IPA 2008: handover ceremony of the 16 vehicles for road transport inspection and for traffic-police units

Handover ceremony of the sixteen equipped vehicles for carrying out road control acquired within the project „Efficient Functioning of the Control System for Roadside Inspections and Checks of the Driving Time, Breaks and Rest Periods on the Road and in the Undertakings” financed under EU IPA 2008 Programme for Croatia was held today at the Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure.

The event was attended by Ivica Perović, State Secretary for Transport Inspection Richard Massa, Head of Operations at the Delegation of the European Union and Head of the Department for Implementation of Projects in Croatia and Zlatko Sokolar, Assistant Chief of Police.

The aim of the project, valued 2.2 million EUR is to enhance the work of the Inspection Service of the Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure and police officers of the Ministry of the Interior in carrying out activities related to control of digital tachographs, control driving time and rest and control of vehicles transporting dangerous goods.

Improving the control of the vehicle is provided through the purchase of equipment necessary for the implementation of these controls. In this respect through the project were delivered 9 vans equipped as mobile stations to control the vehicle on the road (5 vehicles are intended for the MOI and 4 for inspection services of MSTI) and 7 official vehicles equipped to carry out inspections on the roads (interceptors).

The value of vehicles and equipment is € 340,950 and were acquired in the procurement process conducted by the Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA). Vehicles were supplied by the Slovenian company Dat-Con. The co financing grant funded by the European Union under the IPA amounted € 255,712, while the rest was financed from the national budget.

State Secretary Perović said that this project is of great interest for the Republic in the EU accession process and its implementation will result in safe and efficient transportation service.

The project duration was 13 months. It started in June 2010 and it was finished in July 2011.