Presidential Decree of the President of Belarus dated April 22, 2026 No. 136 "On passenger transport in irregular communication" is improving the legal regulation of the passenger taxi transport sector.

As explained in the branch of the Transport Inspection in the Gomel region, the grounds for suspension have increased. The list has been supplemented with the following grounds: failure to submit a tax declaration, presence of tax debt, providing unreliable information to tax authorities, failure to submit individual accounting documents with respect to drivers with whom labor contracts have been concluded, repeated identification of violations of the established procedure for receiving payment instruments and (or) use of cash and other equipment during receipt of payment instruments, as well as non-compliance with the requirements set out in points 2.11 – 2.13 of Presidential Decree of the Republic of Belarus dated January 25, 2024 No. 32. These measures are aimed at curbing the activities of day-labor companies.

According to the Decree, the list of information subject to inclusion in the register of passenger transport in irregular communication is being supplemented. In the absence of such information, transport activities are considered illegal.

A ban is introduced on the use of transport vehicles of a transport company excluded from the register due to violations, by all other transport companies. Re-inclusion into it is possible after the expiration of three months.

A few more innovations. From October 25, activities in the sphere of irregular passenger transport, including without inclusion of information on periods of operation of transport vehicles and work of drivers, become illegal. Also, if the subject of an enterprise is in the process of liquidation (cessation of activity), it cannot be included in the register or make changes to the information contained in the register.

In addition, the list of transport types to which the provisions of the Decree of January 25, 2024 No. 32 "On passenger transport in passenger vehicles" do not apply is being expanded.

An important change concerns the reduction from six to three months of the period for submitting an application to be included in the register of information after their exclusion for committed violations.

In this regard, a statement for inclusion in the information register may be submitted by the vehicle carrier, the passenger vehicle carrier dispatcher in irregular communication, the taxi dispatcher, whose information is excluded from the register due to violations, including those up to October 25, 2026, after the expiration of three months since exclusion from the information register.

The above-mentioned changes came into effect on October 25, 2026.