On behalf of the Polish Automotive Association (PZM) in Katowice, bearing 12 signatures, on fees for the compulsory periodic technical inspections of vehicles  

The petitioner complains that the fees for compulsory periodic technical inspections of vehicles in Poland are too low and that they do not allow the companies performing these controls to cover their own inspection-generated costs or make a fair profit. In addition, these fees include VAT when in fact it should be added to them. The petitioner recounts that, in 2016, the Polish authorities did try to increase these fees by an insignificant amount, but even that initiative was eventually blocked. According to the petitioner, this situation constitutes a breach of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, the Charter of Fundamental Rights (Article 16) and Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax. Moreover, the petitioner argues that the wording in the preamble of Directive 2014/45/EU, regarding the costs of technical inspections of vehicles, which should be inexpensive, is imprecise.