This is reported on the official Facebook page of the organization "Avto Euro Syla". The problem is that current rules require the owner of a car with European license plates to independently pay a fine of 8,500 hryvnias when clearing it through customs. However, this provision does not apply to vehicles imported under the "camel" scheme — when one person brought the car into Ukraine, but another person used it.
At the same time, the person who crossed the border with such a car is not allowed to transfer it to third parties — for such a violation, a fine of 34 thousand hryvnias is provided under Article 469 of the Customs Code. It is this penalty that citizens face when trying to clear a car imported under the "camel" scheme. If the fine is not paid, it is impossible to complete the customs clearance of the vehicle.
This situation is particularly acute for owners of "euro plates" in border regions — Volyn, Lviv, and Zakarpattia oblasts. There, the customs clearance procedure has practically stalled, since many residents had cars with European license plates brought by either relatives or acquaintances living in EU countries. A similar problem exists among diaspora representatives — Georgian, Armenian, Azerbaijani — for whom cars were brought into Ukraine by their compatriots.
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Apparently, not all details were taken into account when preparing the draft law, which led to such a contradiction. As a result, owners of some "euro plates" — namely those affected by this problem — incurred much higher costs during customs clearance than expected, because the fine still has to be paid. However, even the law on preferential customs clearance was not smooth from the very beginning: first, officials promised that clearance would cost an average of 1,000 euros, but in reality, costs reach 1,700 euros.
By the way, the preferential customs clearance period is designed for 180 days. Only cars that entered the country before December 31, 2021, are allowed to be converted to Ukrainian license plates.
