1. Where can you go for roadworthiness  and emission control?
2. How often is the roadworthiness  and emission control necessary?
3. What is being checked?
4. Which documents have to be submitted?
5. Results
6. Report of results
7. Frequently asked questions and answers

Where can you go for roadworthiness and emission control?

Only premises with special official license may provide roadworthiness and emission control. List of them can be find here.

How often is the roadworthiness and emission control necessary?

Periodicity depends on the type of the vehicle.

Roadworthiness control:

• L1e, L2e : 4 – 4 – 4
• L3e, L4e, L5e, L6e, L4e: 4 – 2 – 2
• M1, N1: 4 – 2 – 2
• O1, O2: 4 – 2 – 2

Emission control:

• M1 and N1 : 4 – 2 – 2  
• M2, M3, N2 a N3: 1 – 2 – 2

4 – 2 – 2 means first time after 4 years, then every 2 years.

Terms of regular technical inspections (only in Slovak).
Terms of regular emission inspections (only in Slovak).

What is being checked?

During the technical inspection:

• vehicle identification;
• braking device;
• management;
• view;
• ligting, back-reflectors and electrical equipment;
• axles, wheels, tires and axle suspension;
• chassis and its accessories;
• other equipment (seat belts, airbags, locks, SRS systems, etc.);
• environmental impact (sound, liquid leaks, etc.);
• additional tests for vehicles of categories M2, M3 intended for passenger transport (buses) - doors, seats, interior lighting, aisles between seats, parking areas, stairs and steps, communication system for passengers, alerts, requirements for the transport of children, disabled, sanitary equipment, equipment for food preparation, etc.

During the emission inspection:

• vehicle identification;
• ligting, back-reflectors and electrical equipment;
• chassis and its accessories (exhaust pipes, mufflers, fuel tank, engine power);
• environmental impact (exhaust emissions and their regulation, smoke, liquid leakage);
• ventilation and heating system for vehicles of categories M2, M3 intended for the transport of persons (buses).

Which documents have to be submitted?

• registration certificate,
• certificate about emission control,
• ID card.

Results

• roadworthy,
• temporary roadworthy (repeated inspection is required) and
• not roadworthy (the vehicle must be taken out of the road until defects have been fixed. Otherwise, it is an offense against the safety and smoothness of road traffic, for which there is a risk of a fine or withholding of a certificate of registration (technical license).

When the vehicle is roadworthy it is given certificate (this one is also send to official database) and sticker with marked date of this control.

Report of the result

Owners are not obliged to send these results to official database. Results may be controlled by police. Whether the vehicle has passed the necessary inspections can also be checked by using an electronic service. On the webpage of the Complex Information System for Road Transport - Electronic Services (JISCD-ESD), you can even set up notifications to remind you of the date of the regular TC and EC.

Frequently asked questions and answers

1. How can I set the notification of the expiration of the Roadworthiness and emission control?
If you have an ID with an electronic chip (eID card), you can log in on the Complex Information System for Road Transport - Electronic Services website and then you will see all the vehicles you have registered in your name. The notification is set once and applies to all vehicles you hold. If the vehicle is registered to a legal entity, you must be using the statutory´s eID card. You can set the notification for each car individually by entering the vehicle registration number and the registration certificate number part II.

2. I logged into the system without an eID card via the vehicle registration number and registration certificate number part II. I ordered the EC and TK. After logging out, it was no longer possible to log in without the eID card.
The system does not require login using an eID card. When you click on the "My zone" section, the portal will offer you the option of logging in via the eID card, but if you click on "Electronic vehicle service book" in the navigation, it will take you further to the "Vehicle overview" section, where you can enter authentication data (vehicle registration number and registration certificate number part II) and log in.