Source: https://www.global-regulation.com/law/estonia/607668/public-transport-act.html
Timestamp: 2018-09-19 13:15:46
Document Index: 94571850

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 13', '§ 34', '§ 311', '§ 202', '§ 1531', '§ 62', '§ 300', '§ 45', '§ 36', '§ 86', '§ 87', '§ 311', '§ 202', '§ 244', '§ 1531', '§ 62', '§ 300', '§ 45', '§ 36', '§ 37', '§ 5', '§ 311', '§ 202', '§ 1531', '§ 62', '§ 300', '§ 45', '§ 36', '§ 86', '§ 423', '§ 1541', '§ 1552', '§ 62', '§ 63', '§ 75', '§ 45', '§ 36', '§ 37', '§ 88', '§ 57', '§ 5', '§ 90']

Link to law: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/Riigikogu/act/519052015001/consolide
(2) ‘Taxi services’ means the carriage of passengers by road to the designation requested by a customer or the picking up of the passenger using a public transport vehicle adjusted for taxi services as well as waiting with such a vehicle for the passenger at a taxi stop or at the place agreed with the passenger.
(2) A carrier that provides regular services in a local authority that has at least 40 000 residents is a vital service provider for the purposes of subsection 37 (1) of the Emergency Act and must perform the duties set out in subsection 37 (3) of the Emergency Act. Also, such carrier is a provider of a service of general interest for the purposes of the General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act.
(3) A carrier that provides regular services on ferry routes between Estonian mainland and Saaremaa Island, Hiiumaa Island and Muhumaa Island is a provider of the vital service specified in clause 34 (2) 101) of the Emergency Act and a provider of a service of general interest for the purposes of the General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act.
‘Public transport vehicle’ means a bus, coach, automobile, tram, trolleybus, passenger train, railbus, passenger ship, passenger ferry, pleasure craft, aircraft or any other engine-driven means of transport used for the provision of public transport services;
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 in the local authority is allowed to wait for a customer.
(2) Owing to regional characteristics and the need for more practical management of public transport, local authorities and the state may, under a public law contract, authorise a regional public transport centre to perform relevant functions specified in §§ 13 and 14 of this Act and they may provide the public transport centre with funds and other resources necessary for the performance of the functions.
(1) The procedure for subsidising public transport from the state budget, reporting on the use of subsidies and repayment of subsidies will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
(3) The procedure for subsidising public transport from the budget of a rural municipality or city, reporting on the use of subsidies and repayment of subsidies will be established by a regulation of the rural municipality council or city council.
(2) The price per kilometre or ticket price of regular services provided under a public service contract is established:
1) regarding the carriage of passengers by rail, except the intra-rural municipality or intra-city carriage of passengers, by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field;
2) regarding the inter-county carriage of passengers by ship, pleasure craft, ferry or air, by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field;
3) regarding the intra-county carriage of passengers by bus, coach, ship, pleasure craft, ferry or air as well as on a long-distance bus route connecting neighbouring counties and on a route that crosses the county border, but that is considered a county route on the basis of subsection 4 (2) of this Act, by an order of the county governor;
4) 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 4 (2) of this Act, is deemed to be a rural or urban line, by a regulation of the rural municipality council or the city council;
5) regarding the intra-rural municipality or intra-city carriage of passengers by rail, by a regulation of the rural municipality council or city council.
(2) The procedure for payment of the concessions specified in subsection (1) of this section will be 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 will be 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.
(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 35 (1) 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 25 (1) 4) of this Act. The procedure for and extent of compensation of travel costs regarding state schools will be 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.
(1) Up to 50 per cent of the ticket price is compensated to a repressed person and a person equal to a repressed person upon carriage of passengers on a domestic route by road, water or rail.
(2) The extent of and procedure for granting travel fare concessions of repressed persons and persons equal to repressed persons will be established by a regulation of the Government of the Republic.
(1) Upon provision of regular services under a public service contract, the carrier may grant travel fare concessions to other categories of passengers in addition to the persons specified in §§ 34, 36 and 37 of this Act or increase the rate of concessions only with the consent of the other party to the contract.
(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 for a misdemeanour specified in § 311 of the Road Transport Act, § 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, §§ 45–471 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 will also be taken into account.
2) they have no more than once been convicted of a wilful criminal offence of the second degree or a misdemeanour specified in § 311 of the Road Transport Act, § 202, 204, 208, 210, 217, 220 or 225, subsection 227 (2) or §§ 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, §§ 45–471 of the Consumer Protection Act, § 36 or § 37 of the Language Act, and subsection 86 (1) or subsection 87 (1) of this Act or the records have been deleted from the criminal records database in accordance with the Criminal Records Database Act;
(5) A person who, as a self-employed person, manages the carriage of passengers on the basis of a Community licence using an automobile with up to nine seats and also acts as a transport manager is considered professionally competent also if the person does not comply with the requirements specified in subsection (3) of this section, but has completed professional driver training in accordance with the Road Transport Act, taken a respective examination and holds the professional certificate of a taxi driver.
(7) The qualification requirements for the transport manager, the curriculum of the training course, the form of the training certificate and the list of the curricula of universities and institutions of professional higher education whose diploma awarded to a graduate serves as the basis for their partial or full exemption from the obligation to complete the training course of transport managers and take the written final examination of the training course will be established by the minister responsible for the field.
(3) Upon carriage of passengers for a charge, except upon carriage of passengers based on a Community licence for a charge using an automobile having up to nine seats, the name of the carrier or the trademark enjoying protection for the purposes of § 5 of the Trade Marks Act and belonging to the carrier or granted use of to the carrier under a contract must be visible on the outer right side of the vehicle. The route number and name must be indicated on a public transport vehicle used for regular services.
(4) The requirements for indicating the name of the carrier, route name and number on a vehicle will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
(5) The form of the international regular service authorisation specified in subsection (4) of this section will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field, taking account of the provisions of the international agreement.
(4) The form of the domestic regular service authorisation will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
(2) ‘Vehicle card’ means a document given to a carrier holding a taxi licence, which certifies the right to use the vehicle specified in the vehicle card for the provision of taxi services.
(4) The provision of taxi services or other passenger carriage services for a charge using a vehicle that has at least one feature of a taxi is prohibited without a taxi licence, vehicle card and service provider card.
(1) A taxi licence and, based thereon, a vehicle card is granted to a carrier and a service provider card is granted to a driver by the rural municipality government or the city government or an agency authorised by the rural municipality government or the city government on whose administrative territory the carrier or the driver wishes to provide the transport service (hereinafter service area). By mutual agreement between rural municipality governments or city governments, the administrative territory of another local authority may also be the service area.
(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 a misdemeanour specified in § 311 of the Road Transport Act, § 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, §§ 45–471 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) have completed a taxi driver training course specified in clause 27 (1) 3) of the Road Transport Act;
3) have at least level B1 proficiency in Estonian;
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, §§ 45–471 of the Consumer Protection Act, § 36 or § 37 of the Language Act, and §§ 88, subsection 89 (1) or subsection 90 (1) 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 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.
(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 provided for on the basis of subsection 64 (10) of 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) of this section, the applicant for a vehicle card must submit the following to the issuer of the vehicle card:
2) the taximeter adaptation certificate which may be submitted immediately before the granting of the vehicle card.
3) a certificate certifying the completion of a taxi driver training course specified in clause 27 (1) 3) of the Road Transport Act;
4) a document certifying at least level B1 proficiency in Estonian;
(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, if the applicant is an operator entered in the commercial register, verifies the data available in the commercial register and, if 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 the taxi licence will be notified of a decision to grant or to refuse to grant the licence by post or electronically within 30 days as of the submission of all the data and documents specified in subsection 58 (1) 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 and, if the applicant is an operator entered in the commercial register, verifies the data available in the commercial register and, if 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 will be 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 58 (2) 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 the service provider card will be notified of a decision to grant or to refuse to grant the card by post or electronically within 15 days as of the submission of all the documents specified in subsection 58 (3) of this Act.
(2) A vehicle card is granted for an unspecified term, unless the applicant requests it for a fixed term. The vehicle card is not granted for a term exceeding the term of validity of the taxi licence. Upon revocation or expiry of the taxi licence, the validity of the vehicle card will terminate. Upon using the vehicle under a contract of use, the term of validity of the vehicle card will terminate upon termination of the contract of use.
1) the number of the taxi licence;
(3) The service provider’s photo and the data on the form established on the basis of subsection (4) of this section are indicated on the service provider card. This data is also published on the service provider card in the national public transport register.
(4) The form of the service provider card will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
(2) The issuer of a service provider card may make a precept to the service provider card holder to eliminate deficiencies or may suspend the validity of the service provider card for a fixed term or may revoke the card if:
1) the card holder does not meet the requirements provided for in § 57 of this Act;
2) upon applying for the card, the holder thereof has knowingly submitted false information that influenced the deciding of the application.
(3) The issuer of a taxi licence, vehicle card or service provider card may revoke the document also on the initiative of the holder.
(4) If the validity of a service card has been suspended or the card has been revoked, the document must be returned to the issuer immediately, but not later than within five working days.
(2) The name of the carrier or the trademark enjoying protection for the purposes of § 5 of the Trade Marks Act and belonging to the carrier or granted use of to the carrier under a contract must be visible on the outer right side of a vehicle used for providing taxi services. The requirements for indicating the name of the carrier on a vehicle will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
(3) An illuminated sign, price list (hereinafter taxi features) and a printer must be installed on a vehicle used for the provision of taxi services.
(4) The requirements for the taxi features and their placement will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
(5) A taxi feature cannot be installed on a vehicle for which a vehicle card has not been issued. By way of exception, the taxi features may be installed for the purpose of testing the roadworthiness of a vehicle, provided that an application for a vehicle card has been submitted beforehand. If it is identified in the course of the roadworthiness test that the vehicle is roadworthy, the illuminated sign and the price list must be removed and they cannot be reinstalled before obtaining the vehicle card. If the vehicle is not roadworthy, all taxi features must be removed.
(6) It is prohibited to install a feature imitating a taxi feature on a vehicle. It is also prohibited to provide any service using a vehicle that has a feature imitating a taxi feature.
(9) The conditions of and procedure for the adaptation of taximeters, the permitted error limits upon using a taximeter and the value of the transition speed upon switching from the time-based fee to the fare per kilometre and vice a versa will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
(10) The requirements for service quality, including comfortableness of passengers and environmental friendliness, regarding vehicles used for the provision of taxi services may be established by a regulation of the rural municipality council or the city council.
(2) The prices of taxi services provided on road must be programmed by the carrier 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 if it may mislead the passenger.
(3) The following may be established by a regulation of the rural municipality council or city council:
3) the list of services for which a price may be established, thereby it is permitted to distinguish between daytime and night time services.
The list of bus and coach terminals where, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, assistance is provided to disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility will be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the field.
The carrier will resolve 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. If the carrier has not resolved the passenger’s complaint in accordance with the procedure or if the passenger does not consent to the solution suggested by the carrier, the complaint will be resolved in accordance with the procedure provided for in Division 3 of Chapter 5 of the Consumer Protection Act.
(3) The statutes of the national public transport register will be established by a regulation of the Government of the Republic.
6) in taxi services – the service provider card and the taximeter adaptation certificate;
§ 90. Using taxi features or features imitating taxi features on vehicle that does not have vehicle card
(1) The penalty for using taxi features on a vehicle that does not have a vehicle card or for installing them in a vehicle that does not have a vehicle card as well as for using features imitating taxi features on a vehicle or installing them in a vehicle is a fine of up to 150 fine units.
(12) In the case of domestic regular services, the exception according to which the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, with the exception of Article 4(2), Article 9, Article 10(1), point (b) of Article 16(1), Article 16(2), Article 17(1) and (2), and Articles 24 to 28, are not applied until 28 February 2017 on the basis of Article 2(4) of Regulation No 181/2011.
(13) Regular services a significant part of which, including at least one scheduled stop, is outside the European Union, are subject to the exception based on Article 2(5) Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, according to which the provisions of Regulation No 181/2011 are not applied until 28 February 2017.