YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia's network for regular conveyance of passengers by motor transport of general use includes 732 routes. RA Minister of Transport and Communication Gurgen Sargsyan said at the December 21 press conference that as a result of checks conducted by the Transport Inspection of the ministry, 2,735 reports on administrative infractions were drawn up in 2009, based on which 20 million drams (as compared with 12 million drams in 2008) were transferred to the state budget of Armenia. According to the minister, in the first ten months of this year 54.3 million drams were transferred to the state budget as revenues from advertisement panels at motorways of interstate and republican importance. In 2009, the ministry granted 93 licences for organization of regular conveyance by passenger motor transport of general use, 99 licences for organization of passenger transportation in taxis, and 856 licences for organization of passenger transportation in taxis by private businessmen. It was announced that in Armenia, 562 licensed organizations and 856 individuals are currently engaged in passenger transportation in taxis. G. Sargsyan said that this year the ministry started to suspend licences of companies for various kinds of violations. In particular, the ministry suspended 56 licences for state duty nonpayment (15 licences were later restored) and 13 licences for regular violations (2 were restored).

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