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Carte grise Vehicle to be destroyed and
Verified 09 July 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you decide to have your vehicle destroyed, including a private car, a van, a 2-wheel, a 3-wheel or a motor quadricycle, you must hand it over to a center VHU: titleContent empowered. This vehicle must be whole. The regulations differ depending on whether the vehicle is registered in France or abroad. We present you with the information you need to know.
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Vehicle registered in France
You must contact an End of Life Vehicle (ELV) center. As used vehicles are considered to be waste, only the VHU centers are authorized to destroy them.
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Logo of centers involved in the destruction of end-of-life vehicles
You can recognize a VHU center by its logo:
Who shall I contact
Carte grise The documents you need to provide vary depending on whether you have the
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Carte grise You have the
- Carte grise in writing: you must write the entry in a very legible and unalterable manner Sold on (day/month/year) for destruction or Released on (day/month/year) for destruction and your signature.
If there were more than one co-owner, it must be signed by all (unless one of the owners has the power of attorney to do so).
Carte grise When the machine has a detachable coupon, you must complete, cut and keep it.
Carte grise When the top right corner of the machine is marked with the corner to be cut, you must cut and destroy it.
- Certificate of administrative status less than 15 days old
- Form cerfa no. 15776 filled, on which the coordinates of the center are indicated VHU: titleContent and, if possible, its approval number. Put copy 2 back in the center.
The VHU center gives you a certificate of destruction.
Carte grise You don't have the
You lost her
- Form of declaration of loss
- Certificate of administrative status less than 15 days old
- Form cerfa no. 15776 filled, on which the coordinates of the center are indicated VHU: titleContent and, if possible, its VHU approval number. Put copy 2 back in the center.
The VHU center gives you a certificate of destruction.
It was stolen from you
- Form of flight declaration that must have been deposited with the gendarmerie or the police
- Certificate of administrative status less than 15 days old
- Form cerfa no. 15776 filled, on which the coordinates of the center are indicated VHU: titleContent and, if possible, its VHU approval number. Put copy 2 back in the center.
The VHU center gives you a certificate of destruction.
Your card has been removed because your vehicle has been damaged
- Notice of withdrawal of the certificate of registration (issued by the police or gendarmerie)
- Certificate of administrative status less than 15 days old
- Form cerfa no. 15776 filled, on which the coordinates of the center are indicated VHU: titleContent and, if possible, its VHU approval number. Put copy 2 back in the center.
The VHU center gives you a certificate of destruction.
The delivery of your complete vehicle at VHU East free. However, a possible transport service to the center VHU: titleContent may be at your expense.
In most cases, this declaration can be directly registered with the VHU center that takes the vehicle back from you.
Alternatively, you can register the assignment on the internet via the online service below:
Declare delivery of a vehicle to an End of Life Vehicle Center (ELV)
You must identify yourself via France Connect.
A digital copy device (scanner, digital camera, smartphone or tablet equipped with a photo function) is required.
You must have a digital copy (photo or scan) of copy No. 1 of the completed Cerfa Form No. 15776, which includes the contact details of the VHU center and, if possible, its approval number.
Of numeric dots (with computers, printers and scanners) are available in each prefecture and in most sub-prefectures. You can do the walk there. You can be helped by digital mediators if you have problems using the Internet.
You can also be accompanied in your approach by a France Services house :
Warning
It is no longer possible to file the declaration with prefectures and sub-prefectures (or send it by post).
Yes, you must inform your insurance company of the destruction of the vehicle. This information is used to terminate the contract.
Foreign registered vehicle
You must contact an End of Life Vehicle (ELV) center. As used vehicles are considered to be waste, only the VHU centers are authorized to destroy them.
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Logo of centers involved in the destruction of end-of-life vehicles
You can recognize a VHU center by its logo:
Who shall I contact
Carte grise The documents you need to provide vary depending on whether you have the
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
Carte grise You have the
Carte grise You must put the vehicle back in the center VHU: titleContent.
The VHU center gives you a certificate of destruction.
Carte grise You don't have the
You lost her
Carte grise You must contact the administrative authorities of the country in which the vehicle was registered to know the steps to be taken to obtain a copy of the
Carte grise You must deliver the copy of the vehicle to the center VHU: titleContent.
The VHU center gives you a certificate of destruction.
It was stolen from you
You have to make a flight declaration to the gendarmerie or the police station.
Carte grise You must then contact the administrative authorities of the country in which the vehicle was registered to know the steps to be taken to obtain a copy of the
Carte grise You must deliver the copy of the vehicle to the center VHU: titleContent.
The VHU center gives you a certificate of destruction.
Your card has been removed because your vehicle has been damaged
You must have the following documents:
- Notice of withdrawal of the certificate of registration (issued by the police or gendarmerie) or the certificate of delivery
- Form cerfa no. 15776 filled, on which the coordinates of the center are indicated VHU: titleContent and, if possible, its VHU approval number
Warning
Hand over copy #2 of the cerfa form #15776 to the VHU center.
The VHU center gives you a certificate of destruction.
The delivery of your complete vehicle in the center VHU: titleContent is free. However, you may be responsible for any transportation to the VHU center.
Yes, you must inform your insurance company of the destruction of the vehicle.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
carte grise 34 00 - Information on the
Carte grise National interactive voice server providing automated answers regarding the following:
Carte grise If the user does not get the answer to his question about the taking of the vehicle or the driving license, he will be put in contact with an advisor of the National Agency for Secure Titles (ANTS).
By telephone
From the metropolis:
34,00 (cost of a local call)
From overseas:
09 70 83 07 07
From the foreigner:
+33 9 70 83 07 07
Provisions on the management of end-of-life vehicles
Provisions on VHU centers and grinders
Issuance of registration certificate
Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion
Ministry of the Interior