Flag on the Norwegian border. Archive photo
Finnish customs will control the import of passenger cars registered in Russia, not only at the Russian, but also at the Finnish-Norwegian border, since Norway is not part of the European Union, the head of the department said Finnish customs control Sami Rakshit.
“In Finland, customs controls the import of cars registered in Russia, not only at the eastern (Russian) border, but also at the Norwegian border, since Norway is not part of the EU, and sanctions prohibit the import of cars into the EU “, – Rakshit is quoted in a press release from Finnish customs.
Finland, from midnight on September 16, will join similar decisions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and will ban the entry into the country of passenger cars registered in Russia. The exceptions will apply to cars of EU citizens permanently residing in Russia, members of their families, diplomats and persons traveling to the EU for humanitarian reasons.
The European Commission published a clarification on September 8, in which it said that the sanctions imposed by the Council The EU in relation to Russia back in 2022 also applies to personal vehicles of citizens of the Russian Federation with Russian registration numbers, and, accordingly, citizens of the Russian Federation cannot enter the territory of the European Union in personal vehicles, even for tourism purposes and even for a short period.
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