According to the Head of Government of Georgia, in practice it entails a restriction on import of vehicles manufactured prior to 2013.

“First agenda item is air pollution, which is a concern shared by all of us – our people, population, society. It is a major problem in the capital city, as well as large cities of our country. Thorough studies and surveys have been carried out by the National Agency of Environment and I wish to share a decision taken on this topic.

First and foremost, I wish to inform the public that we introduced a standard on fuel a long time ago – several years already – and Euro-5 fuel is imported to Georgia. It is, of course, regularly monitored by the relevant institution – National Agency of Environment. Diesel was pending and a decision has been taken in relation to it this year. Euro-5 standard diesel is imported to the country. Quality of both diesel and petrol is routinely inspected, however you may well be aware that one of the major challenges remaining nowadays is the air pollution. It is associated with a lot of outdated vehicles driven in the streets.
You may well be aware that it is directly linked with an improvement of air quality and we believe that all of these will have a positive impact on the health of our population. We discussed and decided to introduce the Euro-5 standard for vehicles in the country. This practice means that import of cars manufactured prior to 2013 will get restricted. It is our desire and decision to enforce the regulation on light vehicles from January 1, 2024, while buses and lorries will be subjected to the regulation from January 1, 2025. We are still discussing it. Certain ideas exist on this topic and we wanted to allow a more reasonable timeframe.
I wish to explain more specifically that vehicles of poor quality will no longer get imported under Euro-5 standard. Decision will not apply to the already imported vehicles, of course, nor to ones imported in Georgia for re-export or transit," - Gharibashvili said.