At the end of the debates on the finance bill (PLF 2025), the deputies of the National Assembly (APN) addressed a total of 110 points as part of the amendments to the text proposed by the Ministry of Finance.
Among these 110 points, 10 amendments relate to the automobile sector, aiming in particular to improve the availability of cars on the national market.
Among the most important amendments proposed by members of the lower house of Parliament, we will cite the revision of article 203 of the PLF 2025, relating to customs duties on cars less than three years old.
Extend the authorization to import used vehicles to those less than five years old
According to the document containing these amendments, cited this Saturday, November 9 by the newspaper Echorouk, this proposal comes in a context of a sharp drop in car supply on the Algerian market and prices that are beyond belief.
And given that the prices of cars less than three years old are not accessible to the middle class, including civil servants in particular, the deputies proposed extending the import authorization to vehicles less than five years old.
The proposal also concerns the cancellation of the inaccessibility of imported cars for a period of three years. Article 203 of the 2025 finance bill provides, in fact, to make these cars “ non-transferable for a period of three (3) years from the date of their acquisition ».
This means that buyers of cars less than three years old will not be able to resell them before three years from the date of purchase. The proposed amendment also includes the authorization of members of the diaspora to import vehicles less than five years old from Algeria in order to make them accessible on the national market.
Also, the deputies propose to cancel the paragraph of article 203 of the PLF 2025 which provides “ to establish a ban on the transfer, for a period of three (3) years, from the date of their acquisition, of passenger and utility vehicles ».
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According to the document on the amendment, this measure is contrary to article 60 of the constitution which guarantees the right to private property, which can only be expropriated within the framework of the law and in return for fair compensation. and fair.
Thus, the members of the lower house of Parliament are simply proposing to cancel article 203 of the finance bill for 2025.
Still on the subject of the automobile sector, the amendment proposed by the deputies also concerns the cancellation of article 51 of the PLF 2025 relating to the increase in the price of the automobile sticker applicable to passenger vehicles and converted vehicles in utility vehicles, with a power of 10 HP.
In this article, the government justifies this increase on the grounds of “ provide for the maintenance of road infrastructure “. However, the deputies explain that this article is contrary to the objectives of the automobile sticker, especially since the special allocation account for road maintenance has been closed.
Furthermore, they believe that this measure is contrary to the decisions of the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, aiming not to add any additional burden concerning the daily life of citizens.
The parliamentarians also demand the cancellation of article 55 of the PLF 2025 due to the exaggerated increases proposed for automobile stickers, the increase rates of which are of the order of 150, 233 and 275%.
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