25/04-2025 – EU Commission Roadworthiness Package Update Proposal
After a long waiting period, the EU Commission introduced a proposal to update the Roadworthiness Package yesterday. The focus is on introducing enhanced inspections, including periodic technical inspections for electric vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems, annual inspections for older cars and vans, and advanced emission testing methods to detect high-emitting vehicles and reduce fine particle pollution. Furthermore, digital vehicle registration, periodic testing certificates, and protection against odometer tampering are planned.
We welcome the EU Commission’s proposal and hope that it will contribute to increasing road safety and environmental protection.
Key elements of the EU Commission proposal:
1) Adapting testing to new vehicles: Periodic technical inspections for electric vehicles and new tests for electronic safety systems, including the testing of software integrity of safety- and emission-relevant systems.
2) New emission testing: Detecting high-emitting vehicles, including tampered ones, using advanced methods for ultrafine particles and NOx.
3) Combating fraud: Recording odometer readings in national databases for cross-border exchange of odometer history.
4) Annual inspections: For cars and vans over ten years old.
4) Digitalisation: Issuing electronic vehicle registration and periodic testing certificates and exchanging data via a common platform to simplify administrative processes.
5) Mutual recognition of Periodic Technical Inspection Certificates: Ensuring cross-border recognition of a periodic technical inspections taken in another Member State for cars for six months.
6) Improved data governance: Streamlining access to vehicle technical data for testing centres.
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