Vehicle registration documents and vehicle registration data (Roadworthiness package)
In interinstitutional negotiations (trilogues). Parliament and Council are working toward a provisional agreement, which would still need formal adoption to become law.
Last active 03 Jul 2026
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What this bill does
In plain terms: what it changes and who it affects.
This proposal modernises EU vehicle registration documents and data-sharing to support digital certificates, easier re-registration, and better checks on vehicle status and fraud.
Vehicle owners, used-car buyers, transport operators, vehicle traders, and people moving vehicles between EU Member States. It also affects national vehicle registration and inspection systems.
- Requires mobile vehicle registration certificates by default after four years, with physical copies available on request.
- Expands national vehicle registers to include roadworthiness results, ownership changes, suspension, cancellation, and end-of-life data.
- Requires Member States to interconnect vehicle registers through MOVE-HUB for real-time cross-border data checks.
- Provides mutual recognition of compliant physical and mobile registration certificates for international traffic and re-registration.
- Takes effect
- The Directive enters into force on the twentieth day following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
- Transitional law
- Member States must transpose within two years; physical certificates remain default until four years after entry into force, then mobile certificates become default.
- Council Directive 1999/37/EC (31999L0037)
- entire act: repeals the entire directive
Latest update
07 Jul 2026The most recent development in this bill's progress.
Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations) → Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations)
Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations) → Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations)
Documents
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