European Parliament
Raül Romeva i Rueda  (Verts/ALE ),
in writing.
In favour. The Russian Government has, for several years, sought to attract foreign producers of cars and car components to set up shop on Russia’s territory to compensate for the decline of its own car industry and to provide jobs for the workforce in this sector. Its regime for foreign investments in the automotive sector – initiated in 2005 and extended to car components in 2006 – was made more stringent in 2010, to the point that, upon Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, it would have been declared contrary to the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs). However, according to the WTO accession protocol, Russia has until July 2018 to bring these measures into conformity with WTO rules.

