On Monday, the Slovak Road Carriers Association blocked the entry from Ukraine by a checkpoint in the territory of the republic in protest of the cancellation of the authorisation strategy for Ukrainian road hauliers – he stated on Monday portal now.sk.
The Slovak Road Carriers Union blocked traffic through the Vyšné Německe-Uzhhorod border crossing from 1 to 5 December, hoping to encourage the European Commission to reconstruct the previously cancelled authorisation strategy for Ukrainian road carriers. The organisation suspended the protest while gathering with the Slovak Transport Minister, after which it plans to take further action.
"The union of road carriers of Slovakia resumed on Monday the protest at the Vyšné Nemecké-Užhorod border crossing, blocking the entry of trucks from Ukraine into Slovakia", the publication states.
The organization has previously stated that the Association of Road Carriers of Slovakia joins the protests of its colleagues in Poland and Hungary. Passenger transport is planned not to be restricted.
The situation with trucks travelling through Slovakia to Ukraine began to deteriorate in mid-November, shortly after Polish carriers began protesting and blocked road checkpoints on the border with Ukraine. Due to protests in Poland, truck drivers tried to enter Ukraine through the Slovak border crossing Vyšné Nemecké-Užhorod, thus making traffic in east Slovakia more complicated. The van convoy reached 20 kilometres. Slovak police asked drivers to usage alternate routes and besides tried to redirect truck traffic to Hungary.
The association of Slovak road hauliers briefly blocked the checkpoint at the border with Ukraine on 16 November to support their Polish colleagues. The organisation has stated that it is ready to completely block the movement at the border with Ukraine if its opinion is not taken into account by the European Commission.
Representatives of the Slovak Ministry of Transport met with the management of the Slovak Road Carriers Union to perceive to their demands. The Ministry stated that it supported the proposal to reconstruct the licensing strategy for Ukrainian carriers and respects the right of organisation to protest, but hopes that the blockade of the checkpoint at the border with Ukraine will not affect the lives of people in the east of the country.
A fewer weeks ago, Polish carriers, to which farmers later joined, blocked road checkpoints on the border with Ukraine. They request the restoration of the previously cancelled licensing strategy for Ukrainian commercial carriers with exceptions for humanitarian aid and supplies to Ukrainian troops, suspension and control of licences for companies established in Ukraine after February 2022 and separation of queues of empty and loaded vehicles. The queue of trucks on the Polish side reaches 50 kilometres and 2 Ukrainian drivers have already died in it.
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