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REPORT (COM(2025)0180 – C100072/2025 – 2025/0097(COD))

On the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union

A-10-2026-0139

Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Jens Gieseke

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Parliament's amended version of the proposal to update EU rules on periodic roadworthiness tests and roadside inspections. It adjusts testing intervals, makes motorcycle testing mandatory, adds odometer recording, and links recalls to inspections.

Committee position. The Committee on Transport and Tourism proposes amendments to the Commission proposal, adjusting testing intervals, making motorcycle testing mandatory, and making remote sensing optional.

Key points

  1. Mandatory periodic testing for motorcycles over 125 cm³, with no opt-out.
  2. Testing intervals for M1 and N1 vehicles: first test four years after registration, then every two years; zero-emission N1 vehicles up to 4.25 tonnes tested every two years.
  3. Annual testing for M1 vehicles used as taxis, ambulances, or in platform work, and for M2, M3, N2, N3, O3, O4 vehicles.
  4. Odometer readings must be recorded by service providers for repairs lasting one hour or more, and by manufacturers for connected vehicles every three months.
  5. Prospective buyers of second-hand vehicles can request odometer history free of charge before purchase; Commission to set up an information website.
  6. Vehicles with unresolved mandatory safety recalls assessed as major or dangerous fail their roadworthiness test until rectified.
  7. Member States may choose to apply NOx and particle number measurements; Commission to adopt delegated acts specifying methods, but application is optional.
  8. Remote sensing screening for air pollutants is optional; Member States can use it, but results are indicative only and require follow-up verification.
  9. Minimum roadside inspection levels for light commercial vehicles: 0.5% of registered vehicles in first two years, 1% in next two, 2% thereafter; derogation if screening covers 20% of fleet.
  10. Visual inspection of cargo securing is mandatory during roadside inspections; more detailed checks if risks are detected.
  11. Tampering with safety or emission components is punishable by effective, proportionate, dissuasive penalties.
  12. Roadworthiness certificates to be issued electronically and as EU temporary certificates for tests in another member state, valid six months.

Who is affected

  • Motorcycle owners: mandatory periodic testing for vehicles over 125 cm³.
  • Owners of older cars and light commercial vehicles: no annual testing after 10 years as originally proposed.
  • Service providers and manufacturers: must record and transmit odometer readings.
  • Vehicle owners with outstanding safety recalls: must rectify before passing inspection.
  • Member States: optional application of NOx/PN testing and remote sensing; must meet roadside inspection targets for N1 vehicles.

Figures and deadlines

  • 19 940 deaths on EU roads in 2024, down from 24 358 in 2015.
  • Odometer readings recorded for repairs lasting 1 hour or more.
  • Roadside inspection targets for N1 vehicles: 0.5% first two years, 1% next two, 2% thereafter.
  • Derogation from N1 inspection targets if screening covers at least 20% of vehicle fleet.
  • EU temporary roadworthiness certificate valid for six months.

Legal basis: Article 91(1) and Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union