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Permit to transport passengers and freight - Abolition of permit inspection and a new usage category

Registration in usage category – Passenger and freight transport permits

At the end of the year, Regulation No. 1085/2025 on the abolition of license inspections will come into force, which includes, among other things, the following changes for permit holders in passenger and freight transport:

  • License inspections of vehicles in passenger transport are abolished

  • All vehicles that belong to operating licenses must be registered in the use category Vehicles for passenger transport or commercial freight transport

  • An annual general inspection follows the use category

What do permit holders need to do?

  1. Fill out a request for registration in a usage category

  2. If the inspection frequency of a vehicle changes due to an annual general inspection, you must obtain the appropriate inspection ticket at the nearest inspection station.

This usage category registration will be free of charge until February 1st. After that time, the registration will be charged according to the Icelandic Transport Authority's tariff.

Registration in usage category – Passenger and freight transport permits