Sõiduki tehnoülevaatuse (edaspidi ülevaatus) eesmärgiks on liiklusele ohutu ja loodushoidliku sõiduki tehnoseisundi tagamine, sõiduki riikliku registreerimistunnistuse andmete kontrollimine ning riikliku autoregistri andmete täpsustamine.
Commission Directive 1999/52/EC of 26 May 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 96/96/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance).
Domestic legislation shall require periodic technical inspections of:
(a) Motor vehicles used for the carriage of persons and having more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat;
(b) Motor vehicles used for the carriage of goods whose permissible maximum mass exceeds 3,500 kg and trailers designed to be coupled to such vehicles.
