. This can be done once for another year or twice for a period not exceeding 365 days in total. However, in the latter case, you will have to pay 50% of the cost of tax duties.

Import of a car by a foreign citizen (foreign person)

For example, we are talking about a situation where a Finnish citizen travels in his own car and crosses the border of the Russian Federation with it.

Note. The Customs Code does not deal with foreign citizens, but with foreign individuals. Such persons may include both citizens of other states and citizens of Russia who do not have a permanent place of residence in the Russian Federation and other countries of the customs union (clauses 11 and 17 of Article 2 of the EAEU Labor Code).

Customs

Article 264. Temporary import of vehicles for personal use of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union:

1. Temporary import into the customs territory of the Union by foreign individuals of vehicles for personal use, registered in a state that is not a member of the Union, is permitted for a period of no more than 1 year.

So, a foreign individual can enter Russia in his own car. However, importing a car without paying duties is possible only for a period not exceeding 1 year . After this period has passed, the owner must either remove the car from the customs union or pay for customs clearance.

traffic police

If a car is imported for a period of up to 1 year (until December 31, 2021 - up to 6 months), then its registration with the traffic police is not required. If the car is imported for a longer period, then temporary registration should be carried out.

3. Vehicles (with the exception of those temporarily imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union for a period of no more than 1 year, or those that are goods sold by a legal entity or individual entrepreneur engaged in trading activities), as well as basic vehicles and vehicle chassis transported to final manufacturers or in connection with export outside the territory of the Russian Federation, vehicles that are prototypes (test models).

Recycling collection

This fee must be paid only if the car is imported into Russia for more than 1 year. If the PTS does not contain a note about payment of the recycling fee, then the car will not be able to be registered with the traffic police.

If the car is imported for a period of up to 1 year, then registration is not required, i.e. You will not have to pay a recycling fee.

When importing a car by an individual for personal use, the fee is 3,400 rubles .

Calculation of recycling fee

Vehicle operation

6. Temporarily imported vehicles for personal use must be in the customs territory of the Union in the actual possession and use of the declarant, unless otherwise established by this article. … 8. Without the permission of the customs authority and without customs declaration, the declarant is allowed to transfer the following vehicles for personal use:

1) a temporarily imported vehicle for personal use - into the possession of another person for maintenance, repair (except for major repairs, modernization) and (or) for storage; ... 3) a vehicle for personal use, temporarily imported by a foreign individual - to other foreign individuals;

Please note that if a car is imported temporarily (without paying customs duties), then only its owner can drive this car . In addition, you can transfer control to another foreign citizen.

A car can only be transferred to Russian citizens for maintenance or repair.

Registration in 2018 and necessary documentation

How and where to apply for temporary import of a car? The registration process immediately for the full period of permitted import takes place at the border post in the transport entry area. Here, the car owner is issued a certificate of import permission for a certain period of time, which is subsequently extended by the citizen at the place of his residence or stay.

Customs authorities grant permission to import vehicles by issuing a temporary vehicle import certificate (UVTC). Customs officers put a special mark on the document indicating the expiration date of the permit.

Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 507 of September 30, 1994 approved the official form for filling out the certificate.

Documents that will be needed to register a UVTS:

• passport or other document confirming the identity of the owner;

• a document evidencing ownership of movable property or the right to use it (registration certificate, power of attorney certified by a notary);
• current MTPL motor insurance policy, which covers the entire period of stay;
• customs declaration for the car in the form TD-7.

Each owner is required to declare his vehicle in accordance with the requirements of current legislation.

For declaration you will need the following documents:

• civil passport of the owner, as well as a foreign passport;
• foreign technical passport of motor transport;
• document confirming the purchase of the car;
• declaration in form TD-6.

Operating vehicles without a valid UVTS is strictly prohibited. In case of violation of order, the car will be detained and placed in an impound lot. In case of significant violations of customs rules, the car may be confiscated.

Registration of compulsory motor liability insurance is possible directly upon entering the country at the border post. If visits to the country are frequent and short-term, it would be better to provide a policy valid for a year.

At the time of export of transport, the UVTS is handed over to the customs control authorities of the Russian Federation.

Guided by the norms of the Customs Code of the Russian Federation, employees have the right to require a deposit to subsequently ensure payment of fees. The requirement is possible when a service employee has reason to believe that a citizen may violate the legislation of the Russian Federation.

If your documents meet the requirements, but customs refuses clearance, you always have the right to file a complaint with the State Customs Committee.

In case of a protracted visit to Russia, it is important to renew the permit for temporary import of a car in a timely manner. Otherwise, you cannot avoid paying obligatory payments, and even being brought to administrative or criminal liability.

Import of a car by a citizen of the Russian Federation (person of a member state)

For example, we are talking about a situation where a Russian citizen lived in Germany for several months and purchased a car there. He wants to temporarily enter the Russian Federation to visit relatives.

Note. The Customs Code deals not with citizens of the Russian Federation, but with individuals of member states. Such persons may include both citizens of other states and citizens of Russia who have a permanent place of residence in the Russian Federation or another country of the customs union (clauses 11 and 17 of Article 2 of the EAEU Labor Code).

Customs

Article 264. Temporary import of vehicles for personal use of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union:

Temporary import into the customs territory of the Union by individuals of member states of vehicles for personal use, registered in a state that is not a member of the Union, is allowed for a period of no more than 1 year.

3. Temporary import into the customs territory of the Union of vehicles for personal use specified in paragraphs two and three of paragraph 1 of this article, with the exception of vehicles for personal use temporarily imported by individuals of the Member States who are employees of diplomatic missions of the Member States, employees consular offices of the Member States, employees of representative offices of the Member States at international organizations located outside the customs territory of the Union, is permitted subject to the provision of security for the fulfillment of the obligation to pay customs duties and taxes in accordance with Article 271 of this Code.

An individual of the customs union can import a car for a period of up to 1 year . In this case, it is necessary to ensure the payment of customs duties. This means that the car owner must have funds that act as collateral. The amount should be equal to the cost of customs clearance of the car.

Moreover, if the car is subsequently exported from Russia, the security remains with the car owner. If the car remains in the customs union, then the specified amount goes to pay customs duties.

traffic police

If a car is imported for a period of up to 1 year , then its registration with the traffic police is not required. If the car is imported for a longer period, then you should register it with the traffic police.

Recycling collection

This fee must be paid only if the car is imported into Russia for more than 1 year.

Vehicle operation

6. Temporarily imported vehicles for personal use must be in the customs territory of the Union in the actual possession and use of the declarant, unless otherwise established by this article. … 8. Without the permission of the customs authority and without customs declaration, the declarant is allowed to transfer the following vehicles for personal use:

1) a temporarily imported vehicle for personal use - into the possession of another person for maintenance, repair (except for major repairs, modernization) and (or) for storage;

2) a vehicle for personal use, temporarily imported by an individual of a Member State - his parents, children, spouse in a registered marriage;

The car can be driven by its owner, as well as his parents, children, spouse. You can also transfer the car to other persons for repairs or maintenance.

Nuances of the procedure

The state pays special attention to foreign cars imported by individuals from abroad.

For example, they are subject to a number of categorical requirements:

1. Increased attention to compliance with traffic rules. If the established limit of violations, including those recorded by automatic means, is exceeded, the car is subject to deportation from the country. If this order is not fulfilled within 5 days, the car may be confiscated.
2. Exceeding the permitted period of use in Russia is fraught with penalties.
3. Prohibition on sale, gift, transfer of power of attorney, etc.

Import of cars from the customs union

Citizens of Russia and the EAEU countries (Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) do not declare the import of cars registered in these countries and transported between them.

If the car is registered outside the EAEU, temporary import is issued by declaring and submitting financial security equal in value to payments: duty, customs and recycling fees, excise duty, tax.

Import by a foreign citizen

Foreigners are allowed to bring a vehicle without paying customs for one year. For the import of a second car or for the stay of a car on the territory of the Russian Federation for more than one year, it is necessary to provide financial security equal in value to customs payments: duty, excise duty, tax, customs and recycling fees.

The vehicle may only be used for personal purposes. It can be used by the declarant or persons performing maintenance, repair or storage. The vehicle can be used by fellow citizens of the foreigner.

Forbidden:

1. Use the vehicle for commercial purposes.
2. Transfer the car to other persons without notifying the customs authorities.
3. Leave the car on the territory of the EAEU longer than the stated period.

Import by a refugee during forced resettlement or for permanent residence

Participants in the program for the resettlement of compatriots can bypass customs clearance, since they are exempt from paying any fees. However, they are allowed to transport only one car per family, i.e. it is officially registered in the name of one of the family members. And no later than a year before import.

Import of inherited car

The Civil Code exempts a car received by inheritance from customs clearance . For this reason, this method is used to bypass customs clearance. For example, specialized firms look for a terminally ill citizen in one of the countries (most often the EAEU) and conclude a mutually beneficial deal with him.

According to the contract, a car (usually of high value) is transferred to the property of the dying person . At the same time, he (or the guardian) signs a general power of attorney and a will. The documents are certified by a notary, and the new owner of the vehicle receives the agreed amount. Next, the car, under a general power of attorney, crosses the Russian border as a temporary import and is driven into a garage until the testator dies.

When this happens, the car is registered by the heir and receives the status of an ordinary vehicle. Now the car can be sold, donated or pawned. This is an extremely risky and unpleasant method. But, from a legal point of view, he absolutely exempts from customs clearance, provided that the company offering such a service actually sells cars and does not engage in fraud.

Import of a car by a refugee, forced migrant or arriving for permanent residence

For example, we are talking about a situation where a citizen of another state received a refugee certificate in Russia and crosses the border in his own car.

Customs

Appendix 3 “List of cases and conditions for the import into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union of goods for personal use with exemption from customs duties and taxes”:

6. A foreign individual who has been recognized as having resettled for permanent residence in a Member State or has received the status of a refugee or forced migrant in accordance with the legislation of a Member State may import into the customs territory of the Union in any way with an exemption from customs duties and taxes: ... b ) cars and motor vehicles, trailers for cars and motor vehicles, which are vehicles for personal use, in the amount of no more than 1 unit of each type, subject to the following conditions:

• importation into the customs territory of the Union from the country of previous residence is carried out no later than 18 months from the date of issue of a document confirming the recognition of a foreign individual as having moved to a permanent place of residence in a Member State, or a document confirming that such a person has received the status of a refugee or forced migrant in accordance with the law Member State;
• motor vehicles and motor vehicles, trailers for motor vehicles and motor vehicles, which are vehicles for personal use, were owned and registered in the name of a foreign individual recognized as having settled for permanent residence in a Member State or having received the status of a refugee or forced migrant, in the country of previous residence for at least 6 months or another stricter period established by the legislation of the Member State, until the date of issuance of a document confirming the recognition of such a foreign individual as having moved to a permanent place of residence in the Member State, or a document confirming the receipt by such an individual a person with refugee or forced migrant status in accordance with the legislation of a Member State;
• such an individual has not previously imported into the customs territory of the Union motor vehicles, trailers for motor vehicles and motor vehicles, which are vehicles for personal use, with exemption from customs duties and taxes in connection with his recognition as having moved to a permanent place of residence to a member state or obtaining refugee or forced migrant status in accordance with the legislation of the member state.

If a refugee, a forced migrant, or a person arriving for permanent residence crosses the border of the Russian Federation, he can import one car and one trailer without customs clearance If there are more vehicles, you will need to pay duties for them.

Please note that the car must be registered in the previous state for at least 6 months before arriving for permanent residence. In addition, it must be imported no later than 1.5 years after the car owner moved to Russia.

traffic police

In any case, the car will have to be registered with the traffic police, because... he is imported into the Russian Federation for permanent stay.

Recycling collection

Federal Law “On Production and Consumption Waste”, Article 24.1:

6. The recycling fee is not paid for vehicles:

• the import of which into the Russian Federation is carried out as personal property by individuals who are participants in the State Program for Assisting the Voluntary Resettlement of Compatriots Living Abroad to the Russian Federation, or who are duly recognized as refugees or forced migrants;

If a car is imported by a refugee, migrant or participant in a resettlement assistance program in the Russian Federation, then the recycling fee is not paid.

Vehicle operation

There are no restrictions on operation, i.e. control can be transferred to another person. Please note that if a recycling fee was not paid when importing a car, then after selling such a car to the next owner, this owner will have to pay the specified fee.

Temporary import period

The validity period of the temporary import procedure is, according to the EAEU Labor Code, 2 years, with the exception of goods included in the list established by law. Personal vehicles of individuals can be imported for 12 months. The declared import period can be extended if necessary.

How to extend temporary import? Almost any customs office can extend the period of permission to use foreign goods; however, it is preferable to the department where it was opened and in which the customs declaration was registered. It is more difficult with ATA Carnets, since they can only be extended at specialized customs posts. In Moscow, the extension of ATA Carnets is carried out by the Exhibition Post of the Moscow Customs.

Importing a car inherited

For example, a citizen of the Russian Federation received an inheritance in China. At the same time, he wants to import the car to Russia in order to operate it here.

Customs

Appendix 3 “List of cases and conditions for the import into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union of goods for personal use with exemption from customs duties and taxes”:

5. An individual of a Member State may import into the customs territory of the Union in accompanied and (or) unaccompanied baggage and by the carrier to such person, with exemption from customs duties and taxes, motor vehicles and motor vehicles, trailers for motor vehicles and motor vehicles, being vehicles for personal use, in an amount of no more than 1 unit of each type, other goods for personal use, not being vehicles for personal use, received as an inheritance outside the customs territory of the Union (recognized as inherited property), subject to documentary confirmation of the fact of receipt such goods as inheritance (recognition as inherited property) in accordance with the legislation of the Member State.

A citizen of the Russian Federation can import one car and one trailer, inherited abroad, without customs clearance If there are more vehicles in the inheritance, then you will need to pay duties for them.

traffic police

In any case, the car will have to be registered with the traffic police, because... he is imported into the Russian Federation for permanent stay.

Recycling collection

You need to pay a fee of 3,400 rubles .

Contents of the temporary import procedure

The temporary import procedure implies the free use and movement of goods across the territory of the EAEU. But at the same time, such goods do not lose their foreign status throughout the entire period of stay. This procedure can be applied to almost any category and group of goods. Exceptions to this rule are food, alcohol, tobacco, consumables, etc., as well as various types of waste. In addition, goods whose import into a given territory is legally limited or prohibited cannot be placed under this procedure.

When using the temporary import procedure, customs duties and other fees may apply. But it is permissible to use it without paying these taxes and duties. The conditions for payment or exemption from it are different for different categories of goods and are established on the basis of the Customs Code of the EAEU.

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What cars can be temporarily imported into the Russian Federation?

The import of vehicles from abroad is regulated by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated November 27, 2003. According to it, all passenger cars and minibuses in which the number of seats does not exceed 12 can be imported, including temporarily.

All temporarily imported vehicles must be used for personal purposes only.

A non-customs cleared vehicle is strictly prohibited from being used for production, commercial or other purposes that involve obtaining financial gain.

Often, a car imported from Europe that has not undergone customs clearance can be purchased at a very attractive price. In this case, the car will be in good condition. This can be explained very simply - in European countries, a used car costs several times less than the same one in Russia.

What to do with a car that has not been cleared through customs if the period of its legal use within the framework of temporary import is coming to an end? There are two options - the car either must leave the territory of the Customs Union, or it will have to be registered according to the law, with the payment of all duties.

When to register a car temporarily

Temporary registration of a vehicle with the traffic police is necessary in several cases:

1. If it belongs to a foreign citizen.
2. If the car is used under a leasing agreement.
3. If the transport is imported into the Russian Federation for a period of one year or more.

Registration also applies to those who took out cars on credit. In addition, if the registration requirement is violated, the driver may be subject to administrative liability and deprived of his driver’s license, or fined 5,000 rubles.

Required documents

Everyone knows that before starting the procedure for registering a car, the driver must prepare a package of documents. The list of mandatory papers attached to the customs declaration includes:

• Technical passport of the machine (European standard);
• A document certifying the identity of the car owner (necessarily indicating permanent registration);
• Photocopies of the above documents.

Attention! Without these certificates, temporary import of a car into Russia is not available to citizens of any category. If a vehicle is illegally delivered from abroad, the person will face an impressive fine (this mainly applies to brokers involved in the sale of foreign cars in the Russian Federation).

How much does customs clearance of a car cost?

The cost of customs clearance depends on the “age” of the vehicle, its value and engine size. The uniform rates were approved by Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated December 20, 2017 N 107.

The “age” of a car is counted from the moment it leaves the factory. Let's look into it in detail.

If the car is no more than three years old

The amount of duty is calculated according to the following tariffs:

When calculating, you need to choose the largest value. For example, if 48% of the cost of the car is less than the amount calculated depending on the engine size, the second option is applied.

Calculation example:

A 2021 BMW X5 is being imported into Russia from a foreign country. Working volume – 2,998 cubic meters. see The car is less than three years old. cost – 70,000 euros.

The first option for calculating the price:

70,000 x 48% = 33,600 euros

The second calculation option based on engine volume:

7.5 x 2,998 = 22,485 euros.

In this situation, you need to pay a large fee under the first option - 33,600 euros.

If the car is between 3 and 5 years old

For cars of this “age” the calculation is made differently:

Here only the engine size is taken into account. Example:

A Mercedes-Benz S 350CDI is being imported into Russia; it is 4 years old. The cost is 38,000 euros, and the engine capacity is 2,987 cc. cm.

How to calculate:

Customs clearance will cost 2,987 x 3 = 8,961 euros.

If the car is older than 5 years

Such tariffs apply regardless of how many years ago the car was produced - 5 or 15 years:

Example:

The car was produced in a foreign country 15 years ago, Mercedes-Benz A 140 Classic spirit. Engine – 1,397 cc. cm.

How to calculate:

1,397 x 3.2 = 4,470, 4 euros total payable.