Any purchase of a car imported from the Volvo brand requires obtaining the Volvo certificate of conformity, a document requested by the ANTS prefecture which allows you to have the definitive French registration document for your Volvo. The Volvo 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 :

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

Volvo Certificate of Conformity: What is it?

Issued only by the Volvo France approval service, the Volvo European certificate of conformity or Volvo COC 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 service and car registration service to validate a car registration application and issue the registration certificate for an imported or exported Volvo car. The certificate of conformity is therefore essential and to be able to register any imported vehicle in the SIV system in France.

Free Volvo Certificate of Conformity: Is it possible?

The Volvo European Certificate of Conformity is always issued when leaving the factory with the vehicle. The Volvo 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 Volvo France approval department via the COC Europe site. A duplicate of the COC must be ordered and there is a charge. If the Volvo vehicle is registered before 1996 and has not undergone community approval, a national identification certificate will be issued by the Volvo manufacturer.

The buyer of the Volvo 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 Volvo Certificate of Conformity?

To quickly obtain the Volvo European certificate of conformity or Volvo COC, you will have to go to Volvo Certificate of Conformity | Official Volvo 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 Volvo Coc, simply enter the chassis number of your vehicle, fill in your 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 all Volvo vehicles.

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

That's rightExcept for the Volvo 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 of your imported Volvo car.

• Volvo car foreign registration document.
• Cerfa 13750 “Request for registration certificate”.
• Sale or purchase invoice of the Volvo 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 Volvo

• Cerfa 13750 “Request for registration certificate”.
• Sale or purchase invoice of the Volvo 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

Volvo 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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