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Facing WTO Complaint, Russia Passes Scrappage Fee MOSCOW—Russia's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday that would require domestic car makers to pay the same recycling fee as foreign manufacturers, just days after the European Union filed a complaint over the double standard with the World Trade Organization (ανακύκλωση αυτοκινήτων ). The fee took effect a week after Russia joined the WTO last year. The European Commission has said it is a thinly disguised import tariff designed to replace the ones that Russia abolished to meet WTO membership requirements. EU auto exports to Russia are down 7% as a result of the scrappage fee, the EU has said. The complaint, the first filed in the WTO against Russia, is a significant test of the organization's ability to rein in the most recent major economy to join its ranks. The bill, approved by the lower house of parliament, calls for the fee to be applied to manufacturers in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan beginning in January. The legislation now heads to Russia's Federation Council, where it is expected to pass. President Vladimir Putin must also agree before it becomes law. It wasn't immediately clear how the bill's approval would affect the EU's complaint at the WTO. "The EU is currently studying the bill and looks forward to further details and clarifications in the very near future," EU trade spokesman John Clancy said. The EU lodged its first protest with the WTO in July, saying Russia was illegally protecting its car makers as the fee didn't apply to cars made at home or to those from Belarus or Kazakhstan, both part of a customs union with Russia.
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Facing WTO Complaint, Russia Passes Scrappage Fee
MOSCOW—Russia's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday that would require
domestic car makers to pay the same recycling fee as foreign manufacturers, just
days after the European Union filed a complaint over the double standard with the
World Trade Organization (ανακύκλωση αυτοκινήτων).
The fee took effect a week after Russia joined the WTO last year. The European
Commission has said it is a thinly disguised import tariff designed to replace the ones
that Russia abolished to meet WTO membership requirements. EU auto exports to
Russia are down 7% as a result of the scrappage fee, the EU has said.
The complaint, the first filed in the WTO against Russia, is a significant test of the
organization's ability to rein in the most recent major economy to join its ranks.
The bill, approved by the lower house of parliament, calls for the fee to be applied to
manufacturers in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan beginning in January. The
legislation now heads to Russia's Federation Council, where it is expected to pass.
President Vladimir Putin must also agree before it becomes law.
It wasn't immediately clear how the bill's approval would affect the EU's complaint at
the WTO.
"The EU is currently studying the bill and looks forward to further details and
clarifications in the very near future," EU trade spokesman John Clancy said.
The EU lodged its first protest with the WTO in July, saying Russia was illegally
protecting its car makers as the fee didn't apply to cars made at home or to those
from Belarus or Kazakhstan, both part of a customs union with Russia.
The 28-nation bloc sought consultations in a bid to resolve the dispute within 60 days.
Japan filed a similar trade complaint against Russia in July.
Last week, saying Russia wasn't budging, the EU went a step further and asked the
WTO to declare the fee a violation of international trade rules. Moscow countered that
the EU ignored its proposals during talks.
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