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Getting license not a problem for Penza taxi drivers — Yury Bykov

09:15 | 18.01.2012 | Economy

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Penza, 18 January 2012. PenzaNews. There are minimum requirements for Penza taxi drivers to get permits for providing passenger and luggage transport services, according to deputy chair of the government, head of the Department of Industry, Transport and Energy of the Penza region Yury Bykov who spoke at a meeting with representatives of taxi dispatch services on Tuesday, January 17.

Getting license not a problem for Penza taxi drivers — Yury Bykov

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“Taxi drivers are only required to present two documents to get a license: a handwritten application and a copy of the vehicle registration certificate. We confirm the registration of carriers with tax authorities on our own,” he said.

“To compare, one is to present 17 documents to get a permit for passenger transportation by taxi in the Krasnodar region,” Yury Bykov stressed.

“Even in November-December 2011 when there was a sharp increase in the number of carriers wishing to apply for a license, our agency would issue licenses sooner than the maximum term of 30 calendar days allocated for this under the law. Now this procedures takes 2-3 weeks,” Yury Bykov said.

He emphasized that the license for passenger transportation is issued not for a person but for a vehicle, therefore requiring the driver to get a new license in case he wants to use a different vehicle.

Governor of the Penza region Vasily Bochkarev who chaired the meeting with representatives of taxi dispatch services directed that Yury Bykov grant licenses to carriers who change their vehicles as soon as possible.

In turn, the head of the Department of Industry, Transport and Energy of the region assured that renewal of licenses in such cases will be done within 5 days.

At present, only 420 taxi drivers hold permits for passenger transport services in the Penza region, though some 5 000 drivers are said to operate taxis in the region according to unofficial data.

A permit for passenger transportation by taxi for a five-year period costs 2 600 rubles in the Penza region.

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