Employees of the Environmental Supervision Department of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture have revealed 518 facts of inconsistency with the established norm for the emission of motor vehicles from July 1 to July 31, 2025.
The Environmental Supervision Department of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia shared the news through its social media handles on its Facebook page on August 7, 2025, Thursday.
The Ministry’s statement indicates a focus on monitoring and enforcing vehicle emissions standards within the country. The specific details of the violations, such as the types of vehicles and the extent of the exceedances, were not mentioned in the provided context.Â
It is worth noting that among those violations, 234 violations were reported in Tbilisi, 108 in Kutaisi, 102 in Batumi, and 74 in Rustavi. Also, out of 518 offenders, 459 are natural persons, and in 59 cases, the employees of the Department of Environmental Supervision fined legal entities.
It should be noted that 286 violations were committed by light cars, 207 by minibuses, 23 by trucks, and 2 by bus drivers/owners. Furthermore, the employees of the Environmental Supervision Department revealed 2933 facts of inconsistency with the established norm of emission of motor vehicles, in 7 months of this year.
The direction of improving atmospheric air quality is a priority for the department. Accordingly, a number of targeted measures are being carried out. Visible emission control of moving vehicles is underway in 4 major cities of the country.
At the same time, the department also regularly checks the quality of fuel at the autonomous fuel station to minimize the consumption of non-conditional fuel, which in turn significantly reduces the release of harmful substances into the atmospheric air.
In addition, in order to prevent pollution from enterprises, the process of installing a continuous self-monitoring system for the release of harmful substances in the air is actively underway. The system of the 36 largest enterprises has already been installed. Complex measures help minimize atmospheric air pollution.
