The Interim Infrastructure Minister Alvin Gajadhur declared on Saturday that the checks at border crossing points with Ukraine would be increased. He added that 180 1000 verifications were carried out this year, including around 15 1000 vehicles belonging to Ukrainian carriers and more than half of them were found to be irregularities.
On Saturday, Minister Alvin Gajadhur, Deputy Minister of Interior Bartosz Grodecki and Deputy Minister of Finance and Head of KAS Bartosz Zbaraszczuk (a squad of two-week government of the fallen Morawiecki, whose word ends on 11 December 2023) informed about the activities of the services on the Polish-Ukrainian border in connection with the protest of representatives of the transport industry.
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"We are in constant dialog with the transport industry. During the last meeting, we established that the state services would increase the strength of control of trucks on the Polish-Ukrainian border. It was 1 of the demands of the industry. present we show that we keep our word: Road Transport Inspection, National taxation Administration, Border defender and Police have directed additional forces into this region" said Gajadhur.
“These checks are already intensified(...) while I have declared with the heads of another services that these checks will be more intensive, mainly on the access roads to border crossings where they are blocked” said the Minister.
As he pointed out, inspections will take place at ILOs, in parking lots, “where there is specified a physical possibility”. “Other services will besides take part in these controls alongside the Road Transport Inspection: National taxation Administration, Border defender and Police. We will carry out comprehensive inspections of vehicles from Ukraine, we already carry out, but we will carry out even more extended checks" – declared.
In addition, he expressed his intention to take action in European structures aimed at "eliminating unfair competition in the transport market". He pointed out that at the forthcoming gathering of the Transport Council of the European Union, he planned to address the consequences of the abolition of the request for drivers from Ukraine to be allowed to enter the European Union.
According to the information from the Ministry of Infrastructure, between 1 January 2023 and 30 November 2023 inspectors of Road Transport Inspection (ITD) carried out 180,670 roadside inspections, of which 84,198, or almost 47% of all ITD inspections in Poland, afraid non-national carriers. Of these controls, 14 767 included Ukrainian carriers. As a consequence of the inspections carried out, 9409 infringements of obligations or conditions of carriage by road were revealed, for which financial penalties were imposed.
"Despite claims in the public space, proceedings conducted by Polish services besides affect Ukrainian carriers and in the case of ITD control activities concern, inter alia, the regularity of transport operations carried out, the rights to carry out transport, the working time of drivers, the method condition of vehicles and their tonnage", the communication states.
The Ministry reported that the Road Transport Inspectorate (ITD) is acting against Ukrainian carriers concerning the regulation of tolls for the usage of toll road sections. From 1 January 2023 to 22 November 2023, inspectors conducted 38,870 mobile controls, of which 9347 included vehicles from abroad, and of which 3855 (41%) were vehicles originating in Ukraine. As a consequence of 969 inspections of Ukrainian vehicles, various infringements were found.
The Communication besides reports the verification of infringements registered by the Photo-Radar strategy of the Center for Automatic Traffic Surveillance. In the period from 1 January 2023 to 22 November 2023, the CANARD strategy registered 27,938 non-compliance cases by abroad truck drivers, of which 7872 afraid vehicles registered in Ukraine.
We remind you that the Ukrainian Ministry informed on Friday that during the gathering with representatives of the Polish government it was possible to scope an agreement on certain issues concerning the partial unlocking of the border in connection with the strike of carriers. Rafał Mekler, co-organiser of the protest, stated that "no 1 agreed to anything".
According to the account on the Onet portal, in the context of the situation on the border resulting from the strike of the carriers, Polish drivers experience intimidation on the side of the Ukrainian border. 1 driver said "As a Pole, I am a lower breed in Ukraine".
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"Escalating the hatred of Ukrainian drivers towards us is very big. They win us, they show pictures of our wives, our homes, they shout “the death of Lachom” – He said 1 of the participants of the protest of Polish carriers, as quoted by “Rzeczpospolita”.
We would like to remind you that the European Commission, chaired by the Nazi von der Leyen, is preparing to impose sanctions on Poland due to the carrier's protest. The Commission expects Poland to destruct the blockades organised at the border with Ukraine, and in the event of this request, the European institutions will effort to punish our country.
It is worth reminding that representatives of the European Commission have already participated in talks with protesting Polish carriers, suggesting, among others, the anticipation of compensation to Poles for losses resulting from the abolition of the strategy of permits for Ukrainian drivers, financed from Polish funds.
The forthcoming gathering of EU transport ministers in Brussels on 4 December will be the next stage.
Ukraine clearly criticises the protest at the border, arguing that Ukrainian drivers waiting in long queues are suffering, and the blockade negatively affects the country's economy, especially in the context of hampered LPG imports. Kiev maintains that the main demands of the Polish side are unrealistic. In addition, he makes accusations against protestors of Poles, accusing them of blocking humanitarian aid and military aid, although these allegations are powerfully rejected by curious parties.
It should besides be noted that there are public accusations in Ukraine about the alleged operation of Polish carriers in favour of Russia or their cooperation with Russian services. akin claims besides appear in Poland, mainly among the Ukrainian community and extremist proukrain environments, as well as in any media. It is worth noting that besides in Polish media there is simply a run to discredit the protest of carriers, and any journalists attack the organizers of the protest and politicians of the Confederation supporting the strike.
Protests of Polish carriers proceed at the border from 6 November. Entrepreneurs from Poland complain about unequal access to the Ukrainian marketplace compared to carriers from the east operating in Poland. The issue concerns the abolition of transport permits for Ukrainian entities, while Polish companies must respect these rules in Ukraine. In addition, Ukrainian companies are not required to comply with all regulations imposed by EU standards.
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