Jornal de Notícias reports this week that motorbike MOTs should cost around €12.20 plus VAT.
It said that imminently, the measure will apply to all motorbikes with an engine capacity of 250CCs or above.
Speaking to the newspaper Paulo Areal, president of the National Association for Inspection Centres, said the association is in talks with the government to extend the routine checks to all two and three-wheel vehicles, tractors and industrial machinery.
However, a source from the Ministry for Planning and Infrastructures said spreading the move to cover lower-cylinder engines “is still being studied, as it warrants closer analysis.”
The inspection centres are also in talks with the government with a view to making MOTs compulsory for cars, whenever a car is sold to a new owner.