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According to the ministry, the exemption is related to the method of selling tickets and passes.
Urban public transport within cities will not have a legal obligation to enable payments by bank card. The Ministry of Finance has clarified in a letter addressed to transport companies that urban bus operators are exempt from the obligation to install POS terminals, because they are not obliged to issue and fiscalize invoices under the current operating conditions.
According to the ministry, the exemption relates to the manner in which tickets and passes are sold. In cases where the ticket or pass is given to the passenger directly by the driver or an authorized person, operators are not required to issue a fiscalized invoice for the service provided.
"It results that urban public transport operators within the city (buses), being exempt from the obligation to issue and fiscalize invoices for the supplies they make, if the ticket or pass is given to passengers directly by the driver of the vehicle or by an authorized person, are consequently also exempt from the legal obligation to be equipped with a 'POS/POI' terminal at every point of sale, in this case in every individual urban bus operating within the city," the Ministry of Finance's response states.
The obligation to install devices that enable card payments had come into force for entities operating in the transport and accommodation sectors, with an implementation deadline of May 30.
However, urban transport operators opposed the implementation of this obligation, arguing that it would bring additional costs and uncertainty over the practical operation of electronic payments on buses.
The Ministry of Finance's clarification puts an end to uncertainties for urban public transport operators, confirming that they are not obliged to install POS terminals for card payments in their vehicles.
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