{"id":62430,"date":"2019-12-18T00:03:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage-wp.eurococ.eu\/onboard-documents-in-luxembourg\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T18:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T16:50:08","slug":"onboard-documents-in-luxembourg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage-wp.eurococ.eu\/en\/blog\/onboard-documents-in-luxembourg\/","title":{"rendered":"Onboard documents in Luxembourg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-405\" src=\"https:\/\/stage-wp.eurococ.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Luxembourg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\">Onboard documents in Luxembourg<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-400\" src=\"https:\/\/stage-wp.eurococ.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Luxembourg-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\"><\/h2>\n<h2>In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the obligatory onboard documents are the following: driving license, insurance certificate, vehicle registration certificate, road tax sticker and since 2016,&nbsp;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurococ.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">certificate of conformity<\/a> or a copy certified by the National Society of Automobile Traffic (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/snca.public.lu\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SNCA &#8211; Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale de Circulation Automobile<\/a>\u201d).<\/h2>\n<h3>Driving licence:<\/h3>\n<p>Any person driving a vehicle must possess a driving licence corresponding to the category of the vehicle used. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a &#8220;point-record driving licence\u201d was introduced in 2002, followed by a European driving licence in January 2013.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stage-wp.eurococ.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/permisfront.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-410\" src=\"https:\/\/stage-wp.eurococ.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/permisback.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"159\"><\/h3>\n<h3>Insurance certificate of the vehicle:<\/h3>\n<p>Any vehicle being used or parked on public roads in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg must be insured against motor civil liability. Insurance is mandatory and allows appropriate compensation to be provided to victims of horrible road accidents. Insurance certificate (\u201cthe green card\u201d) is a mandatory document which must be presented at roadside checks. These provisions are also applicable to vehicles registered abroad and used on public roads in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p><u>Useful tip:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of insurance is an offence punished by a fine and four penalty points.<\/li>\n<li>Trailers must be covered by a valid insurance except for when trailers are detached.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Vehicle registration certificate (logbook):<\/h3>\n<p>The Luxembourg Ministry of Transport authorised the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/snca.public.lu\/en\/vehicules\/immatriculation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Society of Automobile Traffic (\u201cSNCA &#8211; Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale de Circulation Automobile\u201d)<\/a>&nbsp;to be in charge of motor vehicle registrations.<\/p>\n<p>Since 18 December 2006, the registration certificate is composed of two parts &#8211; the first part (\u201cPartie 1\u201d) being grey and the second being yellow (\u201dPartie 2\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Only the first part must be carried in the vehicle when driving, while the second one can be kept in a safe place, preferably outside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/stage-wp.eurococ.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documents.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\"><\/h3>\n<h3>Road tax sticker:<\/h3>\n<p>To drive a motor vehicle on Luxembourg public roads, you must pay an annual tax collected by the Customs and Excise Administration by means of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/douanes.public.lu\/fr\/vehicules\/taxe-vehicules-automoteurs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">road tax sticker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tax must be paid by any legal or natural person who owns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>a vehicle registered in Luxembourg or a vehicle having attributed a special registration plate (red plate) intended for traffic, seized by the police or not authorized for traffic in Luxembourg;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>a utility vehicle registered in a member state other than Luxembourg driving on Luxembourg public roads;<\/li>\n<li>a passenger car being imported for more than 6 months a year to Luxembourg territory by an individual residing in an EU country other than Luxembourg;<\/li>\n<li>an unpowered vehicle, designed and constructed to be towed by a motor vehicle (particularly semi-trailers of articulated vehicles and trailers).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-425\" src=\"https:\/\/stage-wp.eurococ.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vignettefiscale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"340\"><\/h3>\n<h3>Certificate of conformity or a copy certified by the SNCA:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurococ.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Certificate of conformity<\/a>&nbsp;(COC) must be carried in any vehicle bearing an <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/HTML\/?uri=LEGISSUM:n26100&amp;from=FR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EC-type approval number<\/a>. This certificate, issued by a manufacturer, proves the vehicle conforms to a given type-approval number designation (approval number).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurococ.eu\/fr\/#coc-pedia5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COC comprises<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>serial number of the vehicle<\/li>\n<li>manufacturer identification, type-approval number<\/li>\n<li>technical specifications of the vehicle<\/li>\n<li>other technical characteristics of the vehicle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pursuant to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/legilux.public.lu\/eli\/etat\/leg\/rgd\/2016\/01\/26\/n3\/jo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grand-Ducal Regulation of 26 January 2016<\/a>&nbsp;amending Grand-Ducal Decision amended on 23 November 1955 relating to traffic regulations on all public roads, the COC became a mandatory onboard document for all vehicles registered from 1 February 2016. In case of roadside checks, you must present the original or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/guichet.public.lu\/fr\/citoyens\/citoyennete\/certificat-casier-judiciaire\/certificat-copie\/copie-conforme.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a copy of the European Certificate (s) of Conformity certified by the SNCA<\/a>, provided they relate to the vehicle concerned.<\/p>\n<h3>How come several CoC certificates may relate to the same vehicle?<\/h3>\n<p>Whether a vehicle is incomplete or completed, or whether a complete vehicle is transformed or modified into another by another manufacturer after its completion, a multi-stage type-approval process is carried out by one or more competent authorities, which certify that a specific vehicle type, either incomplete, completed, transformed or modified, satisfies the relevant administrative provisions and technical requirements in its state of completion.<\/p>\n<p>If this is the case, every \u201cstage\u201d of the vehicle will be approved by a distinct COC.<\/p>\n<h3>In case of infringement of the provisions:<\/h3>\n<p>The drivers may be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fined EUR 24 in case they cannot present a valid driving license, an insurance certificate<\/li>\n<li>Fined EUR 74 if the vehicle is not covered by a valid road tax sticker.<\/li>\n<li>Fined EUR 49 if the licence plates are illegible or are generally in bad condition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onboard documents in Luxembourg In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the obligatory onboard documents are the following: driving license, insurance certificate, vehicle registration certificate, road tax sticker and since 2016,&nbsp;a certificate of conformity or a copy certified by the National Society of Automobile Traffic (\u201cSNCA &#8211; Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale de Circulation Automobile\u201d). 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