Registering a Scooter in Belgium
I wrote up the following procedure for the forum at lambretta.be after successfully importing and registering my Lambretta Li125
Step 1. The Douane
Visit the douane office at Tour and Taxi to officially import the vehicle. As the scooter is second hand you don’t pay any tax. You go to the gichet and they will direct you to a man who handles the imports from within the EU. He will examine the original papers, at this point make sure you explain the correct date of manufacture. This man will give you a pink form which is a “Demande Du Immacluation du Vehicule” and is the most important paper you will receive.
He will then transfer you back to the gichet where they will attach the brown douane sticker (La vignette 705) and ask you for 3 cents (yes 3 cents, be sure to take some coins). The vehicule is now offically imported and the Ministry of Finance is happy that you don’t need to pay any tax.
Step 2. Insurance
Visit your insurance provider to insure the scooter and get a white sticker for the bottom right corner of your pink form.
Step 3. DIV
Once you have the douane sticker and the insurance sticker it’s time to visit the DIV. Go to the main DIV office near Gare Du Nord. Take a ticket and wait in line (take a book as this could be up to 2 hours). You will only have to wait in line once as they will stamp your pink paper so that you don’t have to queue the next time. They will check your pink form and see that the doane and insurance stickers are correct. They will also need to see the original paperwork and any supporting documents you have as like in the douane the date of manufacture and first registration is very important.
Remind them that as a motorbike it doesn’t need a control technique. They will then ask you for the “Certicate du Conformitie” (”Carte Gris”) which of course you don’t have, explain that the Lambretta factory closed in the 1970s. They will propose a process in which the Ministry of Transport will make you a Carte Gris for a fee of Euro49 (called a “Attestation De Validation D’un Certifcate de Conformitie”). They do not accept cash or bankcontact, you must pay via bank transfer and then fax proof of this payment to the DIV office (everything is explained in a paper they wil give you). You must then wait 10 working days whilst they process this form.
Step 4. Back to the DIV
After ten working days return to the DIV with all your paperwork and a copy of the fax you sent. You will have faxed your proof of payment to a particular person in the DIV and at this point the person on the gichet will phone this man and he will come down to meet you and give you the third and final sticker. Once this is done they will process your pink application form, pass you to another lady at gichets 1 or 2 who will check again the original papers and finally give you your plate and registration document (also pink just to confuse things).
Try to take as much paperwork you have which shows the frame numbers and date of manufacture of the scooter. This includes old service bills and tax disks etc.
DIV Address
SPF MOBILITE ET TRANSPORTS
Mobilité et Sécurite Routière
Direction Circulation Routi̬re РDIV
City Atrium
Rue du Progrès 56
1210 Bruxelles (Saint-Josse-ten-noode)
http://www.mobilit.fgov.be/fr/index.htm
Douanes Address
Douanes et accises(Bruxelles)
Rue de l’Entrepôt 11
1020 Bruxelles
gew.dir.da.brussel@minfin.fed.be
dir.reg.da.bruxelles@minfin.fed.be
02-422 11 91