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title: "Appeal of a Driving-Licence Suspension"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/road-traffic-law-en/appeal-of-a-driving-licence-suspension-en"
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description: "Appeal of a driving-licence suspension: alcohol 0.3-0.7 per mille means 6 months, above 0.7 — 1 year; complaint within 10 days. Lawyer Legal.ge."
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# Appeal of a Driving-Licence Suspension

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## When and for How Long the Driving Right Is Suspended

A citizen driving right may be suspended for up to 3 years for a gross or systematic violation of the rules of its use, and the suspension period cannot be shorter than 15 days. A person who uses a vehicle because of a disability status cannot have the driving right suspended — except where that person drives a vehicle in a state of alcoholic intoxication. The road-traffic legislation adds a separate suspension ground connected with the exhaustion of the points on a driving licence; that is a distinct regime requiring its own line of appeal.

Alcohol-related suspensions are precisely graded: where the ethanol concentration in the driver blood exceeds 0.3 but does not exceed 0.7 per mille, the driving right is suspended for 6 months; where it exceeds 0.7 per mille, or the driver evades the check — for 1 year. Leaving the scene of a road traffic accident carries a fine of 250 GEL together with a 6-month suspension, and failure to obey a police order to stop carries a fine of 500 GEL.

## Exculpatory Circumstances in Alcohol Cases

A state of alcoholic intoxication means an ethanol concentration in the blood above 0.3 per mille. Where intoxication was detected by testing, the driver has the right, within 2 hours of the test, to approach a medical or forensic institution for a clinical-laboratory examination. If that examination does not confirm intoxication, the person is released from administrative liability and may also claim compensation for the damage caused.

The organ examining the case assesses blood-analysis results against the data of alcohol toxicokinetics — the concentration of alcohol in the human organism decreases by 0.15 per mille every 1 hour. This technical detail often changes the assessment of a case: reconstructing the exact times of the stop and of the blood draw shows how far the recorded figure corresponds to the moment of driving.

## Appeal to the Superior Organ and to the Court

A decision may be appealed by the person against whom it was issued, by the victim and by the author of the protocol. Decisions on replacing one administrative sanction with another and on imposing a surcharge are first appealed to a superior organ, whose decision is then challenged in court. The complaint is filed with the issuing organ and forwarded within 3 days to the organ competent to examine it; no state duty is charged.

The appeal period is 10 days from delivery of the decision; a period missed for a valid reason may be restored. The appellate court checks admissibility within 10 days of receipt, does not re-examine the facts, and the burden of proving unlawfulness rests on the appellant — so the quality of the complaint decides the outcome.

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### How long is the suspension in alcohol cases?

For 0.3 to 0.7 per mille — 6 months; above 0.7 per mille or for evading the check — 1 year.

### Can the test result be re-checked?

Yes — within 2 hours, by clinical-laboratory examination; if intoxication is not confirmed, the person is released from liability.

### From when is the suspension period counted?

From the delivery of the decision; the decision counts as executed from the day it enters into legal force.

### What threatens driving during the suspension?

A 2000 GEL fine, administrative arrest from 5 to 15 days and a 1-year extension of the suspension term.