CAP, reduced mobility card and MOVES Plan

The CAP (Certificate of Professional Aptitude) is the mandatory authorisation to professionally drive goods transport vehicles (licences C1, C1+E, C, C+E) or passenger transport vehicles (D1, D1+E, D, D+E). It has 2 aspects: initial qualification (course and exam to start working) and continuous training (35 hours every 5 years to maintain it). It is proven with the driver qualification card (TCC).

The parking card for people with reduced mobility is a personal document (not for the vehicle) that allows you to park in reserved spaces with special conditions throughout Spain and the European Union. It is granted by your town hall or autonomous community to people with a recognised disability and reduced mobility, or with severe visual impairment.

The MOVES III Plan was the IDAE programme for grants to buy electric vehicles and install charging points. It stopped accepting new applications on 31 December 2025. In 2026, its replacement is the Auto+ Plan (within the Spain Auto 2030 Plan), which is requested from the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, and the MOVES Corredores programme for charging infrastructure.

Anyone who professionally drives vehicles requiring category C or D licences needs the CAP. To start working, you must pass the initial qualification at an authorised centre: an ordinary modality of 280 hours or an accelerated modality of 140 hours, followed by a 100-question multiple-choice exam before the autonomous community (passed with at least 50 points, with penalties for errors).

To keep the CAP valid, you must pass a 35-hour continuous training course every 5 years, taught by an authorised CAP company. Once the training is passed, the autonomous community issues or renews the driver qualification card (TCC), valid for 5 years. Since April 2021, the old paper certificate is no longer issued: the aptitude is recorded in the official registry.

There are exemptions for drivers with very old licences (D before 11 September 2008 and C before 11 September 2009), who were authorised without initial qualification, although they must still complete the continuous training. Managora identifies your case, guides you to the corresponding course and processes the card for you.

It can be obtained by a natural person with a recognised disability status who also presents reduced mobility accredited by the assessment teams, or who has a visual acuity equal to or less than 0.1 with correction in the best eye, or a visual field reduced to 10 degrees or less. It can also be held, in certain cases, by entities that collectively transport people with disabilities.

The card allows you to park in reserved spaces, park without time limits in restricted parking zones, stop in loading and unloading zones and access restricted traffic zones to reach your destination, always displaying it visibly. It does not authorise parking in dangerous places, emergency exits or places that reduce traffic lanes.

It is a personal and non-transferable document that can be used in any vehicle in which the holder travels. The validity is set by the granting administration (usually 5 or 10 years depending on the municipality if the situation is permanent, and less if it is temporary) and is renewed by maintaining the requirements. Managora gathers the documentation and submits the application to your town hall for you.

The MOVES III Plan (Real Decreto 266/2021) closed the submission of new applications on 31 December 2025, after several extensions and budget increases. Files submitted within the deadline continue to be processed and paid in the corresponding autonomous community, although payment may be delayed.

In 2026, the replacement is the Auto+ Plan, integrated into the Spain Auto 2030 Plan presented on 3 December 2025 and approved by the Delegated Commission for Economic Affairs on 3 February 2026. The extraordinary credit of €400 million that funds it was approved by Real Decreto-ley 7/2026, of 20 March, published in the BOE. The grant is requested from the Ministry of Industry and Tourism and is paid by bank transfer after the resolution; furthermore, for new passenger cars and vans, the dealership must apply its own discount of at least €1,000 on the invoice. It covers new vehicles registered for the first time from 1 January 2026, and for those bought before the period opened, this discount is not required.

For charging points, the replacement is the MOVES Corredores programme, aimed at public access charging infrastructure. The Auto+ Plan is open: Line 1, for individuals, since 4 August 2026, and Line 2, for self-employed workers (autónomos) and companies, since 1 October 2026, both until 31 December 2026; if the credit runs out, applications continue to enter a waiting list. You can see our fees in the file for each line.

The price of the Managora service for each procedure is always updated in the corresponding procedure file. We do not reproduce amounts here that may vary: check the file for the exact amount.

Regarding official costs: the reduced mobility card is generally free at the town hall. The CAP does not have a single state tasa (official fee), but it does have the cost of the training course (initial or continuous) at an authorised centre and, where applicable, the regional tasa for issuing the qualification card. In the case of electric vehicle grants, you do not pay a fee: you receive a subsidy.

Deadlines vary by organisation. The CAP depends on the duration of the course (140 or 280 hours for initial, 35 for continuous) and the exam call of your autonomous community. The reduced mobility card depends on your town hall (in many cases you can continue driving with the renewal in process until it is resolved). Grants are resolved according to the call in force at any given time.

Managora analyses your situation, tells you exactly which procedure applies to you and what documentation you need, reviews it and submits the application on your behalf to the competent body: the autonomous community (CAP), the town hall (reduced mobility card) or the administration managing the grant.

You provide your details and documents only once and we take care of the rest: preparation, submission and follow-up until the resolution, delivering the final document. If any step requires an in-person action that only the interested party can do (for example, the practical part of the CAP training), we will clearly indicate this to you in advance.