ArmInfo. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan proposes to introduce recycling fees for electric vehicles. He made this initiative on October 10 at a cabinet meeting, during which a decision was made to distribute the remaining 600 electric vehicles in reserve for import into the country at zero customs duty.
<Among the privileged countries, we provide the largest volume of privileges for the import and operation of electric vehicles. This gives about a 30% price effect compared to other countries>, he said during the discussion.
At the same time, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, Armenia is among the few countries that have not yet established recycling fees, which again is a serious incentive for the import of electric vehicles, but at the same time, a serious challenge in the future.
<We need to establish (recycling fees), since the costs of recycling these vehicles far exceed the costs of traditional ones>, he said.
In addition, Grigoryan pointed out, it will be quite difficult to obtain a preferential regime within the EAEU in the future, since Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan plan to produce or localize the production of such vehicles. <This suggests that obtaining quotas will become more difficult in the future>, he noted.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in response, noted that over time it will be necessary to return to the topic of the advisability of establishing a recycling fee. To which Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan noted that environmental fees are already being levied in Armenia.
<Is this covered?>, the prime minister asked. In any case, it must be recorded that the further recycling of electric vehicle batteries around the world is becoming a problem, he continued.
In this context, Pashinyan proposed in 2025 to give an advantage to the importer of electric vehicles who will import new cars that are no more than 2 years old. He called on the Cabinet of Ministers to come up with a corresponding initiative by the end of the year.
