The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed lifting the moratorium on the mandatory installation of SOS buttons on cars imported into Russia by individuals for personal use. If the draft decree is adopted, the requirement will return on April 1, 2026, although the moratorium was previously planned to be maintained until the end of 2027.
The draft document has been published on the portal of normative legal acts. It concerns emergency call devices (UVEOs) operating through the ERA-GLONASS system. The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to re-evaluate the conformity of individual vehicles imported by private individuals at the stage of their commissioning.
The moratorium was introduced by government decree No. 855 of May 12, 2022, due to a shortage of UVEOs, which arose against the backdrop of sanctions and a lack of electronic components. Since the spring of 2022, individuals have been allowed to import cars without SOS buttons. This relaxation was canceled for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in October 2022, and since June 2023, the installation of UVEOs has again become mandatory for Russian automakers.
In the explanatory materials, the Ministry of Industry and Trade indicates that the absence of UVEOs on cars owned by private individuals reduces the level of safety and hinders the achievement of target indicators for reducing mortality in road accidents. According to the presidential decree No. 309 of May 7, 2024, road mortality should decrease by 1.5 times by 2030 and by two times by 2036 compared to the level of 2023.
JSC GLONASS stated that the reasons for the moratorium have been eliminated: more than ten manufacturers of SOS buttons operate in Russia, there is no shortage of devices, and the market is fully supplied. The cost of UVEOs with installation for a passenger car is 20–35 thousand rubles, which, according to the operator's assessment, will hardly affect the price of imported cars.
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