Privileges offered to cars of Egyptian, diplomats abolished effective today

Official sources in the Egyptian ministry of finance stated that the resolution to obtain customs duties and sales taxes on all kinds of diplomats' cars coming from abroad for diplomats working in Egypt takes effect today.

Duties, taxes, and sales taxes are not paid yet on the cars bought by diplomats will be sought, and diplomatic cars in Egypt will now subject to the same custom duties placed on other cars (non-diplomatic).

Starting today, license plates of these diplomatic cars will be changed from reading "political body" to "diplomatic body," while all privileges offered to cars of Egyptian, diplomatic or Arab personalities will be abolished.