TECHNICAL INSPECTION OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ARMENIA
FROM 2008 BY LICENSED COMPANIES
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Government affirmed at the
February 15 sitting the order of holding compulsory technical
inspection of means of transport in the RA. It is defined by the
document that compulsory technical inspection of means of transport is
implemented at the production basis of legal bodies or individual
entrepreneurs licensed in correspondence with the RA legislation, by
usage of means of technical diagnosis. The RA Ministry of Transport and
Communication, according to the order fixed by the RA law "On
Licensing" implements licensing of ones carrying out the technical
inspection and the control towards fulfillment of the licence
conditions. The Government affirmed by another decision the order of
licensing of the activiy of holding technical inspection of means of
transport in the RA and the types of licence. As Andranik Manukian, the
RA Minister of Transport and Communication stated after the sitting,
licensed companies which will be chosen by the competitive order,
termless, will implement the technical inspection starting from the
next year. The competition will be announced in May. It is envisaged
that 5 licensed companies will function in the republic. A.Manukian
mentioned that the companies must fulfill a number of demands for
getting the licence. Particularly, they must have territory of 1500
square km for placing lines for technical inspection and territory of
180 square metres for the construction. It was mentioned that there are
302 thousand 552 means of transport in the RA territory. According to
preliminary accountings, one line may serve 5200 cars a year. Cost of
one line makes 37-170 thousand dollars. It was mentioned that the
technical inspection of cars of below 5 year production will be held
once in two years, of cars implementing regular transportations will be
held twice a year, inspection of other cars will be held once a year.
A.Manukian also stated that the RA Public Services Coordinating
Committee defines tariffs for the technical inspection.