Electronic Vehicle
Registration Cards

Vehicle registration documents on a modern smartcard

The Electronic Vehicle Registration Card (eVRC) makes traffic checks simple, administrative processes quicker, and above all in the EU ensures that documents are standardized. It has been possible for vehicle registration certificates to be issued as smartcards throughout the EU since 2005. It is intended that they will replace the current paper registration document. The switch to the eVRC is becoming a growing trend in the vehicle industry not just in the EU, but around the world.

The advantages of the eVRC at a glance:

• Practicality: Shortening the complicated registration process with the responsible authorities; quicker and more reliable vehicle checks thanks to the simple chip reading options at roadside inspections.
• Compatibility: Greater card compatibility thanks to an identical content structure throughout the EU.
• Security: More security thanks to the integrated microprocessor and the security features on the card body.
• Synergies: Synergy effects with electronic tachograph cards and driver’s licenses thanks, for example, to the use of a universal reader for all card types.

The eVRC wins points with innovative technology

Whether it’s sitting in a wallet, being inspected or subjected to temperature fluctuations, the eVRC, just like a driver’s license or identity card, is exposed to all sorts of stress. G&D’s special polycarbonate card body protects the card from a wide variety of physical effects. Thanks to the flexible combination of security elements, G&D is able to offer every country the freedom to develop an individual card concept, as well as ensuring maximum counterfeit protection.

Physical characteristics

Using polycarbonate or another composite material (e.g. PEC) for the card body gives the card a service life of ten years. To guarantee the best possible security standard, the EU has stipulated specific optical features and various properties for the integrated chip. The aim is to achieve an EU-wide security level that is comparable to that for national ID cards, driver’s licenses, and tachograph cards. In future, this can be transferred to become a worldwide security level.

Electronic characteristics

As well as the physical security features, the EU Directive also sets out the framework concept for the electronic components of the eVRC. It is a single-chip card that securely stores the data relating to the vehicle registration and the personal data of the vehicle keeper. According to the EU Directive, the data stored on the chip must be identical to that shown on the surface of the card. However, the individual member states are free to add additional data to the chip and card, such as other vehicle keepers. Read access to the data stored on the chip is possible at any time and without restrictions. However, write access is restricted to the responsible national authority in the issuing member state.