No vehicle registration without paying fines

The new Automes Law, which has entered no power at the end of May, limits car registration for non-regulated fines for “

However, the official responsible for preparing the new Law for Automedias, Negoti Shatri, for Radio Kosovo, has said the write-off of fines is mandatory for the violations that took place following the law's entry into force.

The vehicle project cannot make registration or continuation of motor vehicle registration, nor the switching of the owner, without making atonement for penalties for countering road traffic”, points out Article 43 of the new auto law. At one part of the citizens, there are various misunderstandings regarding this article, thinking that they are forced to pay off all the present - day fines that date back to the first period of the law or even other public debts.

I as a citizen think this is a violation of human rights, it's not okay for us to have a car and not be able to register it on our names, because our families have inherited debts”, a citizen says.

However, the official, who has been responsible for preparing the new Law for Automakes, Negoti Shatri, for Radio Kosovo has stated that paying off debts is mandatory for countervasive fines in road traffic, which took place after May 27th of this year, the date the law entered into force.

This is about fines that come true from the time the law entered into force, previous fines that have been no part of addressing this law. This has to do with May 27th this year, all fines pronounced during this period, or if the vehicle is in debt, that vehicle cannot be registered until debt” is hidden, says Shatri.

There is a possibility that the vehicle will register without paying the fine, if the side through judicial procedures complains of the stated fine, explains this infrastructure ministry official.

This is not to cause confusion, if the side has filed charges or filed complaints in the court, in this case, this article is not worth it until a court decision is made, Satri explains.

The law actually doesn't have retroactive powers, because no law in law can have retroactive powers, the potential Shatri.