Currently, the Budget and Finance (Tax) Committee of the Saeima is considering amendments to the Law on Procurement of Public Service Providers, which stipulates that the customer, when preparing the purchase, requires the applicant to ensure that goods and services originating in Russia and Belarus are not included in the execution of the order.
PV states in its letter to the commission that it understands the purpose of the draft law, but draws attention to the fact that both the operation of PV and ensuring the continuity of public transport services on railway routes of regional significance will be significantly affected by the norm contained in the draft law.
Currently, diesel trains, electric trains, “Škoda 16Ev” low-floor electric trains and shunting diesel locomotives are used to provide public transport services.
According to PV, for the rolling stock owned and operated by the company, within the framework of the technical regulations and technical projects of the manufacturing plant, a technical solution and mutual compatibility of spare parts have been determined for carrying out repairs. Also, PV must comply with the rules of operation and repair in accordance with the instructions set by the manufacturing plant.
In order to ensure the safety requirements of vehicle operation, it is impossible to make constructive changes in the design of the wagons, because the old electric trains and diesel trains were designed and built in the space and time of the former Soviet Union, a large part of the spare parts were produced in Russian and Belarusian companies.
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