Transport and housing: what innovations have come into force

Parliamentarians adopted important laws concerning the transport and housing sectors in the spring and summer, during the plenary sessions of the Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The Parliamentary Press Service has collected information about the laws adopted and already signed by the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in these areas in one article.

Third party liability insurance – for an unlimited number of persons

The improvement of the rules related to compulsory insurance of civil liability of vehicle owners continued.

The third party liability insurance policy of the PMR applies to an unlimited number of persons now. Amendments and additions to the relevant law excluded from the legal field the contract of compulsory motor third party liability insurance indicating a limited circle of persons allowed to drive a vehicle. This will eliminate situations where the culprit of an accident, not included in the policy, is forced to reimburse the insurer for the amount of payment to the victim.

The legal framework provides for insurance for an unlimited number of drivers, which allows not to make changes to the policy if control of the vehicle is transferred to another driver. You do not need to notify the insurance company about each driver in advance, which simplifies the process of transferring the car for use. In addition, the procedure for issuing a policy has been simplified: you do not need to provide copies of the driver's license of the person allowed to drive the vehicle.

The law came into force on May 1, 2025.

Increasing fines for the absence of an third party liability insurance policy

The deputy corps adopted the amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses proposed by the Government, which increased fines for the absence of third party liability insurance policy. Previously, the amount of penalties for driving without a policy for an unlimited number of persons was 5 minimum wages (92 rubles). Now the fine is 20 minimum wages (368 rubles). Representatives of the State Automobile Inspectorate emphasized that the previous fines did not encourage some drivers to comply with the law and insure their civil liability during the consideration of the law-in-draft. The amendment of the relevant parliamentary committee set the fine at an amount approximately equal to the average cost of an insurance policy in Pridnestrovie.

Registration of accidents without the traffic militia

Amendments and additions to the law on compulsory motor third party liability insurance will come into force in Pridnestrovie on January 1, 2026, which will allow for simplified registration (without calling the traffic militia) of accidents with minor damage – up to 350 minimum wages (or 5075 rubles).

Deputies noted that citizens themselves asked for the introduction of the European protocol: due to the lack of special vehicles, the traffic militia cannot always quickly arrive at the scene of the accident, and drivers do not have the right to leave it. 

The parliamentarians proposed to register accidents with minor damage without calling the traffic militia to the scene of the accident. If all the conditions for simplified registration are met, the participants in the accident will be able to draw up a notification of the traffic accident on the spot and send it to the insurer within 48 hours along with a photo or video recording of the accident.

Amendments to the Housing Code of the PMR

Another law adopted by the deputies and signed by the President empowered the State Supervision Service of the Ministry of Justice to file a lawsuit to force the return of an unauthorizedly converted premises to their previous state if the inspection revealed violations. Amendments were made to the Housing Code of the PMR.

Thus, both the State Supervision Service and the state administrations of cities and districts can issue orders to eliminate violations and apply to the court today.

The period for returning an unauthorizedly converted premises to their previous state can be from 1 to 6 months. If the violator has not eliminated the problem during this time, the above-mentioned competent authorities will have to apply to the court within 10 working days.

Another change to the Housing Code empowered management organizations to choose the option for accounting for funds for the maintenance and repair of housing stock, sanitary maintenance of the building and the adjacent territory. Such a company opens either one current account in a credit institution when managing an apartment building, but at the same time keeps records of incoming funds in terms of personal accounts for each apartment building, or one current account with sub-accounts in a credit institution for each apartment building.

Transfer of debt to a spouse

An amendment to the Law of the PMR "On state support for young families in the acquisition of housing" has also entered into force. Certain categories of public sector employees can receive a state subsidy for full or partial payment of a loan or interest on it for the purchase of their own housing according to the law. The recipient of state support is one of the spouses of the young family in this case. It is allowed at present to change the persons in the obligation by transferring the debt to the spouse. This can be done upon a written application from both spouses.