Armenian, Kazakh passenger and cargo carriers to be exempted from  road and environmental taxes on reciprocal basis 

ArmInfo. On April 12, at a government meeting, the Government of Armenia approved the proposal  to sign a protocol "On introducing amendments and additions to the "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on international road transport dated November 6, 2006."

As stated in the explanation to the document, there is currently a  problem in the field of cargo transportation between the two  countries associated with the legal regulation of the collection of  road and environmental taxes. To solve the problem, it is necessary  to make changes to the Agreement that will regulate the process of  determining benefits for the exemption of vehicles registered in the  territory of the state of one party from taxes and fees provided for  by the legislation of the other party.

In order to solve the abovementioned problem, a draft protocol has  been developed "On introducing amendments and additions to the  "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the  Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on international road  transport", which amends Articles 2, 5 and 11 of the Agreement, and  also clarifies the names of the authorized bodies of the Armenian and  the Kazakh sides.

"The change in the agreement will make it possible to facilitate the  process of passenger and freight transportation between the two  countries by road, and to increase the role of Armenia as a transit  country in the organization of freight transportation in the region,"  the document says.