Plato is a new system for charging owners of heavy vehicles weighing more than 12 tons. The introduction of this type of collection is due to the negative impact of trucks on the road surface, which leads to its wear and destruction. Despite numerous rallies and protests that swept across the country, the system was put into operation and the process of collecting payments from truck owners began.
For failure to comply with the terms of use of the system, in particular, for driving along highways with a faulty or switched-off on-board unit, as well as with the device not shown on the route map. Money, fines will be imposed on persons who commit violations. Initially, it was planned to collect fines from all persons involved in cargo transportation: for example, a truck driver would have to pay 5 thousand rubles, individual entrepreneur who is the owner of a vehicle – 40 thousand rubles, legal entity– 450 thousand rubles.
Subsequently, deputies of the State Duma adopted amendments to the Code on administrative offenses RF, according to which the amount of penalties for owners of heavy vehicles was reduced to 5 thousand rubles (i.e., almost 100 times), and for drivers - canceled altogether (with the exception of truck drivers of foreign carriers). For repeated violation of cargo transportation rules, the fine is doubled.
In addition, a limit has been introduced on the number of offenses for which the car owner will be held accountable - no more than one fine can be issued per day, regardless of how many times road surveillance cameras have recorded a vehicle not transmitting data about its route to the system servers .
Previously, the accrual of fines for driving on Russian roads (with the exception of Moscow and the Moscow region) with a faulty or unconfigured on-board unit was until May 2016. This measure was taken due to the fact that many truck drivers noted the presence of technical malfunctions and failures in the system, as well as other problems associated with the implementation of the developed mechanism for collecting and transmitting data on the truck’s travel distance.
So, the protests of truckers against the introduction of the Plato system, as well as against the establishment for persons who violated the rules of its use, huge fines, have borne fruit. The system will not be abolished - Deputy Prime Minister A. Dvorkovich stated this; however, it was possible to achieve a reduction in the amount of fines - the amount payable for driving heavy vehicles with a switched off or faulty on-board unit was reduced by almost 100 times for vehicle owners, and completely canceled for their drivers.Truck drivers protesting against the Platon toll system on federal roads today announced a strike throughout Russia. This was reported by the press secretary of truckers camped in Khimki near Moscow, Taisiya Nikitenko.
According to the activist, a strike of heavy truck drivers will take place from February 20 to March 1. Participants in the protest, which involves truckers from 43 regions, are calling not to take orders and not go on flights, Nikitenko noted.
“The goal of truckers is the abolition of Platon, the introduction of a moratorium on increasing housing and communal services tariffs for two years, the return discounted travel for pensioners and the disabled, abolition of fees for major repairs,” she said in an interview with the radio station “Moscow Speaks”.
Representative of the Khimki truckers camp Andrey Bazhutin reported to the Dozhd TV channel that “transport will stop as much as possible in the regions - cars will be parked near the road, at shopping centers and in other places.” According to him, today drivers from the regions will come to Khimki to support their colleagues. "They will be on passenger cars- it’s easier to get there. In addition, many are no longer working and they simply do not have money for fuel. I think this evening we will be able to assess the scale of the action.” He added that past campaigns were not always effective due to a lack of coordination between drivers. However, now the truckers are planning to unite.
In turn, a member of the coordination council of cargo carriers of the Yaroslavl region Sergey Sadikov confirmed participation in the strike in Khimki and his region. “Drivers of heavy trucks from the Yaroslavl region return from flights and remain in their home parking lots. It’s too early to say exactly how many people will take part,” Interfax quotes the activist.
Let us add that tonight a truckers’ camp appeared in St. Petersburg. According to various sources, from 8 to more than 10 trucks parked in the parking lot in front of the Mega Dybenko hypermarket. Truck drivers demand the abolition of the Platon system and also oppose increasing excise taxes on fuel, Ekho Moskvy reports. One of the protesters Mikhail Shipachev reported to Fontanka.ru that trucks from St. Petersburg and Veliky Novgorod are participating in the action. “We expect more machines to join us. The camp will remain until complete cancellation“Plato,” said Shipachev.
The day before, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich reported that a fundamental decision had been made to cancel the increase in fees for heavy trucks from March 1 within the framework of the Platon system. Thus, the tariff will remain at the level of 1 ruble 53 kopecks. It was assumed that from March 1 of this year the tariff would be increased to 3 rubles 6 kopecks per kilometer. The official noted that based on the results of nine months of this year, the situation will be monitored and a decision will be made in October on when to increase the fee.
Previously, the Russian government opposed the idea of State Duma deputies to abolish the transport tax. If this is done, the regions will lose 146 billion rubles, and there is nowhere to compensate them. Officials also abandoned the idea of abolishing the transport tax only for truck owners: instead, they offered cargo carriers tax deduction, equivalent to paid travel on federal highways.
Let us recall that since November 15 last year, a system of charging trucks with a maximum permissible weight of 12 tons to compensate for damage when driving on federal highways, called “Plato,” began operating in Russia. The introduction of "Plato" caused massive discontent among truckers. Protests took place in many regions of Russia.
The operator of Platon is the parity joint venture between Rostec and RT-Invest, RT-Invest Transport Systems, created in 2014. It implements the agreement with Rosavtodor. A party to the agreement is the son of Arkady Rotenberg, businessman Igor Rotenberg, under whose control the share of Rostec has passed. RT-Invest belongs to the structure of Andrey Shipelov. The concession agreement was signed for 13 years.
The authorities made concessions after the truckers' protests. In particular, amendments were adopted to significantly reduce fines for non-payment of the fee - up to 5 thousand rubles from the driver or, in the case of a violation recorded by surveillance cameras, from the owner of a heavy truck. For repeated violation, a fine of 10 thousand rubles is provided. If driving without payment is recorded by cameras several times a day, a fine will be charged only for the first violation. Previously, drivers of 12-ton vehicles were fined for failure to pay tolls: 450 thousand rubles for legal entities and 40 thousand rubles for individuals.
In January, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Economic Development was going to propose to the government to postpone until the fall the increase in tolls for heavy vehicles, scheduled for March 1.
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Last November " car roads common use of federal significance" became tollable for trucks weighing over 12 tons: the fee per kilometer was set at 1.53 rubles, although previously it was planned that a kilometer would cost 3.73 rubles.
Another concession was to be the partial abolition of the Platon system, through which it is necessary to pay for travel. The Ministry of Transport initially decided that truckers outside the Moscow region would not be fined for unpaid travel until May 1, 2016. But the government decree was not issued, and the news announcing the postponement disappeared from the ministry’s website.
The first protests against the introduction of the system began on November 11, when at least 200 trucks blocked federal highways. In November and December, similar actions were held almost daily, and permanent protest camps even appeared in several cities. Over time, the protest activity calmed down: carriers had to accept paid “federal fees” as a given.
One year later
As of October 15, the Platon operator publicly shared the following statistics. Over the 13 months of its existence, the system, which now includes 786.7 thousand trucks, has made it possible to collect 18.1 billion rubles. Impressive? To be honest, not really.
Firstly, “Platon” assures that “663 thousand cars of residents and 124 thousand of non-residents - this is 79% of target audience" But: 1.9 million trucks with a gross weight of over 12 tons are registered in Russia. This means that only a third of Russian carriers actually pay for travel!
Secondly, let's do the math. By dividing total amount by the number of cars, we get that each truck brought only 23 thousand rubles. Or, taking into account the cost of a kilometer (1.53 rubles), I drove 15 thousand km. For a year - 15 thousand! Smaller than any other car.
Of course, in both cases one can try to justify the modest statistics. For example, some heavy trucks do not drive on public roads at all. The other part rarely or does not go on federal highways at all (which, to put it mildly, is problematic), the third is simply registered with the traffic police, but is completely immovable or has been temporarily laid up due to the crisis.
But, in fact, one conclusion suggests itself: truckers have found a way to bypass the system. And indeed it is. True, with one important clarification: large fleets regularly pay for each kilometer of mileage of each road train (their money is 63% of all Platon fees), but private owners...
...issue a “homeless passport”
Some statistics. From the beginning of 2015 to mid-2016, 320 thousand legal entities transferred cars to private owners. Plus, private owners themselves suddenly began en masse to register equipment in the names of other people. For what? Let us tell you: this is the so-called “homeless passport” scheme.
In a certain village of Kukuevo lives a certain Vasily Ivanovich Petrov, who has neither personal property nor a driver’s license, and therefore is not afraid of anything. Trucks are registered to him: let fines be sent, trials take place, bailiffs come... Vasily Ivanovich regularly pays a purely symbolic 1,000 rubles every month so that the truck is not arrested. That's all.
...cover the device with a “saucepan”
Many of the private owners we interviewed admitted: we received the devices, but we don’t pay for the entire mileage from point A to point B. And here's how. The long-range fraternity knows perfectly well where the stationary frames and mobile patrols of the Plato are located - specialized forums are full of this information. Plus, no one canceled communication by radio. Next is a matter of technology.
In front of the camera, the driver turns on the on-board device, and after passing it, turns it off. The easiest way is to simply cover the device with any metal object (“pan”) so that it stops picking up the signal. But some are modifying the filling of the electronic counter. But you can’t check how the car got from frame to frame.
Will private traders disappear as a class?
Do Platonovites know that drivers are fooling them? Of course. But they can’t do anything: you can’t put cameras every 10 kilometers. The option of launching patrols that would not stand, but constantly travel, is also not ideal, because the total length federal highways- 51 thousand kilometers. “Homeless passports” are generally invincible.
Now let's again voice the thesis mentioned earlier: companies pay, but private owners do not. And, without drawing direct parallels, let us remember that the State Duma, at the initiative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is preparing a bill that will completely prohibit individuals from registering trucks with a gross weight of more than five tons if the person does not have a cargo transportation patent.
The bill is at the preparation stage, but many people support it. Behind Last year a huge number of units of such equipment were re-registered [...]: in this way, the business avoids paying taxes. After all, individuals pay much smaller fines. And that's why individual there is no possibility to carry out high-quality technical inspection of equipment, which affects safety
Sergey Ten
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Transport
At the moment, the only obstacle to the bill is the absence of the concept of “patent” in current legislation. However, as soon as the government eliminates this issue, the Duma Committee on Transport will submit the document to the deputies for consideration.
Will there be fewer trucks?
In addition, the state, through Russian Railways, is trying to make rail transportation more profitable and predictable than delivering goods over long distances by truck. The logic is this: trucks should only stay on a short distance (up to 400 km).
A lot has been done for this. The number of scheduled freight trains with precise departure and arrival times has increased manifold. Regular container routes have been launched, some of which are accelerated. Tariff corridors, universal transport services have been created...
Currently, JSC FGK and JSC Russian Railways are working on a set of issues related to organizing piggyback transportation, including improving regulatory framework, maintenance of rolling stock, terminal and warehouse facilities and infrastructure facilities, development of a system of interaction with road transport
Vladimir Putin made it clear that the Platon system of charging truckers will not be abolished, despite numerous and widespread protests by drivers throughout the country. As a consolation, the president promised them at the beginning of 2016 to abolish the transport tax for heavy trucks. Truckers are not happy with this, and they intend to continue protests.
During his annual press conference, President Vladimir Putin for the first time personally commented on the tense situation with truck drivers dissatisfied with the new fees for travel on federal highways for 12-ton trucks under the Platon system. Since November, thousands of truckers across Russia have united and began to oppose toll, which, according to their arguments, will make running a small trucking business completely unprofitable and will deprive thousands of families of income.
The leaders of trade unions immediately drew attention to the fact that payment in the amount of 1.53 rubles. per kilometer (3.06 rubles from March 2016) will essentially become a third tax in addition to the existing excise taxes included in the price of gasoline and the transport tax, which are significantly higher than what car owners pay. In addition, according to trade unions, a significant increase in the cost of road carrier services will inevitably lead to an additional increase in prices in stores. As a result, a wave of mass unauthorized rallies and protests swept through the largest Russian cities, and some drivers rushed to Moscow.
"Plato" will not be canceled
In his answer to the question about the fate of Platon and truckers, Putin made it clear that there would be no abolition of the system, which some road carriers demand.
In addition, he explained the choice of contractors by the fact that they were able to bring significant investments to launch the payment collection system. Let us explain that the participants in the concession agreement for the creation of Plato, together with Rosavtodor, are RT-Invest LLC and 42-year-old businessman Igor Rotenberg, who is the son of a famous billionaire and longtime acquaintance of President Arkady Rotenberg. The personality of Igor Rotenberg causes particular dissatisfaction among the protesting drivers, many of whom are confident that fees from drivers will go to him personally.
All fees from the Platon system go 100% to the road fund Russian Federation, to the last penny. And from there, every last penny of the proceeds goes to road construction in the regions of the Russian Federation.
Second. Where does the joint venture between Russian Technologies and a private company receive funds? They receive this money from the budget directly. In my opinion, there is somewhere around 10 billion rubles. (financing for RT-Invest LLC for 2016 is planned in the amount of 10.6 billion rubles - Gazeta.Ru). For the repair of this system, for maintaining its working condition, for development. This means that everything can be verified, including by the public and the Accounts Chamber. If someone thinks that these prices are too high, let them count and present it. And it will be right. Income from Platon does not go to companies that have private investors and Russian Technologies."
Putin explained the introduction of the Platon system by the presence of “gray” work schemes among truck drivers.
“In the automotive industry, taxes are paid - partly they only pay for infrastructure, through the excise tax on gasoline, but only partly,” the president said. “And in other industries, full payment for infrastructure. Part of the cargo began to migrate to roads. A huge number of trucks appeared that negatively influence on it. But they pay the same tax. Experts believe that during acceleration and braking, the impact on the roadbed of 12-ton trucks is more destructive than passenger cars. And they pay the same. We have canceled the licensing of this type of activity. In practice, it has resulted in a large number of people who simply buy heavy trucks and use them. This is an absolutely “gray” economic scheme.
Cancel transport tax and work with patents
Following a serious reduction in fines for non-payment of travel, Putin announced another serious relaxation for truckers, which will be the abolition transport tax. Putin demanded that this be done no later than the first quarter of 2016.
“They pay for the mileage of heavy-duty vehicles in many countries of the world, in Belarus seven times more than what is proposed in Russia,” Putin said. “But we still talked about the fact that when switching to this system, the transport tax could be abolished,” Putin said. not cancelled. By the way, at the insistence of regional leaders, because transport tax is coming to regional budgets. But for heavy trucks that have to pay for mileage, this must be done.
And I very much hope that the government will do this in the very near future, at the beginning of the year. I hope that all these decisions that I mentioned, including those regarding the tax vehicles, will be adopted by the government in the near future, no later than in the first quarter."
The head of state also expressed hope that the government will consider changes to the patent system for heavy truck drivers.
“How can we do so as not to overburden them with fees, fees and taxes? There is a simple way - to give them the opportunity to purchase a patent, an inexpensive one. But there is a problem here. Patents are issued for a year, but there are seasonal transportation. Well, let the government think about this in advance and will do this," Putin emphasized.
It won't get any easier without transport tax
“Transport tax is 20-40 thousand rubles per year per truck, and Platon is 200-300 thousand per year,” said Valery Voitko, coordinator of the “Trucker” association, to Gazeta.Ru. “It turns out that The abolition of transport tax does not at all compensate for the introduction of "Plato". The transport tax rate for a 12-ton truck is calculated based on over 210 hp, on average, engines from 220 to 500 hp are installed on such trucks. Motors with a power of 360 are most often used hp and 420 hp At the same time, revenues from transport tax go to regional budgets.
These funds generally do not reach the roads, but are sent to the social sphere - salaries and benefits for public sector employees, healthcare costs. So think about what this situation will lead to in the regions that will lose this source of income."
Voitko assured Gazeta.Ru that his group of truckers will continue to defend their position, and drew attention to the fact that now carriers who will continue to work in the new conditions have no choice but to include the cost of transportation in the cost of products. And this has already led to an increase in prices in stores.
In turn, the leader of the interregional trade union of professional drivers, Alexander Kotov, believes that the abolition of the transport tax will still lead to a reduction in regional budgets income that is used for road construction.
“This is a prerequisite for all regional roads to eventually become toll roads, and Platon will earn money not only on federal highways,” said Kotov. “The main income of the regions that goes to the budget for road construction is precisely the transport tax. If If we cancel it now, then less money will come in. After all, you won’t be able to collect much from passenger cars. Therefore, you will have to look for either other sources of financing, or introduce a user fee federal roads for all".
Driver Magomed Magomedov from Dagestan, who owns several trucks and took part in the rally from Dagestan to Moscow, told Gazeta.Ru that
for a 380 hp truck. he has to pay a tax of 14 thousand rubles every quarter. “But if I drive 100 thousand km a year, I will spend at least 300 thousand rubles,” Magomedov explained.
But we have our own customs, we need to collect money for bride price in order to marry off our daughters, I can no longer do this. And we fought for this country. The authorities will not wait for our votes anymore! But I was so proud of Putin that he took Crimea! If our activists continue their actions, then I will immediately join them and do everything that depends on me!”
The head of the Navigator-M company, Ruslan Shankin, believes that the abolition of the transport tax will help cargo carriers “like a dead poultice.”
“Here’s an example with a cargo truck with a 320 hp engine - we pay 28 thousand rubles a year for it,” Shankin told Gazeta.Ru. “It turns out that with the abolition of the transport tax, 2.3 thousand will be removed from us. rubles per month. Given that with a mileage of 15 thousand km per month we will have to pay 40-45 thousand rubles. It turns out that
It sounds loud, but in reality there is no effect."
Meanwhile, the leadership of United Russia stated that the issue of the ratio of payments to the Platon system and the amount of transport tax should be carefully worked out at the legislative level so that the regions do not lose the opportunity to repair roads in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
“The transport tax goes to regional road funds, for the restoration of regional roads. Payments under the Platon system go for the repair of federal highways. Therefore, we need to find a middle ground, an optimal solution so that the regions are not left without funds for the restoration of regional roads in the event of the abolition of the transport tax ", - the press service of United Russia quoted Sergei Neverov, Vice-Speaker of the State Duma, Secretary of the Party's General Council, as saying on Thursday.
While politicians were discussing the feasibility of "Platon", singer and leader of the group "DDT" Yuri Shevchuk arrived on Thursday at the Khimki camp of protesting truck drivers. To support the drivers, he sang several songs to them and gave them his CDs.