# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 79/2012 of 31 January 2012 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 concerning administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax (recast), Division 2: VEHICLE/OWNER/HOLDER SEARCH

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

There are five different ways to search for vehicle registration data:
(1) by Chassis Number (VIN), Reference Date and Time (optional),
(2) by Licence Plate Number, Vehicle Chassis Number (VIN) (optional), Reference Date and Time (optional),
(3) by Vehicle Holder, date of birth (optional), Reference Date and Time (optional),
(4) by Vehicle Owner, date of birth (optional), Reference Date and Time (optional),
(5) by VAT number of the holder/owner of the vehicle, Reference Date and Time (optional).
Without prejudice to the obligation set out in section 1 of this Annex, the Member States may decide not to make all these search modes available if, in the case of outgoing requests, they deem that one or more of them do not meet their Eurofisc liaison officials' needs or, in the case of incoming requests, the information requested is not available in that Member State's national vehicle register.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/79/annex/VIII/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-79/annex-VIII/division-2
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