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Vehicles shall be subject to a roadworthiness test at least within the following intervals, without prejudice to the period of flexibility applied in Member States under paragraph 3: vehicles of category M_(1) and N_(1): four years after the date on which the vehicle was first registered, and thereafter every two years; vehicles of category M_(1) used as taxis or ambulances, vehicles of categories M_(2), M_(3), N_(2), N_(3), O_(3) and O_(4): one year after the date on which the vehicle was first registered, and thereafter annually; vehicles of category T5 the use of which mainly takes place on public roads for commercial road haulage purposes: four years after the date on which the vehicle was first registered, and thereafter every two years.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.