| New registration documents since 1 October 2005 (based on German/EU market) |
| The implementation of the EU guideline 1999/37/EC "Registration documents for vehicles" into German law and data-protection requirements have made it necessary to introduce new forgery-proof registration documents. |
| Since 1 October 2005 registration authorities only issue the new documentation for the registration of new vehicles, for the registration of new owners, for entering technical modifications and all other submissions. |
| The new registration documents consist of the following: |
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| Registration document (part 1) and |
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| Registration document (part 2). |
| The registration document (part 1) |
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| contains all technical vehicle data required for vehicle registration in Europe; however only one approved standard wheel/tyre combination is indicated. |
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| contains the alphanumerical codes standardised within the EU and assigned to the technical data so that the German registration document can be used to register the vehicle in another EU country without any problems. |
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| contains an entry field for documenting the temporary or final decommissioning of the vehicle and is therefore no longer withdrawn in these cases. |
| The registration document (part 2) |
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| contains the information that the bearer of the registration document is not identified as the owner of the vehicle. |
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| contains only the current and, if applicable, the last owner of the vehicle; the number of previous owners is indicated. |
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| contains only a small part of the technical vehicle data. |
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| is no longer used to document a temporary decommissioning of the vehicle. The vehicle and body type indicated under item 1 of the old vehicle documentation is no longer given. In the new documentation it is replaced by vehicle classes with body types standardised within the EU. |
| There are hardly any changes for the driver of the vehicle resulting from the introduction of the new registration documents. |
| Like the old registration document, the new registration document (part 1) must be kept in the vehicle and presented for inspection to authorised persons when requested. |
| The wheel/tyre combination indicated on the registration document (part 1) does not have to be fitted on the vehicle. All combinations approved according the vehicle's general operating permit and/or the EC type approval may be fitted. |
| The permissibility of a wheel/tyre combination that is not in line with the vehicle's general operating permit and/or the EC type approval must still be verified with an entry in the registration document (part 1), an installation certificate (based on a parts certificate) or an operating permit for the wheel/tyre combination. |
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