The transportation industry in the concrete industry lacks vehicles and workers, and transports with its own license plate in violation of regulations. The Ministry of Communications amended the law to guide legal transformation.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] The number of large trucks for self-use in Taiwan is nearly 20,000 more than that of large commercial trucks. Due to the actual business needs of the market, many operators have entrusted non-automobile transportation operators to use concrete mixer trucks with their own license plates , accepted the delivery business and paid remuneration, was banned and fined 9,000 to 90,000 yuan.

The Ministry of Communications stated that many operators have come to report that there is a shortage of vehicles and drivers in practice. After evaluation, it has been decided to loosen the relevant regulations, so that operators specializing in concrete delivery can register for the establishment of the truck freight industry with 4 brand new vehicles. Before the end of this year, we will guide this type of industry in legal transformation.

Lin Yuping, Section Chief of the Department of Road Administration of the Ministry of Communications, said that if the concrete mixer trucks for self-use only deliver their own company's products, they will not be fined. However, after the crackdown was strengthened last year, many operators were caught using vehicles with their own license plates to take orders from other companies. And received remuneration, was fined 9,000 to 90,000 yuan according to the "Highway Law".

However, considering that the current industry has this kind of concrete transportation demand, the "Automobile Transportation Industry Review Rules" will be revised today, adding that if you want to specialize in concrete transportation business, you only need to have 4 new concrete mixer trucks to apply, unlike the current requirements If you are in the automobile transportation industry, you must have 20 brand-new trucks before you can apply.

However, there is a sunset time for this regulation, and unless there are special circumstances, applications can only be made before the end of this year.

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Through the sunset clause, those who legally transform their business with the original self-use concrete mixer license can only use concrete mixer trucks if they want to replace old and new business vehicles in the future; if they want to increase business vehicles, they can only increase concrete mixer trucks.

If you want to do other business in the automobile transportation industry, you must follow the original "Vehicle Transportation Industry Review Rules" and other relevant regulations of the automobile freight industry to make up for the number of vehicles required for the application for the establishment of the automobile freight industry, that is, you must have 20 brand new vehicles Vehicles, concrete mixer trucks originally issued with self-use licenses for business licenses, cannot be included in the calculation of the number of vehicles.

Lin Yuping said that in principle, the sunset clause for this counseling transformation will only end at the end of this year, but considering that if the purchase demand for new concrete mixer trucks increases and the time is concentrated, it may take a longer time, so there is an exception clause in the regulations, which can be determined by The competent highway authority issued another announcement to extend the deadline for operators to have 4 brand new concrete mixer trucks.

Lin Yuping said that now that the government has opened up this path, if the operators still do not come to apply, they will still be fined according to the law if they are banned.