The Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Works met yesterday, Thursday, 7 April 2022, and discussed the following issues:
1. The Identification of Owners and Users of Prepaid Talk Time Mobile Telephony Equipment and Services Law of 2021
(Bill proposed by Mr. Marinos Moussioutta, MP for the constituency of Nicosia)
(No. Fak. 23.02.062.166-2021)
The committee began, in the presence of representatives of the relevant government departments and stakeholders, the discussion of the above proposal for a law, the purpose of which is to establish a legal framework for the identification of holders and users of prepaid mobile telephony equipment and services, in order to safeguard security and protect public order.
In the context of the discussion, the committee asked the relevant government departments and stakeholders to submit their suggestions in writing and decided to continue the article-by-article discussion of the draft law at its next meeting.
2.The Motor Vehicles and Traffic (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 2021.
(Bill proposed by Messrs. Ilias Mirianthous and Costis Efstathiou on behalf of the Social Democrats Movement of the EPP)
(File No. 23.02.062.198-2021)
3. The need to take measures for better and more effective control in dealing with and suppressing noise pollution caused by modified motorcycles and other vehicles.
(Self-investigation on the recommendation of Messrs. Kostas Kostas, Giannakis Gavriel, Valentinos Fakontis, Christos Orphanidis and Chrysanthos Savvidis)
(File No. 23.04.038.861-2021)
The Committee continued the discussion of the above issues in the presence of representatives of the relevant government departments and stakeholders.
The purpose of the proposed law is to amend the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Act to establish a procedure, in the event that a vehicle that has undergone modifications and causes nuisance and noise pollution is immobilized and transported to a site in which the restoration of the vehicle to the condition it was in before the modification is carried out.
The Committee was informed of the actions being taken by the relevant government departments and stakeholders to address the problem of noise pollution caused by mechanically modified motorcycles and other vehicles and, following a recommendation, decided that additional time should be allowed for further elaboration of the text of the proposed law, with a view to reaching convergences that primarily serve its purpose.
The Committee will continue the discussion of the above issues at its next meeting.
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Works
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