{"id":1357832,"date":"2026-02-14T18:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/up-to-8-500-hryvnias-the-rada-proposes-to-fine-taxi-drivers-for-getting-off-the-curb\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T16:37:16","slug":"up-to-8-500-hryvnias-the-rada-proposes-to-fine-taxi-drivers-for-getting-off-the-curb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/up-to-8-500-hryvnias-the-rada-proposes-to-fine-taxi-drivers-for-getting-off-the-curb\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to 8,500 hryvnias: the Rada proposes to fine taxi drivers for \u201cgetting off the curb\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has introduced a draft law that provides for fines for taxi drivers for picking up passengers from the curb and other violations of transportation rules. The document establishes different levels of administrative liability depending on the type of violation, which should contribute to the legalization of the market and increase the safety of passenger transportation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/mindev.gov.ua\/news\/povidomlennia-pro-opryliudnennia-proiektu-zakonu-ukrainy1302\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported<\/a> by the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development.<\/p>\n<p> The draft law &#8220;On Amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses Regarding the Transportation of Passengers by Taxi or Passenger Cars on Order&#8221; was published on February 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that its purpose is to regulate the implementation of legislative norms in the field of passenger transportation and establish administrative liability for violations.<\/p>\n<p> The key amendment is the addition of a new Article 1333 to the Code of Administrative Offenses. It provides for liability for:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> performing paid transportation without the right to provide services or outside the scope of employment relations with the carrier;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> violation of legal requirements by self-employed road carriers;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> shipments received not through a digital platform;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> use of platforms, information about which is missing from government systems;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> transportation without observing the technical condition of vehicles and without a taximeter;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> violation of the Rules for the provision of passenger transport services, with increased liability for repeated violation within a year.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> In particular, a fine of <strong>8,500 hryvnias<\/strong> is proposed for boarding passengers from the side of the road. For work without official registration &#8211; <strong>1,700 hryvnias<\/strong> . Similarly, 8,500 hryvnias are provided for work through an unverified platform or without a technical inspection and taximeter. Other violations of transportation rules are punishable by a fine of 850 hryvnias.<\/p>\n<p> The adoption of the draft law will allow for the formation of an effective system of administrative responsibility, contribute to the legalization of the market and the creation of equal conditions for all participants.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The adoption of this law will increase transportation safety and regulate the taxi market in Ukraine,&#8221; the institution noted.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has introduced a draft law that provides for fines for taxi drivers for picking up passengers from the curb and other violations of transportation rules. The document establishes different levels of administrative liability depending on the type of violation, which should contribute to the legalization of the market and increase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":449289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76878],"class_list":["post-1357832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}