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Commission Decision of 9 November 2007 adopting a common specification of the national vehicle register provided for under Articles 14(4) and (5) of Directives 96/48/EC and 2001/16/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 5357) (2007/756/EC)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.The specifications for the National Vehicle Register provided for under...

  3. Article 1A.(1) In this Decision— “entity in charge of maintenance” and...

  4. Article 1a.Appendix 6 of the Annex of this Decision shall apply...

  5. Article 2.When registering vehicles after the entry into force of this...

  6. Article 3.The registration entity shall register existing vehicles as provided for...

  7. Article 4.(1) In accordance with Article 14(4)(b) of Directive 96/48/EC and...

  8. Article 5.(1) Rolling stock placed in service for the first time...

  9. Article 6.This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

    1. ANNEX

      1. 1. DATA

      2. 2. ...

      3. 3. OPERATING MODE

        1. 3.1. Use of the NVR

        2. 3.2. Application forms

          1. 3.2.1. Application for registration

          2. 3.2.2. Registering a vehicle and issuing a European Vehicle Number.

          3. 3.2.3. Changing one or more registration item(s)

          4. 3.2.4. Withdrawal of registration

          5. 3.2.5. ...

          6. 3.2.6. Transfer of registration and change of EVN

            1. 1. The EVN shall be changed when it does not reflect...

            2. 2. ...

        3. 3.3. Access rights

        4. 3.4. Historical records

      4. 4. EXISTING VEHICLES

        1. 4.1. Data content

          1. 4.1.1. Item No 1 — European Vehicle Number (Compulsory)

            1. (a) Vehicles already possessing a 12-digit number

            2. (b) Vehicles without a 12-digit number

          2. 4.1.2.

          3. 4.1.3. Item No 3 — Manufacturing Year

          4. 4.1.4. Item No 4 — EC or UK Reference

          5. 4.1.5. Item No 5 — Reference to the UK List of...

          6. 4.1.6. Item No 6 — Restrictions

          7. 4.1.7. Item No 7 — Owner (Compulsory)

          8. 4.1.8. Item No 8 — Keeper (Compulsory)

          9. 4.1.9. Item No 9 — Entity in charge of maintenance (Compulsory)...

          10. 4.1.10. Item No 10 — Withdrawal

          11. 4.1.11. ...

          12. 4.1.12. Item No 12 — Authorisation number

          13. 4.1.13. Item No 13 — Placing in service (Compulsory)

        2. 4.2. Procedure

      5. Appendix 1

        1. RESTRICTION CODING

          1. 1. PRINCIPLES

          2. 2. STRUCTURE

          3. 3. RESTRICTION CODES

            1. 1. These codes are available on the website of the European...

            2. 2.

            3. 3. ...

            4. 4.

            5. 5. ...

      6. Appendix 2

        1. STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE EUROPEAN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

      7. Appendix 3

        1. WITHDRAWAL CODING

          1. Use of codes

          2. Registration issues

      8. Appendix 4

        1. STANDARD FORM FOR REGISTRATION

      9. Appendix 5

      10. Appendix 6

        1. PART ‘ 0 ’ — VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION

          1. General remarks

          2. European Vehicle number and linked abbreviations

        2. PART 1 — VEHICLE KEEPER MARKING

          1. 1. Definition of the Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM)

          2. 2. Format of the Vehicle Keeper Marking

          3. 3. Provisions about allocation of Vehicle Keeper Markings

          4. 4. Register of Vehicle Keeper Markings and procedure for allocation

        3. PART 2

        4. PART 3 — RULES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE CHECK-DIGIT (DIGIT 12)

          1. Examples :

            1. 1 — Let the basic number be 3 3 8 4 4...

            2. 2 — Let the basic number be 3 1 5 1 3...

        5. PART 4 — CODING OF THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE VEHICLES ARE REGISTERED (DIGITS 3-4 AND ABBREVIATION)

        6. PART 5

        7. PART 6 — INTEROPERABILITY CODES USED FOR WAGONS (DIGITS 1-2)

        8. PART 7 — INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ABILITY CODES USED FOR HAULED PASSENGER VEHICLES (DIGITS 1-2)

        9. PART 8 — TYPES OF TRACTIVE ROLLING STOCK AND UNITS IN A TRAIN SET IN FIXED OR PRE-DEFINED FORMATION (DIGITS 1-2)

        10. PART 9 — STANDARD NUMERICAL MARKING OF WAGONS (DIGITS 5 TO 8)

        11. PART 10 — CODES FOR THE TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HAULED PASSENGER STOCK (DIGITS 5-6)

        12. PART 11 — CODES FOR THE TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIAL VEHICLES (DIGIT 6 TO 8)

        13. PART 12 — LETTER MARKING FOR WAGONS EXCLUDING ARTICULATED AND MULTIPLE WAGONS

        14. PART 13 — LETTER MARKING FOR HAULED PASSENGER STOCK

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