المملكة: "Transportation": 25 vehicles and a mandatory electronic connection for a truck rental license – urgent
Issued The General Authority for TransportThe new executive regulations regulating the activity of renting trucks to transport goods in the Kingdom, in a step aimed at regulating the sector, developing its services, and encouraging investment in it, in conjunction with raising safety standards and environmental requirements.
Conditions for Obtaining a License
The regulations restricted the practice of the activity to establishments only, requiring obtaining A valid license from the Authority to practice the activity, granted for a period of three years.
To obtain a license, the new regulations obliged the facility to provide a minimum number of vehicles of no less than 25 vehicles, including single vehicles, locomotives or cars, provided that they are registered as public transport and owned by the facility directly or through financial leasing.
The basic requirements also included the presence of a commercial register The activity includes, valid certificates for social insurance, zakat, and income, providing a center for practicing the activity, in addition to the mandatory connection to the authority’s electronic platform.
The regulations imposed a maximum operational age for vehicles operating in the activity; It was set at 20 years from the year of manufacture for individual vehicles or locomotives whose total weight exceeds 3,500 kilograms, and 10 years for vehicles whose weight does not exceed 3,500 kilograms, while the maximum lifespan for cars was set at only five years.
The regulations required each vehicle to obtain an annual “operating card,” which required a valid traffic licence, periodic technical inspection document, and insurance coverage, in addition to the installation of approved protection barriers. For heavy vehicles, and equipping all vehicles with basic safety requirements.
Contracting between the service provider and the beneficiary
The regulations regulated the contractual relationship, obligating the service provider to conclude an official and unified rental contract with the beneficiary establishments, clarifying all data related to the two parties, the details of the vehicle, the duration of the contract, the rental cost, the details of the insurance policy and the deductible rate.
The regulations held the service provider “lessor” responsible for the validity and maintenance of the vehicle, and the costs of maintenance. Patrol and consumable spare parts, and replacing the vehicle if a technical defect appears that is not due to the beneficiary’s misuse.
On the other hand, the beneficiary “the lessee” is obligated to use the vehicle within the scope of the contract, not to rent it to others or make any modifications to it, and to return it in the technical condition in which he received it. He also bears the costs of fuel, traffic violations, and any damages resulting from misuse.
The regulations set a clear mechanism for grievance against violations, where every interested party has the right to grievance within 30 days. From the date of notification of the violation, provided that it is considered by a competent committee, with the right to appeal the committee’s decision before the competent court.
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