ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT MAKES ADDITION TO LICENSING ORDER OF ORGANIZING PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION BY TAXI

Noyan Tapan
Aug 2, 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Before discussing the issues on the
agenda of the RA government’s August 2 sitting, the prime minister
Serge Sargsian instructed those responsible for preparation of issues
to be discussed at a governmental sitting to henceforth indicate
the purpose of making the decision, as well as expected results and
possible complications in the reference-substantiation of the given
document so that the government will take all this into consideration
when making a decision.

Not accepting the practice of submitting hasty and not comprehensively
examined draft decisions to the government for discussion, the prime
minister cited as example the RA government’s decision No 655 of March
22, 2007 on Licensing Order of Organization of Passenger Transportation
by Taxi in the RA and on Approval of License Forms, as a result of
which several thousand people now cannot engage in this activity any
more. According to S. Sargsian, when making decisions, especially those
related to economy and business, it is necessary to follow the logic
that in case of changing the rules of the game, all participants of
the given process must be informed beforehand and given some time –
just as in case of changing tax rates, which is also stipulated by law.

NT was informed from the RA Government Information and PR Department
that at the sitting, an addition was made to decision No 655 on
Licensing Order of Organization of Passenger Transportation by Taxi in
the RA and on Approval of License Forms. Based on it, by April 1, 2008,
all legal entities and private businessmen engaged in organization of
passenger transportation by taxi in Armenia have to receive licenses
and inserts in accordance with the order approved by the indicated
decision.