There is a car registration fee – after Regitra calculators you have to pay even non-polluting ones

The director of a used car dealership, who wrote to the Delfi staff, did not hide his resentment: “Unlike other companies, we registered all our cars in our name, for example, in the second half of last year we paid more than 30,000 to Regitra. euros. We do away with license plates and only then sell cars, which saves customers time. “

Despite many years of experience and work, the current situation after the entry into force of the vehicle registration tax in Lithuania is unfavorable.

“We have the problem that cars with CO2 emissions lower than 130 grams per kilometer are taxed. For example, the 2015 BMW 320 with a CO2 value of 99 g / km. That information can also be found on the manufacturer’s official Dutch website. However, when we go to the Regitra, we hear that there are no identical vehicles, so they have to rely on their calculator, which uses only the type of fuel and the weight of the car. The result is 155 g / km of CO2, but the year of manufacture, engine power or other data is not taken into account, ”said the Delfi interlocutor.

The example you mentioned is not the only one. For example, when registering the 2015 Volvo V40 two-liter diesel, which the manufacturer claims to have 82g / km of CO2, the Regitra calculator showed that the car emits 138g / km of CO2. The same goes for the 2015 Ford C-Max. Although the manufacturer’s data shows that a 1.5-liter diesel car emits 105 g / km, the Regitra calculator’s result is 140.15 g / km of CO2.

According to the head of the used car sales company, this practice is really a problem, because people who come to the “Registry” with a car that will not be identical will be forced in all cases to pay more than they should.

CO2 is found as required by law

As mentioned to Delfi Emilija Bardauskienė, specialist from Regitra’s Communication Department, the law that legalized the car registration tax also provides for specific methods for calculating CO2, based on which the amount of the tax is paid to the owner.

First, the indicator value is used from official documents and certificates that provide information about a specific car to be registered, i. and. source documents (certificate of registration) or approval of the vehicle (eg certificates of expertise, certificate of conformity (CoC)). Excerpts from the Register of Road Vehicles can also be used.

“However, general vehicle data provided on the websites of car manufacturers or their representatives are not considered the sources from which the CO2 content can be calculated,” emphasized E. Bardauskienė.

In the second case, the expert said, if the CO2 emissions are not specified in the documents specified in the law, then the registry searches for equivalent vehicles (by type, variant, version) and uses their CO2 value. If there is more than one equivalent vehicle, the median is calculated. It is calculated using data such as vehicle mass in running order, engine power, fuel type, etc.

If it is not possible to calculate CO2 emissions using car specific data in the formula, then it is calculated from car equivalent data.

“If it is not possible to apply any of the four methods provided by law, because there is a lack of certain technical data about the car, then it is necessary to conduct a technical examination and present a certificate on the establishment of actual data,” explained E. Bardauskienė.

There are ways, but they are expensive.

According to her, in the situations described by the head of the used car dealership, the CO2 content of the cars was calculated using data from alternative vehicles or by entering them into formulas, since data from registered cars were missing and there were no similar ones in the registry. .

The solution could be technical examination documents or a certificate of conformity issued by the manufacturer or its representatives or a copy thereof. However, these services are not cheap, as drivers would have to pay around 70 euros for technical knowledge and for a certificate they are asked to pay around 200 euros.

“It can be calculated on the basis of a European Community Certificate of Conformity, but it is issued when buying a car, as a birth certificate for a car, or if you don’t have it, you have to go to a specific model. So there is such a blind situation, because the fee is calculated incorrectly and a person cannot present documents, because it is very expensive, ”Saulius Šuminas, Regitra’s deputy general manager, told Delfi.

The discrepancies mentioned by reader Delfi are not the only ones. Regitra employees also found a gap in the formulas provided by law, since they do not take into account whether the car to be registered is a hybrid or not. A difficult situation arose when I wanted to register a Volvo V60 hybrid, which can also run on diesel, even though it is plugged in. The charge for this model was calculated as if it were diesel only.

“We are already preparing our proposal that this should be taken into account and the methodology of the on-site calculation should be changed, should such cases occur. At first, probably no one thought that the wrapped car would not have a CO2 parameter, but it turns out that some countries do not, ”said S. Šuminas.