A new CITA member from Portugal: IMT, I.P.
The Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes, I.P. (IMT, I.P.)'s mission is to exercise technical regulation, licensing, coordination, inspection and planning functions in the field of land and river transport and their respective infrastructures, as well as in the economic aspect of commercial ports and maritime transport sector.
In the field of land transport it’s main activities are:
- Authorise public passenger transport services;
- Authorise, license and supervise the exercise of land transport and complementary activities, including coordinating the licensing process and the management of platforms and other logistics facilities, under the terms of the applicable legislation;
- Certifying land transport professionals and promoting driver licensing, recognising, licensing and supervising the training and examination centers subject to its supervision;
- Define the conditions for issuing, revalidating, exchanging and seizing driving licences and professional certificates.
- Monitoring the application of social regulations in the field of road transport, as the national authority responsible for implementing the respective control instruments (tachographs);
- Approving, homologating and certifying vehicles and equipment used in land transport systems, guaranteeing the required technical and safety standards, licensing the entities involved in the certification and inspection processes;
- Promoting technical improvements in road and rail vehicles, with the aim of improving safety and efficiency in the operation of road and rail transport, interoperability and reducing negative environmental impacts.
- Ensuring the management of national registers in the transport sector, namely of vehicles, inspection centres, drivers, driving schools, transport companies and complementary activities, public passenger transport services and transport professionals, and railway infrastructures;
- Managing the standards and processes of the electronic vehicle identification system;
