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Public Country page CY
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BE – Belgium
Country page BE
AT – Austria
This is information on AT
Use of EUCARIS:
Austria is making use of EUCARIS for the electronic exchange of vehicle registration data (VRD)
since 2008 for PRÜM VRD exchange, based on the Prüm Treaty (2005) resp. the EU Prüm Council Decisions (2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA) for the purpose of the prevention and investigation of criminal offences, and
since 2014 for CBE VRD exchange, based on the CBE Directive (Directive 2015/413/EU, former Directive 2011/82/EU) for the purpose of cross-border enforcement of traffic offences.
since 2018/19 for VHOH VRD exchange with Switzerland for the purpose of cross-border enforcement of traffic fines, based on the Police Cooperation Agreement between Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2012); only asynchronous data exchange.
since 2019 for VHOH VRD exchange with GERMANY for the purpose of cross-border enforcement of traffic fines, based on a bilateral Treaty between Austria and Germany; this data exchange is additional to the CBE Directive and applies only to traffic offences which are not covered by the CBE Directive (Directive 2015/413/EU); only asynchronous data exchange.
since 2020 for VAT VRD exchange, based on Implementing Regulation (EU) No 79/2012 for the purpose of cross-border administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax (VAT) related to vehicles.
From February 2020 on Austria will start the new EUCARIS Salzburg CBE Service for the data exchange with Bulgaria, Croatia and Hungary on CBE 2nd step procedures, based on the Salzburg Forum CBE Agreements (2012/15).
Austria is not (yet) party to the EUCARIS Treaty (2000) as such.
How to request Austrian licence plates under PRÜM, CBE, VHOH and VAT?
Please note that for the different types of Austrian number plates there is a different syntax to be respected when entering the registration number (= licence number) into EUCARIS (PRÜM, CBE, VHOH and VAT):
For Austrian standard number plates (white background, black type; about 99% of Austrian vehicles) and also for number plates of e-vehicles (white background, green type) the registration number has to be entered into EUCARIS with a dash/hyphen (“-“) replacing the heraldic emblem of the respective province, for instance k-510bv.
When not using the dash/hyphen you will systematically receive an error message: in certain cases “105: Search input not correct” and in other cases – for reasons that are inherent to the Austrian registration system – the error message “101: No information found”.
For old Austrian number plates (black background, white type, released before 1990) the registration number has to be entered into EUCARIS without dash/hyphen or dot, for example: w734115. When using the dash/hyphen you will systematically receive the error message: “101: No information found” (also in this case for reasons that are inherent to the Austrian registration system we cannot provide code 105 !).
For your CBE requests to Austria, please only use the field “VehRegistrationNumberPart1Req” when providing an Austrian registration number (= licence number).
Note: Incoming CBE requests which are providing licence plate data in the field “VehRegistrationNumberPart2Req” will trigger an error message “105: Search input not correct”, since this type of search is critical to our national VRD register.
Contacts:
The Ministry of the Interior of Austria is the National EUCARIS Contact Point, responsible for the central vehicle registration database and hosting the National Contact Point PRÜM and the National Contact Points CBE and VHOH:
National EUCARIS Contact Point:
Ministry of the Interior of Austria
General Directorate of the Police
Department for Traffic Police
BMI-II-12-b@bmi.gv.at (general contact)
BMI-IKT-EUCARIS@bmi.gv.at (IT matters)
National Contact Point PRÜM:
Ministry of the Interior of Austria
General Directorate of the Police
Criminal Intelligence Service Austria – Sub department for Property Offences
BMI-II-BK-3-2@bmi.gv.at (general contact)
BMI-IKT-EUCARIS@bmi.gv.at (IT matters)
National Contact Point CBE, VHOH and Salzburg CBE:
Ministry of the Interior of Austria
General Directorate of the Police
Department for Traffic Police
BMI-II-12-b@bmi.gv.at (general contact)
BMI-IKT-EUCARIS@bmi.gv.at (IT matters)
National Contact Point VAT:
Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance
Anti Fraud Unit I/9
Post.ABB-ZIZ-EUCARIS-VAT@bmf.gv.at (general contact)
BMI-IKT-EUCARIS@bmi.gv.at (IT matters)
National Contact Point TOLL:
Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
General Directorate I
Unit K2 – Infrastructure and External Costs, Tolls
k2@bmk.gv.at (general contact)
BMI-IKT-EUCARIS@bmi.gv.at (IT matters)
BREXIT effects on EUCARIS
Due to BREXIT measurements, the UK no longer participates to the VDL, ERRU, RESPER, CBE and VAT services as of the 1st of January 2021.
Situation UK:
Only for the exchange of tachograph card information based on Council Regulation (EEC) no 3821/85 in combination with the respective AETR Agreement, the TACHOnet connection via TESTA will stay available.
All the other EUCARIS/EU-hub services will be disconnected as from the 1st of January.
– VHInfo, DLInfo, AVI (based on the EUCARIS Treaty);
– RESPER (3rd Driving Licence Directive 20016/126/EC);
– ERRU (Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, 1072/2009, 1073/2009);
– ERRU/RSI-part (Directive 2014/47/EU) ;
– CBE (Directive (EU) 2015/413);
– VAT (Directive 2010/24 EU and 2011/16/EU, Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010);
The settings are included in a new version of the configuration file (see also mail attached)
When it comes to the Prüm Council Decisions, the EU-UK Trade Agreement offers a legal base for the exchange of DNA, Fingerprints and Vehicle Data via TESTA. The respective services for the exchange of vehicle data however are not implemented yet by the UK.
When it comes to the services based on the EUCARIS Treaty (VHInfo, DLInfo/AVI), the EUCARIS Operations Team and DVLA are currently looking into the options for a connection via internet.
Situation Gibraltar:
Via internet, via the EUCARIS Operations (EUCOP) Server of the EUCARIS Operations Team, Gibraltar is currently able to request technical vehicle data (VHInfo/AVI) and driving licence data (DLInfo) from the following countries:
– Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France (only technical vehicle information), Finland (only technical vehicle information) Germany, Hungary (only technical vehicle information), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden (only technical vehicle information) and the United Kingdom.
We have decided to include in the configuration file the situation that Gibraltar is de-authorised for the VHInfo/AVI- and DLInfo service for the abovementioned countries.
On a national level, the respective countries can then decide for themselves to authorise Gibraltar again after the configuration file has been implemented on a national level.
In case your country decides to authorise Gibraltar again please then also inform EUCARIS Operations so a new version of the configuration file can be adapted accordingly.
Release configuration file:
An announcement mail concerning a new version of the configuration file already has been distributed by the EUCARIS Operations Team to the respective IT contact persons in your organizations with the request to assure installation as from the 1st of January (mail attached).
The configuration file first of all is useful to make sure that the respective UK services are not called by mistake when UK is not connected anymore to TESTA. Depending on the error handling of TESTA it could be that the application on your side is waiting for an answer from UK until a time out has been reached. This takes a lot of time and can be prevented upfront by not asking a question to UK. This all will be arranged by installing a new configuration file.
Secondly the configuration file prevents that a service in UK is called by mistake when it is still connected but there is no legal base anymore for the exchange; or vice versa, it is prevented that information is given to UK or Gibraltar while there is no legal base for the exchange.
Workshop Portugal
The Portuguese organisation IRN (Instituto dos Registos e Notariado) was host of an EUCARIS Technical Workshop in order to start exchanging data under the Prüm and CBE directives. The IRN will be the National Contact Point for EUCARIS regarding these exchanges, and it is expected that Portugal will start exchanging data before the end of 2016.
EUCARIS DashBoard added
The EUCARIS dashboard is added to the main navigation menu on the left.
Czech Republic connected to ERRU
For more information please check the country page of Czech Republic
EUCARIS Salzburg application
The Salzburg Forum is a platform for multilateral dialogue and cooperation on issues of internal security. Its Member States are Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. One of the topics of the forum is regional cooperation in the area of road safety.
On 5 May 2015 in the frame of the Forum Salzburg Ministerial Conference held in St. Pölten/Austria the EUCARIS Declaration of Endorsement on the Forum Salzburg CBE Agreement was signed by the federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria, the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Interior of Hungary.
This means that EUCARIS has been asked to develop a software application – “EUCARIS Salzburg service”- for the technical implementation for the agreement on Facilitating Cross-border Enforcement of the Road Safety Related Traffic Offences signed on 11 October 2012 in Mátraháza, Hungary.
Hans van der Bruggen awarded
On 10 October 2014 Hans van der Bruggen was appointed a Knight of the Order of Oranje Nassau in Oslo by Dutch Ambassador Ms Bea ten Tusscher. Van der Bruggen was awarded the honour for his work in a European context. He was invested with the honour as he bade farewell as Acting Chairman of the EUCARIS Participants’ Board.
Belgian honour
In 2011, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed another royal award on Van der Bruggen for his distinguished service to European cooperation when he was appointed an Officer in the Order of Leopold II at the Dutch embassy in Brussels.
Chairman of EReg
Until June 2014, Van der Bruggen was also the Chairman of EReg, the Association of European Vehicle and Driver Registration Authorities. Van der Bruggen was also the initiator of this European collaborative partnership. He brought together the registration authorities in Europe to stimulate more intensive European cooperation and knowledge exchange.
EReg even grew into an international non-profit organisation, or rather an Association Internationales Sans But Lucratif (AISBL), under Belgian legislation. The organisation identifies, follows and influences European developments and regulations, exchanges best practices and works jointly on topical subjects. In 2014, the 26 EReg countries appointed Van der Bruggen their Honorary Chairman at the EReg General Meeting & Annual Conference 2014.
Award
On 20 October 2008, on behalf of EUCARIS Van der Bruggen was presented with the “iGovernment 2.0 Award”; the award for the best European project in the field of data exchange in the European digital government. The jury praised EUCARIS as being the most innovative, practical, applicable and transferrable data exchange system.