Area: Promet
Competent authority: MzI
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 892
Initiative accepted and completed: '2018-02-20'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2018-01-31'
Initiative published: '2018-01-31'
Initiative submitted: '2018-01-24'
Response from the competent authority: "Reply from the Ministry of Infrastructure:The\
  \ Ministry of Infrastructure does not support the initiative to modify the established\
  \ procedure for the extension of the validity of a traffic permit:\r\nArticle 31\
  \ of the Law on Motor Vehicles (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia No\
  \ 75/17, hereinafter: ZMV-1) provides that a registered vehicle shall be issued\
  \ with a traffic licence and a prescribed number of number plates. That provision\
  \ on the issue of a registration certificate transposes the requirement of European\
  \ Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for\
  \ vehicles (OJ L 138, 1.6.1999, p. 57), as last amended by Directive 2014/46/EU\
  \ of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 amending Council\
  \ Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles (OJ L 138, 1.6.1999,\
  \ p. 57), as last amended by Directive 2014/46/EU of the European Parliament and\
  \ of the Council of 3 April 2014 amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration\
  \ documents for vehicles (OJ L 218, 1.6.2014, p. 57). 127 of 29 April 2014, p. 129),\
  \ which provides in Article 3(1) that Member States shall issue a vehicle registration\
  \ certificate for vehicles which are required to be registered under their national\
  \ law.In the Republic of Slovenia, the conditions for registration are laid down\
  \ in Article 30 of the said Act, and a road transport permit is issued or its validity\
  \ is extended for a period of time in accordance with Article 32 of the said Act.In\
  \ the Republic of Slovenia, the conditions for registration are laid down in Article\
  \ 30 of the said Act, and a road transport permit is issued or its validity is extended\
  \ for a period of time in accordance with Article 32 of the said Act:\r\n- the validity\
  \ of the roadworthiness test; and\r\n- for which compulsory insurance is taken out;\
  \ and\r\n- when the obligation to pay the annual charge for the use of the vehicle\
  \ in road traffic has been met.The conditions must be met cumulatively, which is\
  \ verified by the registration organisation.The procedure for registering a vehicle\
  \ or extending the validity of a traffic licence is initiated on the basis of an\
  \ application from the customer (the owner/user of the vehicle) and is dealt with\
  \ in accordance with the law governing general administrative procedure.New passenger\
  \ cars are required to pass their first roadworthiness test four years after the\
  \ first registration. The Motor Vehicles Act (ZMV-1) already allows the owner of\
  \ a vehicle to arrange for the validity of the vehicle registration permit for four\
  \ years at the time of first registration of the vehicle, as the vehicle does not\
  \ have to undergo a roadworthiness test during this period. This is, of course,\
  \ subject to the fulfilment of the other two conditions, i.e. that the insurance\
  \ policy is also valid for four years and that the annual levy is paid for four\
  \ years. In such a case, the owner of the vehicle does not need to make any intermediate\
  \ renewals (usually one year) of the validity of the road licence, as it is valid\
  \ for four years.A valid road licence is one of the conditions for a vehicle to\
  \ be able to participate in road traffic. This applies both in the territory of\
  \ the Republic of Slovenia and in international traffic, as required by the Vienna\
  \ Convention on Road Traffic. The international traffic licence is therefore compulsory,\
  \ but theoretically it would be possible to change the requirement for a traffic\
  \ licence only for the use of the vehicle in road traffic in the Republic of Slovenia.In\
  \ view of the above, the initiative to amend the procedure for extending the validity\
  \ of the passenger car registration until the age of four would lead to:1. a change\
  \ in the system of payment of the annual levy for the use of the vehicle in road\
  \ traffic;2. a change in the system of payment of the annual levy for the use of\
  \ the vehicle in road traffic; 3. a change in the system of payment of the annual\
  \ levy for the use of the vehicle in road traffic; 4.   a change in the systems\
  \ for the transmission of data on insurance policies taken out and their control;3.\
  \ the introduction of systems for the supervisory authorities to be able to check\
  \ vehicle data directly at the time of traffic control;4. a change in the system\
  \ supporting the operation of the register of registered vehicles;5. a change in\
  \ the way road accidents are dealt with.The following is a more detailed explanation\
  \ of the consequences.1Changes to the system of payment of the annual road vehicle\
  \ circulation levy\r\nOne of the conditions for registering a vehicle or renewing\
  \ a road licence is the payment of the annual road user charge. The system for the\
  \ payment of the annual road vehicle circulation charge operates in such a way that\
  \ the annual charge must be paid in a lump sum before the registration of the vehicle\
  \ or the renewal of the road licence. The annual charge may be paid either directly\
  \ to the registration organisation or directly to a deposit account specified in\
  \ the regulations on the method of payment of compulsory charges. The payment of\
  \ the appropriate amount shall be verified by the registration organisation before\
  \ the above procedures are followed. All payments and refunds shall be recorded\
  \ in the MRVL system supporting the operation of the register of registered vehicles.\
  \ This means that the owner/user of the vehicle pays the annual levy without any\
  \ summons from the State or the supervisory authorities, and therefore there is\
  \ no cost to the State for this part, e.g. printing of payment orders, sending of\
  \ payment orders, collection of unpaid debts....The revenue from the annual levy\
  \ is a revenue of the budget of the Republic of Slovenia as earmarked funds for\
  \ the implementation of investments and maintenance of the public transport infrastructure\
  \ in the Republic of Slovenia.The automatic extension of the validity of the circulation\
  \ licence would entail that the described system of the annual levy is changed in\
  \ such a way that the Republic of Slovenia introduces a new system which will send\
  \ invoices and receipts for the payment of the annual levy to the addresses of the\
  \ vehicle owners/users at their residences or headquarters. The system should control\
  \ timely payments and, in case of non-payment, make proposals for enforcement. This\
  \ would be followed by enforcement. The corresponding payments of the annual levy\
  \ would be expected to decrease, which would jeopardise the system of financing\
  \ the investment and maintenance of public transport infrastructure, and the introduction\
  \ and maintenance of a new system for the annual levy would entail huge costs. In\
  \ any case, the change would also entail new staffing requirements for the management\
  \ of these procedures.2. Change in the systems for the transmission of data on insurance\
  \ policies taken out and their control\r\nOne of the conditions for the registration\
  \ of a vehicle or the renewal of a driving licence is proof of motor insurance.\
  \ This proof must be submitted to the registration organisation. Insurance companies\
  \ do not yet have a common database of these proofs from which the MRVL system could\
  \ retrieve information on the insurance policies taken out and thus control the\
  \ fulfilment of this condition for the registration of vehicles or the renewal of\
  \ the validity of a traffic licence. The submission of this proof is therefore compulsory\
  \ until further notice.3. Introduction of systems for supervisory authorities to\
  \ be able to check vehicle data directly at the time of traffic control\r\nThe control\
  \ authorities (various inspectorates, the Police, the Financial Office of the Republic\
  \ of Slovenia) do not yet have systems in place to enable them to control road traffic\
  \ by directly consulting or directly retrieving data from the MRVL system, which\
  \ supports the operation of the register of registered vehicles. A valid traffic\
  \ licence in the form of a public document is therefore a compulsory document for\
  \ the participation of a vehicle in road traffic.The automatic renewal of the validity\
  \ of a traffic licence would entail the establishment of a system or systems for\
  \ the transmission of data from the register of registered vehicles directly to\
  \ the control authorities carrying out on-the-spot road traffic control. As this\
  \ also involves the transmission of personal data, such a system would need to be\
  \ subject to additional information security. The establishment of such a system\
  \ would entail enormous costs and additional staffing implications for setting up,\
  \ operating and maintaining this system.\r\nThe MRVL system operates in the way\
  \ it is currently set up by legislation, which means that the automatic renewal\
  \ of the validity of the road licence would lead to changes in the operation of\
  \ the MRVL for the extraction, storage, processing and control of new data and the\
  \ distribution of this data to the supervisory authorities. Such changes entail\
  \ system upgrades and financial implications, for which the Ministry of Infrastructure\
  \ has not secured funding.5.\r\nWe would also like to clarify from the Police that\
  \ not all police officers are equipped to check the validity of the traffic licence\
  \ and other information contained in this document. Therefore, there would be a\
  \ lot more checks via radio stations, which would be an additional burden for the\
  \ police officers on duty and the Operational Communication Centres. The Police\
  \ also pointed out that in category I road accidents, the parties involved can agree\
  \ among themselves and exchange information without the involvement of the Police.\
  \ They exchange information from both the traffic and driving licences. In the case\
  \ of an electronic traffic licence, the participant could provide different or incorrect\
  \ information (use of number plates on another vehicle, stolen number plates, etc.),\
  \ which would make it even more difficult for the victims to recover damages.Last\
  \ but not least, the amendment would also have an impact on the procedure itself,\
  \ which is currently conducted in accordance with the law governing the general\
  \ administrative procedure. We would also point out that in the Republic of Slovenia,\
  \ the validity of a traffic licence is not renewed as stated in the petition, but\
  \ rather extended.In view of the above, the Ministry of Infrastructure does not\
  \ support the petition."
Text file: 892.txt
Title: Simplifications in the renewal of traffic licences
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=892
