The rumor that new regulations would introduce an annual technical inspection starting in 2025 for vehicles over 10 years old has circulated widely in recent months. According to this information, this measure was considered to improve road safety and limit pollution, in response in particular to a German study reporting a significant number of defective vehicles on the road.
However, this claim has been categorically denied by several official and professional sources in the automotive sector. The Ministry of Ecological Transition has formally indicated that no plans to change French regulations regarding an annual technical inspection were on the agenda. Similarly, the professional networks Auto Sécurité and Sécuritest confirmed that no new regulations would be introduced in 2025 and that there would be no major changes to the procedures or evaluation criteria for the technical inspection. Mobilians, a professional organization for the automotive sector, also stated that no regulatory changes were planned at this time.
In conclusion, despite Despite the widespread dissemination of this rumor in the media and on social networks, no new regulations providing for a mandatory annual technical inspection for older vehicles are currently planned for 2025.
If such a measure were to come into force, how many vehicles would be affected?
Such a measure could potentially affect a very large number of vehicles. Indeed, in 2023, approximately 22 million vehicles were subject to a technical inspection in France. Given that the average age of the French vehicle fleet now exceeds ten years, a regulation requiring an annual technical inspection for vehicles over ten years old could have affected a significant portion of these 22 million vehicles. However, according to other estimates, the precise number of vehicles affected by such a measure would be closer to eight million. In any case, the total number of vehicles potentially affected would have been very high given the general aging of the French vehicle fleet.
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