Kosovo police said they would take the necessary actions for the return of the patenters who have been temporarily taken by police and for whom the legal deadline for maintenance has passed, following the Supreme Court’s conviction, which has declared it illegal and abolished a paragraph of the Administrative Guidance Guide for Counter-Avention Procedures.
Police announce that the Supreme Court has admitted it yesterday.
Kosovo Police announce public opinion that on November 2nd, 2026 has accepted the Act of Supreme Court of Kosovo P. No. 29/2026, of October 20, 2026, with which it was declared illegal and paragraph 3 of Article 17 of Administrative Guide has been abolished ( No. 05-2023 for Anti-Wrath Procedures, said the announcement.
Police said the Supreme Court’s ruling does not change the possibility of pronouncing the safeguard clause to stop driving, nor does it abolish the previously pronounced measures.
Police, it explains that this act does not change the possibility of pronouncing the safeguard clause to prevent motor vehicle direction and does not abolish the previously pronounced safeguard clauses. All these measures continue to be valid and applicable according to the deadline they are declared, it is further said.
According to the police, the difference only concerns the physical maintenance of the patenters, which cannot last more than eight days.
The change is only about keeping the driver’s patents by police, which, according to Article 244 of the Law on Road Traffic Rules and the Supreme Court’s decision, cannot last more than eight days, the clarification said.
Police said they will act on the return of the patent players received earlier, in cases when the legal deadline for maintaining them has passed.
In this direction, Kosovo Police will take the necessary actions to return drivers’ licenses, taken earlier temporarily, for which the legal deadline has passed, in line with the Supreme Court’s decision, the report said.
However, the physical return of the driver’s license does not mean that the driver can direct the vehicle if he continues to be in force of the safety measure of stopping direction.
Police point out that the physical return of driver’s patents does not mean that the person has the right to direct the vehicle during the length of the safeguard. Those who have been pronounced prohibiting direction continue to have the vehicle stopped until its completion, it is further said.
The police also recalled the punishments set forth for the drivers during their time of protection.
Also, Kosovo Police recall that driving the vehicle during the length of the safeguard clause is an offense for which the law envisions a 500-euro fine, a six-month ban on direction for six months, five (5) negative points, as well as the temporary seizure of the vehicle, according to Article 246 of the Law for Road Traffic Rules.
In the end, police announced that they will continue to control traffic and verify safeguard clauses and other legal restrictions.
Kosovo Police will continue controls in road traffic and verification of safeguard clauses, negative points and other legal restrictions through relevant evidence, aimed at ensuring safety in road traffic.
Source Layer: Insander