Arab Finance: During its meeting chaired by Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, the Council of Ministers approved the Prime Minister’s draft decision to amend some provisions of the executive regulations. For the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Law; Issued by Prime Minister’s Decision No. 2733 of 2018, relating to governance procedures for the system of importing cars for people with disabilities.
The amendment stipulates replacing the text of Article 75 of the aforementioned executive regulations, so that the amended article stipulates that in order to apply exemption from customs tax and value-added tax imposed on cars and individual means of transportation intended for the use of persons with disabilities, the applicant must obtain a disability proof card and integrated services issued. From the Ministry concerned with social solidarity in coordination with the Ministry concerned with health, as well as the receipt of a medical report from the specialized medical councils or the competent medical council determined by the Ministry concerned with health, which includes the data of the person with disabilities, and determines the extent of his ability to drive by himself or through another person.
It is also required that the car or individual means of transportation be imported from abroad directly on behalf of the person with disabilities, without including cars located in free zones, and the liter capacity of the car must not exceed 1200 cc for cars with a gasoline, diesel or hybrid engine. It must not be a car with a turbo engine, and the power for cars with an electric motor must not exceed 200 kilowatts.
It is also required to submit a declaration from the exemption applicant stating that he has not previously enjoyed a customs exemption for a car or individual means of transportation during the five years preceding the exemption request, and not to combine the aforementioned exemption with any exemptions established under other laws, as well as that the exemption applicant or one of his relatives has In the first degree, a bank account opened with Nasser Social Bank or one of the banks approved by the Central Bank at least one year before submitting the exemption request, and an amount not less than the price of the car when enjoying the exemption is deposited in this account, in addition to not accepting the issuance of powers of attorney to manage the car or individual means of transportation. Licensed in the name of the person with disability in the real estate registry.
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