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CAR OWNERS IN ARMENIA NOT HAVE TO VISIT TECHNICAL INSPECTION STATIONS
arminfo
Tuesday, November 15, 15:48
Car owners in Armenia not have to visit technical inspection stations,
Eduard Hovhannissyan, Head of Achilles NGO for protection of drivers'
rights, told media on November 15.
He said the government has facilitated the technical inspection rules
earlier this year. Technical inspection stations no longer provide
technical inspection cards. Now these cards are provided by banks
to avoid extra charges by the above stations. "Paying all the taxes
to the local self-government and bank and receiving the technical
inspection card, a car owner does not have to visit a technical
inspection station. He can just stick the card on the windscreen," he
said. Hovhannissyan explained that banks issue a two-layer card. The
first layer is stuck on the windscreen and the second is for technical
inspection stations to receive the 5500 drams state tax for their
services. If the car owner does not visit a technical inspection
station, the bank will transfer this amount to the state budget,
he said.
He said that the station of technical inspection is not responsible
for the state of a car. It is the car owner that must be interested
in the proper state of his car and visit the inspection station when
necessary. Asked how many cars are registered in Armenia, Hovhannissyan
said that the Police and other authorities do not provide such data
because of state secrecy. There are data just on 2010 - 370-380,000
cars passed technical inspection.
arminfo
Tuesday, November 15, 15:48
Car owners in Armenia not have to visit technical inspection stations,
Eduard Hovhannissyan, Head of Achilles NGO for protection of drivers'
rights, told media on November 15.
He said the government has facilitated the technical inspection rules
earlier this year. Technical inspection stations no longer provide
technical inspection cards. Now these cards are provided by banks
to avoid extra charges by the above stations. "Paying all the taxes
to the local self-government and bank and receiving the technical
inspection card, a car owner does not have to visit a technical
inspection station. He can just stick the card on the windscreen," he
said. Hovhannissyan explained that banks issue a two-layer card. The
first layer is stuck on the windscreen and the second is for technical
inspection stations to receive the 5500 drams state tax for their
services. If the car owner does not visit a technical inspection
station, the bank will transfer this amount to the state budget,
he said.
He said that the station of technical inspection is not responsible
for the state of a car. It is the car owner that must be interested
in the proper state of his car and visit the inspection station when
necessary. Asked how many cars are registered in Armenia, Hovhannissyan
said that the Police and other authorities do not provide such data
because of state secrecy. There are data just on 2010 - 370-380,000
cars passed technical inspection.