Any purchase of an imported car from the Mazda brand requires obtaining the Mazda certificate of conformity, a document requested by the ANTS prefecture which allows you to have the definitive French registration document for your Mazda. The Mazda COC is an homologation document and conformity, mentioning the technical characteristics of the vehicle and making it possible to examine an application for registration in France of a foreign vehicle.

Summary :

• Mazda Certificate of Conformity: What is it?
• Free Mazda Certificate of Conformity: Is it possible?
• How do I order my Mazda Certificate of Conformity?
• After the certificate of conformity: What approach for the gray card?
• Mazda certificate of conformity for a non-European car

Mazda Certificate of Conformity: What is it?

Issued only by the Mazda France approval service, the Mazda European certificate of conformity or COC Mazda is an official certificate of conformity proving that the vehicle manufactured and placed on the European market complies with European regulations and can be registered in all European countries. . In addition, it allows the prefecture and car registration service to validate a car registration request and issue the registration certificate for an imported or exported Mazda car. The certificate of conformity is therefore essential and to be able to register any imported vehicle in the SIV system in France.

Free Mazda Certificate of Conformity: Is it possible?

The Mazda European Certificate of Conformity is always issued when leaving the factory with the vehicle. The Mazda dealer must therefore, if the vehicle is new, issue you the COC certificate of conformity free of charge.

For a used vehicle, the certificate of conformity must be requested from the approval department of Mazda France via the COC Europe site. A duplicate of the COC must be ordered and there is a charge. If the Mazda vehicle is registered before 1996 and has not undergone community approval, a national identification certificate will be issued by the Mazda manufacturer.

The buyer of the Mazda vehicle must contact the National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS) to send the registration file with the certificate of conformity.

How do I order my Mazda Certificate of Conformity?

To quickly obtain the European certificate of conformity Mazda or COC Mazda, you will have to go to Mazda Certificate of Conformity | Official Mazda CoC for cars — COC France (coc-europe.fr).

The request is made only online and the payment is made in a secure way 3D Secure. To place an order for the Coc Mazda, you simply need to enter the chassis number of your vehicle, fill in your contact details and proceed to payment.

The certificate of conformity can be scanned and you will receive the original by post in 9 working days.

It is possible to obtain the certificate of conformity for the following vehicles:

- Mazda car whose VIN chassis number (Fields E of the CG) begins with VF1

- Dacia car whose VIN chassis number (Fields E of the CG) begins with UU1

- ALPINE and SPIDER MAZDA car whose VIN chassis number (Fields E of the CG) begins with VFA and VMK

For other chassis numbers, such as VIN order by VF8, it is not possible to have a COC

After the certificate of conformity: What steps to take for gray card?

That's rightWithout the Mazda COC, the final registration file must be compiled and submitted to the ANTS. The ANTS requires mandatory documents for the issuance of the gray card for your imported Mazda car.

• Foreign registration of the Mazda car.
• Cerfa 13750 “Request for registration certificate”.
• Transfer or purchase invoice of the Mazda car.
• Driver's license of the holder and CNI of the co-holder.
• Proof of address less than 6 months old.
• Valid vehicle insurance certificate.
• Manufacturer's European certificate of conformity or COC
• Technical inspection report (if applicable).
• Tax discharge or customs clearance certificate 846A

To register a new Mazda

• Cerfa 13750 “Request for registration certificate”.
• Transfer or purchase invoice of the Mazda car.
• Driver's license of the holder and CNI of the co-holder.
• Proof of address less than 6 months old.
• Valid vehicle insurance certificate.
• Manufacturer's European certificate of conformity or COC
• Tax discharge or customs clearance certificate 846A

Mazda certificate of conformity for a non-European car

The certificate of conformity for a car manufactured for the European market allows you to immediately register your vehicle and obtain the gray card. Indeed, the certificate of conformity is therefore complete and compliant.

For other vehicles not manufactured for the EU market, the document that will be issued is a certificate of non-compliance or a certificate of partial compliance. The latter does not allow you to immediately obtain the gray card. A passage to the Dreal is mandatory to validate the conformity of the vehicle and obtain an RTI. The RTI is therefore a complete certificate of compliance.

There reception on an isolated basis (RTI) is a certification procedure reserved for non-compliant vehicles, i.e. those with either a partial certificate of compliance or a certificate of non-compliance, whether new or used. It concerns new or used vehicles imported not manufactured for the European market (US market, Asia, etc.) or for European vehicles that have undergone major technical modifications (transformation of a van into a tow truck, etc.)

Receipt on an isolated basis (RTI) is validated by the issuance of an RTI report, which then allows the gray card to be drawn up.

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