The tasks of the federal agency are laid down in § 2 of the Act on the Establishment of a Federal Motor Transport Authority (
Gesetz über die Errichtung eines Kraftfahrt-Bundesamtes (KBAG)). For
motor vehicles intended for
road traffic, the agency is responsible for the Type Approval (
Typgenehmigung) and Type Testing (
Typprüfung) of vehicles and vehicle parts to confirm that the legal safety and environmental standards are fulfilled. In Addition the agency's task is the recognition of technical services that test vehicles or vehicle parts as part of the approval procedure and the
market surveillance of vehicles and vehicle trailers placed on the market. The agency also maintains five registers and provides information on entries in them: • the
Register of Driver Fitness (
Fahreignungsregister) pursuant to Section IV of the Road Traffic Act (
Straßenverkehrsgesetz), which is based on a very well-known and
special point system, • the Central Vehicle Register (
Zentrales Fahrzeugregister) pursuant to Section V of the Road Traffic Act, • the Central Register of Driving Licences (
Zentrales Fahrerlaubnisregister) pursuant to Section VI of the Road Traffic Act, • the Register of
Tachograph Cards (Zentrales Fahrtenschreiberkartenregister) pursuant to the legal regulation on § 2 of the Driving Personnel Act (
Fahrpersonalverordnung) and the • Infrastructure Levy Register (
Infrastrukturabgaberegister) according to § 6 of the Infrastructure Levy Act (
Infrastrukturabgabengesetz). As part of the
Prüm Convention, the agency enables
police and
law enforcement authorities of other contracting states to directly access the Central Vehicle Register. == History ==