Sanctions made it difficult for Russian car factories to operate. Therefore, at the end of April 2022, amendments were adopted to the technical regulation “On the safety of wheeled vehicles”.
Now each member state of the EAEU (Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan) has the right to set requirements for the cars it produces.
The use of such machines on the territory of another EAEU state is only possible if there is a bilateral agreement.
The rules allow the production on the territory of the Russian Federation of cars with engines of an environmental class below Euro-5, cars without ABS (anti-lock braking system), without ESP (interchange stability system) and the ERA-GLONASS system may not have automatic control function.
In Russia, cars in anti-crisis versions are produced at AVTOVAZ, Granta, Niva Legend and Travel. UAZ assembles a simplified version of the Hunter model. It can be purchased with both Euro-0 and Euro-5 engines. With a Euro-2 engine, UAZ Patriot and Pickup with manual transmission are produced. At the same time, these cars are also produced with the Euro-5 eco standard.
By the beginning of 2024, the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant will return ABS and ESP, as well as airbags, to cars.
The validity of the document authorizing the production of simplified cars has been extended to June 1, 2023.
Source: “Car price”