Ministry Amends Regulation, Sets Two-Month Deadline for Electric Vehicles to Adopt Green Plates

The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has published the seventh amendment to the Land Vehicle Registration Regulation, requiring all electric vehicles to switch to green registration plates within two months.

An electric vehicle is defined as one that cannot be propelled by gasoline and operates using a battery with a capacity of at least four kilowatt-hours, which can be charged from an external source.

Under the regulation published yesterday in the gazette, revised provisions on the colour of number plates and characters displayed on registered vehicles, introducing specific requirements for electric vehicles used for both commercial and private purposes. Previously, such vehicles used black number plates.

Under the new rules, electric vehicles used for commercial purposes must display green plates with yellow characters, while those used for private purposes must have green plates with white characters.

Although the amendment came into effect yesterday, existing electric vehicles have been given a 60-day period to comply with the new requirement.

The amendment also introduces an additional provision related to vehicle registration. While existing rules state that vehicles imported under diplomatic duty exemptions can only be registered to non-diplomats after duties are paid, the new provision allows registration under companies where the government holds more than 50 percent ownership, provided the company engages in passenger or goods transport services.

The ministry also published Annex 6 alongside the amendment, outlining procedures for registering land vehicles that do not meet the age limits set by the ministry.