Contact

RDW – the Netherlands Vehicle Authority
P.O.BOX 777
2700 AT Zoetermeer
The Netherlands

E-mail: ncp@rdw.nl
Website: www.rdw.nl

For questions concerning vehicle crime and fraud and please contact the National Vehicle Crime Information Centre, a cooperation of RDW, the Police, the Vehicle Crime Insurance Agency Foundation and the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration.

Use of the EUCARIS System

The Netherlands is participant of EUCARIS and is providing vehicle and driving licence information based on the EUCARIS Treaty.

In addition the Netherlands is making use of the EUCARIS technology for information exchange based on

  • the EU Prüm Council Decisions (2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA),
  • the 3rd Driving Licence Directive (2006/126/EU, RESPER),
  • the Road Safety Directive (2015/413/EU, CBE),
  • legislation concerning the European Register of Road Transport Undertakings (ERRU), the regulations (EU) No 1071/2009, 1072/2009, 1073/2009 and 1213/2010,
  • the Roadside Inspection Directive (2014/45/EU,RSI),
  • a bilateral agreement with Germany about the exchange of owner/holder information for traffic fines,
  • the interoperable EU-wide eCall (Delegated Regulation (EU) No 305/2013),
  • Tachograph card data exchange (TACHOnet) between the European registration authorities related to the Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85,
  • The European electronic toll service Directive (2004/52/EC, EETS),
  • the exchange of mileage information based on bilateral agreements and
  • CoC data exchange between vehicle type approval authorities.
  • the VAT service (2010/24/EU and 2011/16/EU, Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010)

 Further information

More detailed information about the vehicle and driving licence registration in the Netherlands can be found in the publication The Vehicle Chain in Europe (https://www.vehicle-chain.eu).