In order to properly manage the queues of trucks departing from RA at the border checkpoints, the Government proposes to make changes and additions to the "Customs Regulation" law and the draft of the related law. Hamlet Sahakyan, deputy chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee, presented the government's proposal at the regular NA session convened on February 10.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the executive proposes to plan activities for the organization of paid parking spaces at a distance of no more than 20 km from the automobile crossing points of the state border, within the framework of which an automatic electronic queue management system will operate for the purpose of recording the movement of cargo vehicles, queuing, and exchanging the necessary information aimed at granting permission to enter the crossing point.
The government will define the procedure for joining the queue management system, the requirements submitted to the collective parking lot operators, the maximum amount of the fee for the queuing service in the collective parking lots for trucks leaving RA, the content of the application to join the queue management system, etc.
According to the reporter, the experience of a number of countries was studied in order to introduce a proper queue management system. Also, a survey was conducted among businessmen engaged in cargo transportation. "About 45 subjects engaged in cargo transportation answered the survey. About 87 percent of the respondents answered that they often meet at land crossing points, and about 62 percent said that the average time from the beginning of the line to entering the customs point is 3 hours," said Hamlet Sahakyan.
Karen Hambardzumyan presented the positive conclusion of the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs.
