With 369 votes in favour, 126 against and 84 abstentions, the European Parliament agreed to proceed to the next stage of the legislative process of reviewing the requirements for periodic roadworthiness tests for cars.

Under the confirmed mandate, MEPs are in favour of providing drivers with more ways to get a car checked, but do not support a push to shorten the technical inspection intervals for cars and vans older than ten years from once every two years to annually.

To tackle odometer fraud and tampering on the second-hand car market, MEPs support a new requirement for vehicle repair garages to record cars’ and vans’ odometer readings and for manufacturers to enter readings from connected vehicles into a national database. However, to avoid additional work for small and medium-sized companies, they only want this requirement to kick in if the repair takes more than one hour.

MEPs also agree that roadside inspections should screen cars, motorcycles, vans, trucks and buses…