Source: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/518012019010/consolide
Timestamp: 2019-12-06 21:56:56
Document Index: 137565140

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 42', '§ 441', '§ 721', '§ 86', '§ 881', '§ 91', '§ 941', '§ 942', '§ 64', '§ 4', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 13', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 17', '§ 17', '§ 4', '§ 13', '§ 22', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 19', '§ 4', '§ 28', '§ 32', '§ 35', '§ 25', '§ 35', '§ 25', '§ 42', '§ 17', '§ 372', '§ 202', '§ 1531', '§ 62', '§ 300', '§ 68', '§ 36', '§ 86', '§ 87', '§ 24', '§ 44', '§ 422', '§ 423', '§ 221', '§ 222', '§ 223', '§ 227', '§ 230', '§ 234', '§ 242', '§ 372', '§ 202', '§ 227', '§ 244', '§ 1531', '§ 62', '§ 300', '§ 68', '§ 36', '§ 86', '§ 87', '§ 43', '§ 24', '§ 7', '§ 441', '§ 44', '§ 19', '§ 44', '§ 34', '§ 19', '§ 14', '§ 46', '§ 46', '§ 46', '§ 46', '§ 422', '§ 221', '§ 222', '§ 223', '§ 227', '§ 230', '§ 234', '§ 236', '§ 242', '§ 88', '§ 89', '§ 90', '§ 24', '§ 53', '§ 10', '§ 53', '§ 53', '§ 422', '§ 221', '§ 222', '§ 223', '§ 227', '§ 230', '§ 234', '§ 242', '§ 24', '§ 372', '§ 202', '§ 1531', '§ 62', '§ 300', '§ 68', '§ 36', '§ 86', '§ 422', '§ 201', '§ 221', '§ 222', '§ 223', '§ 227', '§ 230', '§ 234', '§ 242', '§ 423', '§ 1541', '§ 1552', '§ 62', '§ 63', '§ 75', '§ 68', '§ 36', '§ 37', '§ 88', '§ 89', '§ 90', '§ 96', '§ 58', '§ 58', '§ 58', '§ 422', '§ 221', '§ 222', '§ 223', '§ 227', '§ 230', '§ 234', '§ 236', '§ 242', '§ 88', '§ 89', '§ 90', '§ 63', '§ 66', '§ 66', '§ 73', '§ 422', '§ 221', '§ 222', '§ 223', '§ 227', '§ 230', '§ 234', '§ 242', '§ 62', '§ 721', '§ 13', '§ 17', '§ 51', '§ 61', '§ 80', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 83', '§ 83', '§ 83', '§ 83', '§ 86', '§ 881', '§ 91', '§ 941', '§ 1', '§ 942', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 87', '§ 85', '§ 941', '§ 86', '§ 48', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 14', '§ 19', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 19']

§ 42 Grant of Community licence, certified true copy of Community licence, control document of occasional services and regular service authorisation, approval of timetable, and authorisation for carrying out administrative task
§ 441 Organisation of passenger transport manager training and training licence obligation
§ 721 Requirements for driver upon placement and fastening of baggage
§ 86 Infringement of requirements for carriage by bus, coach, tram, trolleybus or taxi
§ 881 Infringement of requirements for placement and fastening of baggage
§ 91 Infringement of requirements for adaptation of taximeter
§ 941 Infringement of legislation governing use of non-power driven means of transport, motor assisted cycle or other vehicle falling outside the scope of regulation of this Act for carriage of passengers by road for fare
§ 942 Misdemeanours adjudicated by way of alternative procedure and applicable deterrent fine rates
19.12.2017 RT I, 11.01.2018, 1 01.06.2018, partially 21.01.2018
(7) The Road Transport Act applies to own-account carriage of passengers by road as well as to a transport permit of the countries of destination and transit.
[RT I, 11.01.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.06.2018]
(81) In the event specified in subsection 8 of this section, the council of a rural municipality or city may establish requirements for the carriage of passengers for a fare for the purpose of ensuring the safety and comfort of passengers with regard to a non-power driven means of transport, a motor assisted cycle or another vehicle falling outside the scope of regulation of this Act used for the carriage of passengers by road as well as requirements for the minimum age, right to drive and good repute of the driver performing the carriage of passengers, prescribe that a driver performing the carriage of passengers for a fare must have a service provider card, and establish the requirements and procedure for issuing the card and the form of the service provider card.
[RT I, 11.01.2018, 1 – entry into force 21.01.2018]
(2) Upon preparing the national plan as well as county, comprehensive and detailed plans, the need to develop public transport and its route network must be taken into account on the basis of the objectives specified in subsection 1 of this section.
Rural municipality and city councils, rural municipality and city governments (hereinafter local authority bodies), the Road Administration, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and the Government of the Republic plan and manage public transport in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Act or in accordance with the procedure established on the basis of this Act, thereby involving, where necessary, local authority associations, carriers and associations of carriers as well as establishing regional public transport centres.
[RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
3) drafts public transport route networks for the rural municipality or city and approves or authorises a rural municipality or city agency to approve the timetables for the rural municipality or urban routes, taking into account the requirements for the preparation of timetables and, where possible, the proposals of the Road Administration or regional public transport centre, and the county and domestic route network;
7) may submit to the Road Administration or to the regional transport centre authorised to perform the functions of the Road Administration an application for the partial funding of the public transport in the rural municipality or city from the state budget;
12) manages supervision over compliance with the requirements for taxi licences, vehicle cards, service provider cards and regular service authorisations granted by it as well as over the performance of public service contracts and administrative contracts on authorisation for carrying out administrative tasks awarded in accordance with the Administrative Cooperation Act (hereinafter administrative contracts);
14) taking account of traffic safety and intensity, parking facilities and the needs of passengers, may designate municipal taxi stops where only a vehicle that has been granted a vehicle card for the provision of taxi services and that meets the requirements provided for in subsections 2 and 3 of § 64 of this Act is allowed to wait for a customer.
(2) Where necessary, the local authority body performs the functions specified in subsection 1 of this section in cooperation with other local authority bodies, the Road Administration and an association of local authorities.
(3) By mutual agreement and by agreement with the Road Administration, local authority bodies may from their own budget and from the earmarked subsidies of the state budget subsidise the county routes that connect their administrative territories and routes that exceed the border of the rural municipality or city, but that are considered rural or urban routes based on subsection 2 of § 4 of this Act.
(4) A rural municipality or city council, or a rural municipality or city government upon authorisation of the rural municipality or city council assigns an agency to perform the functions of the local authority body listed in this section and determines the procedure for performance of the functions, unless such functions are provided for in other sections of this Act.
(5) The local authority body may allocate a portion of the budgetary funds of the local authority for developing public transport in the county. By agreement with the Road Administration, the local authority body may also subsidise the long-distance routes specified in subsection 2 of § 16 of this Act.
[Repealed – RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
(2) Where warranted by regional characteristics and the need for more practical management of public transport, local authorities and the state authorise a regional public transport centre to perform under an administrative contract relevant functions specified in § 16 of this Act and they may authorise it to perform the functions specified in § 13 and the functions specified in § 16 upon carriage of passengers by ship, pleasure craft, ferry and air, and provide the public transport centre with funds and other resources necessary for the performance of the functions.
1) coordinates the development of county and nationwide public transport;
2) carries out surveys into the county and nationwide transport needs and public transport and shapes the route network related to rural and urban routes in counties and to long-distance routes;
3) grants regular service authorisations and approves timetables for carriage of passengers by bus on county route, domestic long-distance route and international route where the function of granting international regular service authorisations has been imposed on the Road Administration on the basis of clause 2 of subsection 1 of § 17 of this Act;
4) manages the planning and administration of the objects of the infrastructure of county routes and long-distance routes and takes measures to create preferential traffic conditions for public transport vehicles;
5) awards public service contracts to a carrier and organises public procurements to select carriers to provide public regular services;
6) manages the financing of regular services provided on the basis of a public service contract from the state budget and, on the basis of decisions of rural municipality and city councils, from the budgets of the rural municipalities and cities as well as from earmarked appropriations of operators;
7) establishes the price per kilometre or ticket prices of regular services provided under a public service contract;
8) manages supervision exercised over compliance with the requirements of an authorisation for a regular service granted by it for the carriage of passengers by public bus and coach, requirements for international regular services (including over compliance with the requirements for an international regular service authorisation granted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications) where, on the basis of clause 2 of subsection 1 of § 17 of this Act, the function of granting international regular service authorisations has been imposed on the Road Administration, manages supervision exercised over public service contracts awarded for long-distance, county, rural and urban regular bus and coach services, provided that earmarked subsidies are paid from the state budget for the performance of the public service obligation, and manages supervision exercised over the administrative contract concluded by it;
9) advises rural municipality and city governments, and regional transport centres in matters concerning the drafting and implementation of a public service contract as well as establishing a route network.
(2) The Road Administration may make an agreement with a local authority on the scope and conditions of supporting a long-distance route serviced on the basis of a public service contract from the budget of the local authority.
3) manages supervision exercised over the performance of public service contracts and administrative contracts concluded by it and the obligations arising from this Act.
2) [Repealed – RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
3) the Road Administration regarding the carriage of passengers by bus, coach, ship, pleasure craft, ferry or air on county route and on a long-distance route, the carriage of a vehicle and its trailer by water, in international regular bus and coach services, provided that the function of granting international regular service authorisations has been imposed on the Road Administration on the basis of clause 2 of subsection 1 of § 17 of this Act, and regarding the carriage of passengers on an international route by air;
4) [Repealed – RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
5) the rural municipality government or the city government regarding the intra-rural municipality or intra-city carriage of passengers by bus, coach, tram, trolleybus, ship, pleasure craft or ferry as well as regarding the carriage of passengers on a route that crosses the border of the rural municipality or city, but that, on the basis of subsection 2 of § 4 of this Act, is deemed to be a rural municipality or city route, and on a county route in the event specified in subsection 3 of § 13;
6) the rural municipality government or the city government regarding the intra-rural municipality or intra-city carriage of passengers, except in the event specified in subsection 1 of this section.
(2) In the case of the carriage of passengers specified in clauses 3 to 6 of subsection 1 of this section, the regional public transport centre may also be the competent authority.
(3) [Repealed – RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
(4) In the event of a county route specified in clause 5 subsection 1 of this section, a public service contract is awarded to the carrier by the government of the rural municipality or city on whose territory the longest part of the county route connecting the bordering local authorities is located or the rural municipality government or city government which is authorised to do so by the agreement of the governments of these local authorities.
(5) Where, as a result of a merger of local authorities, a rural or urban route emerges instead of the former county route, the route is managed and financed until the expiry of the public service contract in force by the competent authority that awarded the contract. At the request of the local authority created as a result of the merger, the rural or urban route created within the boundaries of the merged local authority instead of county route serviced on the basis of a public service contract is managed and funded from the state budget by the Road Administration, the regional public transport centre or the local authority created as a result of the merger to the extent of the regular service volume of the county route serviced on the basis of the administrative contract concluded with the Road Administration and to the extent of a reasonable subsidisation rate.
(6) [Repealed – RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
(1) The duty to provide public services can be imposed on a carrier solely under a public service contract between the competent authority and the carrier, except in the event provided for in subsection 1 § 22 of this Act.
(3) Where the actions of the competent authority have been contested in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Public Procurement Act and the public service contract expires before the settlement of a request for review or an appeal or where there is otherwise a direct threat of the interruption of the provision of the service, the competent authority has the right, upon choosing the economically most advantageous option, to:
1) renew the public service contract with the carrier who serviced the route on the same or new conditions until a carrier is found on the grounds provided for in subsections 1 and 2 of this section, but not for more than two years, or
(5) Where the competent authority has awarded to a carrier a public service contract for the provision of passenger carriage services by road, including a directly awarded public service contract, the competent authority may not award a public service contract directly to the same carrier, except in the events specified in Articles 5(2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Carriers that, for the purposes of the Competition Act, can be considered one operator are considered to be the same carrier.
(1) Based on Article 5(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the competent authority may, in the event of disruption of the provision of the service or a direct threat thereof, impose the public service obligation, in addition to a carrier carrying passengers by road and rail, also on a carrier carrying passengers and vehicles by ship and ferry, without awarding a public service contract. This measure may be taken only where the renewal of a public service contract specified in clause 1 of subsection 3 of § 21 of this Act or the direct awarding of a public service contract specified in clause 2 of subsection 3 of § 21 of this Act fails.
(3) The competent authority makes a decision to impose a public service obligation within 30 days after the closing date for the submission of the carrier’s opinion and counter-arguments specified in subsection 2 of this section. The competent authority does not impose the public service obligation on compelling grounds.
2) the Road Administration must submit it to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications;
(5) The decision of the competent authority to impose the public service obligation may be contested in the administrative court. For the purpose of ensuring the continued carriage of passengers, the competent authority and the carrier follow the conditions of the last public service contract in force until a decision is made in the disputed case.
(3) In addition to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, the carriage of vehicles and trailers thereof by water on a county route and a long-distance route under a public service contract may be subsidised from the state budget and, in addition to the activities specified in subsection 2 of this section, a local authority may manage the subsidising of the carriage of vehicles and trailers thereof by water under a public service contract.
(4) Where a local authority subsidises county, long-distance or international regular services, the local authority must inform the relevant competent authority specified in clauses 1 to 4 of subsection 1 or subsection 2 of § 19 of this Act.
(5) At the request of a local authority, the state may subsidise from the state budget regular services provided under a public service contract specified in subsection 2 of this section.
(1) A recipient of subsidies from the state budget must fully or partially repay the subsidies or the payment of subsidies is suspended or the subsidies are set off against the subsidies payable under a public service contract in upcoming periods where:
(2) The payment of subsidies from the state budget is suspended, the subsidies are fully or partially repaid or set off in upcoming periods against the subsidies payable under the public service contract on the basis of an administrative decision of the authority that granted the subsidies or another competent authority provided by law.
(2) The procedure specified in subsection 1 of this section regulates the calculation of the need for subsidies, submission of corresponding applications by local authorities and the Road Administration and the consolidation of the applications, planning of the corresponding articles of the draft state budget, distribution of the subsidies allocated in the state budget, the supervision of the use thereof, and the repayment of subsidies.
3) the maximum price per kilometre or the maximum ticket price regarding the county and long-distance carriage of passengers by bus, coach, ship, pleasure craft, ferry and air is established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field;
4) the price per kilometre or the ticket price regarding the intra-rural municipality or intra-city carriage of passengers by bus, coach, tram, trolleybus, ship, pleasure craft or ferry or regarding the carriage of passengers on a route that crosses the border of the rural municipality or city, but that, on the basis of subsection 2 of § 4 of this Act, is deemed to be a rural or urban line, is established by a regulation of the rural municipality council or the city council;
1) regarding a long-distance route and county route, by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field;
(4) Within the limits of the maximum price established in accordance with clause 3 of subsection 2 of this section, the Director General of the Road Administration establishes by a directive the price per kilometre or the ticket price regarding the county and long-distance carriage of passengers by bus, coach, ship, pleasure craft, ferry and air on a proposal of the regional transport centre, taking into account the requirements provided by law and the amount of funds allocated from the state budget.
(5) Where the fare is not agreed on before the start of the journey with an automobile having up to nine seats in the case of the carriage of passengers, the price forms on the basis of subsection 2 of § 28 of the Law of Obligations Act.
1) regular rail, air, ship, pleasure craft or ferry services and of long-distance and international bus or coach services in at least one national newspaper and where the carrier has a website, also on the website, as well as make the information available in a visible place at bus and coach terminals and railway stations or, in the case of water craft, at ports, or in the case of carriage by air, at airports, or, upon absence thereof, at the point of departure and destination and in the public transport vehicle at least ten days before the rise in prices. The owner or manager of these objects of public transport infrastructure must allow for the notification;
2) regular bus or coach services on a rural, urban or county route at least in one newspaper that is the most widespread in the region and where the carrier has a website, also on the website, as well as make the information available in a visible place at the point of departure and destination and in the public transport vehicle at least ten days before the rise in prices.
3) a certificate of an external counselling team stating that, based on the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act, the team has recommended that the commencement of compulsory school attendance by the child be postponed;
(1) The rates of compensation for travel fare concessions paid out of the funds allocated from the state budget in accordance with clause 2 of subsection 1 of § 32 of this Act are prescribed by an Act or another legal instrument adopted on the basis of an Act.
(2) The procedure for payment of the concessions specified in subsection 1 of this section is established by a regulation of the Government of the Republic or by a regulation of the minister authorised by the Government of the Republic.
(2) The procedure and extent of compensation of travel costs specified in subsection 1 of this section is established with regard to state schools by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field and with regard to a municipal school by a regulation of the rural municipality council or city council.
(1) Upon provision of regular services under a public service contract, a pupil specified in subsection 1 of § 35 of this Act, the person accompanying a person having a profound disability and the person accompanying a disabled person of up to 16 years of age is granted a travel fare concession of up to 100 per cent of the ticket price on an intra-city or other domestic train route, provided that the point of departure and the destination are located within the borders of one city, as well as upon carriage by road and water. The extent of the travel fare concession is established:
1) upon carriage of passengers by road, by a regulation of the rural municipality council or city council for rural or urban routes and by the minister responsible for the field for county route;
2) upon carriage of passengers by water, by the minister responsible for the field regarding a ship, pleasure craft and ferry route specified in clause 3 of subsection 1 of § 25 of this Act;
(2) Upon provision of regular services under a public service contract, the owner of a state or municipal school may also compensate a pupil specified in subsection 1 of § 35 of this Act for up to 100 per cent of the ticket price on a domestic train route, except on a train route specified in subsection 1 of this section, and on an air route specified in clause 4 of subsection 1 of § 25 of this Act. The procedure for and extent of compensation of travel costs regarding state schools is established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field and regarding a municipal school by a regulation of the rural municipality council or city council.
(4) Upon provision of regular services under a public service contract, travel fare concessions may, in addition to the travel fare concession specified in this section, be granted and the rate of the travel fare concession may be raised regarding another group of passengers determined on the basis of general properties where the public interest demands it and there is a reasonable and relevant reason for granting the concession. Travel fare concessions granted by a rural municipality council or city council on a county route or long-distance route must be coordinated with the Road Administration.
(5) The travel fare concessions specified in subsection 4 of this section may be granted by the rural municipality council or the city council or, where authorised by it, by the rural municipality government or the city government, the minister responsible for the field or a regulation of the Government of the Republic.
(2) ‘Certified true copy of Community licence’ means a document specified in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and certifies the right of the holder of a Community licence specified in subsection 1 of this section to use the vehicle bearing the registration number specified in the certified true copy of the Community licence for the carriage of passengers authorised under the Community licence.
(4) A certified true copy of the Community licence, a control document of occasional services, an authorisation for a regular service and an approved timetable may be handed over only to a person working for the carrier under an employment contract or on another contractual basis.
(5) Unless otherwise provided by an international agreement, upon management of such international occasional services not governed by Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the carrier must hold a transport permit of the country of destination and transit where the transport authorisation is required in this country.
§ 42. Grant of Community licence, certified true copy of Community licence, control document of occasional services and regular service authorisation, approval of timetable, and authorisation for carrying out administrative task
(1) A Community licence, a certified true copy of the Community licence and a control document of occasional services is granted by the Road Administration authorised by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.
(2) The granting, suspension of the validity and revocation of a Community licence, a certified true copy of the Community licence and a control document of occasional services or declaration of a transport manager (hereinafter transport manager) to be of good repute and verification of compliance of a carrier with the requirements for operation in the field may, under an administrative contract, be delegated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications to a non-profit association.
(21) The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications exercises administrative supervision over the performance of the administrative contract specified in subsection 2 of this section.
(22) Where the administrative contract specified in subsection 2 of this section is terminated, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications or, where authorised by it, the Road Administration takes over the performance of the administrative contract.
(23) Where a non-profit association is authorised to issue Community licences, certified true copies of Community licences or control documents of occasional services, the non-profit association has the right to charge for reviewing an application for a said document a fee the amount of which exclusive of value added tax does not exceed the rate provided for in the State Fees Act, which a state authority is allowed to charge for reviewing an application for the document.
2) the Road Administration for the carriage of passengers by bus and coach on a county route, domestic route or international long-distance route where such function has been imposed on the Road Administration on the basis of clause 2 of subsection 1 of § 17 of this Act;
3) by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for the carriage of passengers by bus and coach on an international long-distance route;
4) by the regional public transport centre on a rural or urban route and a country route where it has been authorised thereto in accordance with the procedure established in subsection 4 or 5 of this section.
(4) On the basis of a directive of the minister responsible for the field a regional public transport centre may be authorised to grant regular service authorisations for county routes and approve timetables. The respective administrative contract is concluded by the Road Administration. The regional public transport centre has the right to charge a fee for reviewing an application for an authorisation for a regular service and approval of a timetable, which does not exceed the state fee rate set for reviewing the application for these documents.
(5) On the basis of a decision of the rural municipality council or city council, the granting of regular service authorisations and the approval of the timetables of rural or urban routes may be delegated to the regional public transport centre. The corresponding administrative contract is concluded by the rural municipality government or city government. The regional public transport centre has the right to charge a fee for reviewing an application for an authorisation for a regular service and approval of a timetable, which does not exceed the state fee rate set for reviewing the application for these documents.
(4) The repute of an applicant for and a holder of a Community licence is considered good for the purposes of Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council if they have not been convicted of a criminal offence of the first degree or, more than once, for a wilful criminal offence of the second degree or, under § 372 of the Penal Code, for the absence of a licence for carriage for hire or reward, or for a misdemeanour specified in § 202, 204, 208, 210, 217, 220, 225, 244, 252 or 255 of the Traffic Act, § 1531, 154, 1541 or 1552 of the Taxation Act, § 62 or 63 of the Fiscal Marking of Liquid Fuel Act, § 300 of the Aliens Act, §§ 68–70 of the Consumer Protection Act, §§ 36 or 37 of the Language Act, or § 86 or § 87 of this Act. Upon verifying the penalties of an applicant for and a holder of a Community licence, the conviction data obtained from abroad on serious criminal offences specified in Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council are also taken into account.
(5) The requirement of the good repute of an applicant for and a holder of a Community licence is also fulfilled where they have been convicted of an offence specified in subsection 4 of this section, but the records have been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act or where the term of deletion of the records set out in § 24 of the Criminal Records Database Act has passed from the enforcement of the decision made on the offence committed abroad.
(6) The repute of an applicant for and a holder of a Community licence who has been convicted of an offence specified in subsection 4 of this section may be considered good where, as a result of the proceedings in accordance with the second and third paragraph of Articles 6(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council it is found that the loss of good repute would be disproportionate.
(7) An applicant for and a holder of a Community licence must appoint one or several transport managers specified in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council whose repute is good for the purposes of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation and complies with the requirements provided for in Article 4 of the Regulation and § 44 of this Act.
(1) A transport manager must be of good repute. The repute of a transport manager is considered good where:
1) they have not been convicted of a criminal offence of the first degree or a criminal offence specified in subsection 1 of § 422 or §§ 423–424 of the Penal Code or a misdemeanour specified in subsection 2 of § 221, subsection 2 of § 222, §§ 223–226, subsections 3 to 4 of § 227, subsection 2 of § 230, §§ 234–237 or subsection 2 of § 242 of the Traffic Act or the records have been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act;
2) they have no more than once been convicted of a wilful criminal offence of the second degree or, under § 372 of the Penal Code, for the absence of a licence for carriage for hire or reward, or for a misdemeanour specified in § 202, 204, 208, 210, 217, 220 or 225, subsection 2 of § 227, § 244, 252 or 255 of the Traffic Act, § 1531, 154, 1541 or 1552 of the Taxation Act, § 62 or 63 of the Fiscal Marking of Liquid Fuel Act, § 300 of the Aliens Act, §§ 68–70 of the Consumer Protection Act, §§ 36 or 37 of the Language Act, or subsection 1 of § 86 or subsection 1 of § 87 of this Act or where the records have been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act;
4) they have not caused the offences specified in subsection 4 of § 43 of this Act for which the carrier has been convicted or the records have been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act;
(2) Upon verifying the penalties of a transport manager, the criminal records obtained from abroad on serious criminal offences specified in Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council will be taken into account in addition to the records provided for in subsection 1 of this section. In this case the requirement of the good repute of the transport manager is also fulfilled where the transport manager has been convicted of an infringement committed abroad, but the term of deletion of the records set out in § 24 of the Criminal Records Database Act has passed from the enforcement of the decision made on the infringement.
(3) A transport manager must be professionally competent. A transport manager is deemed to be professionally competent where the transport manager has gained the required knowledge of the organisation of carriage of passengers, completed training in the field of managing the carriage of passengers, passed a written final examination, and holds a respective certificate of professional competence. A person who meets the requirements provided for in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council is granted access to transport manager training.
(4) A person who has worked as a manager of domestic carriage of passengers with a carrier for at least five years and passed the written final exam of the training course specified in subsection 3 of this section is not required to undergo a transport manager training course.
(5) [Repealed – RT I, 11.01.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.06.2018]
(7) Requirements for the knowledge and skills of a passenger transport manager and requirements for the volume and content of transport manager training, the conditions of and procedure for organisation of such training, the curriculum and the list of the curricula and of the universities and institutions of professional higher education whose graduate’s diploma serves as the basis for the partial or full exemption of a person from taking the final examination of the training are established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
(8) A person who has acquired foreign professional qualifications may work as a transport manager where their professional qualifications have been recognised in accordance with the Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications Act. The competent authority provided for in subsection 2 of § 7 of the Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications Act is the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.
§ 441. Organisation of passenger transport manager training and training licence obligation
(1) Passenger transport manager training includes the organisation of training, the organisation of an examination and the issue of a certificate of the respective professional competence.
(2) A passenger transport manager training licence is required for organising the training of transport managers of the carriage of passengers.
(3) A passenger transport manager training licence is granted where the applicant has:
2) a curriculum that meets the requirements established on the basis of subsection 7 of § 44 of this Act;
(4) An application for a licence to organise the training of transport managers of the carriage of passengers is decided by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications or, where authorised by it, the Road Administration.
(5) To apply for a licence to organise the training of passenger transport managers, the following data and documents are submitted in addition to those provided for in clauses 1–4 of subsection 2 of § 19 of the General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act:
1) a curriculum that meets the requirements established on the basis of subsection 7 of § 44 of this Act;
2) the written consent of a lecturer specified in clause 3 of subsection 3 of this section to provide the training.
(5) In each public transport vehicle of rural, urban and county routes there must be at least two marked seats for persons specified in § 34 of this Act. Other passengers are required to vacate the seats, where necessary.
2) where the applicant is a legal person, the name and registry code; where the applicant is a legal person that is being founded, a foundation document, in particular, the foundation agreement or the foundation resolution or at least a copy thereof authenticated by a notary must be submitted; where the applicant is a self-employed person, the name and registry code of the applicant must be submitted;
3) where the applicant wants that the term of validity of the licence or authorisation granted to the applicant be limited in comparison with the term of validity set out in this Act, the requested term of validity of the licence or authorisation must be submitted;
5) the name and personal identification code of the transport manager or, upon absence of a personal identification code, the date of birth, contact details (including the telephone number and the e-mail address), the person’s consent to the appointment as a transport manager, a document certifying the professional competence of the transport manager, and a document certifying the appointment of the transport manager or a written certificate of the transport manager status where the transport manager is a self-employed person or a legal person’s board member having the exclusive right of representation.
(2) A certified true copy of the Community licence can be applied for a power-driven vehicle that has been entered in the motor register and that has passed the roadworthiness test. In addition to the documents specified in clauses 1 and 4 of subsection 1 of this section, an applicant for a certified true copy of the Community licence submits to the issuer thereof the contract of use of the vehicle where the applicant is not the owner of the vehicle or the user of the vehicle based on the registration certificate of the vehicle.
2) a written opinion on the timetable specified in clause 1 of subsection 4 of this section by each rural municipality government or city government concerned in respect of a county route and by each public transport centre concerned or by a local authority formed as a result of a merger specified in subsection 5 of § 19 of this Act in respect of a domestic long-distance route and, in the administrative territory of the cities of Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Kohtla-Järve and Pärnu, by the city government concerned;
(4) After obtaining an authorisation for a regular service, the terms of carriage specified in clause 3 of subsection 3 of this section must be published on the website of the carrier or an association of carriers or be otherwise freely available. The terms of carriage must set out at least the following:
(6) Data entered in a database established on the basis of law, except for data that allows for identifying the applicant and the applicant’s contact details, cannot be requested from the applicant and the applicant does not have to submit it. The prohibition also applies to data that can be obtained free of charge from a relevant register of a contracting party of the European Economic Area or for a charge where the applicant confirms that the applicant bears the costs of acquiring the data.
(7) Before the submission of an application, the applicant for a Community licence, a certified true copy of the Community licence, a control document of occasional services, and approval of an authorisation for a regular service or timetable must pay the state fee, unless the issuer or approver of the document is a non-profit association or a regional public transport centre.
(8) Where a non-profit association or a regional public transport centre is authorised to grant Community licences, certified true copies of Community licences, control documents of occasional services or authorisations for regular services or to approve timetables, the non-profit association or the regional public transport centre has the right to charge a fee for reviewing the application for granting or approving the document, provided that the rate of the fee does not exceed the state fee rate set for reviewing the application.
(1) The issuer of a Community licence verifies the absence of the applicant’s overdue tax exceeding the sum specified in subsection 5 of § 14 of the Taxation Act (hereinafter non-staggered tax arrears), the data of the applicant in the criminal records database and in the traffic supervision information system and, in the case of an operator entered in the commercial register, the data available in the commercial register, and in the case of a legal person entered in the register of non-profit associations and foundations, the data available in the register as well as the data of the transport manager appointed by the carrier providing transport services on the basis of the Community licence. The applicant for the Community licence is notified of a decision to issue or to refuse to issue the licence by post or electronically within 30 days as of the submission of all the data and documents specified in subsection 1 of § 46 of this Act.
(2) The issuer of a certified true copy of the Community licence verifies the absence of the applicant’s non-staggered tax arrears and, in the case of an operator entered in the commercial register, the data available in the commercial register, and in the case of a legal person entered in the register of non-profit associations and foundations, the data available in the register as well as the data of the vehicle in the motor register. The applicant is notified of a decision to issue or refuse to issue the certified true copy of the Community licence by post or electronically within 15 days as of the submission of the documents specified in subsection 2 of § 46 of this Act.
(3) The issuer of an authorisation for a regular service checks the absence of the applicant’s non-staggered tax arrears. The issuer of the authorisation for a regular service communicates a decision to grant or refuse to grant the authorisation to the applicant by post or electronically within 30 days as of the submission of all the documents specified in subsection 3 of § 46 of this Act. Where it is necessary to gather additional information in order to review the application for the authorisation for a regular service, the time limit for the review of the application may be extended by up to 30 days. The applicant is informed of the extension of the time limit by post or electronically.
(5) The form of the international regular service authorisation specified in subsection 4 of this section is established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field, taking account of the provisions of the international agreement.
(6) The applicant for the Community licence is notified of a decision to issue or to refuse to issue the licence by post or electronically within 30 calendar days as of the submission of all the data and documents specified in subsection 4 of § 46 of this Act. Where it is necessary to gather additional information in order to review the application for the approval of the timetable, the time limit for reviewing the application may be extended by up to 30 days. The applicant is informed of the extension of the time limit by post or electronically.
(7) Where there are any deficiencies in the documents submitted for obtaining the Community licence, the certified true copy of the Community licence or the authorisation for a regular service or for obtaining the approval of the timetable, a reasonable time limit is set to the applicant for eliminating the deficiencies. The time limit set for reviewing the application is suspended until the deficiencies have been eliminated. Where the applicant fails to eliminate the deficiencies within the time limit, the application may be dismissed.
(1) The issuer of a Community licence may refuse to issue the licence where:
2) the reason for the revocation of the previous Community licence of the applicant lies in an infringement of the requirements established by legislation and less than two years has passed therefrom;
4) a driver employed by the applicant has, in relation to professional activities, been convicted of a criminal offence specified in §§ 422–424 of the Penal Code or a misdemeanour specified in subsection 2 of § 221, subsection 2 of § 222, §§ 223–226, subsections 2 to 4 of § 227, subsection 2 of § 230, § 234, §§ 236 and 237, subsection 2 of § 242 of the Traffic Act or § 88, subsection 1 of § 89 or § 90 of this Act and the records have not been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act. In the event of application for the Community licence, the criminal records on transport and traffic offences obtained from abroad are taken into account, unless the term of deletion of the records provided for in § 24 of the Criminal Records Database Act has not passed from the making of the decision made regarding the offence committed abroad;
5) a precept on the grounds set out in subsection 1 of § 53 of this Act has been made to the applicant and the applicant has not complied therewith;
(2) The issuer of a certified true copy of the Community licence may refuse to issue the copy where:
(3) The granting of an authorisation for a regular service or the approval of the timetable of a commercial route serviced on the basis of an authorisation for a regular service may be refused on the grounds set out in subsection 1 of this section or when:
3) the granting of the regular service on the submitted terms of carriage or the change of the timetable jeopardises the sustainable provision of the existing transport service for passengers, taking into account the stability and availability of the transport service, passenger safety and travel comfortableness as well as the objectives specified in subsection 1 of § 10 of this Act on the whole;
5) a precept on the grounds set out in subsection 2 of § 53 of this Act has been made to the applicant and the applicant has not complied therewith.
(4) Where an authorisation for a regular service is refused on the ground specified in clause 4 of subsection 3 of this section, the granting of an authorisation for a regular service on the same travel route is refused in the event of the first revocation of the authorisation for a regular service and the granting of each regular service authorisation is refused in the event of each consecutive revocation of the authorisation for a regular service.
(5) The approval of the timetable of a special commercial route may be refused on the grounds set out in subsection 1 of this section or where a precept has been made to the applicant on the grounds set out in subsection 2 of § 53 of this Act and the applicant has failed to comply therewith.
(1) Where a carrier wishes to change the timetable, the carrier must submit a respective application at least 90 days before the entry into force of the planned change.
(2) [Repealed – RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
(3) Upon provision of county and long-distance regular services, the carrier must inform all local authorities concerned about the commencement of the provision of the services or about making a change in the timetable at least ten days in advance.
(4) The time limits for submission of the application and notification set out in subsections 1 and 3 of this section may be shortened by agreement between the carrier and the issuer.
(2) A certified copy of a Community licence is issued for ten years, but not for longer than the term of validity of the Community licence. Upon revocation or expiry of the Community licence, the validity of the certified copy of the Community licence terminates. Upon using a vehicle under a contract of use, the validity of a certified copy of a Community licence terminates upon expiry of the contract of use. Where a document specified in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council was submitted upon application for a certified true copy of the Community licence, the certified true copy of the Community licence is not issued for a longer period than the period of validity of the document.
(3) An authorisation for a regular service is granted for five years, unless the applicant requests a shorter term. An authorisation for a regular service cannot be applied for with regard to a domestic route for a term shorter than two years. An authorisation for a regular service may, to a reasoned extent, be granted for a shorter term of validity where the route for the servicing of which the authorisation is applied for disturbs regular services that are planned to be provided under a public service contract and information thereon has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(4) An authorisation for a regular service is valid only during the term of validity of a Community licence. Where the Community licence expires before the authorisation for a regular service, the carrier must, before the expiry of the Community licence, submit a new application for the Community licence in accordance with the procedure established by this Act.
(1) The carrier is required to provide the services specified in the authorisation for a regular service in accordance with the timetable approved by the issuer of the authorisation and other terms of carriage established upon applying for the authorisation, thereby ensuring passenger safety. The carrier does not need to follow the timetable where it is necessary due to poor road conditions, road work or other circumstances beyond the control of the carrier for the purpose of ensuring the safety of passengers or road users or the preservation of the baggage.
(2) Amendment of the terms of carriage of an authorisation for a regular service may be applied for after one year has passed from the time when the authorisation was granted or the terms were amended. An application submitted before the passing of the period may be dismissed, unless:
(5) By agreement between the issuer of the authorisation for a regular service and the carrier, the closing date of commencement of carriage indicated in the authorisation for domestic commercial regular services and in the authorisation for international regular services may be set to a date later than specified in subsection 4 of this section, but not to a date that is more than 270 days from the date of receipt of the authorisation for regular services and, in the case of international regular services, from the date of receipt of the authorisations for regular services of all the states concerned.
(1) The issuer of a Community licence and a certified true copy of the Community licence may make a precept to its holder for the elimination of deficiencies or suspend the validity of the Community licence and the certified true copy of the Community licence for a fixed term or revoke it where:
3) a driver of a public transport vehicle employed by the licence holder has in the professional capacity been convicted of a criminal offence provided for in §§ 422–424 of the Penal Code or a misdemeanour provided for in subsection 2 of § 221, subsection 2 of § 222, §§ 223–226, subsections 2 to 4 of § 227, subsection 2 of § 230, §§ 234–237 or subsection 2 of § 242 of the Traffic Act and the records of the have not been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act. In the event of application for a Community licence, the criminal records on transport and traffic offences obtained from abroad are taken into account, unless the term of deletion of the records provided for in § 24 of the Criminal Records Database Act has not passed from the making of the decision made regarding the offence committed abroad;
(2) The issuer of an authorisation for a regular service may, in addition to the grounds provided for in clauses 1 and 3 of subsection 1 of this section, make a precept to the holder of the authorisation for the elimination of deficiencies or suspend the validity of the authorisation for a fixed term or revoke the authorisation where the holder thereof has not complied with the terms of carriage.
(3) Where the issuer of a Community licence revokes the Community licences of a carrier providing commercial regular services or providing regular services under a public service contract, the issuer of the Community licence must within five working days from the revocation inform the issuer of the authorisation for a regular service or the customer of the services thereof. After the revocation of the Community licence, the issuer of the authorisation for a regular service immediately revokes the carrier’s regular service authorisation as well.
(4) The issuer of a Community licence, a certified true copy of the Community licence or an authorisation for a regular service may also revoke the document at the request of its holder. Where the holder of a Community licence holds an authorisation for a regular service, the licence holder must immediately inform the licence issuer about the submission of the application.
(5) Where a carrier requests the revocation of its regular service authorisation, the carrier must submit an application of the issuer of the authorisation at least 90 days in advance, unless the issuer and holder of the authorisation agree on a shorter term. In addition, in the event of the revocation of the authorisation for a regular service regarding a long-distance route and a county route the carrier must inform the local authorities concerned at least 90 days in advance.
(6) Where the validity of a Community licence, certified true copy of a Community licence or regular service authorisation has been suspended or it has been revoked, the document must be returned to the issuer immediately, but not later than within five working days.
(7) Where as a result of checks it becomes evident that a carrier does not comply with the requirement of good economic standing but economic indicators characterising the carrier’s operations certify that the carrier is able to comply with the requirement of good economic standing in the future, the issuer of the Community licence has the right not to suspend the licence and to allow the carrier to manage the carriage of passengers, however, for not longer than for one year as of the time when it became evident that the carrier was able to comply with the requirement of good economic standing in the future.
(8) The fulfilment of requirements arising from international agreements and the application of limitations on international carriage by bus and coach is managed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. Where the management of transport on the basis of a Community licence is in conflict with an international agreement, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications may issue a precept to the licence holder for eliminating the defects, temporarily suspend the validity of a Community licence, revoke a Community licence or make a proposal to the issuer of a Community licence to revoke the Community licence.
(2) The granting of taxi licences, vehicle cards and service provider cards may be delegated to a non-profit association or to a regional public transport centre on the basis of a decision of the rural municipality council or the city council. A corresponding administrative contract is concluded by the rural municipality government or city government. The non-profit association or the regional public transport centre has the right to charge a fee for the granting of a taxi licence, vehicle card and service provider card, provided that the fee does not exceed the state fee rate prescribed for reviewing an application for the documents.
(1) An applicant for and a holder of a taxi licence must be of good repute. Repute is considered good if they have not been convicted of a criminal offence of the first degree or if they have no more than once been convicted of a wilful criminal offence of the second degree or, under § 372 of the Penal Code, for the absence of a licence for carriage for hire or reward, or for a misdemeanour specified in § 202, 204, 208, 210, 220, 225, 244, 252 or 255 of the Traffic Act, § 1531, 154, 1541 or 1552 of the Taxation Act, § 62 or 63 of the Fiscal Marking of Liquid Fuel Act, § 300 of the Aliens Act, §§ 68–70 of the Consumer Protection Act, §§ 36 and 37 of the Language Act, and § 86, 87, 89 or 90 of this Act or the records have been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act. Repute is also considered good if the applicant for or holder of a taxi licence has been convicted of these offences, but as a result of the proceedings it is found based on the circumstances identified in the given case that the loss of good repute would be disproportionate.
(2) An applicant for and a holder of a taxi licence must have a good economic standing. The economic standing is considered good where the court has not declared their bankruptcy and they do not have any non-staggered tax arrears.
(2) The repute of an applicant for and a holder of a service provider card is considered good where:
1) they have not been convicted of a criminal offence of the first degree or a criminal offence specified in § 422 or 424 of the Penal Code or a misdemeanour specified in § 201, subsection 2 of § 221, subsection 2 of § 222, §§ 223–226, subsections 3–4 of § 227, subsection 2 of § 230, §§ 234–237 or subsection 2 of § 242 of the Traffic Act or the records have been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act;
2) they have not more than once been convicted of a wilful criminal offence of the second degree or for a criminal offence provided for in § 423 of the Penal Code or for a misdemeanour provided for in § 1541 or § 1552 of the Taxation Act, § 62 or § 63 of the Fiscal Marking of Liquid Fuel Act, § 75 of the General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act, §§ 68–70 of the Consumer Protection Act, § 36 or § 37 of the Language Act, and § 88, subsection 1 of § 89 or subsection 1 of § 90 of this Act or the records have been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act. Repute is also considered good where the applicant for or holder of a service provider card has been convicted of these offences, but as a result of the proceedings it is found based on the circumstances identified in the given case that the loss of good repute would be disproportionate.
(3) A person who holds a provisional driving licence or a licence with the limited right to drive as specified in subsection 1 of § 96 of the Traffic Act does not have the right to obtain a service provider card.
3) where the applicant wants that the term of validity of the licence granted to the applicant be limited in comparison with the term of validity set out in this Act, the requested term of validity of the licence must be submitted.
(2) A vehicle card can be applied for a power-driven vehicle that has been entered in the motor register and complies with the requirements arising from this Act. The roadworthiness test must be passed not later than by the time of granting the vehicle card. In addition to the document specified in clause 1 of subsection 1 or clause 1 of subsection 3 of this section, the applicant for a vehicle card must submit the following to the issuer of the vehicle card:
1) the contract of use of the vehicle where the applicant is not the owner of the vehicle or a user of the vehicle specified in the registration certificate;
(21) A taximeter adaptation certificate specified in clause 2 of subsection 2 of this section may be submitted also immediately before the granting of a vehicle card.
(4) Data entered in a database established on the basis of law, except for data that allows for identifying the applicant and the applicant’s contact details, cannot be requested from the applicant and the applicant does not have to submit it. The prohibition also applies to data that can be obtained free of charge from a relevant register of a contracting party of the European Economic Area or for a charge where the applicant confirms that the applicant bears the costs of acquiring the data.
(6) Where a non-profit association or a regional public transport centre is authorised to grant taxi licences, vehicle cards or service provider cards, the non-profit association or the regional public transport centre has the right to charge a fee for granting or approving the document, provided that the amount of the fee does not exceed the state fee rate prescribed for reviewing an application for these documents.
(1) The issuer of a taxi licence verifies whether the applicant has any non-staggered tax arrears, verifies the data of the applicant in the criminal records database and, where the applicant is an operator entered in the commercial register, verifies the data available in the commercial register and, where the applicant is a legal person entered in the register of non-profit associations and foundations, verifies the data of the applicant entered in the respective register. The applicant for a taxi licence is notified of a decision to grant or to refuse to grant the licence by post or electronically within seven days as of the submission of all the data and documents specified in subsection 1 of § 58 of this Act.
(2) The issuer of a vehicle card verifies whether the applicant has any non-staggered tax arrears, verifies the existence of the applicant’s taxi licence in the register of economic activities or the existence of the applicant’s service provider card in the public transport register and, where the applicant is an operator entered in the commercial register, verifies the data available in the commercial register and, where the applicant is a legal person entered in the register of non-profit associations and foundations, verifies the data of the applicant entered in the respective register. The applicant for a vehicle card is notified of a decision to grant or to refuse to grant the card by post or electronically within seven days as of the submission of all the documents specified in subsection 2 of § 58 of this Act.
(3) The issuer of a service provider card verifies the data of the applicant in the motor register and in the criminal records database. The applicant for a service provider card is notified of a decision to grant or to refuse to grant the card by post or electronically within seven days as of the submission of all the documents specified in subsection 3 of § 58 of this Act.
(4) Where the documents submitted for obtaining a taxi licence, vehicle card or service provider card contain deficiencies, the applicant is granted a reasonable time limit for eliminating the deficiencies. The time limit set for reviewing the application is suspended until the deficiencies have been eliminated. Where the applicant fails to eliminate the deficiencies within the time limit, the application may be dismissed.
(1) The issuer of a taxi licence may refuse to issue the licence where:
2) the reason for the revocation of the previous taxi licence of the applicant lies in an infringement of the requirements established by law and less than two years has passed therefrom;
4) a driver employed by the applicant has, in relation to professional activities, been convicted of a criminal offence provided for in §§ 422–424 of the Penal Code or a misdemeanour provided for in subsection 2 § 221, subsection 2 of § 222, §§ 223–226, subsections 2 to 4 of § 227, subsection 2 of § 230, § 234, §§ 236 and 237, subsection 2 of § 242 of the Traffic Act or § 88, subsection 1 of § 89 or § 90 of this Act and the criminal records have not been deleted from the database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act;
5) a precept on the grounds set out in subsection 1 of § 63 of this Act has been made to the applicant and the applicant has not complied therewith;
(2) The issuer of a vehicle card may refuse to issue the card where:
4) upon applying for the vehicle card, the taximeter adaptation certificate sets out services that are not included in the list established by the rural municipality government or the city government on the basis of clause 3 of subsection 3 of § 66 of this Act, as well as where the journey commencement fee, the fare per kilometre or the time fee indicated in the taximeter adaptation certificate exceeds the maximum permitted rate established on the basis of clause 3 of subsection 3 of § 66 of this Act;
(3) The issuer of a service provider card may refuse to issue the card where:
(2) A vehicle card is granted for an unspecified term, unless the applicant requests it for a fixed term. A vehicle card is not granted for a term exceeding the term of validity of the taxi licence or the service provider card. Upon revocation or expiry of the taxi licence or service provider card, the validity of the vehicle card terminates. Upon using the vehicle under a contract of use, the term of validity of the vehicle card terminates upon termination of the contract of use.
(2) In addition to the data specified in clauses 1 and 2 of subsection 1 of this section, the following information is published on a vehicle card in the register of economic activities:
(3) The service provider card data specified in a legal instrument established on the basis of subsection 3 of § 73 of this Act is published in the national public transport register.
(1) The issuer of a taxi licence and a vehicle card may make a precept to the holder to eliminate deficiencies or may suspend the validity of the taxi licence and the vehicle card for a fixed term or revoke the taxi licence and vehicle card where:
3) a driver of a public transport vehicle employed by the licence holder under an employment contract or another contractual basis has in the professional capacity been convicted of a criminal offence provided for in §§ 422–424 of the Penal Code or a misdemeanour provided for in subsection 2 of § 221, subsection 2 of § 222, §§ 223–226, subsections 2 to 4 of § 227, subsection 2 § 230, §§ 234–237 or subsection 2 of § 242 of the Traffic Act and the records have not been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act;
(4) Where the validity of a service provider card has been suspended or the card has been revoked and where the service provider card has been issued to a person as a printed document in accordance with subsection 3 of § 62 of this Act, the document must be returned to the issuer immediately, but not later than within five working days.
(5) Where as a result of checks it becomes evident that a carrier does not comply with the requirement of good economic standing but economic indicators characterising the carrier’s operations certify that the carrier is able to comply with the requirement of good economic standing in the future, the issuer of the taxi licence has the right not to suspend the licence and to allow the carrier to manage the carriage of passengers, however, for not longer than for one year as of the time when it became evident that the carrier was able to comply with the requirement of good economic standing in the future.
(6) It is prohibited to install features imitating an illuminated sign, taximeter and price list. It is also prohibited to provide any service using a vehicle that has a feature imitating an illuminated sign, taximeter or price list. An electronic device used for the provision of an information society service is not deemed a feature imitating a taximeter where the buying of taxi services and calculation of the price takes place via the information society service.
(7) Where no taxi services are provided, the illuminated sign must be removed from the vehicle. Where the illuminated sign has not been removed, it is deemed that the driver is providing taxi services.
(10) The requirements for service quality, including comfortableness of passengers and environmental friendliness, regarding vehicles used for the provision of taxi services in accordance with the requirements provided for in subsection 2 or 3 of this section may be established by a regulation of the rural municipality council or city council.
2) switch on the taximeter upon commencement of service. Where the passenger orders a taxi outside the service area, the taximeter may be switched on at the border of the service area by agreement with the passenger;
1) communicate to the passenger the given name and surname, photograph and service provider card number of the driver, the maximum price of the ride inclusive of taxes before the start of the ride or, where the destination of the ride has not been pre-defined, inform the passenger of the price components, the tariff serving as the basis for the price or another basis for calculating the price so that the passenger is able to calculate the estimated final price of the ride with sufficient accuracy;
(2) Upon provision of the taxi services specified in subsection 1 of this section, the driver is prohibited to:
(4) Upon provision of the taxi services specified in subsection 1 of this section, the passenger pays on the basis of the price list and the reading of the taximeter. In the case of the taxi services specified in subsection 11, the passenger pays on the basis of the price calculated via the information society service. Where the driver is in violation of subsection 1 or 2 or the carrier is in violation of subsection 11, the passenger has the right to refuse to pay.
(2) Where the buying and calculation of the price of taxi services takes place without the intermediation of an information society service, the holder of the vehicle card must program the prices of taxi services provided on the road into the taximeter installed in the vehicle and the prices must be indicated in the taximeter adaptation certificate and in the price list. It is prohibited to highlight any service price where it may mislead the passenger.
(2) Upon provision of regular services, except for special regular services, the driver of a public transport vehicle must issue to a passenger a paper ticket in accordance with the requirements provided for in subsections 3 and 4 of this section and the established price. If the passenger is not enabled this, the passenger has the right to travel without paying the fare.
(4) A paper ticket issued on a county route that is not part of the route network of a city or on a domestic long-distance route or an international long-distance route must legibly indicate the following: the ticket number; the price inclusive of value added tax; the amount of value added tax; the point of departure and destination of the journey or the travel area; the number and name of the route; the time, place and date of departure of the public transport vehicle; the name and address of the carrier; the number of the cash register device. Where a ticket is issued manually, the cash device number is not required. There must not be any corrections on a ticket.
(2) In the event of disruption of a journey in the framework of regular services or returning to the point of departure for reasons that the carrier could not control, such as extraordinary road or weather conditions, no fare is charged from the passenger and the paid fare is refunded to the passenger. The aforementioned does not apply in the case of an urban route.
The carrier resolves a complaint submitted by a passenger regarding an alleged infringement of Regulation (EC) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 27 of the Regulation. Where the carrier has not resolved the passenger’s complaint in accordance with the procedure or where the passenger does not consent to the solution suggested by the carrier, the complaint is resolved in accordance with the procedure provided for in Divisions 2 and 3 of Chapter 6 of the Consumer Protection Act.
(2) In addition to the items listed in subsection 1 of this section, other things of the passenger may be carried in the passenger or baggage compartment of a bus, coach, trolleybus or tram, provided that these are of a reasonable size and in a reasonable quantity.
(4) The things specified in subsections 1 and 2 must not disturb or jeopardise the driver or passengers of the public transport vehicle, obstruct the entry and exit of passengers, obstruct the movement of passengers in the passenger compartment of the public transport vehicle or ruin the clothes or baggage of passengers.
§ 721. Requirements for driver upon placement and fastening of baggage
(1) In a bus, coach, trolleybus, tram or trailer thereof, the baggage must be placed and fastened in such a manner that it does not jeopardise the people or the environment, does not cause pecuniary harm or obstruct traffic.
(2) Where the baggage is placed or fastened by the driver, the driver is responsible for complying with the requirements for the placement or fastening of baggage.
(2) The controller of the register is the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and the processor is the Road Administration.
1) regarding rural and urban routes, county routes specified in subsection 3 of § 13 of this Act, regular service authorisations, public service contracts and the timetables of routes serviced on the basis thereof – the rural municipality councils and city councils concerned or, regarding the granting of regular service authorisations and the approval of timetables – the regional public transport centre;
3) regarding a regular service authorisation and a timetable of a domestic long-distance route, county route, public service contract, timetables of routes services on the basis thereof, and public transport stops – the Road Administration or the regional transport centre authorised to perform the functions of the Road Administration;
4) regarding the authorisation for regular services of international long-distance bus and coach routes and their timetables – the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications or the Road Administration, provided that the function of granting international regular service authorisations has been imposed on it on the basis of clause 2 of subsection 1 of § 17 of this Act;
6) regarding the ticket prices and travel fare concessions of routes serviced under a public service contract – the competent authority with whom a public service contract has been concluded;
(2) Certified extracts of the information in the register are issued by the processor.
(1) The issuer of a Community licence and of a certified true copy of the Community licence enters the data specified in subsection 1 of § 51 of this Act and the issuer of a taxi licence and of a vehicle card enters the data specified in subsections 1 and 2 of § 61 of this Act in the register of economic activities in accordance with the provisions of the General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act.
(2) The supervision authority specified in subsection 1 of § 80 of this Act enters the data of a precept in the register of economic activities in accordance with the provisions of the General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act.
(1) The rural municipality government and the city government, the Road Administration, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, the Police and Border Guard Board and the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority exercise supervision over the compliance with the requirements provided for in this Act and legislation established on the basis thereof, in regulations of the European Union, international agreements, the public service contract and the administrative contract.
(2) The rural municipality government or the city government exercises supervision over compliance with the requirements of a rural or urban regular service authorisation, taxi licence, vehicle card and service provider card as well as over those arising from a public service contract awarded by it, an administrative contract concluded by it and those established on the basis of subsection 81 of § 1 of this Act.
(4) The Road Administration exercises supervision over compliance with the requirements of:
1) long-distance regular service authorisations and county regular service authorisations;
2) international regular service authorisations granted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications;
3) public service contracts concluded regarding county and long-distance regular bus or coach services;
4) public service contract concluded regarding rural and urban regular services whereby earmarked subsidies are paid from the state budget for the public service obligation;
5) special regular services and occasional services.
(5) The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications exercises supervision over the compliance with the requirements of an international regular service authorisation as well as over the compliance with the requirements of public service contracts awarded and administrative contracts concluded by it.
(7) The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority ensures the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council upon regular bus and coach services that fall within the scope of regulation thereof and exercises supervision over the compliance with the regulation and other requirements concerning the consumer’s rights.
2) rural municipality government or city government officials – upon establishment of the service provider card obligation in a legal instrument established on the basis of subsection 81 of § 1 of this Act, the service provider card; the documents specified in clauses 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of subsection 1 of § 83 and the documents specified in subsections 3 and 4 of § 83 of this Act;
3) [Repealed – RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
5) Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority officials – all documents specified in § 83 of this Act.
(6) The authority exercising state supervision has the right to make a reasoned proposal to the issuer of a Community licence, taxi licence, certified true copy of the Community licence or vehicle card to suspend its validity or to revoke it and, where the issuer refuses to do so, get an explanation.
(8) Where the rural municipality government or city government, the Director General of the Road Administration or the minister responsible for the field terminates an administrative contract unilaterally or another reason becomes evident which prevents a legal person in private law to continue the performance of an administrative function, the materials related to the performance of the function are immediately transferred to the authority that concluded the contract and the authority takes immediate steps to ensure the performance of the function.
(2) Upon failure to comply with a precept specified in subsection 1 of this section, the person exercising state supervision may impose a penalty payment in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Substitutive Enforcement and Penalty Payments Act. The maximum penalty payment payable by a natural person is 1300 euros and the maximum penalty payment payable by a legal person is 6400 euros. The penalty payment imposed for the purpose of attaining the performance of an obligation or duty must not exceed 6400 euros with regard to a natural person and 32 000 euros with regard to a legal person.
(3) Where the driver of a public transport vehicle and the carrier are different persons, the driver must submit an employment contract or another contract on the basis of which the driver works for the carrier or an extract thereof certified by the employer. The extract of the employment contract or another contract must set out the names of the employer and employee, the date of conclusion of the contract and the period of validity of the contract.
In the event of carriage without the documents required in subsections 1 and 2 of § 83 of this Act as well as without a certified true copy of the Community licence or vehicle card, a police officer or another official authorised under this Act has the right to disrupt such transport operation until the facts due to which the operation was disrupted are identified or cease to exist.
§ 86. Infringement of requirements for carriage by bus, coach, tram, trolleybus or taxi
(1) The penalty for infringement of the requirements for carriage by bus, coach, tram, trolleybus or taxi upon management of bus, coach, tram, trolleybus or taxi services is a fine of up to 200 fine units.
(2) The penalty for infringement, by the driver, of the requirements for carriage by bus, coach, tram, trolleybus or taxi is a fine of up to 200 fine units.
(3) The penalty for the same act committed by a legal person is a fine of up to 3200 euros.
§ 881. Infringement of requirements for placement and fastening of baggage
The penalty for infringement of the requirements established for the placement and fastening of baggage by the driver of a vehicle is a fine of up to 100 fine units.
§ 91. Infringement of requirements for adaptation of taximeter
(1) The penalty for adaptation of a taximeter without having respective authorisation or infringement of the requirements for adaptation is a fine of up to 200 fine units.
§ 941. Infringement of legislation governing use of non-power driven means of transport, motor assisted cycle or other vehicle falling outside the scope of regulation of this Act for carriage of passengers by road for fare
(1) The penalty for infringement of legislation established on the basis of subsection 81 of § 1 of this Act, which governs the use of a non-power driven means of transport, a motor assisted cycle or another vehicle falling outside the scope of regulation of this Act for the carriage of passengers by road for a fare is a fine of up to 100 fine units.
§ 942. Misdemeanours adjudicated by way of alternative procedure and applicable deterrent fine rates
(1) Upon commencement of misdemeanour proceedings, the body conducting extra-judicial proceedings applies the alternative procedure in the event of the necessary elements of misdemeanour provided for in subsection 1 of § 85 of this Act.
(2) In the event of a misdemeanour provided for in subsection 1 of this section, a deterrent fine of 20 euros is imposed.
(1) [Repealed – RT I, 04.07.2017, 2 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
1) proceedings specified in subsection 3 of § 85 and §§ 87–91 of this Act – the Police and Border Guard Board;
2) proceedings specified in §§ 85–91 and § 941 of this Act – the rural municipality government or city government;
5) proceedings specified in §§ 86, 89, 90 and 92–94 – the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority.
(4) Where to an applicant for a Community licence a public transport authorisation has been granted before the entry into force of this Act and less than two years have passed from the revocation of the authorisation and the reason for the revocation is an infringement of the requirements established by law, no Community licence is granted to the applicant.
(5) The carrier whom an authorisation for a regular service was granted before the entry into force of this Act must, within six months from the entry into force of this Act, submit and publish the terms of carriage under which the carrier services the route. In the case of a rural route, the rural municipality government and, in the case of an urban route, the city government and, in the case of a county route and a long-distance route, the Road Administration exercises state supervision over the performance of the obligation based on Chapter 12 of this Act.
(6) Upon granting an authorisation for a regular service on the basis of clauses 2 and 3 of subsection 3 of § 48 of this Act or upon approval of the timetable of a commercial route serviced under an authorisation for a regular service or upon refusal to approve it, the terms of carriage submitted regarding the authorisation for a regular service specified in subsection 5 of this section are taken into account as of the thirtieth day following their submission.
(8) Where a person has received a training certificate of a person responsible for international carriage of passengers in accordance with the requirements in force before 4 December 2011, the person does not need to complete the transport manager training course, take a written final examination of the training course or hold a respective certificate of professional competence. In such an event the training certificate of the person responsible for international carriage of passengers is deemed to be a transport manager professional competence certificate required for carriage by bus and coach.
(10) A person who has been issued a training certificate of a person responsible for domestic carriage of passengers in accordance with the requirements in force before the entry into force of this Act may work for a carrier holding a public transport authorisation and engaged solely in domestic transport operations until the public transport authorisation expires. If the person wishes to receive a transport manager professional competence certificate for passenger transport managed on the basis of a Community licence, the person does not need to complete the transport manager training course or take the written final examination of the training course to the extent that the subjects covered in the training course preceding the obtaining of the training certificate of the person responsible for domestic passenger transport overlaps with the subjects covered in the transport manager training course.
(131) [Repealed – RT I, 11.01.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.06.2018]
(14) Not later than on 31 December 2017 the local authorities that are by that date not members of any regional public transport centre must found regional public transport centres in the territory prescribed by the founders of the public transport centre in accordance with subsection 1 of § 15 of this Act or submit an application for membership in an existing regional public transport centre.
(15) Under an administrative contract to be concluded on the basis of subsection 2 of § 15 of this Act, the relevant functions of the competent authority must be given to the regional public transport centres specified in subsection 14 of this section, except for the functions specified in clauses 1 to 3 of subsection 1 of § 19 and the functions in the carriage of passengers by ship, pleasure craft, ferry and air specified in clause 4 of subsection 1 of § 19, not later than by 1 January 2018.
(16) The Governments of Hiiu County and Saare County may, under an administrative contract concluded not later than by 31 December 2017, authorised the local authorities that constitute the centres of Hiiu County and Saare County to perform in the name of the local authorities of the county and under the administrative contract the functions specified in § 14 of this Act, except for the functions specified in clause 4 of subsection 1 of § 19 upon the carriage of passengers by ship, pleasure craft, ferry and air.
(17) Where a local authority has not established a public transport centre or become a member in an existing public transport centre in accordance with subsection 1 of § 15 of this Act by 1 January 2018, the Director General of the Road Administration, because of the need for more practical organisation of public transport, appoints by a directive an existing public transport centre to perform in the region concerned the relevant functions of organisation of public transport specified in § 16 on the basis of an administrative contract.
(18) Regarding public service contracts concluded by a country government before 1 January 2018, except for public service contracts for carriage of passengers by ship, pleasure craft, ferry and aircraft concluded on the basis of clause 4 of subsection 1 of § 19 of this Act, and regarding public service contracts concluded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, except for public service contracts concluded on the basis of clauses 1 and 2 of subsection 1 of § 19, as of 1 January 2018 all the functions of the competent authority transfer to the regional public transport centre that concluded the administrative contract with the Road Administration or the county government. Where no administrative contract has been concluded, the functions of the competent authority transfer to the Road Administration. In the case of public service contracts for carriage of passengers by ship, pleasure craft, ferry and aircraft concluded by the county government on the basis of clause 4 of subsection 1 of § 19 of this Act and in the case of public service contracts concluded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications on the basis of clause 2 of subsection 1 of § 19 before 1 January 2018, all the functions of the competent authority transfer to the Road Administration as of 1 January 2018.
This Act enters into force on 1 October 2015.