Consell’s general meeting approved the decree allowing the establishment of the Valencian Vehicle Inspection Association, a commercial company. Providing the ITV public service and to carry out technical inspections of vehicles commissioned by Generalitat. Next year, when the franchise expires, direct management will begin replacing the existing seven companies. This was announced today by Valencia Government spokesperson Mónica Oltra, who reminded us that the privatization process of this service is at the center of the criminal investigation of the Erial case, a corruption conspiracy led by the former head of Generalitat. Eduardo Zaplana.
“We are moving on to the recovery of ITV as a public service after 25 years of privatization in 1997 by Consell del PP,” Oltra said in her weekly speech after the Government meeting.
Specifically, the company may be a metrological control verification body for taximeter control purposes in accordance with the provisions of the Metrology Law No. 32/2014 and may engage in any additional or complementary activities to the vehicle technical inspection service.
This decree-law is part of the process initiated by the Valencian Government, through the Valencian Institute for Commercial Competitiveness (IVACE), to implement direct management of ITV in the Community through an administrative concession to seven persons after the current service ended on 31 December. companies that carry out this activity by geographic area.
Just last September, the concessionaire companies were informed of their intention to end the administrative concession regime and hence the contract will expire after the initial period has expired, no extension will be made and the formal complaint stipulated in the file has been complied with. made..
By 2023, direct management will be possible with the establishment of a new publicly traded company exclusively and exclusively composed of public capital and with a budget of 60,000 Euros for its constitution.
As objectives, direct management will maintain road safety on Valencia roads, lower prices for users and increase the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of service.
Source: Informacion
