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14 August 2018 | AutoData INDUSTRIAL POLICY » THE ABC OF ROTA 2030 A fter almost one year of delay, ba- ckwards and forwards, lights and darkness, at the beginning of July, Rota 2030 was finally announced by the federal government. But that does not mean it is everything settled - quite different from that, by the way. There is still a lot to happen, including... nothing. AutoData prepared an exclusive special report to present to the reader absolutely everything that concerns the Rota 2030, in all its details and nuances, not only regar- ding the rules but the process aswell. It is a real guide of the newBrazilian automotive policy. Check it out. By Marcos Rozen ROTA’S ROUTE The new Inovar-Auto’s automotive policy substitute brings novelties but nothing is 100% certainty. We explain here everything you wanted to know about it but didn’t know who to ask for. What it is and what it is not The new sector policy for the automotive sector is something a little different from Inovar-Auto and quite different from what was initially proposed in the Rota 2030 studies. In a very simplified way, the program can be divided into three pillars: Those who want to sell vehicles in Brazil, national or imported, will have to commit themselves to meet the new energy efficiency goals, a schedule of safety equipment and vehicular tagging, for fuel economy and emissions and for safety items as well. And that’s it. Those who do not want to assume the commitment still can still, but they will have to pay a 20% fine on the vehicle’s sale value. There will be bonus-goals within these efficiency and safety mandatory commitments, besides the minimum required. Regarding efficiency, there will be two ranges, offering an extra benefit of 1 or 2 points less in the IPI (Tax over Industrialized Products). For safety, the bonus is 1 point of IPI, but even if a manufacturer reaches all the bonus goals in both cases the accumulated benefit cannot exceed 2 points of IPI. The ones who fail to achieve the required energy efficiency improvement rate will pay a fine according to the progress they have made: the more distant their results get to the minimum required, the higher the fine’s value will be. Mandatory requirements