Glossary

Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés

Pre-application for authorisation

Trucks (vehicles with a gross vehicle weight exceeding 3,500 kg, other than road tractors).

Citizen Contact Centre (Centre de Contact Citoyens)

Vehicle registration certificate (formerly carte grise)

National EU Type Identification Code

Certificate of Conformity

Provisional registration certificate

Certificate of Administrative Status (vehicle lien release)

Van

3-wheel moped

Declaration of Purchase

Declaration of Transfer

Declaration of Intent to Destroy

Declaration for Seizure

Vehicle Identification Form

Fichier National des Immatriculations (former vehicle registration system)

Imprimerie Nationale (national printer)

Lease with purchase option (locked-in)

Long-term rental

Lease with purchase option (not locked-in)

Self-propelled agricultural machinery

Towed machinery and instruments

Light motorbike

Gross Vehicle Weight (Poids Total Autorisé en Chargement)

Total rolling weight

Licensed and approved sales professionals

Motorised Quadricycle

Road trailers

Specialist trailers

Trailers for combined transport

The SIREN number is a nine-digit identifier allocated to each company by INSEE.

Telepayment Information System

Vehicle Registration System (since 15/04/2009 for new vehicles and 15/10/2009 for used vehicles)

Semi-trailers

Agricultural semi-trailers

Road semi-trailers

Specialist semi-trailers

Semi-trailers for combined transport

Interactive Voice Server

Public mass transit

Motor Tricycle

Farm tractors

Road tractor

temporary in-transit use

Type Variant Version

Specialised self-propelled vehicles

demonstration vehicle use

Damaged vehicle

End-of-life vehicle (Véhicule Hors d’Usage)

(Vehicle Identification Number) is a unique 17-character alphanumeric code assigned to each motor vehicle

New vehicles

Used vehicles

Passenger car