The State Revenue Committee informs that according to the information received from the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Georgia, the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has set new regulations for trucks in Georgia due to the spread of coronavirus worldwide.

Information and Public Relations Department of the RA SRC reported.

Control over trucks over the last 14 days has been tightened in countries at high risk of the spread of coronavirus – China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Austria, Germany, France, Norway, Switzerland, Spain and Denmark. In particular, drivers who have been in those countries will be accompanied by transit cargo through Georgia, from checkpoint to checkpoint.

In the last 14 days, the drivers of those trucks in Georgia and those importing goods to Georgia that have been in the above mentioned countries will be replaced by persons who do not belong to the risk group, and the customs authorities will disinfect the cars. If the driver of the truck is a foreigner, he will return to the country where he arrived from, and if he is a Georgian citizen, he will be sent to quarantine. In other cases, the cargo trailer may be replaced with a non-risk one, the customs service will remove the coupler, and the trailer will send it back to where it arrived. If it is not possible to replace the driver, the car will reach a nearby checkpoint, where the cargo will be moved to another car.

As for drivers and goods outside the risk zone, drivers will be subject to strict scrutiny, their temperature and other symptoms will be checked. If a foreign driver has symptoms of the disease, they will be returned to the country of arrival. A Georgian citizen will be dispatched to a quarantine and the cargo will pass through the procedure of checking cargoes from the risky countries.