Fees approved for repeat technical inspection of vehicles across Georgia

Repeat inspections for vehicles across Georgia will involve a fee of ₾30 ($11) for owners of buses and trucks and ₾20 ($7) for light passenger and cargo vehicles starting today, Giorgi Shiolashvili, the Chairman of the Union of Technical Inspection Centres, confirmed on Wednesday.

Shiolashvili also told local media outlet Interpressnews regulations on monitoring visually perceptible emissions would probably come into force in the summer. 

Starting this year, inspections will test emissions for the upper limit of 0.55 percent of carbon monoxide on idling engines, ahead of its further reduction to 0.5 percent in 2024 and 0.5/0.3 percent on idling and high idling speed modes respectively in 2025, as announced by the Ministry of Economy in December.

The state body said the gradual tightening of the regulations would ensure “full compliance with best international emission control practices” by 2025 and reduce environmental harm from vehicle emissions.