The passing of the bill for mandatory inclusion of road safety messages, in advertisements related to the purchase of vehicles and alcohol consumption, welcomed the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Yannis Karousos, stating that in January the first ministerial decree will be issued providing the requirements and relevant details for the display of the messages.
According to a statement by the Ministry, Mr. Karousos said that the bill is "an excellent tool, which we will use to promote, promote and inform about road safety issues," explaining that any advertisement, television, radio, digital, print or other, related to the purchase of vehicles and alcohol consumption, will necessarily include a relevant road safety message.
"In this way we are geometrically multiplying our promotion of road safety," he said, noting that the first decree will be issued in January after a consultation in December. The Minister thanked the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Marinos Miousiuttas, and its members for their cooperation and promotion of the bill.
As the Ministry of Transport explained in a statement, according to the amending bill, the Minister may, by decree published in the Official Gazette, establish requirements for the purposes of improving road safety by including communication messages in advertisements promoting the purchase of vehicles or advertisements relating to alcohol consumption It is noted that the obligation to include the messages is, under the Law, incumbent on the person on whose behalf the product is promoted.
In its statement, the Ministry also states that, in addition to the bill in question, it is also promoting other legislation relating to road safety, such as the installation of the light signage system, the institution of road safety ambassadors, and grant schemes for protective equipment for motorcyclists, the promotion of technical inspection for motorcycles, the plan to subsidise child seats for buses, the adoption of the law on electric scooters and the completion of relevant bills on driving schools and driving instructors, as well as the regulations on compulsory recording and declaration in the history of each vehicle of damage caused by road collisions.
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