| New vehicle registration documents since 01.10.2005 |
| The implementation of EU Directive 1999/37/EU "Registration Documents for Vehicles" in national law and legal requirements for data protection have necessitated the introduction of new, falsification-proof registration documents. |
| Since 01.10.2005, only the new documents are issued by the registration authorities in the event of new registrations, change of ownership, registration of technical modifications and all other matters. |
| The new registration documents are comprised of: |
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| Registration certificate part I, which replaces the certificate of registration and |
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| Registration certificate part II, which replaces the vehicle log book. |
| Registration certificate part I (certificate of registration) |
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| Contains all vehicle technical data which must be available to register a vehicle in Europe; however, only one wheel and tyre combination approved as standard is specified |
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| Contains the EU-wide, standardised, alphanumerical codes assigned to the technical data, so that the German registration certificate can be converted without problems into the registration document prescribed in non-member European countries for registration there |
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| Contains a field for documenting temporary or final immobilisation of the vehicle, and is therefore no longer withdrawn in the event of temporary or final immobilisation |
| Registration certificate part II (vehicle log book) |
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| Contains the note that the holder of the registration certificate is not identified as the owner |
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| Contains only the current and, if applicable, the last vehicle owner; the actual number of previous owners is shown numerically |
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| Contains only a small percentage of the technical vehicle data |
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| No longer serves to document temporary vehicle deregistration. The vehicle and body type specified under number 1 in the old vehicle documents will not exist in the future. In the new documents, this will be replaced by standardised EU vehicle classes with body type |
| Introduction of the new registration documents will lead to barely any changes for the vehicle operator. |
| Like the old certificate of registration, the registration certificate part I (certificate of registration) must be kept in the vehicle and submitted to responsible persons on request. |
| It is not necessary for the wheel and tyre combination specified in the registration certificate part I (certificate of registration) to be fitted. All combinations approved according to the general vehicle type approval or EU type approval → Chapter may be fitted. |
| The validity of a wheel and tyre combination which deviates from the general vehicle type approval or EU type approval must still be verified via an entry in the registration certificate part I (certificate of registration), an installation certificate based on a part certificate or general type approval for the wheel and tyre combination. |
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