Technical Inspections of Agricultural Machinery and Their Influence on Environmental Impact

On 20 May 2018, Royal Decree 920/2017, establishing the minimum requirements for regime of vehicle technical inspection (ITV in Spanish) to circulate on public roads, entered into force. The new regulations are aimed at ensuring that vehicles general, and agricultural particular, proper condition from point view safety environment. In La Rioja, detailed data available inspections performed machinery last 15 years (2005–2020). aim this paper is analyze possible effects their environmental impact. Emissions type have evolved over few years, as a result, tractors better performance. Considering serious defects detected can lead owner replace with one, there potential reduction impact associated ITVs, studied paper.