The first step is to go to the official ANTS website and select the option ‘J’achète ou je reçois un véhicule d’occasion’. To carry out the procedure, you can only login with a France Connect account, which is a new initiative used to simplify your connection to online services. To log on to France Connect you can either use your login details for the tax website, the Améli website, the La Poste website, or using your French mobile phone number. Note that if you are not tax resident, don’t have a Carte Vitale (health insurance card), or a French mobile number, try to approach a garage as they have the ability to register the car for you, without you holding a France connect account.

 Once all relevant fields have been filled in and documents uploaded, you will get :  

• A file number
• An acknowledgment of registration of your application
• A Provisional Certificate of Registration (certificat provisoire d’immatriculation – CPI), which you will need to print. The CPI allows you to drive the car for 1 month, until you receive the final Certificat d’Immatriculation / Carte Grise. This is sent by recorded delivery, and you should receive it within 7 working days.

 You can also track the progress via the ANTS website.

 It is not easy with the language barrier, but it can be done, as some of our customers have managed on their own.