Unofficial translation for learning purposes. Only the Polish text published in Dziennik Ustaw is legally binding — open the Polish original. Source: Act of 20 June 1997 – Prawo o ruchu drogowym (Road Traffic Act), consolidated text published by the Chancellery of the Sejm.
Art. 81.
1. The owner of an automotive vehicle, an agricultural tractor, a slow-moving vehicle forming part of a tourist road train, a moped, a trailer or a passenger car intended for sporting events is obliged to present it for technical inspection.
2. Technical inspections are divided into periodic inspections, additional inspections and inspections as to compliance with technical requirements.
3. The periodic technical inspection is carried out for the first time before the vehicle is first registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
4. The inspection referred to in paragraph 3 does not apply to:
1) a new vehicle for which the following has been issued:
a) an EC certificate of conformity for each vehicle whose type has been granted, as applicable: - an EC vehicle type-approval certificate, - an EC vehicle type-approval certificate for vehicles produced in small series,
b) a certificate of conformity for each vehicle whose type has been granted, as applicable: - a vehicle type-approval certificate, - a vehicle type-approval certificate for vehicles produced in small series,
c) an individual vehicle approval,
d) a decision recognising an individual vehicle approval,
e) an EC individual vehicle approval certificate,
f) the documents referred to in the Act of 14 April 2023 on vehicle and vehicle equipment approval systems: - a certificate of conformity, - the declaration of conformity referred to in Art. 27(2) of the Act of 14 April 2023 on vehicle and vehicle equipment approval systems, - a national individual vehicle approval certificate, - an EU individual vehicle approval certificate, - recognition of a national individual vehicle approval certificate issued by the competent authority of a Member State of the European Union other than the Republic of Poland;
2) a registered vehicle:
a) whose type has been granted an EC vehicle type-approval certificate, an EC vehicle type-approval certificate for vehicles produced in small series or an EU vehicle type-approval certificate - for the period from the date of first registration abroad until the date of the periodic technical inspection determined under paragraph 5, or
b) whose registration certificate or other document issued by a competent authority of a Member State and submitted for registration contains information on a technical inspection carried out and its expiry date - with the exception of a taxi, an emergency vehicle or a vehicle suitably adapted or equipped in accordance with the provisions on the carriage of dangerous goods, a vehicle fitted with a technical device subject to technical supervision, and a vehicle structurally adapted to left-hand traffic.
5. The periodic technical inspection of a vehicle is carried out annually, subject to paragraphs 6-10.
6. The periodic technical inspection of a passenger car, a goods vehicle with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3.5 t, a motorcycle or a trailer with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3.5 t is carried out before 3 years have elapsed from the date of first registration, then before 5 years have elapsed from the date of first registration and no later than 2 years from the date on which the previous technical inspection was carried out, and thereafter before each subsequent year has elapsed from the date on which the inspection was carried out. This does not apply to a vehicle carrying dangerous goods, a taxi, an automotive vehicle structurally intended to carry from 5 to 9 persons used for the carriage of passengers by road for hire or reward, a vehicle of the "SAM" make, a gas-powered vehicle, an emergency vehicle or a vehicle used for driving instruction or for the state examination, which are subject to annual technical inspections.
7. The periodic technical inspection of an agricultural tractor, an agricultural trailer and a moped is carried out before 3 years have elapsed from the date of first registration and thereafter before each subsequent 2 years have elapsed from the date on which the inspection was carried out.
8. The provisions of paragraphs 6 and 7 also apply to the vehicles referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 which were first registered abroad. In that case, the date of first registration referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 is taken to be the date of first registration abroad.
9. The periodic technical inspection of a bus is carried out before one year has elapsed from the date of first registration and thereafter every 6 months.
10. A light trailer, a vintage vehicle and a passenger car intended for sporting events are not subject to periodic technical inspections. Where a vintage vehicle is used for the carriage of goods or passengers by road for hire or reward, it is subject to annual technical inspections.
11. Irrespective of the inspections referred to in paragraphs 3-5, an additional technical inspection is required for a vehicle:
1) referred by the traffic enforcement authority:
a) where there is a justified presumption that it endangers traffic safety or breaches environmental protection requirements,
b) which has been involved in a road accident in which the essential load-bearing elements of the body, chassis or frame structure were damaged, subject to point 5, or which bears traces of damage or whose technical condition indicates damage to the load-bearing elements of the vehicle structure that may create a hazard to road traffic safety;
2) referred by the district governor (starosta) or at the request of the holder of the vehicle:
a) in order to identify it or to establish the data necessary for its registration,
b) where the documents required for its registration show that it was involved in a road accident or that it breaches environmental protection requirements;
2a) referred by the district governor after receiving:
a) the information referred to in Art. 54f of the Act of 6 September 2001 on road transport,
b) a request from the traffic enforcement authority concerning the need to carry out an additional technical inspection of a vehicle of category M2, M3, N2 and N3, a trailer of category O3 and O4 and a wheeled tractor of category T1b, T2b, T3b, T4.1b, T4.2b, T4.3b and T5 used on a public road for the carriage of goods for hire or reward;
3) in which structural alterations or replacement of components have been made resulting in a change of the data in the registration certificate, subject to Art. 66(4) points 5 and 6, excluding the installation of a gas supply system;
4) which is to be used as a taxi, an emergency vehicle, a driving-instruction vehicle, a vehicle for conducting the state examination or a vehicle suitably adapted or equipped in accordance with the provisions on the carriage of dangerous goods by road;
5) in which a repair has been carried out resulting from substantial damage;
6) in which, during the technical inspection, traces of damage or damage to the load-bearing elements of the vehicle structure were found which may create a hazard to road traffic safety;
7) for which technical requirements have been laid down in the provisions on value added tax, in the provisions on personal income tax or in the provisions on corporate income tax;
8) a bus whose permissible speed on a motorway and an expressway is 100 km/h, as to compliance with additional technical requirements;
9) for which additional technical requirements have been laid down in international agreements on international road transport;
10) fitted with an alcohol interlock.
11a. A vintage vehicle is subject to an inspection as to compliance with technical requirements before it is first registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
11b. A passenger car intended for sporting events is subject each year to an inspection as to compliance with technical requirements.
12. A technical inspection of a vehicle fitted with a technical device subject to technical supervision may be carried out after presentation of a document issued by the competent technical supervision authority confirming that the technical device is in working order.
12a. A technical inspection of a vehicle fitted with an alcohol interlock is carried out after presentation of a document confirming the calibration of the alcohol interlock, issued by the manufacturer of the device or its authorised representative, valid for 12 months from the date of issue.
12b. A technical inspection of an agricultural tractor and of a tracked tractor with a maximum design speed not exceeding 40 km/h, as well as of a trailer intended to be coupled to those vehicles, may be carried out in infrastructure other than an inspection bay at a vehicle inspection station if:
1) that infrastructure meets the requirements laid down in the provisions issued under Art. 84b;
2) the entrepreneur or the entity not being an entrepreneur which operates the vehicle inspection station has the inspection and measuring equipment specified in those provisions.
12c. Paragraph 12b does not apply to the technical inspection referred to in paragraphs 3 and 11.
12d. The technical inspection of the vehicles referred to in paragraph 12b is carried out at the request of the owner or holder of the vehicle. The owner or holder of the vehicle submits the request to the entrepreneur or to the entity not being an entrepreneur which operates the vehicle inspection station in writing, in paper or in electronic form. In the request, the owner or holder of the vehicle confirms that they have at their disposal infrastructure meeting the requirements laid down in the provisions issued under Art. 84b in which it is possible to carry out the technical inspection.
12e. The cost of the authorised diagnostician's travel to the infrastructure referred to in paragraph 12b is borne by the owner or holder of the vehicle upon submission of the request referred to in paragraph 12d.
12f. Before carrying out the technical inspection, the authorised diagnostician verifies whether the infrastructure referred to in paragraph 12b meets the requirements laid down in the provisions issued under Art. 84b.
12g. Where, in the opinion of the authorised diagnostician, the infrastructure referred to in paragraph 12b does not meet the requirements laid down in the provisions issued under Art. 84b, the authorised diagnostician refuses to carry out the technical inspection.
13. If difficulties arise in establishing the vehicle's parameters, the technical inspection may be carried out after presentation of an opinion of an automotive expert referred to in Art. 79a.
14. The expiry date of the technical inspection of a vehicle referred to in paragraph 4 point 2 letter b is recognised provided that it is not longer than the expiry date of the technical inspection determined under paragraphs 5-10.
15. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by regulation, the scope and manner of carrying out technical inspections and the templates of documents used in those inspections, taking into account in particular the scope of the technical requirements for vehicles subject to inspection.
16. The minister responsible for transport, taking into account the need to ensure the safe use of vintage vehicles and the scope of the technical requirements for those vehicles subject to inspection, shall determine, by regulation, the scope and manner of carrying out inspections of the compliance of those vehicles with technical requirements and the templates of documents relating to those inspections.
17. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by regulation, the scope and manner of carrying out inspections as to the compliance of passenger cars intended for sporting events with technical requirements and the templates of documents relating to those inspections, taking into account the need to ensure the safe use of passenger cars intended for sporting events and the scope of the technical requirements with which those cars are inspected for compliance.
Art. 81a.
Replacement of the odometer is permissible where the odometer does not measure the vehicle's mileage in a situation in which, given the purpose of the odometer, it should measure that mileage, or where it is necessary to replace a vehicle component with which the odometer is inseparably connected. The odometer may be replaced only with an odometer that is in working order and appropriate for the given type of vehicle.
Art. 81b.
1. The owner or holder of an automotive vehicle, an agricultural tractor, a slow-moving vehicle forming part of a tourist road train or a moped, including an unregistered one, who has replaced the odometer is obliged, within 14 days of the date of replacement of that odometer, to present the vehicle at a vehicle inspection station in order to have the odometer reading referred to in the second sentence of Art. 81a read together with its unit of measurement. Art. 81(13) applies accordingly.
2. Failure to meet the time limit referred to in paragraph 1 does not constitute grounds for the vehicle inspection station to refuse to read the odometer reading together with its unit of measurement.
2a. Paragraph 1 does not apply to the vehicles referred to in Art. 73(2b) and (3).
3. The condition for carrying out the reading referred to in paragraph 1 is payment by the owner or holder of the vehicle of the fee for reading the odometer reading together with its unit of measurement.
4. The maximum amount of the fee for reading the odometer reading together with its unit of measurement may not exceed 100 zł. The fee constitutes revenue of the entrepreneur operating the vehicle inspection station.
5. The activity referred to in paragraph 1 is carried out after the owner or holder of the vehicle has submitted to the diagnostician a written declaration on the replacement of the odometer, drawn up on an official form. The declaration contains:
1) the given name and surname of the person making the declaration;
2) the PESEL number of the person making the declaration and, in the case of a person without a PESEL number - the series, number and name of the document confirming identity and the name of the state which issued that document;
3) the address of residence of the person making the declaration;
4) the data identifying the vehicle;
5) the date of and the reason for the replacement of the odometer;
6) the indication of the place and the date of submission of the declaration;
7) a clause reading: "I am aware of the criminal liability for making a false declaration.";
8) the legible signature of the person making the declaration.
6. The declaration referred to in paragraph 5 is submitted subject to criminal liability for making a false declaration. The clause referred to in paragraph 5 point 7 replaces the instruction on criminal liability for making a false declaration.
7. The date of and the reason for the replacement of the odometer are established, on the basis of the declaration referred to in paragraph 5, by an authorised diagnostician employed at the vehicle inspection station.
8. The Minister of Justice shall determine, by regulation:
1) the template of the official form of the declaration of the owner or holder of the vehicle on the replacement of the odometer, having regard to the reliable documenting of the activities connected with the replacement of the odometer;
2) the authority obliged to keep the declaration referred to in paragraph 5 and the manner of transmitting that declaration, having regard to the significance of that document for the information collected about the vehicle.
9. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by regulation, the detailed activities of authorised diagnosticians connected with reading the odometer reading together with its unit of measurement and the amount of the fee for reading the odometer reading together with its unit of measurement, having regard to the need to ensure a uniform procedure for reading the odometer reading together with its unit of measurement, the reliable documenting of the activities connected with the replacement of the odometer and the costs of those activities, including the necessary workload, as well as the principles of proportionality of fees.
Art. 82.
1. The authority registering the vehicle enters the date of the vehicle's technical inspection in the registration certificate.
2. After carrying out the technical inspection of a vehicle, the authorised diagnostician:
1) issues a certificate of the technical inspection carried out on the vehicle;
2) enters the next technical inspection date in the registration certificate, if there is free space in the relevant box of that certificate - after finding that the result of the vehicle's technical inspection is positive.
Art. 83.
1. The technical inspection is carried out after the owner or holder of the vehicle has paid the fee for carrying out the technical inspection at:
1) a basic vehicle inspection station - in respect of:
a) periodic technical inspections of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3.5 t, with the exception of letters b, d and e,
b) periodic technical inspections of agricultural tractors and tracked tractors with a maximum design speed not exceeding 40 km/h, provided that the station meets the requirements referred to in the provisions issued under Art. 84a(1) point 1 as regards the dimensions of the outdoor bay,
c) additional technical inspections of the vehicles referred to in letter a, with the exception of paragraph 1a,
d) technical inspections of trailers intended to be coupled to the vehicles specified in letter a, provided that the station meets the requirements referred to in the provisions issued under Art. 84a(1) point 1 as regards the length of the inspection bay,
e) periodic technical inspections of trailers intended to be coupled to the vehicles specified in letter b, provided that the station meets the requirements referred to in the provisions issued under Art. 84a(1) point 1 as regards the dimensions of the outdoor bay;
2) a regional vehicle inspection station - in respect of:
a) periodic technical inspections of all vehicles,
b) additional technical inspections of the vehicles referred to in letter a,
c) inspections as to the compliance of vintage vehicles with technical requirements.
1a. A technical inspection as to compliance with technical requirements of a bus whose permissible speed on a motorway and an expressway is 100 km/h, of a vehicle intended for the carriage of dangerous goods, of a vintage vehicle, of a vehicle of the "SAM" make, of a vehicle in which structural alterations or replacement of components have been made resulting in a change of the data in the registration certificate, and of a vehicle for which technical requirements have been laid down in the provisions of the Act of 11 March 2004 on value added tax (Dz. U. of 2024, items 361 and 852), the Act of 26 July 1991 on personal income tax (Dz. U. of 2024, items 226, 232, 854, 858, 859 and 863) or the Act of 15 February 1992 on corporate income tax (Dz. U. of 2023, item 2805 and of 2024, items 232 and 854), as well as of a vehicle for which additional requirements have been laid down in international agreements on international road transport, is carried out exclusively at a regional vehicle inspection station.
1b. Where the fee referred to in paragraph 1 is paid by non-cash means, it is deemed to have been paid when the owner or holder of the vehicle gives an instruction to debit a bank account, an account at a cooperative savings and credit union or a payment account at a payment institution or an electronic money institution by way of a transfer order, or makes payment by means of a payment instrument other than a transfer order.
1c. The fee referred to in paragraph 1 may be paid after the technical inspection has been carried out, if this is provided for in the contract concluded between the entrepreneur operating the vehicle inspection station and the owner or holder of the vehicle.
2. Business activity consisting in operating a vehicle inspection station is regulated activity within the meaning of the Act of 6 March 2018 - Entrepreneurs' Law and requires entry in the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station.
2a. A vehicle inspection station may be operated by the following entities which are not entrepreneurs:
1) a school or education centre providing training in occupations connected with the repair and operation of vehicles;
2) a unit:
a) an organisational unit of services subordinate to or supervised by the minister responsible for internal affairs,
b) an organisational unit subordinate to or supervised by the Minister of National Defence, the minister responsible for health, the minister responsible for higher education and science or the minister responsible for transport,
c) a fire protection unit,
d) a unit of the State Emergency Medical Services system.
2b. The provisions of this chapter relating to entrepreneurs apply accordingly to the entities referred to in paragraph 2a.
2c. Public funds transferred for the core activity of the entities referred to in paragraph 2a may not be used in connection with the business activity referred to in paragraph 2.
3. A vehicle inspection station may be operated by an entrepreneur who:
1) has their registered office or place of residence in the territory of the Republic of Poland;
2) is not an entrepreneur against whom liquidation has been opened or bankruptcy declared;
3) has not been convicted by a final judgment of an offence committed for financial gain or an offence against documents - this concerns a natural person or the members of the governing bodies of a legal person;
4) has inspection and measuring equipment and premises guaranteeing the performance of the relevant scope of technical inspections of vehicles in accordance with the detailed conditions for carrying out those inspections;
5) holds a certificate of compliance of the equipment and the premises with the requirements corresponding to the scope of the inspections carried out, entered in the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station;
6) employs authorised diagnosticians.
4. The certificate referred to in paragraph 3 point 5 is issued for a fee, by decision, by the Director of the Transport Technical Supervision, after the vehicle inspection station has been checked. The certificate remains valid until the factual situation for which it was issued changes, but no longer than 5 years from the date of its issue.
Art. 83a.
1. The authority competent to keep the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station is the district governor (starosta) competent for the place where the activity covered by the entry is carried out.
2. Where an entrepreneur carries out the business activity referred to in Art. 83(2) in organisational units located in the areas of different districts, the entrepreneur is obliged to obtain an entry in the separate competent registers for each of those units.
3. Entry in the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station is made at the request of the entrepreneur, containing the following data:
1) the entrepreneur's business name and their address and registered office or place of residence;
2) the number in the register of entrepreneurs in the National Court Register, if the entrepreneur has such a number, and the REGON identification number, if the entrepreneur has such a number;
3) the tax identification number (NIP) - where the entity is obliged to use that number under the provisions on the rules for registering and identifying taxpayers and payers;
4) the address of the entrepreneur's vehicle inspection station;
5) the scope of the inspections the entrepreneur intends to carry out;
6) the given names and surnames of the diagnosticians employed together with the numbers of their authorisations.
4. Together with the request, the entrepreneur submits a declaration reading as follows: "I declare that: 1) the data contained in the request for entry in the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station are complete and true; 2) I am aware of and meet the conditions for carrying out business activity consisting in operating a vehicle inspection station, laid down in the Act of 20 June 1997 - Road Traffic Law.".
5. The declaration should also contain:
1) the entrepreneur's business name and their place of residence or registered office and address;
2) the indication of the place and the date of submission of the declaration;
3) the signature of the person authorised to represent the entrepreneur, with an indication of their given name and surname and the function held.
5a. The minister responsible for transport shall determine the template of the request for a change of the data contained in the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station and the template of the request for removal from the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station, in the form of electronic documents within the meaning of the Act of 17 February 2005 on the computerisation of the activities of entities performing public tasks.
6. The register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station contains the entrepreneur's data referred to in paragraph 3, with the exception of the address of residence where it differs from the address of the registered office.
7. The district governor may give consent for the assigned identification marks of a vehicle to be affixed by the vehicle inspection station.
Art. 83aa.
The competent district governor (starosta) issues ex officio a certificate confirming entry in the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station.
Art. 83ab.
1. The competent district governor (starosta) corrects ex officio an entry in the register containing obvious errors or discrepancies with the factual situation.
2. Where the data entered in the register change, the entrepreneur is obliged to submit a request for amendment of the entry in the register within 14 days of the date on which those data changed.
Art. 83ac.
1. The competent district governor (starosta) is obliged to enter the entrepreneur in the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station within 7 days of the date on which the request for entry, together with the declaration referred to in Art. 83a(4), is received.
2. If the competent district governor does not make the entry within the time limit referred to in paragraph 1 and 14 days have elapsed since the request was received, the entrepreneur may commence the activity. This does not apply where the district governor called upon the entrepreneur to supplement the request for entry no later than within 7 days of its receipt. In such a case the time limit referred to in the first sentence runs from the date of receipt of the supplement to the request for entry.
Art. 83b.
1. Supervision of vehicle inspection stations is exercised by the district governor (starosta).
2. As part of the supervision exercised, the district governor:
1) carries out, at least once a year, an inspection of the vehicle inspection station as regards:
a) the station's compliance with the requirements referred to in Art. 83(3),
b) the correctness of the performance of technical inspections of vehicles,
c) the correctness of keeping the required documentation;
2) issues post-inspection recommendations and sets a time limit for removing infringements of the conditions for carrying out business activity consisting in operating a vehicle inspection station;
3) issues a decision prohibiting the entrepreneur from operating a vehicle inspection station, removing the entrepreneur from the register of regulated activity, if the entrepreneur:
a) submitted the declaration referred to in Art. 83a(4) inconsistently with the factual situation,
b) has not removed the infringements of the conditions for carrying out business activity consisting in operating a vehicle inspection station within the time limit set by the district governor,
c) has grossly infringed the conditions for carrying out business activity consisting in operating a vehicle inspection station.
2a. The decision referred to in paragraph 2 point 3 is immediately enforceable.
2b. Where the decision referred to in paragraph 2 point 3 is issued, if the entrepreneur carries out the business activity covered by the entry also on the basis of entries in other registers of regulated activity in the same scope of business activity, the entrepreneur is also removed ex officio from those registers of regulated activity.
3. The district governor may, by agreement, entrust the inspection activities to the Director of the Transport Technical Supervision.
Art. 83ba.
1. An entrepreneur who has been removed from the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station may obtain a new entry in the register in the same scope of business activity not earlier than 3 years after the date of issue of the decision referred to in Art. 83b(2) point 3.
2. Paragraph 1 applies accordingly to an entrepreneur who carried out business activity without an entry in the register. This does not apply to the situation specified in Art. 83ac(2).
Art. 83bb.
The competent district governor (starosta) removes an entrepreneur from the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station at the entrepreneur's request, and also after obtaining information from the Central Register and Information on Business Activity or from the National Court Register that the entrepreneur has been removed.
Art. 83c.
The provisions of Chapter 5 of the Act of 6 March 2018 - Entrepreneurs' Law apply to the inspection of an entrepreneur's business activity.
Art. 84.
1. Technical inspections of vehicles are carried out by an authorised diagnostician employed at the vehicle inspection station.
2. The district governor (starosta) issues the authorisation to carry out technical inspections if the person applying for it has the required technical education and practice, has completed the required training and has passed the qualifying examination.
2a. The examination referred to in paragraph 2 is conducted, for a fee, by a committee appointed by the Director of the Transport Technical Supervision.
2b. The required technical education and practice referred to in paragraph 2 mean:
1) higher education in the field of technical sciences with a specialisation in automotive engineering and documented 6 months of practice at a vehicle inspection station or at a vehicle repair shop (workshop) in a vehicle inspection or repair post, or
2) secondary technical education or secondary sectoral education with a specialisation in automotive engineering and one documented year of practice at a vehicle inspection station or at a vehicle repair shop (workshop) in a vehicle inspection or repair post, or
3) higher education in the field of technical sciences with a specialisation other than automotive engineering and one documented year of practice at a vehicle inspection station or at a vehicle repair shop (workshop) in a vehicle inspection or repair post, or
4) secondary technical education or secondary sectoral education with a specialisation other than automotive engineering and 2 documented years of practice at a vehicle inspection station or at a vehicle repair shop (workshop) in a vehicle inspection or repair post.
2c. A person applying for the authorisation to carry out technical inspections who has completed higher education studies in a field of study within technical sciences covering knowledge and skills in automotive diagnostics is exempt from the obligation to complete the training referred to in paragraph 2.
2d. The exemption referred to in paragraph 2c is granted on the basis of the documents attached to the request certifying the completion of higher education studies.
2e. The period of practice referred to in paragraph 2b points 1 and 3 includes practice covered by the study programme, provided that the practice is completed under a contract concluded between the higher education institution and the vehicle inspection station or an entity referred to in Art. 86(1).
3. The district governor withdraws a diagnostician's authorisation to carry out technical inspections if the inspection referred to in Art. 83b(2) point 1 has found:
1) that the diagnostician carried out a technical inspection contrary to the specified scope and manner of performance;
2) that the diagnostician issued a certificate or made an entry in the vehicle's registration certificate inconsistently with the factual situation or with the law.
4. Where a diagnostician's authorisation to carry out technical inspections is withdrawn, a new authorisation may not be issued earlier than 5 years after the date on which the withdrawal decision became final.
Art. 84a.
1. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by regulation:
1) detailed requirements for vehicle inspection stations carrying out technical inspections within a specified scope;
1a) the template of the request for entry in the register of entrepreneurs operating a vehicle inspection station and the template of the certificate confirming the entrepreneur's entry in that register;
2) the training programme for diagnosticians, the manner of conducting the qualifying examination referred to in Art. 84(2) and the amount of the examination fee, as well as the templates of documents relating to obtaining authorisations to carry out technical inspections;
3) the amount of the fees for:
a) issuing the certificate referred to in Art. 83(3) point 5,
b) carrying out technical inspections.
2. When issuing the regulation referred to in paragraph 1, the minister responsible for transport shall take into account in particular the technical requirements for vehicles subject to inspection, the need to ensure appropriate qualifications of the diagnosticians carrying out the inspection, and the costs of carrying out the inspections.
Art. 84b.
1. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by regulation:
1) the minimum requirements for infrastructure other than an inspection bay at a vehicle inspection station;
2) the inspection and measuring equipment used to carry out technical inspections of vehicles in infrastructure other than an inspection bay at a vehicle inspection station;
3) the template of the request for a technical inspection of a vehicle to be carried out in infrastructure other than an inspection bay at a vehicle inspection station.
2. When issuing the regulation referred to in paragraph 1, the minister responsible for transport shall take into account:
1) the conditions and requirements guaranteeing that the technical inspections of the vehicles referred to in Art. 81(12b) are carried out in accordance with the scope and manner of carrying out those inspections;
2) the technical requirements for vehicles subject to technical inspection in infrastructure other than an inspection bay at a vehicle inspection station;
3) the need to standardise the request used and the need to increase the availability of technical inspections of vehicles in infrastructure other than an inspection bay at a vehicle inspection station.
Art. 85.
1. Trams and trolleybuses are subject to separate technical inspections.
2. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by regulation, the scope, conditions, time limits and manner of carrying out technical inspections of trams and trolleybuses and the bodies carrying out those inspections, taking into account in particular:
1) the technical requirements for vehicles subject to inspection;
2) the wear process of the basic parts and items of equipment of those vehicles which have a direct effect on traffic safety;
3) the appropriate equipment of the bodies carrying out those inspections.
Art. 86.
1. Art. 83(1) applies to vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, the Police, the Internal Security Agency, the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Military Counterintelligence Service, the Military Intelligence Service, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, the State Protection Service, the Border Guard and the National Revenue Administration used by the Customs and Fiscal Service, to which the conditions and procedure of registration specified in Art. 73(3) and in Art. 76(4) point 1 apply, and to vehicles belonging to foreign armed forces staying in the territory of the Republic of Poland under the international agreements referred to in Art. 73(2b), as well as to vehicles of the State Fire Service, excluding the requirement to hold the district governor's permit referred to in Art. 83(1) point 1 letter b.
2. Technical inspections of the vehicles of the services referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out:
1) by authorised organisational units or vehicle inspection stations operated by the services referred to in paragraph 1, excluding foreign armed forces staying in the territory of the Republic of Poland;
2) at vehicle inspection stations carrying out the activity referred to in Art. 83(2).
3. The organisational units or inspection stations authorised to carry out technical inspections referred to in paragraph 2 point 1 have the powers of a vehicle inspection station solely in relation to the vehicles of the services referred to in paragraph 1.
4. The minister responsible for internal affairs, the minister responsible for public finance and the Minister of National Defence, in consultation with the minister responsible for transport and after obtaining the opinion of the Head of the Internal Security Agency, the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Commander of the State Protection Service and the Head of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, as well as the Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service and the Head of the Military Intelligence Service, taking into account the specific nature resulting from the purpose of the vehicles of the services referred to in paragraph 1, shall determine, by regulation:
1) the organisational bodies supervising the organisational units and vehicle inspection stations carrying out technical inspections of vehicles and issuing authorisations to carry out technical inspections, the templates of documents relating to obtaining authorisations to carry out inspections, and the template of the authorisation to carry them out;
2) the requirements for organisational units and vehicle inspection stations authorised to carry out technical inspections of vehicles;
3) the templates of documents used in technical inspections of vehicles;
4) the conditions and time limits for carrying out technical inspections of vehicles;
5) the circumstances permitting technical inspections of vehicles to be carried out at vehicle inspection stations carrying out the activity referred to in Art. 83(2) which do not hold an authorisation to inspect the vehicles of the services;
6) the rules and conditions for cooperation in carrying out technical inspections of vehicles of a service other than that competent for the organisational unit carrying out the inspection.