Text file: 12854.txt
author: JanezT
downvotes: 2
end consideration date: 2021-02-16
id: '12854'
number comments: 4
number views: 271
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure\nThe Ministry would like to\
  \ start by explaining that the compulsory equipment of vehicles in road transport\
  \ is laid down in Article 4 of the Regulation on Vehicle Parts and Equipment (Official\
  \ Journal of the Republic of Slovenia No 44/13, 36/14, 69/15, 44/17 and 75/17 -\
  \ ZMV-1; hereinafter referred to as the \"Regulation\"). The Regulation has already\
  \ been repealed by the Motor Vehicles Act (ZMV-1) (Official Journal of the Republic\
  \ of Slovenia No 75/17 and 92/20 ZPrCP - E), but it has been extended to the extent\
  \ that it does not contravene the law. The Ministry has therefore already started\
  \ drafting new Rules, which will also be sent for public consultation and will thus\
  \ be prepared in line with the new findings and proposals received.\nHowever, the\
  \ Ministry provides the following answers to specific questions.  \nWith regard\
  \ to spare lamps, which are also part of the compulsory equipment of vehicles in\
  \ road transport, Article 10 of the Regulation states that a set of spare lamps\
  \ must contain filament lamps for at least half of the filament positions of the\
  \ duplicated external lighting and light-signalling devices and one filament lamp\
  \ each for the external non-doubled filament positions for which the lamps themselves\
  \ can be replaced. The Regulation therefore only requires replacement filament lamps\
  \ and not for light sources in more modern lamps and headlamps (e.g. LED). However,\
  \ as already stated, this requirement will be reconsidered when the new Regulation\
  \ is drafted.\nWith regard to the first aid kit for vehicles, the Ministry clarifies\
  \ that the Regulation does not specify the shelf life of the complete first aid\
  \ kit, but makes it conditional on the valid shelf life of the required sterile\
  \ material.\nThis content is contained in Annex I, point 9, which states:\n\"The\
  \ first aid kit must be hygienically maintained and the required sterile materials\
  \ must be in undamaged sealed packaging and must bear a valid expiry date, the name\
  \ and other information in the Slovene language.\"\nThis means that if the sterile\
  \ material with an expired expiry date is replaced by a new one that meets the requirements\
  \ for sterile materials, the first aid kit complies with the requirements of the\
  \ Regulation. Replacement of the entire kit is therefore neither required nor necessary,\
  \ and it is up to each individual to decide whether to replace only part of the\
  \ contents or the entire first aid kit.\nHowever, the use of sterile materials is\
  \ prescribed by the manufacturers of the individual items of the first aid kit and\
  \ such a provision cannot be regulated by the Regulations. The Ministry of Infrastructure\
  \ is therefore not competent to answer the question on the expiry date of sterile\
  \ materials.\nWith regard to a spare wheel (normal or emergency) or a corresponding\
  \ device or accessory, which also form part of the compulsory equipment of vehicles\
  \ in road transport, the Ministry of Infrastructure explains that this obligation\
  \ is already laid down in the regulations governing the approval of vehicles and\
  \ must be complied with by vehicle manufacturers when placing vehicles on the market.\n\
  With regard to fire extinguishers, the Regulation already establishes a fire extinguisher\
  \ as compulsory road transport equipment for public passenger transport vehicles,\
  \ buses and trucks in the third indent of Article 4(1). Given that in almost no\
  \ Member State of the European Union is a fire extinguisher prescribed as part of\
  \ the compulsory equipment of a road transport vehicle, the Ministry of Infrastructure\
  \ has not prescribed it for all vehicles. As already stated, this requirement will\
  \ be reconsidered when the new Regulation is drafted."
response date: 2021-03-01
response due date: null
sent date: 2021-01-17
title: Mandatory vehicle equipment
upvotes: 31
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/12854
