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DRAFT OPINION (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

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Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection · Rapporteur: Klara Dostalova

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The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection sets out its draft amendments to the proposed directive on vehicle registration documents and national vehicle register data. The amendments extend the implementation period from 4 years to 7 years, make mobile registration certificates optional and consent-based, and allow secure national digital solutions instead of the EU Digital Identity Wallets. They set a maximum 5-year retention period for data on previous holders and owners, limit processing to safety and fraud prevention, restrict verification data to competent authorities, and allow cross-border access only on justified request. They add a temporary de-registration mechanism of up to 3 years with simplified re-registration, and limit odometer recording to the last valid periodic technical inspection. They require the Commission to present an impact assessment before any delegated act, cut the delegation period from 5 years to 2 years with explicit Parliament and Council approval, and add a sunset clause.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes amendments to the Commission's proposal that extend the implementation period from 4 to 7 years, make mobile registration certificates optional and consent-based, strengthen data protection limits, allow temporary de-registration, and tighten parliamentary oversight of delegated acts.

Key points

  1. The implementation period for the new rules is extended from 4 years to 7 years across the relevant provisions.
  2. Mobile registration certificates become optional rather than mandatory: Member States may issue them with the vehicle owner's consent, while physical certificates remain available by default on request.
  3. Member States may use another secure national digital solution recognised by them instead of the European Digital Identity Wallets.
  4. Data on previous holders and owners is limited to what is necessary for safety or fraud prevention and retained for a maximum of five years.
  5. Registration cancellation must be based on reasons laid down in Union or national law and communicated in advance to the vehicle owner.
  6. For odometer fraud prevention, Member States record readings from the last valid periodic technical inspection and are not required to keep the vehicle's complete lifetime kilometre history.
  7. Only competent authorities may access personal data for verification, and that data must not be shared with private entities or processed for commercial purposes.
  8. Member States may require an additional verification step before recognising a vehicle registered in another Member State, to prevent fraud or odometer manipulation.
  9. Member States may refuse re-registration where fraud is suspected and may require a new technical inspection before registering.
  10. Member States may provide for temporary de-registration of up to three years, during which the vehicle may not be used on public roads and the certificate is suspended; re-registration follows a simplified procedure without a new technical inspection.
  11. The Commission must present an impact assessment before adopting any delegated act, and the delegation period is cut from five years to two years, renewable only with explicit Parliament and Council approval.
  12. A sunset clause provides that if the delegation is not renewed, existing measures stay in force but no new acts may be adopted without the ordinary legislative procedure.

Who is affected

  • Member States: gain flexibility on issuing mobile certificates, may use national digital solutions, and may refuse re-registration or allow temporary de-registration.
  • Vehicle owners: mobile certificates require their consent, and physical certificates remain available on request.
  • Competent authorities: are the only bodies allowed to access personal data for verification.
  • The Commission: must present an impact assessment before delegated acts and faces a shorter, explicitly renewable delegation period.

Figures and deadlines

  • 7 years: extended implementation period, replacing 4 years, for the relevant provisions.
  • five years: maximum retention period for data on previous holders and owners.
  • three years: maximum period of temporary de-registration allowing simplified re-registration.
  • two years: period for which the power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission.
  • five-year period: the period referred to in the Commission's report on the delegation of power.