Certificate of Professional Competence as a Motor Vehicle Adviser

The following are required to obtain a certificate of professional competence in order to set up a motor vehicle consultancy business:

• sole traders;
• at least one of the partners in a partnership;
• at least one of the general partners in a limited partnership or a limited partnership by shares;
• at least one of the directors for every other type of company.

The requirements for obtaining the certificate are:

• Italian citizenship or citizenship of an EU Member State, with residence in Italy;
• having reached the age of majority;
• good character (no criminal convictions, not subject to administrative security measures or preventive measures, not disqualified, incapacitated or bankrupt);
• a secondary school leaving certificate or equivalent.

The eligibility examination consists of a written test, with questions covering the following subjects:

• road traffic;
• road haulage;
• navigation;
• the public vehicle register;
• tax legislation relating to the sector.

The questions and pre-determined multiple-choice answers from the latest update are published below:

NB: The provisions of Circular No. 59/97 of 9 June 1997 issued by the Ministry of Transport and Navigation, Directorate-General for Motor Vehicles and Transport (M.C.T.C.), are set out below “The examination boards shall provide candidates with only the questions and the predetermined multiple-choice answers, omitting the correct answers.”

NB: Each candidate will be given a paper containing five questions for each of the five subjects covered by the examination, making a total of twenty-five multiple-choice questions with predetermined options, of which only one is correct; the candidate must identify the correct answer.

Please note: The name on the payment notice must be the same as that of the person applying to sit the exam.

Applications may only be submitted by residents of the Provinces of Trento and Bolzano.

Those wishing to sit the exam must submit a stamped application form within the specified period by completing and submitting the form online via the ‘Stanza del Cittadino’ portal, accessible via the link below, after authenticating their identity via SPID (Public Digital Identity System), CIE (Electronic Identity Card), CNS (National Services Card) or CPS (Provincial Services Card):

Citizen’s Portal for registration for the certificate of professional competence as a motoring adviser

Payment must be made via PAGOPA through the Motorist’s Portal; see:

PAGOPA INSTRUCTIONS

The PAGOPA codes associated with the fee for the ‘Certificate of Professional Competence for Automotive Consultants’ are:

• T059 “Examination for the award of professional qualifications” (TRENTO AREA)
• N019 “Stamped application form” (TRENTO AREA).

NB: The name on the payment notice must match that of the person applying to sit the exam.

Documents must be submitted exclusively viathe Stanza del Cittadino, following identification via SPID, CIE, CNS or CPS.