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The preliminary draft of the prices of the suitability for circulation tests prepared at present has been made public: in the information system of the projects of legal acts and on the LTSA website, so it is available to anyone who want to know it.
Calculation of new maximum prices
The new maximum technical inspection prices were set by LTSA based on the financial data and estimated costs provided by the technical inspection centers and applying the formulas of the approved Methodology.
The main reason for the increase in prices for mandatory roadworthiness tests is the increase in direct and indirect costs of roadworthiness test centers: staff salaries, energy costs and investment costs.
The price review also assessed the number of roadworthiness test procedures performed by companies in 2019 and 2020.
One of the factors that also determined the change in the prices of the mandatory inspection is the adjustment of the average time required for the mandatory inspection. Average time costs obtained are based on data provided in the Centralized Inspection Database and LTSA employee monitoring and measurement results. This means that LTSA staff monitored the mandatory roadworthiness test procedures live and measured how long it took the fitness to drive inspector to inspect specific classes of vehicles on the inspection lines.
As reported, the prices of roadworthiness tests will be indexed each year to changes in inflation and wages in the country.
New roadworthiness test prices for the most popular vehicles
Moped and motorcycle owners will feel better about the new price change: depending on the class of this vehicle, owners will pay between € 9.60 and € 14.70 for technical inspection.
The technical inspection of a personal car powered by gasoline will cost 19.60 euros every two years and diesel, 22.70 euros. Gasoline car owners will pay the least change, paying € 24.60 per inspection, about 44 percent. check the technical condition of the gas supply equipment.
People with car trailers (up to 750 kg, O1 class) will pay 2.09 euros more, 7.30 euros more for their technical inspection from spring next year.
Delphi has previously written that the prices for roadworthiness tests have not changed in Lithuania for more than five years. Until the new methodology, it reached 14.5 euros for gasoline cars, 18.2 euros for diesel cars and 23.4 euros for gas cars.
LTSA will approve the mandatory maximum prices for the fitness for circulation tests June 1 Before that, the maximum prices for this service were approved by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania.
In the first stage, the LTSA, having received a mandate from the Government and in order to establish transparent, cost-based services and ensure the required quality of roadworthiness tests, developed a methodology to establish maximum prices for the mandatory aptitude tests for the circulation of vehicles.
The draft Methodology was made available to the public and all interested parties, and comments and suggestions were available. After a couple of months of discussions on July 31st. The methodology was validated and prices were calculated.
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