总理梅德韦杰夫（右）与副总理讨论天然气燃料实施。

转化率为50％，计划在城市的人口超过100万

俄罗斯总理德米特里·阿纳托利耶维奇·梅德韦杰夫5月13日签署了一项法令，准备由财政部在他的国家，这将改变俄罗斯的能源运输面对。该法令包括以“发展出一套法律，经济和组织措施的状态，创造交通燃料和服务基础设施，统计系统和支持生产，汽车及农业设备，天然气释放到流通和贩运天然气作为汽车燃料“的技术法规。

收取部委，行业，区域发展，交通运输和能源的俄罗斯与2014年1月1日前向政府提交了一系列措施，旨在创造条件，在俄罗斯联邦天然气作为实现以下目标任务对道路交通，公共交通和道路实用的燃料：

• 在人口超过1亿人 - 件装备总数高达50％的城市;
• 在城市，人口超过300万的人 - 高达30％;
• 在城市和城镇的人口超过100万的人 - 高达10％。

实施这些级别提出到2020年完成。

该文件预计俄罗斯立法与有关国际文书在该领域的使用天然气作为汽车燃料，以及推广使用天然气作为汽车燃料领域的标准化统一由于海关税收福利，和关税调节和补贴。

在该法令是一个向政府建议，以减少车辆使用天然气作为汽车燃料的税率，从2014年1月1日到2020年。根据本次会议的政府成绩单，梅德韦杰夫还建议，有可能需要降低关税税率是必要的，用于生产车用天然气（天然气汽车）的组件。

副总理阿尔卡季德沃尔高域解释法令包括压缩天然气（CNG），液化天然气（LNG）和液化石油气（LPG）燃料。

在5月14日，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京随后举行会议，专门讨论在俄罗斯天然气汽车的前景。总统讨论这NGV战略的成功实施方式的机遇和瓶颈，并责成政府加快在这方面的法律框架的编制。

运输天然气的转换将拯救俄罗斯经济每年近90亿卢布（美金2.86亿元），当时的祖布科夫俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司的董事局主席与俄罗斯总统普京在会议上所作的评估。

总统特别代表 - 天然气出口国论坛的合作祖布科夫，指出气体燃料的成本是便宜好几倍的汽油。祖布科夫打破节省燃料，估计，引进天然气客运方面可以节省高达49亿卢布，货运部门 - 34亿卢布，与农业 - 6亿美元。

NGVRUS，国家燃气汽车协会俄罗斯，介绍了俄罗斯领导人的决定是革命性的。系统的，综合的方法来实施政府决定将不仅改善城市的环境状况，遏制不断上升的公共交通服务的价格，同时也有助于恢复俄罗斯生产的天然气汽车，压缩机设备，深冷技术，压力容器，燃气发动机和设备。该协会说，这将是成功的关键因素是天然气加气站网络的发展和刺激NGV市场的发展在俄罗斯国内和外国投资，这将创造新的产业和就业机会，增加税收，促进研究和开发， 。

艾丽西亚米尔纳（加拿大），椅子董事会董事和迭戈戈尔丁（阿根廷），执行董事说：“恭喜NGV全球！”

50% conversion planned for cities with population over 1 million

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev on 13th May signed a decree prepared by the Ministry of Energy of Russia that will change the face of transportation in his country. The decree includes an order to “develop a set of legal, economic and organizational measures of the state to support the production, release into circulation and trafficking in motor vehicles and agricultural equipment to natural gas, creating traffic fueling and service infrastructure, statistical systems and technical regulation for natural gas as a motor fuel”.

The Ministries of Industry, Regional Development, Transport and Energy of Russia are charged with the task of submitting to the Government by 1 January 2014 a set of measures aimed at creating the conditions in the Russian Federation to achieve the following targets for natural gas as a fuel for road transport, public transport and road utility:

• In cities with populations of more than 1 million people – up to 50% of the total number of pieces of equipment;
• In cities with a population of over 300 thousand people – up to 30%;
• In cities and towns with a population of over 100 thousand people – up to 10%.

Implementation to these levels is proposed for completion by 2020.

The document envisages harmonization of Russian legislation in the field of standardization with the relevant international instruments in the field of the use of natural gas as a motor fuel, as well as promoting the use of natural gas as a motor fuel due to tax benefits of customs and tariff regulation and subsidies.

Included in the decree is a recommendation to the Government to reduce the tax rates for vehicles that use natural gas as a motor fuel, from January 1, 2014 through to 2020. According to Government transcripts of the meeting, Medvedev also suggested there may be a need to reduce the rate of customs duty on the components that are necessary for the production of natural gas vehicles (NGVs).

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich explained the decree includes compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) fuels.

On May 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin subsequently held a meeting devoted to the prospects of natural gas vehicles in Russia. The President discussed opportunities and bottlenecks on the way to successful implementation of this NGV strategy and instructed the government to speed up the preparation of the legal framework in this area.

Conversion of transport to natural gas will save Russia’s economy almost 90 billion rubles (USD 2.86 billion) per year, was the assessment was made by Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Viktor Zubkov at the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The President’s Special Representative for Cooperation with Countries Forum – Gas Exporting Viktor Zubkov noted the cost of fuel gas is several times cheaper gasoline. Breaking down the fuel savings, Zubkov estimates the introduction of the natural gas to the passenger sector can save up to 49 billion rubles, the freight sector – 34 billion rubles, and agriculture – 6 billion.

NGVRUS, the National Gas Vehicle Association of Russia, describes the decision of the Russian leadership as revolutionary. A systematic, integrated approach to the implementation of the decision of the Government will not only improve the environmental situation in the cities and curb the rise in the price of public transport services, but also contribute to the restoration of Russian production of natural gas vehicles, compressor equipment, cryogenic technology, pressure vessels, gas engines and equipment. It will be a key success factor is the development of gas-filling network and stimulate domestic and foreign investment in the development of NGV market in Russia, which will create new industries and jobs, increase tax revenues, stimulate research and development, the Association says.

Alicia Milner (Canada), Chair of the Board of Directors and Diego Goldin (Argentina), Executive Director of NGV Global say “Congratulations!”