📋 Tender Overview
The digitization and simplification of agendas in the transport sector continues with legislative changes to Act No. 56/2001 Coll. on the conditions for the operation of vehicles on roads heading for inter-ministerial comment proceedings. Among other things it will allow for the introduction of sending license plates and vehicle registration certificates to collection boxes or the transferability of plates. The amendments will also create conditions for the automation of processing applications in the area of vehicle registration and will eliminate the need for citizens and entrepreneurs to visit offices. The changes will affect a total of 4 laws.
Thanks to the amendment from the Ministry of Transport vehicle owners and operators will be able to handle necessary applications and notifications in the area of vehicle registration electronically in one place the Transport Portal. The existing license plates or vehicle registration certificates will no longer need to be submitted to municipal offices of municipalities with extended powers. New license plates and vehicle registration certificates will be available for collection at collection points (typically boxes or distribution points) for applications or notifications submitted on the Transport Portal while still allowing the option to pick them up at the office.
The transport sector is expecting a small transport revolution with positive impacts on citizens. The most used services are already available online for citizens and now with changes in the law on the conditions for operation we are focusing our attention on further digitization and simplification of vehicle agendas as well as streamlining their processing. We want to finalize the expected sending of registration plates similarly to packages from e-shops says Minister of Transport Ivan Bednarik.
In addition to portal-based applications or notifications in the area of vehicle registration or collecting license plates or vehicle registration certificates from collection boxes the proposed law also includes the introduction of automation of actions related to vehicle registration where relevant applications and notifications without attachments submitted via the Transport Portal will be processed entirely without the involvement of officials.
Moreover the Ministry of Transport also proposes the automation of 2 actions related to vehicle registration for which there will no longer be a need for the vehicle owner to submit an application. This means that a vehicle that is recorded as missing or stolen will be considered as a vehicle removed from operation and the entry of this vehicles removal from operation into the vehicle register will be done automatically. We also propose an automatic entry of the vehicles extinction in the vehicle register in the case of ecological disposal of the vehicle based on the entry of data about this fact into the relevant information system.
From the overview of changes in the proposed amendment it is also worth mentioning the removal of non-operational vehicles from operation by law without an application and automatically. A car that has exceeded the deadline for regular technical inspection for more than 5 years and which has also not met the condition of liability insurance for more than 5 years will be considered a vehicle removed from operation. This status will occur without the need for administrative proceedings and the removal of the affected vehicle from operation will be automatically recorded in the vehicle register.
The transferability of license plates will also be allowed where vehicle owners and operators will have the right to assign their existing license plate to another vehicle they own or operate in certain situations such as the sale of the vehicle its removal from operation or ecological disposal. They will also be able to reserve this plate for up to 6 months from the application submission.
In addition to the area of vehicle registration the proposed law also addresses how to legally obtain a vehicle with a replacement VIN marking in cases where the marking of the specified number is illegible or missing.
The new legal regulation will also concern the provision of data about vehicles over the internet; it is newly planned to make photographs of vehicles taken during their inspections available as well.
The government and parliament are expected to discuss the amendment during this year. Some provisions of the proposed law are set to take effect as early as November 2026. Changes in vehicle registration have a delayed effectiveness until July 1 2027 primarily due to the need to set up the relevant IT systems.
