CELEX: 62007CJ0170
Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations
Internal taxation
Requirement for imported second-hand vehicles to undergo a roadworthiness test
Articles 28 EC and 30 EC
Directive 96/96/EC
Recognition of roadworthiness tests carried out in other Member States

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Breach of Article 28 EC – National legislation requiring imported second-hand
vehicles to undergo a roadworthiness test prior to their registration, whereas domestic vehicles with the same characteristics
are not subject to such a requirement.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by subjecting imported second-hand vehicles previously registered in other Member States to a roadworthiness
test prior to their registration in Poland, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 28 EC;
2.
Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.