AMLO approves including Sinaloa in decree to legalize irregular foreign cars

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During his visit to Sinaloa, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave the go-ahead for foreign vehicles that are in Sinaloa illegally to be legalized.

Sinaloa. – Governor Rubén Rocha Moya reported through his social networks that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador approved that Sinaloa be included in the decree for the legalization of vehicles of foreign origin, better known as “chocolate” cars.

“At our request, President @lopezobrador_, within the framework of his tour in Sinaloa, announced the inclusion of our state in the decree that authorizes the regularization of vehicles of foreign origin,” confirmed the state president.

This Sunday, February 27, the decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation that reforms the decree that promotes the regularization of used vehicles of foreign origin, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on January 19, 2022.

“The purpose of this Decree is to promote the regularization of used vehicles of foreign origin that are found in the territory of the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas, as well as in the states of Sinaloa and Zacatecas, through the administrative facilities and stimuli that are foreseen therein,” it says in its Article 1.

Article 2 adds that used vehicles whose Vehicle Identification Number corresponds to the manufacturing or assembly of the vehicle in Mexico, the United States of America, or Canada, are classified in the tariff fractions indicated in the following paragraph, which as of October 19 from 2021; They were found in the territory of the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas, as well as in the states of  Sinaloa and Zacatecas, and have not accredited their legal stay in the country, for purposes of their regularization in national territory, they may obtain it without requiring a certificate of origin; prior permission from the Ministry of Economy; intervention of customs agent, customs agency, customs agent or any other intermediary; or prior registration in the Register of Importers.

The owner who carries out the regularization process is a natural person, of legal age, resident in the territory of the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas must present the demonstration under oath, to tell the truth in the format that is annexed to this Decree and cover a single use of 2,500 pesos, highlights Article 3 of the decree.

“The great advantage of this decree to the previous one that was published is that they are only going to pay 2,500 pesos and the Repuve decal, which remains to be seen if they are going to leave it at the same cost that is charged at customs, which is 60 dollars. , which is approximately 1,200 pesos or if they are going to establish a separate special price”.

In Sinaloa, it is estimated that between 200,000 and 300,000 “chocolate” cars circulate.

Source: lineadirectaportal.com

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