Flash Info

The Russian Government has issued Regulation No. 1728 dated 30 September 2022 imposing a ban on certain foreign freight vehicles owned by foreign transport operators and registered in foreign states to undertake road transport operations on Russian territory. The ban covers all types of road transport operations: bilateral, transit and to/from third countries.

The impacted foreign states are EU member states, the UK, Norway, and Ukraine.

The following exemptions apply:

1. 1. Foreign freight vehicles owned by foreign transport operators and registered in foreign states, which were on Russian territory on the date this Regulation entered into force, providing they exit Russia within 7 (seven) days from the date of the Regulation entering into force,
2. 2. Transit road transport freight operations with the purpose of returning to the country of registration, provided freight vehicles owned by foreign transport operators and registered in foreign states enter and exit Russia within 7 (seven) days from the date of the Regulation entering into force,
3. 3. International road transport operations of postal items,
4. 4. International road transport operations of goods included in the list of derogations in the Annex in attachment (available for download when opening the Flash Info),
5. 5. International road transport operations performed from the territory of foreign states into the territory of the Kaliningrad region, and vice versa,
6. 6. Transhipment of goods to Russian or Belarusian vehicles, provided these transport operators have permits for the preceding and/or subsequent leg, if relevant, and vice versa,
7. 7. Trailer/semitrailer swap to Russian or Belarusian vehicles, provided these transport operators have permits for the preceding and/or subsequent leg, if relevant, and vice versa.

For scenarios described in points 4-7 above, the amount of fuel in the tanks of foreign freight vehicles exiting Russia must not exceed 200 litres.

For scenarios described in points 6 and 7 above, swap and transhipment are allowed only in designated customs controlled areas located in:
• Kaliningrad region (all municipal districts),
• Leningrad region (Vyborg municipal district, Kingisepp municipal district),
• Murmansk region (the city of Murmansk, Pechengky municipal district, Kolsky district, Kandalaksha district),
• Pskov region (the city of Pskov, Sebezh district, Pechora district, Pytalovsky district),
• Republic of Karelia (Kostomuksha urban district, Lakhdenpokhsky district, Loukhsky district, Sortavalsky district),
• St. Petersburg.

The ban will enter into force on 10 October 2022 and remain in effect till 31 December 2022.

The original text of the Regulation No. 1728 dated of 30 September 2022 is published here.

Source: Government of Russian Federation