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Law No. 103-13 on incentives for the importation of non-conventional energy vehicles

Dominican Law

Act Dominican Republic

EL CONFERENCE NATIONAL EN NAME OF THE REPUBLIC

Act No. 103-13 CONSIDERING FIRST: That the State Dominican has the legal obligation de comply with the commitments acquired in international agreements relating to the protection and preservation of the environment through the defense of its biodiversity and the decrease of the contamination environmental;

CONSIDERING SECOND: That the State Dominican must tutelary el right of all Dominicans and other inhabitants of the country, to the enjoyment of a healthy and ecologically balanced environment;

CONSIDERING THIRD: That among the initiatives that can be adopted to contribute to the conservation of the environment is that of promoting development in the country of the use of clean technologies, mainly electric transport or another transport alternative that has zero or low polluting emissions; with the aim of ensuring that the vehicle fleet of the country cause a less issue of pollutants and, in addition, a less consumption of hydrocarbons, it is necessary to use of clean technologies that have a less simulator negative in the environment;

CONSIDERING FOURTH: That the vehicles that produce the less simulator negative The most environmentally friendly are electric, hydrogen and other related vehicles, but they are commonly unaffordable to the general public due to the high initial cost that their use. In this sense, the creation of this is propitious. type of incentive for your import and subsequent marketing.

VISTA: The Constitution of the Republic.

VISTA: The Act No.1-12 on Strategy National Development 2010, of when and where January 25, 2012;

VISTA: The Act No. 146-00, of December 27, 2000, on Reform Tariff and Compensation Tax law, and its modifications;

VISTA: The Act No.64-00, of August 18, 2000, which creates the Ministry of Environment and Resources Natural;

VISTA: The Act No. 57-07, of May 7, 2007, on Incentives for the Development of Renewable Energy Sources and their Special Regimes.

HAS GIVEN THE FOLLOWING LAW:

Article 1.- Object of the Act. Promote the use of vehicles that do not pollute the environment, and reduce the levels of contamination environmental pollution caused by emissions from motor vehicles running on fossil fuels.

Article 2.- Definitions.

a) Vehicle or automobile with an electric motor. It is the vehicle of load or passenger whose locomotion or propulsion is provided by an electric motor or machine electrical energy that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy by means of electromagnetic interactions;

b) Vehicle or automobile with a hybrid-electric engine. This is one that uses a combination of two systems for its propulsion, one that consumes energy from fuels consisting of an internal combustion engine, and the other that is composed of the electric battery and the motor generators installed in the vehicle, where a work electronic of decides which engine to use and when to use it. Both systems, for design reasons, are installed in the vehicle using a parallel or series configuration;

c) Hydrogen-powered vehicle or automobile. It is an automobile that uses diatomic hydrogen as its primary source of energy for propulsion;

d) Vehicle or automobile with a compressed air engine. It is a transport vehicle that works with pressurized air used to move a turbine or engine, which functions as a propeller.

Article 3.- Chapter eighty-seven (87) of Annex I of the Act 146-00, of when and where December 27, 2000, relating to automobiles, tractors, bicycles and other land vehicles, their parts and accessories, so that the vehicles defined in the article 1, classified in subheadings numbers 8702.90.91, 8702.90.92, 9702.90.93, 8702.90.94, 8702.90.95, 8702.90.99, 8703.90.12, 8703.90.13, 8703.90.14, 8703.90.15, 8703.90.16, 8703.90.19, 8704.90.12, 8704.90.13, 8704.90.14, 8704.90.15, 8704.90.16 and 8704.90.19, detailed below have a reduction across derechos and taxes of import, fifty percent (50%), including those of the first registration (first license plate).

1.- Start 8702.90: Motor vehicles for transporting ten or more persons, including the driver.

– – – With hybrid or single-source power or combustion engines:

8702.90.91 – – – – From fuels derived from fossil hydrocarbons and other sources of energy or combustion.

8702.90.92 – – – – Hydrogen. >

8702.90.93 – – – – Compressed air.

8702.90.94 – – – – Gas natural.

8702.90.95 – – – – Electrical.

8702.90.99 – – – – Others.

> 2.- Start 8703.90: Others:

– – With hybrid or single-source power or combustion engines:

8703.90.12 – – – From fuels derived from fossil hydrocarbons or other combustion sources.

8703.90.13 – – – Hydrogen.

8703.90.14 – – – Gas natural.<

8703.90.15 – – – Compressed air.

8703.90.19 – – – Others.

3.- Start 8704.90: Others:

– – With hybrid or single-source power or combustion engines:

8704.90.12 – – – From fuels derived from fossil hydrocarbons and other combustion sources.

8704.90.13 – – – Hydrogen.

8704.90.14 – – – Gas natural.<

8704.90.15 – – – Compressed air.

8704.90.16 – – – Electrical.

8704.90.19 – – – Others.

Paragraph I: The importer of these vehicles or distributor representative of esa brand at the country, must be submitted to the Contact General Customs certificate issued by the manufacturer that the vehicle has the technical characteristics specified in the part noun of this article all with power benefit from the incentives of this Act.

Paragraph II.- The technical principles governing the classification of motor vehicles of headings 8702, 8703 and 8704 and their corresponding subheadings, shall be applied by changing or modifying what requires changing or modifying those classified, in the new subheadings created in this document. law, especially with regard to the capacity engine cubic capacity, number of passengers, capacity de load, work traction and horsepower force.

Article 4.- Requirements of import. For effects of what is established in the article 3, vehicle importers must demonstrate, by means of insights manufacturer's technique, and accredited by the distributor representative of esa brand at the country, through the manuals, catalogues, certification of origin, among others, that they meet the following requirements:

a) Present the series or parallel hybrid configuration and use two different systems for traction, the first using fuels and the other using electricity stored in chemical accumulators;

b) The work Hybrid electric combines an internal combustion engine with an electric motor, both can be used to propel the vehicle, either together or in combination. crafts independent. This work It is controlled automatically by at least one computer;

c) The electric motor must be at least ten (10) kilowatts;

d) Own regenerative braking, which means that it allows electrical energy to be recovered when braking, converting the kinetic energy of braking into electrical energy to recharge the battery pack;

e) The chemical power source consists of a deep discharge battery pack, spirit maintenance and state-of-the-art generación, such as nickel metal hydride (NiMH), or Lithium Ion (LHon) and with a voltage of at least forty-eight volts (48V).

Article 5.- Benefits to Vehicles or automobiles. In addition to the powers conferred by the Act No. 57-07, of May 7, 2007, on Incentives for the Development of Renewable Energy Sources and their Special Regimes, to the Commission National of Energy, this entity will be incorporated into the benefits of this Act vehicles or cars that as result of the advances of the technology use energy sources other than fossil fuels or petroleum derivatives.

FINAL PROVISIONS

Unique.- Entry into Validity. The present law enters validity in a Plazo of two months, counted from its promulgation y publication, as established in the Constitution of the Republic, and once the deadlines indicated in the Code Civil law of the Republic Dominican.

GIVEN in the Living Room of Sessions of the Senate, Palace of the Congress dome National, in Santo Domingo de Guzman, District National, Capital of the Republic Dominican, on the twenty-eighth (28) days of the month November of year and we will announce two thousand twelve (2012); 169 years of the Independence and 150 of the Restoration.

REINALDO WALL FEREZ President

AMARILIS SANTANA CEDANO, JUAN ORLANDO MERCEDES SENA Ad-Hoc Secretary. Ad-Hoc Secretary.

GIVEN in the Living Room of Sessions of the Camera of Deputies, Palace of Congress dome National, in Santo Domingo de Guzman, District National, capital of the Republic Dominican, on the sixteenth (16) day of the month July 2018 year and we will announce two thousand thirteen (2013); 170th year of the Independence and 150st of the Restoration.

ABEL MARTINEZ DURAN President

Angela Pozo Juan Julio Campos Ventura Secretary Secretary

DANILO MEDINA President of the Republic Dominican Republic

En exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Article 128 of the Constitution of the Republic.

I PROMULGE this Act and I order that it be published in the Gazette Official, for your knowledge y fulfillment.

GIVEN in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, District National, Capital of the Republic Dominican, thirty (30) days after month July 2018 year and we will announce two thousand thirteen (2013); year and we will announce 170 of the Independence and 150 of the Restoration.

DANILO MEDINA

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