Under the authority of the Department of Transport (Département des Transports of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure (Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures), the SNCT (Société nationale de contrôle technique – SNCT) performs technical inspections of road vehicles.

These technical inspection operations are performed by the SNCT at its stations in the north (Wilwerwiltz and its annex in Bissen, for heavyweight vehicles), in central Luxembourg (Sandweiler) and in the south of the country (Esch-sur-Alzette).

The SNCT promotes 3 main goals through its work: road safety, consumer protection and environmental protection.