Building of the Federation Council MOSCOW, January 13 The Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy proposed the RF Ministry of Energy to simplify the process transfer of cars to gas fuel, reducing the number of approvals with the traffic police for car owners, the Kommersant newspaper writes on Thursday, citing an appeal by the head of the committee, Andrei Kutepov, to Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov. According to the newspaper, Kutepov appealed to Shulginov regarding the gasification of the Russian car fleet. Back in 2018, after a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation, the government adopted a subprogram for the development of the gas engine fuel market (as part of the Energy Development state program), the head of the committee recalled in his address. .jpg «/>The Russians were named ways to save on buying a car So, within the framework of the document designed for 2020-2024, the regions are allocated funds for the construction of methane gas stations (their number should grow to 1.2 thousand from the current 650), as well as subsidies for car owners who want switch to gas, the newspaper writes. At the beginning of 2020, the vehicle fleet on all types of gas exceeded 2.2 million, the publication cites traffic police data. Kutepov also reported complaints from the regions to the Federation Council about «long-term approval of refurbishment» — the preparation of documents can reach 180 days. As the publication points out, to transfer a car to gas fuel, you first need to obtain permission from the traffic police for re-equipment, then install it, undergo maintenance, submit the car for examination to a testing laboratory (IL) and then visit the traffic police for final paperwork. 
The Russians were urged not to get carried away with heated seats in autoKutepov proposes to exclude the initial appeal to the traffic police from the procedure, as well as to increase the number of ILs, the newspaper writes. After the procedure for the examination of the re-equipment of a car was tightened since July 1 last year, the number of laboratories has decreased, which has created a shortage of services, the senator writes. He also proposed to increase the age limit of a car from five to ten years, the owner of which claims to receive a subsidy for the installation of gas equipment (LPG). solutions for installing HBO «. In addition, the ministry has supported an increase in the age of cars, the owners of which can qualify for the subsidy. The subprogram «Development of the NGV market» referred to by Kutepov has been canceled since January 1 of this year, but the Ministry of Energy promises to reform it into a separate federal project: the document is under approval. 
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