President
Based on the Constitution
and as adopted by the People's Assembly at its meeting held in 184-1427 A.H., 16-5-2006,
The following are issued:

Article 1

Works with accompanying provisions regarding the classification and protection of public roads.

Article 2

The provisions of Act No. 495 of 1957 shall be terminated and all provisions in contravention of this Act shall be made.

Article 3

This Law is published in the Official Journal and is effective from the date of publication.
Damascus at 24-4-1427 A.H., 225-2006, my birth.

President
Bashar al-Assad

Public Road Classification and Protection Act

Section I
Definitions

Article 1

The expressions contained in this Law shall mean the meanings set forth by them:
Ministry of Transport
Minister of Transport
Foundation: Public Foundation for Road Transport
Director General: Director General of the Public Foundation for Road Transport
The road is the land reserved for public traffic, whether it is decorated or paved or unpaved, and includes all related shoulders, trenches, industrial sites, traffic nodes, tunnels, and traffic control.
Road campus: display of land tape that belongs to the road registered or to be registered in the category of public property, prepared and allocated exclusively for the road and for expansion, storage, green areas and planned areas for the purposes of public utility.
Protection strip: land adjacent to the road campus, which remains the property of its specific owners, according to its classification, starting with the outer limit of the road, in areas outside the general regulations of the centres of the governorates, cities, countries, municipalities and villages.

Part two.
Method Classification

Article 2

a. General methods by function and those responsible for four items are classified according to:
1. Central road network, including:
a. International roads: roads that reach the diameter of neighbouring States.
b. Main roads: roads between county centres are key contacts and roads of special importance and border roads with neighbouring States.
c. Methods of submission: methods that serve the international and major ways in paragraphs (a-b).
2. Local road network, including:
a. The roads that reach the governorate centres in the centres of cities and their areas.
b. The roads that reach city centres in areas, districts and villages.
3. Agricultural Road Network and Irrigation: The Tied or dirt roads serving agricultural land and water installations.
4. Tourism road network: roads serving tourist areas and archaeological sites.
The Prime Minister will issue a decision based on the minister's proposal to distribute the central roads in the country according to their function and those responsible for them. As for the local roads, the decision of the Prime Minister on this matter will be issued on the proposal of the competent minister.

Article 3

a. The public road network is technically classified according to:

b. Route of the Umayyad Palace: The width of the road campus is set at 100 meters and the width of a protection strip is set at 75 m from each side.
c. c. The road campus in the territory of public property, regardless of its type, is set to be 200 metres wide.

Article 4

The Minister makes public policy decisions in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Section III
Provisions for the control of buildings and installations adjacent to public roads

Article 5

a. The land required for the road to be established or improved shall be located in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Window of the Window.
The area may be increased to include the sites necessary for the construction of the road contract, industrial works and public facilities, and the drilling of the metaphor for road materials, parking, road storage facilities, public road police stations, and the locations of the excavations and the Radic, depending on the requirements of the design. And all it takes to implement the artistic press of the project.

Article 6

a. The designated old road campus on property schemes registered in the name of public property is a road campus.
b. The old road campus in areas that are not specific, liberated and being used, depending on the actual nature of nature, is the road to the road.
c. The untouched old road campus is the temple section of which the shoulders and the moat are combined, at least 24 metres for the first class.

Article 7

a. The use of land within the protection strip is prohibited for non-farming purposes.
b. Every owner wants to establish a road building outside the protection strip and has contact with the road to obtain prior approval (and according to the requirements of the aforementioned protection tape) from the branches of the institution in relation to the central roads. The rest of the roads are within the jurisdiction of the county concerned, and get this. Consent does not in any case act as a building permit and is not exempt from its request.
c. When the consent mentioned in paragraph (b) above, the buildings to be established next to the road contract and where the storage and subsidiary methods are located, shall be taken into account.

Article 8

a. Facilities and buildings licensed prior to the identification of the protection strip are considered to be an acquired right and shall not be expanded.
b. Occupations and buildings in the non-licensed protection strip prior to this Act are subject to laws and regulations in force.
c. Where there is a need for occupancy in the road protection strip, the decision to authorize the occupancy of the occupation must provide for all necessary procedures to facilitate traffic and safety.
d. The linking of property and adjacent facilities to the free highway is prohibited, but is connected through the methods of submission and subways to the exchange contract once the approval of the enterprise is obtained.

Article 9

The minister will issue a decree that includes special instructions for the praise of buildings outside the protective strip adjacent to the public roads.

Section IV
Maintenance of roads

Article 10

The institution is entitled to prevent traffic on any central route, and to stop using any part of it or to divert or traffic from it to any other way, for as long as it is sufficient to carry out any works on the road, including repair, maintenance and extension work, and gives the same right to the province. concerned in relation to other roads.

Article 11

a. No natural or legal person may carry out any work on the road, including construction, extension of pipes and wires, or placing any other material on the road or under it, except with prior written permission of the enterprise for the central methods upon request under which it undertakes to return The road to its original state prior to the execution of those works is required to grant the permit that the person who asked for a monetary insurance or a certified bank is granted 150 % of the cost of returning the road to his condition after the execution of the work to be declared, and the institution has requested to raise the value of the project. Insurance to 200 % of that cost if it finds that there are circumstances and special reasons to justify this, and the permit is issued in relation to other methods of The county concerned.
b. The institution or the county concerned, in granting the permit set forth in paragraph (a) of this article, shall be entitled to specify the conditions, specifications and instructions that it deems appropriate for the completion of the authorized work in order to preserve the validity and efficiency of the road and to ensure public safety, To complete that work and to return the road to its original state within a specified period of permit, and to oversee the implementation of such acts in the image it deems appropriate.
c. The provisions of this article apply to ministries, departments and governmental institutions to be exempted from providing insurance to grant them permission to carry out any work on the road, and if they fail to return the road to their original state, the institution has the right to ask this agency for the cost of returning the road. To his condition plus 25 % of the value of that cost.

Article 12

A technical file must be accompanied by a technical file containing: a plan for the site, the foundations of the facility, a business memo, the quality of the materials, the method of execution, the means to return the road and its aftershocks to its original state, and a list showing the strength and durability of the facility, which ensures the safety of the road, in addition to the occasional passages explaining. Potential networks and the method for extending the tubes and the design of warning signs.

Article 13

After the completion of the work of the Bank by virtue of the provisions of article 11 of this Law, the institution shall:
a. To verify that such acts have been completed and returned the road to their previously established state in accordance with the requirements, specifications and instructions established in the statement based on a report submitted by a competent committee of the road not less than three members.
b. Re-insurance to the author of the relationship three months after the date of submission of the present report to the author, in which the author is a guarantor of compensation for any damage or disorder that appears on the road due to the work on which she or she has been performed, and the damage is estimated and the compensation is estimated to be done before A committee of engineers appointed by the Director General does not have fewer than three members.

Article 14

a. The permit granted pursuant to article 11 of this Law shall be regarded as repealed if the authorized acts are not directly carried out on the road within the period specified in the permit.
b. The institution must revoke the permit if it finds at any time that the authorized work on the road runs counter to the prescribed conditions, specifications and instructions, and that prior to the cancellation of a written notice to the authorized entity to carry out such acts, it shall be required to do so. To comply with the requirements, specifications and instructions for such acts within the time specified in the alert.

Article 15

a. If any of the reasons provided for in article 14 of this Law are revoked, the institution must issue a decision to confiscate the insurance and carry out all work and actions it deems necessary to repair the road and return it to the original condition, including the removal of any material or The ruins and lifting were placed on his campus, and all the expenses resulting from those works and procedures were reimbursed from the sum of the insurance, and any balance left after those expenses would represent the revenue of the state treasury.
b. To implement the provisions of this article, the Enterprise shall confiscate the value of insurance provided on bail to the sponsor bank and shall be credited to the sponsor of the bank as of that date.

Article 16

a. If at any time it turns out that the work done on the road under the provisions of articles 11, 13, 14 has affected the validity of the road or its efficiency, or that it jeopardizes public safety, prevents or prevents maintenance or expansion of the road, the institution may request from The entity that carried out those acts removed them in whole or in part or carried out any other work related to them and considers them to be necessary to avoid those causes, within the time they have been fixed and on their own expense.
b. In the event that any party fails to carry out the work requested by the Enterprise under paragraph (a) of this article, it shall be conducted and executed by the institution on behalf of that entity, and its expenses shall be obtained through legal means, and shall be considered the lists and lists of accounts organized by the institution Firm official knowledge of such expenditure shall not be established in any manner contrary to it in any way of proof.

Rule 17

a. The Governor may take such action as may be necessary:
1. To stop any acts contrary to this law on the road, including the construction of construction of facilities and public shops on the road and within the protection strip and on the road before obtaining a written permit from the institution to establish it.
2. To lift any promise or attack of any kind on the road, including the lifting and removal of any material, rubble, signs, signs, licences or advertisements placed on the road or on its aspects prior to obtaining permission from the institution in accordance with the mechanism adopted with the Arab Corporation for the Declaration.
b. The damage is removed, and all work, materials, debris, signs, signs, signs and advertisements are removed and advertisements that the governor orders to remove and remove them from the one who did not comply with the foundations adopted between the institution and the Arab institution for advertising at its own expense and during the course of the destruction. The term specified by the Governor, while any party fails to do the work for which the Governor has requested to do so shall apply to that entity in this case the provisions of article 16, paragraph (b), of this Law in respect of expenses and their collection.

Section V
Traffic lights, advertising.

Rule 18

(a) The institution and those responsible for the roads shall put in place licenses, signs, traffic signs, tourist licenses and all traffic control methods that will ensure traffic safety, and that no one may remove, destroy or transport them.
b. Prevents the suspension of paintings and advertisements on traffic plates or on their pillars.

Rule 19

a. The Minister shall issue a decision setting instructions for the conditions of placing advertisements on the road and setting their specifications on the basis of a joint proposal by the institution and the Arab Corporation for advertising, and may amend such instructions whenever it deems necessary to ensure safety and maintain efficient use of the road.
b. No person, or any party, may establish or place any declaration on the road only with the written consent of the person responsible for the route, and obtaining such consent does not in any case act as a licence and shall not be exempted from its request.

Rule 20

a. The institution and the entity responsible for the road shall at any time request any person or any party to remove or remove any declaration that has been fixed or placed on the road or transferred to another location within the time limit fixed by it if it turns out that its presence at that location endangers or affects public safety The efficiency of using the road or obstructing or preventing its maintenance or expansion or any other business in it.
b. In the event that any person or party fails to implement the previous application, the declaration shall be removed at its own expense by the Enterprise and shall apply to that person or entity the provisions of the removal of works from the methods provided for in article 16 of this Law in respect of expenses and their collection.

Rule 21

a. The installation of billboards on public roads is subject to the following rules, foundations and specificities:
1. All applications for licences shall be submitted to the declarations through the Arab Foundation for the declaration exclusively, which shall be examined in accordance with their regulations and shall be transmitted to the institution for completion of its study and examination in conformity with its regulations and the foundations of the Arab Declaration.
2. The declaration shall be authorized only on the right side of the road, at least the minimum distance between a billboard and a traffic light sign for 150 meters.
3. The license request must be accompanied by a technical file containing:
a. A chart of the location of the places on which the bulletin boards will be located.
b. Note to the nature, composition, shapes and sizes of the Declaration.
c. Technical arithmetic note showing the robustness and durability of the various elements of the billboard. The Arab institution or institution can claim any other document required to study the file.
b. The billboards contrary to the basis set forth in the paragraphs above shall be removed regardless of the settlement of their financial position with the Arab Corporation for a declaration, and the financial settlement is not considered an alternative to the legal licence in all circumstances.
c. The licence decision shall be issued within one month from the date of submission of the file, and shall be void if it is not used within one year of the date of the decision.

Rule 22

The Prime Minister shall issue a decision on the Minister's proposal to determine the wages to be met on the advertisements offered or fixed on the road in coordination with the Ministry of Information.

Section VI
Violations and penalties

Rule 23

Without prejudice to the most severe penalties provided for in all legislative provisions in force, the offence is punishable by the penalties set aside for each of the offences listed in the following table:

Rule 24

In a way that does not contradict the functions and functions of the Public Foundation for Road Communications and its terms of reference, the Ministry of the Interior will control and regulate the offences on the public roads contained in this law.

Section VII
Final provisions

Rule 25

a. The Minister, and the Governor within the limits of his or her Governor, shall have full powers to take the necessary and urgent action to stop any act or attack on the road or remove the consequences resulting from it by virtue of this Act.
b. It is necessary to remove the violation, to remove the damage and to restore the situation to what it was within 10 days from the date of the regulation of the violation, and the competent authority is removing the violation or damage at the expense of the contrary, and follows the actual costs, in addition to administrative expenses, by 15 % of its value. In accordance with the provisions in force, any settlement of the offences provided for in this article shall be prohibited.

Rule 26

a. It is in violation of the civil and penal responsibilities resulting from the road accidents caused by acts and offences committed and reflected in this law, and the illegal deposits, works and facilities are raised at the expense of the perpetrator.
b. The Enterprise has the right, at any time, to order all action or, on its own initiative, to take all necessary action for the removal of the damage, to bear the resulting expenses on the contrary, and to recover such expenses through the mediation of the liquidation list in force.

Rule 27

The Minister shall issue the Executive Instructions for the provisions of this Law on the proposal of the Enterprise Management Board.

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