Russia: ban on foreign transport entry and transit (extension of the ban and changes to the list of exemptions)
With reference to IRU’s Flash Info dated 4 October 2022, kindly be informed that the Russian Government has issued a Regulation No.2466 dated 28 December 2022.
This document notably extends the ban on foreign transport entry and transit until 30 June 2023.
Also, it specifies that the Regulation shall not be applicable in the following cases of cross-border transportation:
1. postal items
2. diplomatic pouch and consular valise
3. humanitarian aid
4. goods entering through the Belarusian-Russian border
5. goods in trailers and semitrailers registered in foreign states towed by trucks registered in Russia or Belarus
In addition, the list of exempted goods in Annex 1 of the Regulation has been changed and shortened; for goods taken off the exemptions list, a trailer swap/trans-shipment procedure is now required.
Regulation No.2466, dated 28 December 2022, will enter into force on 1 January 2023, however application of the updated list of exempted goods in Annex 1 of the Regulation will start as of 10 January 2023.
The original text of Regulation No.2466, dated 28 December 2022, is published here.
Source: Government of the Russian Federation
Flash Info
With reference to IRU’s Flash Info dated 4 October 2022, kindly be informed that the Russian Government has issued a Regulation No.2466 dated 28 December 2022.
This document notably extends the ban on foreign transport entry and transit until 30 June 2023.
Also, it specifies that the Regulation shall not be applicable in the following cases of cross-border transportation:
1. postal items
2. diplomatic pouch and consular valise
3. humanitarian aid
4. goods entering through the Belarusian-Russian border
5. goods in trailers and semitrailers registered in foreign states towed by trucks registered in Russia or Belarus
In addition, the list of exempted goods in Annex 1 of the Regulation has been changed and shortened; for goods taken off the exemptions list, a trailer swap/trans-shipment procedure is now required.
Regulation No.2466, dated 28 December 2022, will enter into force on 1 January 2023, however application of the updated list of exempted goods in Annex 1 of the Regulation will start as of 10 January 2023.
The original text of Regulation No.2466, dated 28 December 2022, is published here.
Source: Government of the Russian Federation
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