Vehicle Dating 2023

This page gives you information on how to register your vehicle with the DVLA in the UK

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IF YOU BUY A VEHICLE WITH NO PAPERWORK IT IS GOING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT TO REGISTER IT WITH THE UK DVLA. IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT AS A RULE OF THUMB ALWAYS TRY AND GET THE ORIGINAL PAPERWORK WITH AT LEAST THE DATE AND PLACE OF FIRST REGISTRATION. WE CAN IN MOST CASES EITHER THROUGH OUR OWN SYSTEMS OR BY APPLYING TO THE PEUGEOT ARCHIVE IN FRANCE OBTAIN MANUFACTURING DATES BUT THEY DO NOT HOLD REGISTRATION INFORMATION.

UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE UNABLE TO HELP WITH APPLICATIONS TO REGISTER PEUGEOT MOPEDS,SCOOTERS OR MOTORBIKES UNLESS YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE AND THE DATE & COUNTRY OF FIRST REGISTRATION AS THEY ARE NOT OWNED BY PEUGEOT AND NO RECORDS ARE HELD WITHIN THE COMPANY. CONTACT PEUGEOT MOTOCYCLES,RUE de 17 NOVEMBRE,F-25706 VALENTIGNEY CEDEX,FRANCE. www.peugeotscooters.com for their Archive information

When importing a vehicle into the UK  from the EU the first thing you must do is register the vehicle in the HMRC NOVA system www.gov.uk/nova-log-in To do this you must have a Government Gateway number which can be obtained via www.gov.uk/log-in-register-hmrc-online-services  The NOVA system automatically calculates whether there is any Import Duty & VAT due. Without this registration you will NOT be able to register the vehicle via the DVLA.

This process must be completed as soon as possible after the vehicle enters the UK otherwise there is a danger of a fine being issued by HMRC.

When importing vehicles from outside the EU, the shipping agent will calculate and collect any Import Duty & VAT due before they release the vehicle

NOVA UPDATE OCTOBER 2020

Our thanks to Ian Edmunds (FBHVC) for reporting on this possible addition to the NOVA process;

"It appears that HMRC now require a NOVA to be completed for any vehicle, imported or not, if it is unregistered or has had a break in its registration. As before DVLA will not register the vehicle until they receive confirmation from HMRC that no tax is due. We can only assume this change in procedure is to close a loophole that is being exploited somewhere in the system. At the time of writing we are awaiting clarification from HMRC of the implications for historic vehicles".

 

Registration Process with the DVLA

Firstly, you must request/Download the blank V55/5 form and the guidelines for registration in the UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-a-used-vehicle-for-the-first-time-v555

The DVLA have updated the rules with regard to registering a used vehicle either being imported into the UK or indeed already here but being registered for the first time or being re-registered after being brought back into the UK.

If your vehicle is over 40 years old then you will need to download an MOT Exemption Declaration form, V112 to complete and include with your application https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/declaration-of-exemption-from-mot

If anyone needs help in completing the DVLA V55/5 form please contact us and we can help.

Vehicles less than ten years old need a Certificate of Conformity which can only be acquired from the manufacturer. Details can be found here https://peugeot-uk-en.custhelp.com/app/home.  Please note that there is a charge for this service.

When buying a vehicle you should obtain all the paperwork you can (e.g.Carte Grise in France) because without the information the process of registration will be delayed or even rejected.

The verification of date of manufacture and date and place of first registration can be done in one of two ways ;

  1. Using Information about your vehicle via systems available to CPUK (Vehicle Dating Letter)
  2. Using Information that CPUK can apply for from the Peugeot Archive in France (Vehicle Attestation Letter)

Vehicles built post 1983 (except some 104, pre-1986 205/309, 305, 504 Pick-Up, 505, 604, J7/J9)

The DVLA  require a letter from a reliable source to confirm the date of manufacture/ date of first registration & place of first registration. CPUK would be able to supply this letter using the information we have available which can then be presented to the DVLA. To issue the letter we will need the following information:

  • Name and address of Owner
  • Chassis number of vehicle
  • Registration number of vehicle
  • Two recent photographs of the vehicle. One 3/4 front view and one of the chassis plate

Once completed please send to chairman@clubpeugeotuk.org

From this information we can find the date of manufacture and possibly the date and place of first registration (depending on age) and issue the neccessary document to be presented to the DVLA with all any other paperwork for the vehicle.

For the excepted vehicles above please send us the original registration number and country and we will check whether we can obtain the information needed for the DVLA using the systems at our disposal.

This service costs £30 to Non-Members of CPUK. Payment can be made via the CPUK online-shop under Vehicle Dating/Vehicle Dating Letter (NonMember)

If we do not have any information on your vehicle we would apply for the information from the Peugeot Archive in France.using the information you have provided.

This service costs £70 to Non-Members of CPUK. Payment can be made via the CPUK online-shop under Vehicle Dating/Vehicle Attestation Letter (NonMember)

(CPUK Members should log-in to see the Member price)

 Vehicles built pre 1983 (plus some 104, pre-1986 205/309, 305, 504 Pick-up, 505, 604, J7/J9)

In order to register a pre-1983 vehicle in the UK, the DVLA will require exactly the same information as detailed above in the post 1983 section.

In the first instance please contact us via chairman@clubpeugeotuk.org with the original registration number and the country of registration and we will check whether we can access the information the DVLA requires to register your vehicle via the systems at our disposal.

If we have the information, this service costs £30 to Non-Members of CPUK. Payment can be made via the online-shop on our website under Vehicle Dating/Vehicle Dating Letter (NonMember)

If we do not have the information, we can apply for the information from the Peugeot Archive in France. This service costs £70 to Non-Members of CPUK. Payment can be made via the online-shop on our website under Vehicle Dating/Vehicle Attestation Letter (NonMember)

(CPUK Members should log-in to see the Member price)

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT VEHICLES BUILT OUTSIDE FRANCE (E.G. SOUTH AFRICA, EGYPT, SOUTH AMERICA, ETC.) WERE SENT AS CKD KITS TO BE ASSEMBLED BY THE VEHICLE IMPORTER. THE RECORDS FOR CKD ARE VERY INCONSISTENT AND IN SOME CASES SIMPLY DONT EXIST. THEREFORE IF BUYING FROM THOSE COUNTRIES OUR ADVICE IS TO ENSURE THAT YOU OBTAIN THE RELEVANT PAPERWORK OTHERWISE REGISTERING IN THE UK WILL BE EXTREMEMLY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

If you have any questions please email Ian Kirkwood  at chairman@clubpeugeotuk.org or call  07970 257599