Filenews 4 December 2025 - by Theodora Nikolaou
The President of the Republic referred back to the Plenary today the law passed by the Parliament on November 6, 2025 to increase the fees paid for the technical inspection of motor vehicles (MOTs), category M1 (passenger cars with up to 8 passenger seats, not including the driver) and N1 (trucks with a gross weight of up to 3,500 kg). The referral back was approved unanimously.
The law was referred back by the President on the basis of Article 51.1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus. As it is known, the referred law aims to amend the Motor Vehicles (Technical Inspection and Technical Inspection Centers) Law, so that on the one hand the fees for the technical inspection of motor vehicles are re-evaluated every eight years for any redetermination of their amount, unless unforeseeable reasons arise for their re-evaluation in a shorter period of time, and on the other hand to increase the fee paid to private technical inspection centers vehicles (IKTEO) from €35 to €43 and in the public vehicle technical inspection centers (KEMO) from €40 to €46 for the technical inspection of motor vehicles of category M1 (passenger cars with up to eight passenger seats, not including the driver) and N1 (trucks with a gross weight of up to 3,500 kg).
The reasons for the Referral relate to article 2 of the Law, which provides for the amendment of article 7 of the basic law, according to which the fees for the roadworthiness test of motor vehicles are re-evaluated every eight (8) years for any redetermination of their amount, unless unforeseen reasons arise that justify their re-evaluation in a shorter period of time.
The President suggested that the House of Representatives not stick to its decision, accepting the Referral and to delete the added provision in article 2 of the passed law or to modify the wording of the added provision in order to make clearer the process of periodic re-evaluation of motor vehicle roadworthiness tests so that it is also in line with the current legislative framework.
In his statement before the Plenary, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Marinos Mousiouttas, stated that the Committee has withdrawn the phrase so the legislation remains as it had come from the executive power.
The referral back was approved by 30 votes in favour.
