As anticipated Scopethe Government will deregulate starting this Monday the automotive transport long and medium distance. The measure will be finalized with the publication of the respective decree in the Official Gazette. The rule also contemplates other changes in the area, such as the creation of a new National Passenger Transportation Registry, the free establishment of routes, schedules, prices and duration of services by carriers.
The changes promoted through Secretariat of Transportation of the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State They will replace the current standard that is more than 30 years old.
According to the authorities of the Milei administration, the objective is “the liberalization, modernization and deregulation of passenger automobile transport and its adaptation to current transport dynamics.”
The Government deregulates long and medium distance transportation
Along these lines, the National Registry of Passenger Transportation is created, with public access, free of charge and online, for greater convenience for the carrier, saving time in the management of bureaucratic procedures and greater transparency.
Sector sources indicated their concern about the possibility that deregulation creates room for maneuver for opaque businesses to grow.
During July alone, two practically identical events were recorded: transporters coming from the northern border were stopped at checkpoints on the routes, the passengers were taken off, and before the search was carried out their vehicles were set on fire.
Deregulation of long and medium distance transport: what are the changes
The decree, to which he had access Scope weeks ago, mentions that “the routes, vehicles, schedules, prices, duration of services, and even the pick-up and drop-off points for passengers that are authorized by the respective local jurisdiction may be freely established, which will generate a greater supply of services and price competition that will benefit both the user and the companies and transporters.”
As reported today by Secretary of Transportation of the Nation, In addition, “they will have to report the transport capacity, detailing the number and type of vehicle, number of seats, contracted insurance, the list of drivers to be assigned and information related to their driver’s licenses, the periodicity of the declared services, the origin, intermediate stops and destination of the trip”.
At this point the National Passenger Transport Registryan organization through which the available services must be informed and offered to the public.
“Companies and transporters that were already registered will not have to do so again. New ones will have to register and, once registered, will automatically obtain authorization to operate after 5 days after registration, thus applying the new methodology of “ “Positive Silence” already implemented by the Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation” clarified from the Ministry of Transportation.
Regarding the deadlines, the Government announced that “the authority for applying this measure will be the Ministry of Transportation of the Nation of the Ministry of Economy and will begin to be implemented in 60 days, when the necessary technological updates are made.”
Source: Ambito
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