חוק רישוי שירותים ומקצועות בענף הרכב (תיקון מס' 13), התשפ"ה-2025Law for Licensing Services and Professions in the Automotive Industry (Amendment No. 13), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Amendment establishes new temporary provisions regarding vehicle imports, replacing the previous temporary provisions that were in effect from the commencement date of the Licensing of Services and Professions in the Motor Vehicle Sector Law, 2016, until 18 August 2025. The new temporary provisions concern the types of vehicles that small-scale importers are permitted to import, as well as the obligations of direct importers to service vehicles imported by small-scale and indirect importers or through personal import, if the vehicles are of the same make imported by the direct importers. First, regarding small-scale importers: the Amendment provides that a small-scale importer will also be able to import motorcycles and mobile machinery, in addition to passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles which they are already permitted to import. In addition, a small-scale importer will be able to receive a license to import a vehicle that is not new, as long as two months remain until the final registration date in Israel set out in the Traffic Regulations, according to the type of vehicle. The Amendment also allows a small-scale importer to import motorcycles and mobile machinery, in addition to non-new vehicles as mentioned. Furthermore, the Amendment increases the number of vehicles that a small-scale importer is permitted to import per year, from 20 to 60 vehicles. Second, regarding direct importers, the Amendment provides that direct importers are obligated to provide service for every vehicle of a make that they import, even if it was imported by indirect or small-scale importers or through personal import, and not only for passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles as provided in the previous temporary provision. The Amendment provides that this obligation will not apply to mobile machinery. The new temporary provisions will remain in effect for four years, beginning 19 August 2025. The Minister of Transport and Road Safety, with the approval of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, may extend by order the validity of each temporary provision for additional periods not exceeding six months at a time, but not more than 4 years cumulatively for each of the temporary provisions.

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