We bring you good news and also very fresh, as the new Historical Vehicle Regulations we have been waiting for months have just been approved. It will enter into force on 1 October And here we leave you a summary of the news and information that we think may interest you. Don't miss it.
New regulation of historical vehicles
The new regulation on historical vehicles adopted on 10 September by the Council of Ministers was a very long-awaited text, as the current regulation had been in force for almost 30 years since 1995.
The procedure to make your vehicle historic will be easier and cheaper from October 1.
1. Historical vehicles
Those who have a at least 30 years old. There must be no longer produced its specific type and be in its original statel, without having been subjected to any fundamental change in its main characteristics or components. As a novelty, they are also required to be in a correct maintenance and maintenance status.
The vehicles included in the General Inventory of Furniture of the Historical Heritageor declared cultural interest and those who review a Special interest.
2. Low-emission area mobility (ZBE)
The new regulations on historical vehicles ensures mobility even in low-emission areas. It urges the municipalities, in the exercise of their powers to regulate the use of urban roads and to restrict the movement of certain vehicles on those roads for environmental reasons, to establish formulas in their municipal ordinances that allow the movement of owners who make sporadic or unusual use of their historical vehicles.
It also limits the use of vehicles. They must have a occasional use and under no circumstances can they be used as a regular means of transport to minimize their environmental impact. In particular, 96 days per year may be used. It does not seem to be a problem because according to a survey of Spanish Federation of Old Vehicles, FEVA, which has played a key role in the development of the new regulations on historical vehicles, more than 90% of historical vehicles are usually used less than 60 days a year.
3. Classification of historical vehicles
Two major groups are established:
- Group A. Original vehicles that legally circulate with their existing ITV. They can, through a simple procedure, get the change of service to the Historical Vehicle, keeping their registration.
- Group B. Imported vehicles, without documentation, with unauthorised modifications etc. With a much simpler procedure, it is equal to the most advanced in Europe and the mobility and protection of the cultural heritage that this vehicle park represents is guaranteed.
The process of classification as a historical vehicle will be made by providing a declaration responsible, 4 photos, TV per day and Movement Permission next to the Service Change fee payment. The new regulations on historical vehicles do not indicate that this can be done online, but they expect it from FEVA.
When the ITV is in force, it must be passed on to an ITV station and the new periodicity provided for in the regulation shall apply.
4. ITV
The new regulations on historical vehicles also clearly benefit the time of ITV inspections:
- Motorcycles: TV every 4 years. The cyclomotors shall be free from passing the ITV and may install Sidecar.
- Over 60 years old. Without passing the TV, it is recommended for safety reasons that it be passed on a voluntary basis.
5. Specific rules of movement
The new regulation on historical vehicles provides for a speed limit of 80 km / h for historical vehicles which by design do not have safety belts in the front squares and which prohibits the use in interurban ways of children of height of 135cm or less in historical vehicles without safety belts or in which it is not possible to install child restraint systems.
In short, the new regulations on historical vehicles provide for much-needed regulations and also facilitate processes with respect to the current regulations. It will enter into force on 1 January 2024 and is a step forward in preventing Spanish regulatory treatment, which is unequal with that of other European countries, from encouraging the departure or loss of historical vehicles to other places outside Spanish territory.
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