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REPORT (COM(2025)0179 – C100073/2025 – 2025/0096(COD))

On the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the registration documents for vehicles and vehicle registration data recorded in national vehicle registers and repealing Council Directive 1999/37/EC

A-10-2026-0089

Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Johan Danielsson

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on vehicle registration documents and registration data. It harmonises physical and mobile registration certificates, sets a transition to mobile certificates by default, and requires Member States to record and exchange registration data. It shortens the transition period from 4 to 3 years, requires physical certificates on request, and makes QR codes mandatory on paper certificates. It adds safeguards for people with limited digital access. It requires Member States to exchange data on roadworthiness, odometer history and tampered heavy-duty vehicles, and to interconnect registers with MOVE-HUB. It allows exemptions for national security reasons. It adds rules on suspension and temporary de-registration of vehicles, free digital access for holders to their vehicle data, and a right to request correction of inaccurate mobile certificate data.

Committee position. The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopts Parliament's position at first reading with amendments to the Commission proposal. It shortens the transition to mobile certificates, strengthens safeguards for citizens with limited digital access, and adds rules on data exchange, suspension and temporary de-registration.

Key points

  1. Harmonises physical and mobile registration certificates, which must be fully equivalent and contain exactly the same information.
  2. Requires Member States to ensure the transition to mobile certificates does not disadvantage citizens without adequate digital access or skills, including people with disabilities, the elderly or low-income individuals.
  3. Sets the transition to mobile certificates by default at entry into force plus 3 years, shortened from 4 years, with physical certificates issued on request without undue delay.
  4. Requires Member States to include one or more QR codes on physical registration certificates in paper format to verify authenticity.
  5. Requires the Commission to adopt implementing acts on technical specifications of mobile certificates by entry into force plus 1 year, and certificates may only be issued once those acts are adopted.
  6. Requires Member States to record data on ownership changes, temporary de-registration and cancellation, and to grant holders free digital access to their vehicle data.
  7. Requires Member States to let holders or owners request correction of inaccurate mobile certificate data through a simple electronic procedure, processed swiftly.
  8. Requires Member States to adopt measures to facilitate retesting of suspended vehicles, including permission to travel between a place of repair and a test centre.
  9. Allows Member States to set temporary de-registration for no longer than four years, with renewals only for a defined period and measures to know the vehicle's whereabouts.
  10. Requires Member States to accept both physical and mobile certificates for re-registration from entry into force plus 3 years and 1 day, and to verify with the registering Member State which formats were issued.
  11. Requires Member States to exchange vehicle registration data, roadworthiness data, technical roadside inspection reports and odometer history, and to interconnect registers with MOVE-HUB.
  12. Requires the Commission to adopt implementing acts on MOVE-HUB functionalities by entry into force plus 2 years, with Member States given six months to adapt their IT systems.

Who is affected

  • Vehicle owners and holders: get free digital access to their vehicle data and can request correction of inaccurate mobile certificate data.
  • Citizens with limited digital access or skills, including people with disabilities, the elderly and low-income individuals: must not be disadvantaged by the digital transition.
  • Member States: must issue mobile certificates by default, record and exchange registration data, and interconnect registers with MOVE-HUB.
  • Second-hand vehicle buyers: benefit from exchange of odometer history and data to combat fraud.

Figures and deadlines

  • entry into force + 3 years: date from which mobile registration certificates should be issued by default.
  • entry into force + 3 years + 1 day: date from which Member States shall only issue mobile registration certificates.
  • entry into force + 1 year: deadline for the Commission to adopt implementing acts on technical specifications of mobile certificates.
  • 36 months: period for which re-registering authorities keep withdrawn physical certificate parts or their electronic copies.
  • 36 months: period for which the issuing Member State keeps information from a revoked mobile registration certificate in the vehicle register.
  • four years: maximum period for which temporary de-registration may be granted.
  • entry into force + 2 years: deadline for the Commission to adopt implementing acts on MOVE-HUB functionalities.
  • six months: period for Member States to adapt their IT systems after adoption of those implementing acts.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 91(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.