Increase in the vehicle technical inspection fee: From next year, drivers will pay more for the so-called review. The Ministry of Infrastructure is preparing “a change in the method of determining the fee for carrying out a technical inspection,” the daily found.pl. It is to be indexed annually. Unofficially it is said that the price for a technical inspection will increase to PLN 260.
Great anticipation: They have been demanding a change in the rate for “review” of diagnostic tests for many years. The amount of PLN 98 that is currently paid has been unchanged since 2004, i.e. for 20 years. Poland Chamber of Vehicle Inspection Stations in November she wrote in a letter to MPs that “the environment is on the brink of bankruptcy” due to lack of price list indexation. “The revenues for technical inspections no longer cover the costs of their implementation,” we read in the letter. In the first half of 2024 alone, 118 vehicle inspection stations were closed.
New responsibilities: In addition to changing the fees, the ministry also wants to make it more difficult to obtain a positive test result. The changes are intended to “tighten the system of technical inspections and create coherent supervision over the correctness of their conduct.” Among other things, through replacing opacimeters with particulate counterswhich allow you to detect whether the vehicle has an engine diesel has a damaged or cut DPF filter. No further details have been disclosed yet.
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