Russia: Car scrappage regional project by GAZ
Description
By mid-August 2009 the first pilot project of car scrappage was established in one of the Russian states (Nizhegorodskaya Oblast) to support the car production of its car plant GAZ. The regional budget is 150 million rubles (5 million US dollars) for 2009. The cars produced before 1 January 2003 of all car producers around the world are eligible for this programme. The old car can exchanged at the official dealer centre on the new car produced by GAZ in 2009 with the compensation of 10% of the price of the new car but not more than 50,000 rubles (1,670 US dollars) which is a discount of about 16 percent.
Any Evidence-Based Deliberation:
| Question | Result |
|---|---|
| Is there anything in the public record to suggest that evidence of the effectiveness of the proposed measure was considered during official deliberations? | Yes |
| Is there any evidence that alternatives to the proposed measure were considered? | |
| Is there anything in the public record that suggests that empirical evidence informed the comparison across the alternatives available to government? | |
| Was such evidence identified? | |
| Is such evidence publicly available? | |
| Did the official decision-maker in question provide an explanation as to why a chosen measure was favoured over alternatives? | |
| Is there any evidence to suggest that potentially affected trading partners were consulted before the measures were taken? | |
| Is there any evidence that safeguards have been put in place to ensure that implementation of the initiative is transparent and non-discriminatory? | |
| Did the government state its intention to review the measure within one year of implementation? |
Date Discovered:
Implemented: Yes
Date of inception: 14 Aug 2009
GTA Evaluation: Red
Source:
Mariya Volkova. Nizhegorodskie vlasti zapustili programmu obmena staryh avto. Rossiiskaya gazeta website news from 13 avgusta 2009. Available from < http://www.rg.ru/2009/08/13/reg-privolzhe/obmen-avto-anons.html >
Government Response:
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