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The Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Works met today, Thursday, 10 February 2022, and discussed the following matters:
1. The Radiocommunications (Amendment) Act, 2021.
(Fak. No. 23.01.062.094-2021)
2. The Electronic Communications and Postal Services Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2021.
(File No. 23.01.062.201-2021)
3. The Electronic Communications Regulation Act of 2012.
(File No. 23.01.062.202-2021)
The Commission continued the article-by-article discussion of the above bills, the purpose of which is, inter alia, to harmonize with "Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the establishment of the European Electronic Communications Code".
It is noted that the session was preceded by the submission of revised texts by the Executive, reflecting the amendments made to the bills during the previous stages of the debate.
The Commission examined the revised texts, the main amendments of which were intended to incorporate the suggestions made by the Data Protection Commissioner and the Competition Commission in relation to provisions of the bills falling within their respective areas of competence. It was considered necessary to further clarify certain issues raised and to this end the relevant government departments undertook to send their positions/responses in writing. The debate will continue at the next meeting of the Commission, which will take place on 17 February 2022.
4. The Motor Vehicles and Traffic (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
(Fak. No. 23.03.058.088-2021)
The Commission began an article-by-article discussion of the above regulations, the purpose of which is to amend the basic regulations to require vehicles used for towing vehicles to keep the required flashing light on, visible in all directions, only during their stay at the place where the vehicle to be towed is located and only during loading and unloading, in order not to impair visibility and/or distract road users. Discussion will continue with the placement and final decision stage at a future committee meeting.
5. The Motor Vehicles and Traffic (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.
(Fak. No. 23.03.058.089-2021)
The Commission began an article-by-article discussion of the above regulations, the purpose of which is to amend the basic regulations to permit the placement of smaller signs on mopeds and motorcycles and to resolve the problem of insufficient space for the placement of such signs in accordance with currently prescribed dimensions. Discussion will continue with the placement stage and a final decision will be made at a future Commission meeting.
6. Update on the operation of the new photolabelling system.
(Ex-officio examination on the recommendation of Mr. Marinos Mousiuttas, Mr. Aristos Damianos, Mr. Kostas, Mr. Giannakis Gabriel and Mr. Valentinos Fakontis)
(File No. 23.04.038.826-2021)
The Commission started the discussion of the above registered subject under the ex officio procedure, in the context of monitoring the implementation of the new photolabelling system, following the adoption of a relevant bill by the Commission last October.
During the introduction of the subject by the rapporteurs, the members of the Commission raised a number of questions regarding the operation of the photolabelling system and requested information on its operation to date. The Police representative said that since the beginning of this year over 30 000 offences had been recorded, which needed to be processed before notices were sent out for out-of-court settlement, but that there was currently no more detailed information on the offences recorded or on the impact of the light-signalling system on the road behaviour of citizens. It was preliminarily noted that since the start of the implementation of the system there has been a 50% reduction in recorded offences.
It was further explained how speed limit and traffic light offences are recorded by both fixed and mobile recording devices, and the arrangements or policies in place to avoid reporting minor offences.
A reference was then made to the campaign to raise public awareness of photo-recording devices through the media, the internet and the home distribution of leaflets. Both members of the Commission and stakeholders pointed out the need to foster a culture of road awareness and agreed that photo-recognition devices can work in this direction.
The discussion will be continued at a meeting of the Commission, to be determined at a future stage, when more data will be available to allow a re-evaluation of the implementation of the scheme.
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