ITV rules for privacy/tinted glass

I can't help with anywhere in Torrevieja to help. 

My car has rear tinted windows and I also have the certificate for them. I've never been asked for the certificate. 

If I were you, I'd get the test done a month before it's due to expire. 

If it passes, all well and good and you retain the original expiry date. 

If it fails, for the tints or anything else, you then have a month to get it all sorted. 

Thank you Reylat this is very helpful information.

What I did not realise is that if I fail the ITV I can still use the car till the official expiry date - have I got that correct?

Providing it is nothing serious. 

If it fails it will be noted on the paperwork. Grave means it is serious and needs immediate action (depending on what it is you may not be permitted to drive the vehicle away). Leve is minor, that might require you to return after the defect has been rectified. 

Yes, unless a fail is on a serious matter, 'grave' on the ITV paperwork, in which case you should only drive it to get it fixed.

If you go a month ahead of time then you get a 13 month ITV, in other words the expiry date of the new ITV will be that of the remains the previous one so there is no disadvantage at all in going early.

Rear windows can be as tinted as you like, they are nothing to do with the ITV.

Confirmation of Darro's comments regarding tinted windows here

https://n332.es/can-i-tint-my-windows/

"Rear windows can be as tinted as you like, they are nothing to do with the ITV"

This is really good news, means I don't have to worry about the tint at all.

Thank you :-)

Actually this article in one that I read that made me ask the original question. It suggests you do need a certificate for tinted windows.

But goes on to say it is no longer considered a 'major reform' and that an 'extraordinary inspection is no longer required'

I have to say I am not clear on the meaning of this?

It means that you are OK. 

I would still take the test a month early, but don't worry about the tints. 

So, as much as I would have liked to take the car a month early there was a delay in getting the permisio de circulacion :-(

I actually have just been told this afternoon by the Gestor that he has it and is going to courier it to me from Barcelona (where I bought the car) to Torrevieja where it will get it's ITV.

So here's the thing, I am in the UK at the moment and can't get to Torrevieja easily before the 19th (when the ITV is due) - will I be fined for having no ITV for a few weeks?