How much will france’s new contrôle technique for motorbikes cost?

AFTER A SERIES OF TWISTS AND TURNS, THE REQUIREMENT IS THEORETICALLY SET TO BE INTRODUCED FOR TWO AND THREE-WHEELED VEHICLES FROM 2023 _[UPDATE DECEMBER 1 AT 09:50 - IT HAS NOW BEEN REPORTED

THAT THE TRANSPORT MINISTRY IS PLANNING TO INTRODUCE A SIMPLIFIED TWO-WHEELER CT FROM JUNE 2023, COSTING LESS THAN €50, BEFORE GRADUALLY PHASING IN THE FULL TEST IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS.]_

READER QUESTION: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE NEW _CONTRÔLE TECHNIQUE_ TESTS FOR MOTORBIKES WILL COST WHEN THE REQUIREMENT COMES INTO EFFECT? After several reversals and periods of confusion,

France is set to bring in a _contrôle technique_ (CT) roadworthiness test requirement for two and three-wheeled vehicles over 125cc in 2023. However, one professional association has said

that the process will take at least two years to implement, and pro-motorbike campaigners have said there are still too many unanswered questions. READ MORE: CONTRÔLE TECHNIQUE FOR

MOTORBIKES IN FRANCE: COMPLICATIONS EMERGE BIKERS PROTEST IN FRANCE AGAINST NEW TWO-WHEELER CONTRÔLE TECHNIQUE The cost of the CT has not yet been confirmed. At a protest last week, a

Fédération française des motards en colère spokesperson said: “We are not going to pay €30 to have someone do this every two or four years, it’s absurd!” Affected vehicles would need a CT

for the first time in the six months leading up to the fourth anniversary of their entering into circulation, and then every two years after that. However, some experts estimate that the

price will be between €50 and €70 – so less than the cost of a car CT – Auto-Moto reports. It is thought that further details will emerge as the practicalities of the two-wheeler CT are

established. THE CT FOR TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES: A TIMELINE * JULY 2021: European directive imposes a CT on two and three-wheeled motor vehicles over 125cc, in a bid to reduce accidents and

pollution * AUGUST 11, 2021: France publishes a decree introducing, from January 1, 2023 (not from January 1, 2022 as set by European law) a requirement for a CT every two years on all

two-wheelers and licence-free cars * AUGUST 12, 2021: President Macron says that “now is not the time to annoy the French” and has the decree suspended * MAY 17, 2022: The Conseil d’État

issues a ruling in which it considers that a postponement of the CT obligation is "not justified" beyond October 1, 2022 * JULY 26, 2022: The government responds by repealing the

August 2021 decree, effectively cancelling the CT for two-wheelers. It argues that a clause in European legislation allows it to take alternative measures * OCTOBER 31, 2022: The Conseil

d’État challenges this July decree, and says that the cancellation of the CT should only have been done after a public consultation. It says that the measures suggested by the government and

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