Economy Minister Rafa Climent has already warned that the public administration of Technical Vehicle Inspection (ITV) stations will start with some difficulties. For example, a button. And this El Campello, Santa Pola and Calp will start this new phase temporarily without servicebecause an agreement could not be reached with the concessionaire company for the use of mobile units operating in these municipalities. This fact will force Consell to activate its facilities as soon as possible, but it is not possible to set dates for now.. Meanwhile, Generalitat continues to negotiate against the clock to close the contract that would allow Redován and Orihuela’s ITV, to which the mobile stations of Elda, Novelda and Pilar de la Horadada are also connected.
The Ministry of Economy is finalizing the procedures to take over the Community of Valencia’s ITV on February 24 in some cases and March 3 in others, when the concessionaires’ contract expires. One of the most important problems arose with the mobile stations, which were commissioned by the concessionaires to facilitate the service in the most difficult moments of the pandemic and have been operating continuously since then. And this, As these are company-owned facilities, they will not fall into the hands of the Valencian ITV Society.institution responsible for public administration.
As Josep Albert Quilis, director of this organization explains, the impossibility of reaching an agreement with the concessionaire Alicante and Benidorm, to which these facilities are affiliated, led Consell to initiate procedures for the units to activate their own mobile phones. It will prevent Calp from serving from March 3, and El Campello and Santa Pola from the 24th of this month. In these last two cases, Quilis said, “we will have to wait for the existing units to be disassembled before proceeding with the assembly of the new ones.. It will be possible to have a different location in Calp, but all land-related requirements and procedures will also have to be followed.” For this reason, the company is currently unable to specify a date when service will resume in these towns. “We will try to do it as soon as possible, but we cannot set deadlines at this time.”, he emphasizes.
Redovan and Orihuela
The Ministry of Economy, on the other hand, is in talks with concessionaires in Redován and Orihuela, where the companies were getting permission directly from the Ministry of Industry at the time, and where, as they argued, more difficulties were experienced. they do not need to have influenced the rollback. But the positions are very close, because A lease agreement for facilities that will also allow mobile units of Elda, Novelda and Pilar de la Horadada to be kept operational. According to Quilis, “the point now is to turn the conversations into a contract.”
Meanwhile, Valencia Community Association of Privileged Organizations for Technical Inspection of Vehicles (Aecova-ITV) made a statement after Minister Climent held companies responsible for the problems that may arise due to their non-cooperation. In the letter, the concessionaires stress that the public company’s failure to operate was “only due to carelessness.” So that the procedure is not followed correctly and “The lack of due diligence in administrative procedures creates organizational problems for franchisees, uncertainty in the workforce, and, above all, makes it impossible to adequately manage the service directly.”.
Stations in strikes and marches
The outlook a few days after the ITV reversal is not very encouraging. As such, there are currently three stations, Campanar, Massalfassar and San Antonio de Benagéber in Valencia, where workers are on strike as the concessionaires do not allow 23 part-time contracts to be made full-time. . Similarly, at least seven stations – Catarroja, Vara de Quart, Lliria, Riba-roja, Benidorm, Castellón and Villarreal – no longer offer advance appointments, which will encourage the Ministry to activate the service online this week and next week. also by phone. Likewise, Alcoy, Benidorm, Orihuela, Redován, Torrevieja and Villena stations in the province will be closed for inventory work on February 25, while Alicante and Elche stations will be closed on March 4. OG/Joint Venture