Algeria: 10,000-dinar fine for expired technical inspection
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Algérie 360
In Algeria, driving with an expired technical inspection carries a fixed fine of 10,000 Algerian dinars, and the licence may be retained until payment. The offence falls under the fourth degree of violations set out in Law No. 26-09, published in the Official Journal on 17 May 2026, according to Algérie 360.
Failure to carry out the mandatory technical inspection carries a fixed fine of 10,000 Algerian dinars, according to Algérie 360, citing the Highway Code established by Law No. 26-09 of 12 May 2026. The driving licence may also be retained until the fine is paid.
The driver has 45 days to pay and may drive for ten days using the document issued by the officer. If the fine is not paid within the deadline, a court may double it by means of a penal order, raising it to 20,000 dinars. Electronic payment on the spot avoids the retention of the licence.
During a road check, the officer may also immobilise the vehicle if the driver does not produce the technical inspection report. The offence is classified as fourth-degree, the highest level on the scale, which provides for fines ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 dinars. Driving the wrong way, failing to give way and using a handheld phone also fall into this category, according to Algérie 360.
The new scale was published in the Official Journal on 17 May 2026. An earlier article by Algérie 360 had mentioned a fine of 4,000 dinars for a technical inspection when selling a vehicle: the technical inspection and fine when selling a car.
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