2024-10-23 16:38:00
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The Municipality of Guatemala has published amendments to the Regulation of Maximum Weights and Measures for the Transport of Cargo.
The Municipality of Guatemala has published amendments to the Regulation of Maximum Weights and Measures for the Transport of Cargo. (Free Press Photo: PL Newspaper Library)
This Wednesday, October 23, the Municipality of Guatemala published in the Diario de Centro América the amendments to the Regulation on Maximum Weight and Media for the Freight transport that enter and circulate within the municipality of Guatemala.
The amendments were made in some section 8, which establishes the imposition of the fines administrative actions by Emetra, breach in the authorized gross vehicle weights.
The provisions of these reforms establish an increase in the amount of kilograms authorized for heavy transport, but they do not increase the amount of fines if they violate.
The changes allow for freight transport to be possible now breach from 99 kilograms to 200 kilograms more than previously allowed.
How were the previous provisions?
Before the amendments, article 8 of the regulations in section I indicated that with breach In the authorized gross vehicle weight, the fines were as follows:
- to. From 600 to 1,500 kilograms, Q1 thousand.
- b. From 1,600 to 2,500 kilograms, Q2mil.
- c. From 2,600 to 5,000 kilograms, Q4mil.
- d. From 5,100 kilograms onwards, Q5 miles.
Although paragraph II indicated when the gross vehicle weight is not exceedbut if the authorized axle weight is exceeded, the sanctions are as follows:
- to. From 400 to 800 kilograms, Q1 thousand.
- b. From 900 to 1,000 kilograms, Q4 miles.
- c. From 1,100 kilograms onwards, Q6 miles.
Subsection d) of number I was not changed, nor was subsection c) of number II amended.
The regulation explains the following: “The purpose of this Regulation is to regulate the technical parameters of the maximum weights and measurements of cargo transport that enter and circulate within the municipality of Guatemala, in order to overload those vehicles to avoid, in a way that makes it possible. “The city’s road network can be preserved and protected.”
The new provisions
One of the amendments He says: “The letters ab and c are modified. of the Roman numeral one of section 8, which reads as follows:
- to. From 600 to 1,599 kilograms, Q1 thousand.
- b. From 1,600 to 2,599 kilograms, Q2 miles.
- C. From 2,600 to 5,099 kilograms, Q4 miles.
Likewise, he adds: “Letters a. and b. of the Roman numeral two of section 8, which reads as follows:
- to. From 600 to 900 kilograms, Q1 thousand.
- b. From 901 to 1,099 kilograms, Q4 miles.
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