Economy Ministry announces tightened regulations on vehicle emissions in 2023
The state body said the gradual tightening of the regulations would ensure “full compliance with best international emission control practices” by 2025 and reduce environmental harm from vehicle emissions. Photo: Nino Alavide/Agenda.ge.
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Regulations on vehicle emissions will be tightened across Georgia starting next year, the country’s Economy Ministry revealed on Thursday, noting the upper limit of carbon monoxide in emissions would be reduced as part of the changes.
Technical inspections starting next year will test emissions for the upper limit of 0.55 percent of carbon monoxide on idling engines, ahead of its further reduction to 0.5 percent in 2024 and 0.5/0.3 percent on idling and high idling speed modes respectively in 2025.
The state body said the gradual tightening of the regulations would ensure “full compliance with best international emission control practices” by 2025 and reduce environmental harm from vehicle emissions.
As part of another amendment scheduled to come into force starting February, the compulsory periodic technical inspection of vehicles will involve fees on repeat inspections, set at ₾30 ($11) for owners of heavy cargo and passenger vehicles (involving categories M2, M3, N2 and N3), ₾20 ($7) for light passenger (M1) and cargo (N1) vehicles as well as trailers (O3, O4), and ₾15 ($5) for electric cars (M1).
Out of 1,398,434 vehicles inspected in Georgia in 2019, 50 per cent failed inspection, show data from the Ministry of Economy.
A total of 6,654 fines have been issued between 14-17 January in Georgia, following the installation of so-called ‘smart cameras’ which automatically fine drivers that have failed to undergo mandatory vehicle inspection.
A total of 21,276 vehicles have been inspected in Georgia as of 14 January 2019 and 11,666 of them (almost 55%) have been found roadworthy, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Economy.
From January 2018 Georgia is starting mandatory vehicle inspections, testing the road worthiness of vehicles before they are allowed to drive on roads.
Imports of diesel in Georgia will be limited to Euro 5-standard fuel starting this year, in a move aiming to reduce environmental pollution, Nino Tandilashvili, the Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, told Business Media Georgia on Sunday.
Repeat inspections for vehicles across Georgia will involve a fee of ₾30 ($11) for owners of buses and trucks and ₾20 ($7) for light passenger and cargo vehicles starting today, Giorgi Shiolashvili, the Chairman of the Union of Technical Inspection Centres, confirmed on Wednesday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday announced Government plans to introduce the Euro 5 emissions standard for cars in a bid to reduce air pollution across the country.
The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday announced it would allocate ₾20 million ($7.6mln) for deployment of zero-emission light, road, and non-road electric vehicles, and expansion of charging networks in Georgia by 70 new stations.
The amount of fines issued for violation of parking rules in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi has increased by 308 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2023, local media outlet BPN has reported.