Amendments to Directive 1999/37/EC

Directive 1999/37/EC is amended as follows:

in Article 1, the first sentence is replaced by the following:

‘This Directive shall apply to the vehicle registration documents issued by the Member States.’;

in Article 2, the following points are added:

“suspension”: means a limited period of time in which a vehicle is not authorised by a Member State to be used in road traffic following which – provided the reasons for suspension have ceased to apply – it may be authorised to be used again without involving a new process of registration;

“cancellation of a registration”: means the cancellation of a Member State’s authorisation for a vehicle to be used in road traffic.’;

in Article 3, the following paragraphs are added:

‘4. Member States shall record electronically data on all vehicles registered on their territory. Those data shall include:

all mandatory elements in accordance with point II.5 of Annex I as well as the elements of points II.6(J) and II.6(V.7) and (V.9) of that Annex, where the data are available;

other non-mandatory data listed in Annex I or data from the certificate of conformity as provided for in Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) , where possible;

the outcome of mandatory periodic roadworthiness tests in accordance with Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *2 ) and the period of validity of the roadworthiness certificate.

The processing of personal data in the context of this Directive shall be carried out in accordance with Directives 95/46/EC ( *3 ) and 2002/58/EC ( *4 ) of the European Parliament and of the Council.

5. Technical vehicle data shall be made available to the competent authorities or testing centres for the purpose of periodic roadworthiness testing. Member States may limit the use and the dissemination of such data by testing centres in order to avoid their misuse.

( *1 ) Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles ( OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1 )."

( *2 ) Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC ( OJ L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 51 )."

( *3 ) Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data ( OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31 )."

( *4 ) Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector ( OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37 ).’;"

the following Article is inserted:

DIRECTIVE 2014/46/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles