Vehicle inspection

If you are selling your car and tamper with the odometer to reduce the mileage in order to secure a higher price, you are committing fraud. This can result in both a prison sentence ranging from 6 months to 10 years (with the latter applying if the car’s value is high) and a financial penalty.

The tax office, in collaboration with other relevant authorities, will conduct biannual cross-checks to identify approximately 500,000 uninsured vehicles, vehicles with unpaid road tax, and vehicles that have not passed MOT inspections.

Greek drivers can now access all information about their cars on the gov.gr Wallet application without having to pay a visit to a physical office, the Ministries of Infrastructure & Transporation, Digital Governance, and National Economy & Finance said on Monday.

Since September last year, the Ordinance on annual technical inspections of road vehicles has an addendum, which must enter into force from July 2021.

The public or private roadworthiness testing centres (KTEO) will reopen on Monday (Dec. 14), the Transport Ministry announced on Friday.

The tests are conducted on all private and public-use passenger cars, trucks weighing up to 3.5 tons and motorcycles.

The testing centers closed as part of the health measures introduced during the coronavirus pandemic.

Motorists who have skipped the biennial inspection of their vehicles will need to visit a Vehicle Inspection Center (KTEO) soon or face a hefty fine, as the Independent Authority for Public Revenue is launching a cross-checking process in cooperation with the Transport Ministry to identify the vehicle owners who have neglected this obligation.

Sofia. Speaking about raising the tax on old cars, we should bear in mind that they are one of the two main air pollutants, Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov told Nova TV. It is about health and investment in health, he said.

The motor vehicles registered in Bulgaria as of end-April were 3,573,616, and the valid driving licenses – 4,660,599, according to the latest data from the traffic police.