The car industry evaluates amparo against the decree to regulate “chocolate” cars

The full of car industry in mexico blames the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador for implementing the decree to regulate imported used vehicles, known as “chocolate”, without introducing control or review measures for the access of illegal cars, for which it does not impose amparos do not exclude.

The Mexican Automobile Industry Association (AMIA), the Mexican Association of Car Dealers (AMDA), the National Association of Manufacturers of Buses, Trucks and Tractors (ANPACT), as well as the National Auto Parts Industry (IN) said that the regulatory decision generates distortions and unfair treatment for consumers who have legally purchased a vehicle, and therefore asked the tax authorities to define the import rules, taking into account the motor sector.

From the start to the José Zozaya, President of AMIA He insisted that opening a space to legalize smuggling was sending a “terrible” signal to investors looking for Mexico to do business.

Guillermo Rosales, President of the AMDA, warned that if the federal government does not implement a “zero tolerance” policy for the circulation of illegal vehicles, it will make way for the continuation of irregular conditions.

“In the decree, control is lost in a very special way in order to fulfill the goal that the same decree aims at. It would be really unfortunate if we returned to the current practice, for example between 2006 and 2012, which allowed the regularization of vehicles with reports of theft, with vehicles having a declaration of non-circulation in the United States and also that not the conditions and is also not satisfied by environmental regulations ”, whose points were not addressed in the said law, Rosales questioned.

“It is very important that the industry participates in the elaboration of secondary rules derived from the decree, especially so that the vehicles that are regulated really meet the same standards as those marketed in Mexico”, in order to improve road safety, environmental safety have. and an older vehicle fleet, said Virginia Olalde, director of ANPACT.