Greece’s General Secretariat for Information Systems and Digital Governance is preparing a sweeping new data cross-check to identify vehicles that have missed their mandatory technical inspection (KTEO) deadlines.
The exercise will draw on records held in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport’s information systems, specifically each vehicle’s Technical Inspection Certificate. The key factor is the date by which the vehicle was due for its next inspection, with a one-week grace period applying in certain cases.
A violation is recorded when the system shows no valid certificate issued after a periodic inspection or after the recognition of a foreign inspection certificate. Vehicles whose last inspection was rated “Pass” or “Minor Deficiencies” will be flagged if their next inspection date passed more than a week before the cross-check’s reference date.
Different rules apply to vehicles found to have “Major Deficiencies” at their last inspection. In these cases, authorities will check whether the re-inspection deadline had passed by the date of the cross-check. The rules are stricter still for vehicles with “Dangerous Deficiencies.” No next inspection date is set for them, because they are banned from the roads until the defects are repaired.
A missing certificate in the system does not automatically mean a violation. Vehicles not yet old enough to require periodic inspection are excluded from the cross-check.
Owners found to have missed their inspection deadline face a 400 euros fine.
