# Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles, Article 9

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States shall assist one another in the implementation of this Directive. They may exchange information at bilateral or multilateral level in particular so as to check, before any registration of a vehicle, the latter’s legal status, where necessary in the Member State in which it was previously registered. Such checking may in particular involve the use of an electronic network, comprising data from national electronic databases to facilitate the exchange of information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/37/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-37/article-9
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