Hello,
I propose to the Government to amend the first paragraph of Article 7 of the Law on the annual charge for the use of vehicles in road traffic. The first paragraph reads:
(1) Exemption from the payment of the annual levy may be granted to passenger cars with a petrol engine capacity of up to and including 1800 cc and a diesel engine capacity of up to and including 1900 cc, to automatic transmission passenger cars with a petrol engine capacity of up to and including 2000 cc and a diesel engine capacity of up to and including 2200 cc, and to passenger cars adapted for the carriage of a disabled person in a wheelchair, provided that the vehicles referred to in this paragraph are used for the purpose of transporting a person with a disability ("the disabled person") in a wheelchair.
In fact, it seems to me controversial that disabled persons are limited to the engine displacement in order to claim exemption from the annual charge. I do not see the point here, since it is the disability that is relevant here, not the engine displacement.
I think the same proposal was made in 2009, but the government has not yet done anything about it.
It would not make much difference to the government, but it would make a lot of difference to us disabled people, who are physically handicapped.
Thank you and lp