National Technical Surveillance Agency
You may have heard or read such an abbreviation when getting your car's MTPL policy, but what does it really mean? The full name of VTUA is State Technical Surveillance Agency , such as, but not limited to, the regulatory body that monitors the state of the art and the general state of the market for all agricultural and agricultural machinery used.
VTUA is under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and takes care of the following issues:
- Ensure national technical and market surveillance of tractor equipment and its trailers that are safe for human health, life and the environment
- Monitoring the training process for tractor drivers and its provision
- Maintain a national information system for tractors, their trailers and tractor drivers
- National roadworthiness test and roadworthiness testing of tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed equipment
- Introduce the public to the history of the agricultural sector
- To promote material and intangible evidence of farming and life in the Latvian countryside from the end of the 19th century to the present day
Have you ever seen someone trying to register a tractor? Hmm, that's right, me neither. The most popular and mundane of the services offered by VTUA is the first registration of a tractor or its trailer. Where do tractor drivers get their licence? Yes, the correct answer is in VTUA. This is the place where the driving test and theoretical tests are taken.
VTUA contacts
There are a total of 26 departments of the State Technical Supervision Agency in Latvia. Visitors are accepted in person by appointment sign up by phone or e-mail. If you want to find the contact information of a specific department, you will find the contacts of all structural units VTUA homepage.
The single telephone number for inquiries is +371 67027149, or if you prefer written communication, use VTUA's single e-mail [email protected].
Sources used to gather information in this article:
- Likumi.lv
- National Technical Surveillance Agency
- Kartes.lv (the map image)