"Fact" daily writes:
The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Public Infrastructure submitted for consideration the project "On defining the requirements for the transportation of dangerous goods by road transport and the procedure for issuing permits for the transportation of dangerous goods by road transport". Armenia ratified the European Agreement "On the International Road Transportation of Dangerous Goods" in 2022, to ensure the requirements of which it is necessary to form a legislative framework. On February 27, 2012, the "On the Transportation of Dangerous Goods and Non-Disarmed Containers by Road Transport" was adopted. " the law by which the field of transportation of dangerous goods by road transport was regulated. However, for the full legal regulation of the sector, it is necessary to adopt by-laws arising from the law, which will ensure the implementation and control of the process of transportation of dangerous goods in the territory of the republic. Taking into account that there is no legal framework regulating the sector in the republic, the draft decision has been fully adapted to the requirements of the mentioned European agreement. The adoption of the draft is aimed at ensuring the compliance of the transportation process of dangerous goods with internationally accepted standards, the fulfillment of the international obligations assumed by Armenia. The project envisages defining the procedure for issuing permits issued by the state authorized body of the transport sector for the transportation of dangerous goods transported by motor vehicles, the list of required documents, the sample form of the application for obtaining a permit and the permit, the requirements for the transportation of dangerous goods. With the adoption of the project, the expenditure of the state budget is planned for the printing of the certificate, for which a budget application for 2025 has been submitted. Also, an increase in the revenues of the state budget is expected, as a state tax is defined by Article 20, Part 1, Clause 45 of the Law "On State Taxes".
