The Ministry previously explained that compulsory OCTA for all was a requirement of a European Union (EU) directive. The requirement was previously scheduled to enter into force on December 10, but the Saeima on Thursday, December 5, urgently amended the law in two readings to stipulate that the requirement for compulsory OCTA for all vehicles will apply from November 1 next year.

Parliament also rejected two opposition proposals to simply abolish the requirement for OCTA for all.

During the debate, opposition spokesman  Jānis Vitenbergs (National Alliance) said that this decision would not solve the problem, but would only postpone it for a while and that the debate would resume in October on the same issues.

Commenting on the need to cover damages caused by vehicles that do not participate in traffic, Vitenbergs said ironically that then “OCTA can apply to an iron, a hairdryer, a dumbbell that can roll around and cause damage to someone”.

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