There will probably be a mandatory particulate filter test for diesel cars anyway. The test will be carried out at the MOT and will be included in the inspection from July 2022. A month and a half ago, however, a negative motion about this in the House of Representatives was still sufficiently supported.
As of 1 July 2022, a test will be carried out at the MOT for diesel cars to determine whether the particulate filter is working sufficiently, that RAI Association. Of course, it is also checked whether there is still a particulate filter present. In case of insufficient functioning or even lack of a particulate filter, a repair or the installation of a new one must take place. Otherwise the car will not pass the inspection. This naturally applies to cars that must officially have a particulate filter, so the Euro5 and Euro6 diesels. The inspection stations use a particulate matter meter for the test.
The plan to test particulate filters at the MOT has been on the table for quite some time. This was proposed by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management at the end of 2019. However, a negative motion on this proposal was subsequently passed in the Lower House at the end of 2020. The authors of that motion, Remco Dijkstra (VVD) and Wytske Postma (CDA) fear that the test, which an estimated 100,000 to 125,000 diesel cars will not pass, will cause enormous costs for car owners. Dijkstra argued in favor of waiting for a European introduction of such a test. ‘The State Secretary must focus on that. After all, air quality does not adhere to borders and duping so many people at the moment is really ‘overdone’. Give them some time and / or an alternative, “he declared. Bovag supported the motion. The State Secretary (Stientje van Veldhoven, D66), however, is authorized to disregard the motion. Whether that happens or whether the proposal is still It is not entirely clear that this proposal must also be approved in the Lower House before it actually becomes part of the legislation, so the State Secretary is not there yet.
RAI Association says it is strongly in favor of the test. “… in this way we ensure that, in addition to new cars, the driving fleet also remains as clean as possible. This is an important step towards a healthy mobility system,” says chairman Steven van Eijck. “Car and commercial vehicle manufacturers set everything up everything to ensure that new vehicles are becoming cleaner, more efficient and safer. It is therefore self-evident that the moment the vehicle leaves the showroom, the new owner has the obligation to ensure that the vehicle always continues to meet the environmental requirements in practice. “RAI states that the soot filter test for roughly 825,000 passenger cars and 622,000 company cars will apply.