The government plans to introduce the technical control of motorized two-wheelers gradually from “early 2024”, and intends that it be “the cheapest and the simplest possible” for the owners, announced Saturday the Ministry of Transport .
On June 1, the Council of State gave the government two months to define the procedures for organizing this technical inspection, in accordance with a European obligation dating from 2014 but never applied in France.
A draft decree and a draft decree will be submitted for public consultation from Monday until July 22, according to a press release.
The government currently plans to make technical inspection compulsory from “early 2024” and “gradually according to the age of the vehicles”, that is to say that the oldest will have to be checked in first.
The staggering of the entry into force, “until January 1, 2027”, “will make it possible to avoid a bottleneck” in the control centers, according to the ministry.
The subject has fueled the anger of bikers who have demonstrated several times against such an obligation in recent months in several cities in France, including Paris.
The government wants to include two-wheelers whose size is less than 125 cm3 in the device, “because they present a high accident rate and can also be the source of significant air or noise pollution in the city”.
On the other hand, it excludes motorcycles for sports use, not supposed to circulate on public roads.
Transport Minister Clément Beaune, quoted in the press release, said he wanted the device to be “the cheapest and simplest possible for two-wheeler drivers”.
A discussion is “engaged with the professionals of the technical control to encourage them to practice low prices”, specifies the ministry.
The control will have to relate “to all the control fields (security, atmospheric and noise pollution)” but will be “strongly simplified” compared to cars, with a number of control points divided by four.
The Ministry of Transport estimates the number of two-wheelers affected at four million.
Mr. Beaune also underlines that a “very significant two-wheeler conversion bonus will be put in place, up to 6,000 euros for aid in the purchase of an electric or very low-polluting vehicle”.
06/24/2023 11:40:51 – Paris (AFP) – © 2023 AFP