Kazakhstan to ban personal imports of cars older than five years or below Euro-5

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry and Construction has approved changes to the technical parameters of vehicles allowed to operate in the country. TASS reported the changes.

Under the amendments, from December 30 residents will not be able to bring into the country, for personal use, cars manufactured more than five years earlier or whose engine environmental class is below the Euro-5 standard.

According to the text of the order published in the online database of the republic's normative legal acts, vehicles brought into Kazakhstan by individuals for personal use may be put into circulation only if they meet two requirements: the vehicle's environmental class must be 5 or higher, and it must not be more than five years old from its date of manufacture. The order takes effect on December 30.