ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT CANCELS AUCTIONING OF GOLDEN LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS

/ARKA/
February 16, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, February 16. /ARKA/. The Armenian government passed a decision
today to cancel auctioning of so-called golden” license plate numbers.

A golden number can be the repetition of a digit or a combination of
digits (such as 11111, or 121212, or 123123, 88888,55555), consecutive
numbers in either order (12345, 54321), or anything that would strike
one as fanciful.

A deputy police chief, Artur Osikyan, said now golden license plate
numbers can be purchased at fixed prices. The proceeds will go to
the off-budget of the police. The cost will range from 60,000 drams
to 5 million drams. ($1-388.89 drams).

From: A. Papazian