PUBLIC NOTICE for granting a public authorization for doing works on the issue of memory cards

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On the basis of Article 39 of the Law on working hours of the mobile workers in the road transport and the recording devicesa in the road transport ("Official Gazette of the RM" No.140/2018 and "Official Gazette of the RNM" No. 224/2024 and 101/2025), the Rulebook on the form, content and the method of keeping records on the issued memory cards ("Official Gazette of RM" No. 18/10), the Rulebook for the detailed requirements regarding the necessary devices and equipment of the legal persons for getting a public authorization for doing works on the issue of memory cards (“Official Gazette of RM" No. 18/10) and the Rulebook on the form and content of the application and the procedure for the issue of a memory card (“Official Gazette of RM" No. 211/2016), the Ministry of Transport, announces
PUBLIC NOTICE
for granting a public authorization for doing works on the issue of memory cards
The works for the purpose of the issue of memory cards under the Law on working hours, required rests of the mobile workers and drivers in the road transport and the recording devices in the road transport are carried out by an authorized legal person (hereinafter: Card Issuing Authority ).
Authorization for the Card Issuing Authority
The public authorization for doing works on the issue of memory cards includes:
- implementing of procedures for the issue or withdrawal of cards, including the method of the issue of cards, keeping records as referred to in Article 25 of the Law on the working hours, required rests of mobile workers and drivers in the road transport, as well as the recording devices in the road transport and the issue of the recorded data, and
- doing works related to generating of the necessary electronic keys required for production of the memory cards.
Public authorization for doing the works on the issue of memory cards can be granted to a legal person on the basis of a public notice.
The public authorization for the Card Issuing Authority is valid for 15 years.
For the purposes of doing the works on the issue of the cards, one legal person / only one Card Issuing Authority can be authorized.
Duration of the public notice shall be until 14 August 2025, by 12:00 hours.
Requirements for granting an authorization to the Card Issuing Authority
The Minister of Transport grants a public authorization for doing works on the issue of memory cards to a domestic or foreign legal person that fulfills the following conditions:
- to have at its disposal appropriate offices on the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia, owned or under lease, to carry out the works,
- to have employed at least 5 (five) persons with higher education (Faculty of law, economics, traffic engineering, mechanical engineering, mathematics (major of Computer Science) or Faculty of Electrical Engineering),
- to have employed at least 3 (three) persons with secondary school education,
- to have at its disposal appropriate equipment related to carrying out the works stated in the public authorization,
- not to be a workshop in terms of this law,
- not to have against the legal person any initiated bankruptcy proceedings or liquidation procedure or any infringement measure pronounced - prohibition to carry out the activity,
- the manager or a management board member, as well as the responsible person authorized by the legal person should not have been employed in the last 5 (five) years with the Card Issuing Authority to whom the authorization for the issue of cards has been withdrawn,
- the authorization of the Card Issuing Authority as well as of his legal successor should not have been withdrawn in the course of the last 5 (five) years, and
- to have financial insurance (deposited funds in a bank or a bank guarantee from a first-class bank) for legal and quality performance of the service stated in the authorization, at least an amount to cover the expected costs of the Ministry of Transport in connection with the possible revocation of the authorization, granting of a new authorization and and carrying out the works of the Card Issuing Authority in the Ministry of Transport until the moment of authorization of a new legal entity for issuing cards.
In addition to the fulfillment of the previously stated conditions, the foreign legal person should have established a subsidiary at the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia.
The applicant will be considered to meet the requirements regarding the equipment and persons employed to provide the service related to the issuing of memory cards and if it has concluded a cooperation agreement with a legal entity authorized to issue memory cards from a member state of the European Union.
Card Issuing Authority must meet the conditions for granting the authorization all the time during the period of validity of the public authorization.
The conditions and the criteria for the issuance of a public authorization to the Card Issuing Authority are described in more details in Annex 1, which is an integral part of this public notice.