It is not necessary to return your glove compartment. Since Monday, June 30, the gray card is now available in a dematerialized version on the phone. To be entitled to her, you will have to go through the identity application of France, available at the App Store and Play Store.
The registration certificate joins the list of official documents that can be obtained in a dematerialized version. Among them are the identity card, the vital card (depending on the region) or the driver’s license. This digital “portfolio” will soon have all your documents available on your smartphone.
The approach to dematerialize your gray card
To get your digital gray card, here is the procedure. First you must be in possession of a new identity card in a bank card format (available from 2021). It will allow you to create an identity account of France if you have not yet created it. If you are in possession of an old card, you can renew it for wanting a digital identity (only for the cards delivered between 2016 and 2021).
Then you must download the identity application of France (or update the application to its most recent version). From the screen where all dematerialized cards are listed, you must press “add a title” or in the small “+” next to “digital cards”.
A new menu will open to import the registration certificate of your vehicle. To start, you must enter the formula number and registration of your gray card. Namely that only vehicles with a plaque date after 2009 can register.
Then, just enter your personal code (defined in the creation of your France identity account) and scan your identity card with the NFC function of your phone. Then you can access the gray card from the application, appearing on the home screen.
As with the other digitized documents on the identity of France, the registration certificate can be presented from your phone. The application shows the necessary details for the police during a vehicle verification.
It is still advisable to keep your physical documents for a certain time before the dematerialization system is completely generalized nationwide.
Source: BFM TV
