CITV
Published 4 November 2026, 00:38
CITV — Centro de Inspeção Técnica de Veículos (vehicle inspection centre)
A centre where a car undergoes its compulsory roadworthiness test. You choose the centre yourself: you are not tied to where you live or to the make of your car. The due date is counted not from the last test but from the day the car was first registered. For a passenger car the first test is due four years after first registration, then every two years until the car is eight years old, and every year after that. You can go at any time in the three months before the due date.
Where you come across it. buying a used car, bringing your own car into the country, the annual test.
Being late does not make the test more expensive or move the next due date, which stays tied to the day of first registration. But you can be fined for driving with an expired test if you are stopped. The date of first registration is on the car's registration document (DUA).
Official website: imt-ip.pt