China News Service, Beijing, August 26 (Reporter Liu Liang) The General Administration of Market Supervision issued an announcement on the 26th to standardize new energy vehicle inspection fees and seriously investigate and deal with price-raising, price collusion, and unclear price tagging.
The announcement issued on the same day pointed out that with the continuous growth of the new energy vehicle market, the demand for testing services has become increasingly strong. Optimizing the design of testing items and standardizing vehicle testing fees have become important factors to promote the development of new energy vehicles.
Recently, the State Administration of Market Supervision has organized a survey of motor vehicle inspection fees in 11 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Jinan, Wuhan, Changsha, Chengdu, Kunming, and Jiujiang. Random inspections revealed that some cities did not specify specific service items and charging standards in the testing fees for pure electric vehicles, and packaged the “exhaust gas testing fees” that should not be charged into the annual inspection fees.
In order to standardize the testing fees for new energy vehicles, maintain the order of the motor vehicle testing service market, and reduce the burden on the public, the announcement puts forward the following requirements.
First, all motor vehicle inspection agencies must strictly follow the "Price Law" and "Regulations on the Implementation of Clearly Marked Prices for Goods and Services" and other relevant regulations to regulate price charging.
For services that can be decomposed into multiple items and standards, each item and standard should be clearly marked, and mixed pricing or bundling sales are prohibited.
For motor vehicle inspections that do not distinguish between environmental protection inspections, safety inspections and other specific service items, but take the form of package fees, "Buy it Now" and other forms of charging, it is a bundled sale and violates the relevant regulations on clearly marked prices.
The second is that all motor vehicle testing agencies should set up real and reasonable testing fee items based on the structural characteristics of new energy vehicles, specify the service content, and ensure that the prices are clearly marked and operated in good faith. They must not charge fees for services that have not been truly provided.
The third is that the market supervision department should strengthen the supervision and inspection of motor vehicle inspection and inspection charges, and strictly investigate and deal with price-raising, price collusion, and unclear price marking.
Fourth, industry associations should intensify guidance, give full play to the role of policy publicity, communication and coordination, guidance and guidance, and strengthen industry self-discipline.
The announcement also encourages and supports the public to actively monitor price violations, and promptly complain and report through the national 12315 platform or hotline.
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