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DRAFT 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

TRAN-PR-779822

Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Johan Danielsson

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This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal for a directive on vehicle registration documents and vehicle registration data in national registers, replacing Council Directive 1999/37/EC. The draft amendments keep physical registration certificates available free of charge on request and require Member States to issue only mobile certificates from four years and one day after entry into force. They require QR codes on paper certificates, set a two-year deadline for Commission implementing acts on mobile certificate specifications, and add backup measures for limited connectivity. They add rules on data protection, recognition of certificates, exchange of vehicle data including remote sensing data, and emission units in milligrams.

Committee position. The rapporteur welcomes the Commission proposal and proposes amendments to keep physical registration certificates available free of charge, require QR codes, set deadlines for implementing acts, add backup measures, strengthen data protection and recognition rules, and include remote sensing data in exchanges.

Key points

  1. The transition to mobile registration certificates must not disadvantage citizens without adequate digital access or skills, and Member States must ensure this.
  2. From four years after entry into force, mobile registration certificates should be issued by default, while applicants keep the right to request a physical certificate.
  3. Member States should record all required vehicle data electronically and keep it up to date, to improve registers, law enforcement, fraud and theft fighting, public health and information exchange.
  4. During and after the transitional period, authorities should accept both Part I of the physical certificate and the mobile certificate when re-registering a vehicle from another Member State.
  5. Member States may decide that mutual recognition does not apply to vehicles without EU type-approval or EU individual approval, to ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards.
  6. A new definition of 'cancellation of a registration' is added, meaning the permanent cancellation of a Member State's authorisation for a vehicle to be used in road traffic.
  7. From four years and one day after entry into force, Member States shall issue only mobile registration certificates, but shall also issue a physical certificate free of charge on request, with simple procedures.
  8. Member States shall include one or more QR codes on paper physical registration certificates to allow verification of the authenticity of the information.
  9. By two years after entry into force, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts on technical specifications of mobile certificates, and certificates shall only be issued once these acts are adopted.
  10. Backup measures shall be established for cases of limited connectivity or when parties in roadside or periodic technical inspections cannot retrieve the digital format.
  11. Data on the previous holder or owner is limited to what is necessary for safety, environmental protection or fraud prevention, and personal data retention by verifiers is allowed only under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
  12. Member States shall exchange vehicle registration data, roadworthiness, inspection, remote sensing and odometer data, and the Commission shall adopt implementing acts on the electronic system within two years.

Who is affected

  • Citizens without adequate digital access or skills, who must not be disadvantaged by the digital transition.
  • Vehicle owners and applicants, who can request a physical registration certificate free of charge.
  • Member States, which must issue certificates, record data, exchange information and adapt their systems.
  • The Commission, which must adopt implementing acts on mobile certificates and the electronic system.

Figures and deadlines

  • Four years after entry into force: mobile registration certificates issued by default.
  • Four years and one day after entry into force: Member States issue only mobile registration certificates.
  • Two years after entry into force: deadline for Commission implementing acts on mobile certificate specifications.
  • Two years after entry into force: deadline for Commission implementing acts on the electronic system.
  • Six months from adoption of implementing acts: time for Member States to adapt their systems.
  • Up to 50% of second-hand cars traded within the EU have had odometers tampered with.
  • High-emitting vehicles represent around 1.5% of the EU fleet but may cause up to 40% of total emissions.
  • High-emitting vehicles need to be detected three times within a six-month period.

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