Facilities for changing vehicle registration from Serbian license plates to RKS will be available until March 31st. After that date, reregistration will be possible until April 21, but the facilities will no longer be available, the Kosovo Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed today. At the same time, this ministry added that starting from tomorrow, owners of vehicles with license plates with Serbian markings of towns in Kosovo will be issued a reprimand, with the request that they go to the Vehicle Registration Center to register their vehicles.
Despite the continued calls from the EU and the US to extend the re-registration process from Serbian plates to RKS for another ten months, this Friday – three days before the deadline (October 31st), the Kosovo government decided to implement its decision on reregistration in phases.
In practice, their decision on the removal of Serbian plates will be applied until April 21, 2023 – starting with reprimands, fines, and temporary license plates, ending in the complete abolishment of these plates.
With the new decision, starting from 1st November 2022, all owners of vehicles with Serbian license plates with markings of towns in Kosovo will be issued a reprimand, with the request that they go to the Vehicle Registration Center to register their vehicles with RKS license plates.
The ministry reminded that from November 21st, 2022, all owners of vehicles with license plates „PR“, „KM“, „PZ“, „GL“, „UR“, „PE“, „DA“ or „ĐA“ will be subjected to a fine of EUR 150.00, as well as that temporary license plates will be introduced in the next two months. In addition, the owners of such vehicles may register to RKS license plates with the facilities provided – the ministry added.
They specified that all owners of vehicles with the above-mentioned plates will be able to use the facilities provided while registering to RKS until March 31st, 2023.
The MIA pointed out that – after that date – re-registration will be possible until April 21, 2023, but without the offered facilities.
The facilities in question refer to re-registration to RKS plates, which the Kosovo Ministry of Interior, as per the decision of the Kosovo government of June 29th, provided for the owners of vehicles with the above-mentioned Serbian license plates.
According to that decision, the vehicle owners who wish to replace Serbian plates with RKS are exempted from customs fees, administrative tax at the Vehicle Registration Centers, license plate fees, and fees for equipment with vehicle registration certificates.
At the same time, they can register their vehicles at any registration center, regardless of their place of residence.
After 21 April 2023, the entry or circulation of motor vehicles that have „PR“, „KM“, „PZ“, „GL“, „UR“, „PE“, „DA“ or „ĐA“ license plates will not be allowed within the territory of the Republic of Kosovo, the ministry stressed.
Once again, the Kosovan Ministry of Interior invited all citizens who own vehicles fitted with such license plates to register their vehicles with RKS plates.
On June 29th, the Kosovo government decided to remove all Serbian license plates with markings of towns in Kosovo and register these vehicles to RKS. Initially, the decision was set to come into force on August 1st.
When tensions escalated after Kosovo Serbs in the north declined to do so and Belgrade refused to support this decision of the Kosovo government, with the mediation of the international community, the government in Pristina set a new deadline – October 31.
Despite numerous demands of the international community to extend that deadline, i.e. the implementation of the decision, for another ten months, the Kosovo government decided to introduce registration in phases.
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