Starting June 3, a national registry will be opened for authorized workshops to carry out the RTO; the implementation of the scheme will depend on provincial adherence.
The Government of Javier Milei has moved forward with a new key deregulation and announced that starting this Wednesday, June 3, a registration will open for authorized private mechanical workshops to carry out the Mandatory Technical Review of vehicles, commonly known as VTV.
The measure was confirmed after the lifting of a judicial precautionary measure that was halting the implementation of the new scheme. With this step, the liberal administration aims to end the monopoly of traditional verification plants, increase competition, and offer more alternatives to users.
The Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, announced that the registration will open for authorized private mechanical workshops to conduct the technical review. He stated that with this decision, “the monopoly of VTV plants is over.”
The change is part of the modifications introduced by Decree 196/2025 in the Traffic Law and includes the creation of the National Register of Technical Vehicle Inspection Workshops. This registry will operate under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy's Transportation Secretariat, will be public, free, and digital.
Under the new system, any workshop that meets the required technical standards will be able to register to conduct inspections. Registration will be done through a sworn declaration, and establishments must have a responsible Technical Director, operational capacity, adequate equipment, and compliance with current road safety procedures.
Users will have more options for conducting the technical review, they will be able to freely choose where to do it and will access a more agile, transparent, and predictable system. In practice, the scheme aims to break a closed structure that for years left motorists tied to a few providers, with little competition and reduced choices.
The province of Buenos Aires does not adhere to the improved scheme.
The regulation maintains the technical control criteria but modifies the logic of the system: instead of concentrating the review in specific plants, it enables the participation of registered workshops, as long as they meet the established conditions.
If a jurisdiction does not support the new regime, its citizens will not be able to access the expanded system or conduct the review in workshops or dealerships authorized under the national registry. The province of Buenos Aires, governed by Axel Kicillof, has preemptively announced that it will not support the measure.
