How to get a W garage certificate?
Verified 13 August 2021 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of the Interior
The certificate W garage allows a vehicle to be operated on a provisional basis, before its final registration. It is only issued to repairers, sellers, transporters, bodybuilders, importers and manufacturers for the use of certain types of vehicles. It is valid for calendar year and must be renewed annually.
The certificate W garage shall be issued to the motor vehicle professional who has made the request or to the person representing him. The person representing the company must be in possession of his or her seller card or show proof of membership in this company. The justification for this membership must be provided in writing by the company's legal representative.
The certificate W garage is attached to the automotive professional. It allows him to make licence plates at that number.
The plates are removable. They are attached to the vehicle he wishes to drive on the public road at a given time (for example, to perform a test). They are then removed and can be attached to another vehicle. Only one vehicle at a time can use W garage.
The original of the certificate must be on board the vehicle in use. It must be presented in case of control.
Please note
when using the certificate W garage for a vehicle already registered, only the W number shall be used.
The following vehicles may be registered in W garage :
- New vehicles: test prototypes, vehicles waiting to be put into service (demonstration to potential buyer, press presentation, test ready
- Used vehicles: only second-hand vehicles whose entry into service involves technical tests linked to a repair, transport between workshops or to a technical control centre, resale of the vehicle, towing after an accident
- Vehicles used by agricultural cooperatives and in mechanics training establishments
Traffic of a vehicle with a certificate W garage is possible in all of France. It is not limited to the company's location department.
It is not possible to use such a certificate in the foreigner, nor to obtain a certificate W international garage.
Its use is restricted to France, except for prototypes whose development requires testing in foreigners countries. In this case, the trader must also be in possession of a certificate of the technical characteristics of the vehicle.
The certificate W garage is valid for calendar year and shall include the date of expiry of the provisional registration.
The certificate shall bear the vintage of the year of its issue and shall be sent to the professional who made the application.
The renewal application, made to the National Secured Securities Agency (ANTS), must be submitted for the following year between 1to November and 31 December.
No renewal application may be filed after December 31. If so, a new W number is assigned.
First request
The steps must be carried out online on the website of theCHILDREN: titleContent.
Request a W garage certificate
The definitive certificate is sent by mail followed at the holder's home by the ANTS.
In the case of any application that does not fall within this framework, an exceptional authorisation must first be sought directly from the Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development.
Who shall I contact
Renewal
The steps must be carried out online on the website of theCHILDREN: titleContent.
Request a W garage certificate
The definitive certificate is sent by mail followed at the holder's home by the ANTS.
In the case of any application that does not fall within this framework, an exceptional authorisation must first be sought directly from the Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development.
Who shall I contact
Renewal may be carried out annually, in November and December.
Attachments are the same for an initial application or annual renewal.
Trader
- Extract K or K bis of RCS: titleContent (+ photocopy)
- Fiscal justification of the professional activity (related to the construction, import, sale, repair or transport of automobiles): notice of company assessment (CFE component), VAT: titleContent, business tax (or income tax for individual entrepreneurs and self-entrepreneurs), additional taxes for CCI: titleContent or a business room in particular. It is also possible to provide a tax regularity certificate.
- Application for registration on the printed form cerfa 13752
Artisan
- Extract from the Business Directory
- Fiscal justification of the professional activity (related to the construction, import, sale, repair or transport of automobiles): notice of company assessment (CFE component), VAT: titleContent, business tax (or income tax for individual entrepreneurs and self-entrepreneurs), additional taxes for CCI: titleContent or business rooms, among others. It is also possible to provide a tax regularity certificate.
The cost of the card W garage is €13.76 (fixed tax of €11 + transport charge €2.76).
The professional can use the certificate valid until December 31.
He must return it to the prefecture from the 1to January of the following year, whether or not he has applied for a renewal.
In case of cessation of activities, the certificate must be returned without delay.
Check with your prefecture to find out how the certificate is returned W garage.
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