Street-legal vehicle

The registration of vehicles on public roads ( colloquially street legal ) is officially regulated in all countries for certain vehicles and therefore as a sovereign act an official approval procedure.

Germany

In Germany must conform to the provisions of the Road Traffic Act, " motor vehicles and their trailers to be set on public roads in operation, [ ... ] by the competent authority (approval authority ) be permitted to be marketed ." For approval of an application from the person entitled ( holder ) of the vehicle is necessary. Admission is " through the allocation of a registration number ."

The details of the admission procedure for " motor vehicles with a maximum design speed of more than 6 km / h and [ ... ] its supporters " are governed by the Vehicle Registration Regulation since 1 March 2007 and were there before. In the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations

Jurisdiction

Responsible for the approval of most car are lower than administrative authorities under the Order Management, the counties and cities in their respective district. Some of them responsible for certain special tasks: The approval authorities of Berlin, Hamburg and the capitals of the countries allow the official vehicles of state organs, the regulatory authorities of Berlin and Bonn leave the service vehicles of federal bodies, the diplomatic corps and privileged international organizations - although the vehicles own distinguishing marks are allocated.

The predominant responsibility urban admissions officers will - notwithstanding, - perceived for the admission of certain supreme service vehicles and the upper federal and privileged international organizations by federal agencies; for the service vehicles of the Federal Police and the Federal Agency for Technical Relief by the Procurement Office of the Ministry of the Interior, for the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration by the Waterways and Shipping Directorates, for the service vehicles of the Bundeswehr and the set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty international military headquarters, the have their regular base in Germany, by the Central Military motor point of the logistics command of the German Armed Forces in Erfurt.

Until the 1990s, alternative arrangements for the German Federal Railways and the German Federal Post Office were considered.

Requirements

The prerequisite for admission is a type-approval ( EU or national) or an assessment by a licensed expert for motor vehicle traffic ( aaS ) according to § 21 Road Traffic Licensing Regulations for obtaining a single operating permit.

Furthermore, liability insurance must be used to double map shown in the form of an electronic certificate of insurance ( eVB ).

Result of certification

With the approval, the permit shall be issued for the operation of the motor vehicle on public roads, paths and squares. This is achieved by

  • The allocation of a registration number and
  • The issuance of the certificate part 1 ( vehicle registration )

Documents. The vehicle and owner data including the identifier and the corresponding administrative data are also in addition to storing the local register at the registration office

  • To the central vehicle register of the Federal Motor Vehicle Office;
  • In insurable vehicles on the Federal Motor Transport Authority and the General Association of German Insurers to the responsible for the car insurance of the vehicle insurance companies;
  • In automotive vehicles taxable (up to 2014) or to the responsible for the administration of the motor vehicle tax revenue office in the provinces
  • (from about 2014) on the motor vehicle to the Federal Office responsible for the administration of the motor vehicle tax Main Customs Office

Forwarded.

Exceptions

There are a number of vehicles that are not subject to, but operation requires a permit (eg, moped and mopeds ). Some of these vehicles have to - although not require registration - a private registration plate lead (eg, light motorcycles, trailers for sports purposes, certain self-propelled machinery).

Licensing runs

According to § 10 paragraph 4 Vehicle Registration Regulation are rides that are related to the regulatory process, especially trips to affix the stamp plate and return journeys after removal of the stamp plate as well as trips to carry out a general inspection, safety inspection or an emissions test within a registration district ( and an adjacent district ) with unstamped indicator permissible if the approving authority has pre-allocated such and the rides are covered by motor vehicle liability insurance. The clause used there reads: " Also applies to trips with unstamped Mark according to § 23 paragraph 4 sentence seven road traffic licensing regulations. " This cover note of insurance does not replace the previous allocation of the mark by the admission office. The previous allocation of an identifier corresponds to most of the substance of the final approval; there are present all documents required for regular admission. Are not permitted licensing runs with already deregistered vehicles or expired export or temporary license plate. Driving without a license are regularly criminal violations of the Insurance Law and the Tax Code.

Austria

In Austria the private motor insurance companies which competences have been transferred from official approval bodies, including the issuance of license plates.

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