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Ukrainian MP from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction, Robert Gorvat, says the parliament’s tax and customs policy committee has prepared a bill to introduce the “old age” tax related to the used cars imports.

“Restricting car imports through environmental standards is a temporary method, and it’s wrong. Almost no one does it this way in European countries and worldwide. It would be a normal thing to make someone who would like to buy a car pay for its ‘old age.’ The more a car pollutes the atmosphere, the more its owner must pay,” the official told a press conference June 6.

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