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TECHNICAL INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLES IN REPUBLIC OF

MACEDONIA AND ACTIVITIES FOR ADJUSTMENTS OF THE MACEDONIAN

WITH THE EUROPEAN REGULATIONS

Abstract

Today in Macedonia we face significant changes economical and political

which impose new specific demands in the development of the society, Everyday needs for

the fulfillment of the working, cultural and other life functions impose intensive usage of the

motor vehicles as a basic tool for fast, on-time and quality fulfillment of the human every day

needs, which on the other hand means increased density of vehicles, i.e. increased volume of

traffic on the roads.

The usage of the motor vehicles on the public roads, although has invaluable

benefit for people and society, carries great dangers. On the roads there are traffic accidents

in which thousands of people die every year (in 2011, only in Republic of Macedonia, 7025

people were hurt in accident; 172 of them died, and 6853 were injured) and a great material

damage is done. In most of the cases of the traffic accidents, the technical malfunction of the

vehicles is the cause for the accidents. Because of that a need is imposed to make technical

inspection of the vehicles that participate in the road traffic at least once a year. With the

participation of technically operable vehicles in the road traffic, a greater degree of safety is

achieved and the number of accidents caused by the factor vehicle is decreasing. Due to

reaching a greater degree of safety in traffic on the roads the need for technically operable

vehicles is imposed, with which they will contribute in the increase of the safety in traffic.

Republic of Macedonia as a candidate country for the European Union has an

obligation to adjust its legal regulations with the regulations of the European Union in the

development of the methodological aspects of the control of the state of the motor vehicles

through the so called Directives. It was needed to see which were the demands of the

Directives of the European Union which refer to the technical inspections and whether

Macedonia with its legal acts and subordinate regulations are close to the Directives.

The harmonization of the legal regulations in Republic of Macedonia with the

regulations of the Union are at the highest importance for further long-term observation and

improvement of the laws. Among other things, regulations should have been brought which

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imply to the technical inspection of vehicles. For that purpose, a series of legal acts and

subordinate regulations were brought which directly and indirectly regulate this activity.

A special accent should further be given to the need and possibility for

imposition of criteria which refer to the assignment and formation of optimal number of

stations for technical inspection, through an adequate methodology which will aspect the

territorial organization and availability for the users in equal terms.

Only the application of the criteria from this area will lead to a positive trend

which is also followed by most of EU candidate-countries. Furthermore, the security aspect

will be complemented with efficient and modern system of criteria, which will satisfy the

strict laws and demands with a carefully planned politics and strategy and by that the

financial investments would be well-founded and will be in the interest of the owners of the

motor vehicles as users of the service, but also in the interest of the stations for technical

inspections as direct givers of the services.

Key words: technical inspection of vehicles, European Directives, stations for

technical inspection, criteria for optimal number of vehicles on one station for technical

inspection, setting up a network of stations for technical inspection, territorial disposition of

the stations.