Changes to Law on Road Transport for Taxi and Passenger Cars: What You Need to Know

On April 24, changes to the law on road transport will come into effect, which provide for changes in environmental protection requirements for vehicles used in commercial transport by taxi and passenger car. The most important news:

1. Vehicles registered for the first time before December 31, 2008 (engine capacity cannot exceed 2000 cubic centimeters) can be used for commercial transport in taxi and passenger car until December 31, 2026.
2. If the car was first registered after 1 January 2009, the maximum level of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced in grams per kilometer according to the New European Driving Test method must not be exceeded. (NEDC) to exceed 140 grams for a vehicle with a. capacity up to seven seats (inclusive) and 190 grams for a vehicle with a capacity of more than seven seats, as long as the vehicle complies with emission class Euro 5 or Euro 6.
3. If the car is registered for the first time after December 31, 2020, the maximum level of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions it produces in grams per kilometer according to the Light Vehicle Test Method must not exceed World Harmonized Vehicle (WLTP) to be greater than 180 grams for a vehicle with a capacity of up to seven seats (inclusive) and 240 grams for a vehicle with a capacity of more than seven seats, while the vehicle complies with Euro 5 or Euro 6 emissions class.
4. Among other things, the amendments to the Road Transport Law provide for penalties for website and mobile app service providers for offering a non-compliant carrier, driver or means of transport on the site. web or mobile app – fine from seventy to two hundred and eighty. good units.
5. The changes include the obligation of the Planning Department or the state’s city municipality to cancel the special license (permit) for the commercial transport of passengers by taxi, unless it is a passenger car. travel by the carrier for more than three months, who has been issued with an authorization card for the commercial transport of passengers by taxi. Also, ATD will cancel the special permit (permit) for the commercial carriage of passengers in a passenger car if the carrier to whom a license card has been issued has not owned the passenger car for more than three months.

Information about the authorization cards issued by ATD will also be available in future in the e-services maintained and provided by the Road Safety Directorate, where information about the authorization cards will be which was sent to taxis is also available.

Changes are also being planned to the law “On Taxes and Taxes”, which gives the State Revenue Service the right to prohibit the use of motor vehicles in commercial transport by taxi and light vehicle. With the introduction of the changes, Planning Departments, national cities and ATDs will not issue license cards to vehicles that are prohibited from using a motor vehicle in commercial transport in taxi and passenger car travel

For additional information:

Victor Zacis,

Directorate of Autotransport VSIA

Head of Public Relations

Phone: +371 67686485

E-pass: viktors.zakis@atd.lv