European Parliament
Angelika Werthmann  (NI ),
in writing.
The fact of Russia joining the World Trade Organization has not prevented the maintenance of some trade-distorting measures, among them the requirement that foreign car manufacturers are located in Russia, encouraging job creation, in return for privileges related to the importation of car parts – a situation that certainly hurts European industry. Although the deadline to remove this measure is July 2018, the EU has negotiated a bilateral agreement to provide a mechanism for compensating EU producers or automotive components that are affected by a possible decline in exports to Russia.

