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The object of the regulation of the legislative initiative is the application of a fair distribution system of fines to filling stations in the fuel market. A fine will be set for the addresses of the organization that have committed the given violation, protecting the rights of consumers: the deputy Tsovinar Vardanyan said, presenting the proposed amendments.

The package of draft laws on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Code on Administrative Offenses and on Making Addenda to the Law on Trade and Services authored by the deputies Tsovinar Vardanyan and Babken Tunyan was debated in the first reading at the NA sitting convened on September 12.

The member of the NA Standing (Head) Committee on Economic Affairs Narek Ghahramanyan presented the endorsement of the Committee.

According to the RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan, the deputies debated in the first reading the addenda presented by the Government to the Law on Aviation and the RA Code on Administrative Offenses.

The proposed amendment will define the requirements for the acceptance of transportation with false travel documents on the flight operated by the carrier, for the acceptance of transportation in violation of the requirements of international medical and sanitary rules and related provisions, as well as the carrier’s liability requirements for ensuring the safety and care of passengers from the moment of leaving the plane at the landing airport to the time of crossing the state border of the country. According to the Deputy Minister, proper care of the arriving passenger will also be provided by the carrier. A fine of five hundred times the minimum salary will be imposed for non-fulfillment of the mentioned requirements.

The draft was debated in the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and endorsed. The Committee member Hayk Tsirunyan informed about this. According to him, the adoption of the draft will contribute to the proper fulfillment of responsibility of the airline to the passengers as defined by international standards.

The parliament will continue the work of the regular sittings on September 13, 10:00.