In Belarus, the procedure for disposing of abandoned vehicles will be simplified from January 1, 2012

August 10, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. In Belarus, the procedure for disposing of abandoned vehicles will be simplified from January 1, 2012. The corresponding decree No. 348 "On measures for organizing the collection, storage of non-operational vehicles and their subsequent disposal" was signed by the President of Belarus on August 9, BELTA was informed by the press service of the head of state.

The adoption of the document is due to the need for legislative regulation of the organization of storage and collection of non-operational vehicles for their subsequent disposal.

The decree provides for the criteria by which a vehicle is subject to disposal; the procedure for identifying such vehicles and establishing their owners; stimulating or compelling the owner to dispose of a non-operational vehicle; organizing the collection of non-operational vehicles subject to disposal.

The functions of identifying vehicles subject to disposal and establishing their owners are assigned to local executive and administrative bodies, which are responsible for public lands of settlements, adjacent territories, yards and surrounding areas. At the same time, this does not exclude the delegation of powers or the creation of a specialized organization that will perform tasks related to non-operational vehicles.

According to the regional executive committees, about 4.5 thousand vehicles that have failed (non-operational) and are stored on public lands of settlements, adjacent territories, yards and surrounding areas are subject to disposal.

Since the disposal of these vehicles involves either their processing or further use by the owner (and this use should not be related to the vehicle's participation in road traffic), such actions are possible only if the vehicle is deregistered with the traffic police.

For this reason, the decree provides that the vehicle owner is sent a notification requiring the removal of the vehicle, and is also informed about the possibility of compulsory relocation and placement of the vehicle in a guarded parking lot.

The owner is explained the procedure for storage, deregistration and disposal, as well as the renunciation of ownership of the vehicle. Such explanations will be provided when registering the vehicle with the State Traffic Inspectorate units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as by the Ministry of Industry, local executive and administrative bodies within the framework of environmental protection measures related to the use of secondary resources.

If the vehicle owner fails to take measures to relocate it to a guarded parking lot within one month from the date of receiving the notification about the possibility of compulsory evacuation of the vehicle, an act shall be drawn up in the established form and the vehicle shall be compulsorily relocated to a guarded parking lot, about which the owner shall be immediately informed. Within three months, they have the right to demand the return of the equipment, while they must reimburse the costs associated with the compulsory relocation and storage of the vehicle. They are also obliged to reimburse these costs if they do not file such a claim within the established period.

If no claim for the return of the vehicle is received from the owner within three months, the local executive and administrative body shall file a lawsuit with the court to recognize the vehicle as ownerless and transfer it to the ownership of the administrative-territorial unit, as well as to compensate for the costs associated with the compulsory relocation and storage of the inoperative vehicle. In this case, it is proposed to exempt local executive and administrative bodies from the state duty for filing such applications with the court.

If the owners of abandoned vehicles cannot be identified, the competent authority shall enforce the evacuation of such vehicles and their storage in a guarded parking lot, ensure the acquisition of ownership rights to them in the manner established by legislative acts, and their subsequent disposal. Revenues from disposal shall be credited to the relevant budget of the competent authority.

The Decree shall enter into force on January 1, 2012.-0-