Why is the system “Platon” I want to check on the legality, what are the limitations of waiting for carriers in Moscow, where it will test unmanned trucks and what charges to foreign carriers has increased in two times.
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Moscow authorities have prepared for trucks new restrictions the city authorities plan to continue the struggle against environmentally unfriendly trucks.
Now, the Moscow government is going to ban entry into the city of trucks, emission class which specifies the maximum level of emissions below the Euro-3 standard. At the same time to cross the MKAD will not be able trucks of a class below Euro-2. In an interview with the portal of the Moscow government informed the head of the Moscow Department of nature use and environmental protection Anton Kulbachevsky.
At the moment the trucks below Euro-2 are forbidden to enter within the TTC, however, for MKAD environmental constraints is not imposed.
According to Kulbachevsky, over the past five years, the volume of emissions of harmful substances from trucks in Moscow fell by about 100 thousand tons of These indicators, including contributed to the ban on the entry of trucks on MKAD in daytime (from 6:00 to 22:00), which was introduced on 1 March 2013. In addition, from 1 September 2015 to buses below the Euro-3 standard was banned from entering the MKAD and the traffic on the ring road.
Russia doubled tolls for foreign trucks, the Russian Government has decided to increase the fees from foreign carriers on the country roads. The document was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The authorities explained this step by the current Euro exchange rate.
Now carriers have to pay a fee when moving to Russia in the amount of 850 rubles per day and 120 thousand rubles per year. Earlier the fee amounted to 385 thousand rubles and 60 rubles, respectively. In addition to the list of countries that need to pay the fee, first entered Latvia and Lithuania.
This decision is due to the fact that these two States had previously imposed similar requirements to Russian carriers. For the use of Russian roads will also pay Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland. The constitutional court will check the legality of the “Plato”, the constitutional court proceeded to consideration of the question of the legality of the introduction of the “Plato”.
A complaint previously made by the deputies of the Communist party. MPs believe that the collection of truck tolls on Federal highways is unconstitutional.
Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on civil, criminal, arbitration and procedural legislation Yuri sinelschikov stated that the fee is a tax that is not imposed by Federal law, and by decree of the government, which is contrary to article 57 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The parliamentarian said that the fee collection should be done by government authorities.
Also in the Communist party believes that the fundraising at the moment is not connected with the trucks damage the road surface. The Federation Council, in turn, found that the “Plato” does not violate the current Constitution.
Member of the Federation Council Piotr Kucherenko and the representative of the President Michael Krotov said that the collected fee is a fee and not a tax; accordingly, it can be set by normative act of the government.
The decision on the system of charging, the constitutional court will adopt during a closed meeting. The final verdict is expected within a month.
