Changes are coming to the way of determining the road tax for passenger cars, after the decision of the Ministry of Finance to set up a committee that will make its proposals taking into account the new economic, technological and environmental data in the field of motoring, as they have been formed in recent years .

The committee will work out the costing scenarios and submit the proposals to the competent Deputy Minister Haris Theoharis.

Following a study of fee payment systems in other countries, the first draft is expected to be presented in September. The new system will likely be implemented by the end of 2025.

Until now, car owners in Greece paid fees depending on the emissions or the displacement of the vehicle (for old cars), while it is foreseen full exemption for electric vehicles and hybrids which emit low pollutants.

According to sources, it is the scenario of increasing fees on older cars is open in the context of implementing disincentives for the use of very old and polluting cars.

With the new data, the only new technology cars that are considered certain to have zero fees are electric ones.

Today, new hybrids with registration after 1-1-2021 do not pay fees, as long as they emit less than 122 gr/Km.

At the same time, the fiscal scope for providing incentives through the phase-out process to take cars 20 years or older off the road and replace them with new, modern anti-pollution technology will be examined.