drivers must have their vehicles pass technical inspection ITV every year, but with the 2020 state of alarm, this situation affected many, they had to play with different dates that affected them later, and some even received a fine.
Now the “Official State Gazette” has published a new royal decree with new deadlines for adoption technical inspection ITV for some vehicles affected by the 2020 alert, so drivers should be aware of this situation, even with the ability to claim the cancellation of any related fine.
This royal decree thus shows new deadlines for victims of the two-year-old alarm regime. And the thing is, once this state of alert ended, the drivers had to go on a waiting list, which allowed them to extend the time so that they could drive with an expired ITV, which, in short, did not work, and some drivers had to pass the ITV before twice in less than a year.
This royal decree benefits all of these drivers who had to pass the ITV twice within one year, thereby extending the validity of their next vehicle inspection.
Thanks to the AEA resource in front of the Supreme Court, millions of motorists are restoring the terms of the ITV https://t.co/5VCJotH0QG
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As BOE points out:The period of validity of the next technical inspection of those vehicles covered by Order SND / 413/2020 of May 15, which establishes special measures for the technical inspection of vehicles, as an exception and one-time, in the same number of days, which was reduced due to the application of the second parts of the order“.
Thus, they clarify that “After carrying out the specified technical check, the validity period will be obtained with the addition of days during which it would be reduced.“. This Royal Decree comes into force on September 27, thanks to an appeal filed by Associated European Motorists before the Supreme Court. It will also mean the abolition of the fines that have been levied on those who handled expired ITV.
Millions of drivers affected
According to the aforementioned association, more than 6.5 million drivers who had to pass a technical inspection in advance would be affected.
“The rule approved by the Government at the time of the alarm was not for any road safety reasons, but only and solely for the economic reasons of the private companies they wanted to help, to the detriment of the motorists by guaranteeing them a levy they could not get. collect perceive during the closing of ITV stations“, says the president of AEA, Mario Arnold.
Source: Computer Hoy
