How to apply to register a medical and land transport vehicle

The operation of vehicles used for land-based medical transport is subject to prior issue of an administrative authorisation. Such vehicles may only be brought into service following the issuance of an approval by the Director of Health Affairs based on a recommendation from the Department of Health Affairs’ medical inspector and the Director of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office, in accordance with the provisions of this decree.

Vehicles that have been specially adapted for land-based medical transport fall into the following categories:

• Category A: Emergency response and treatment ambulance 
• Category B: Emergency vehicle equipped to treat injured patients and patients with breathing difficulties 
• Category C: Ambulance 
  The external bodywork is painted white
  They fall into the category of specialist self-propelled vehicles with ambulance bodywork. They are equipped with lights, additional signalling devices and special horns as stipulated in the articles of the Highway code
• Category D: Light medical vehicle
  Light medical vehicles are exclusively used for the medical transport of a maximum of three sick or injured people or people in labour, who are seated

These vehicles meet the following minimum conditions:

• Their external bodywork is painted white 
• They fall into international category M1, limited to a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 3.5 tonnes set by the manufacturer and/or the body repair specialist 
• Their bodywork complies with the European classifications below, and must enable direct access to the passenger seats:
  • AA: four-door saloon  
  • AB: hatchback 
  • AC: estate car (family)  
  • AF: multi-purpose vehicle

Such vehicles may be driven by individuals who hold a Category B driving licence accompanied by a professional permit issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office and have passed a medical examination carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down by the Department of Health Affairs.

All registrations are recorded in a register. A certificate and two registration plates (front and rear) with annual car stickers will be issued.

Registration plates must be fixed firmly to the vehicle in the locations designated for that purpose.

The certificate and plates indicate the number assigned to the vehicle as well as the validity period of the registration, which will be until 31 December of the current year, or 31 December of the following year if the vehicle is registered between 1 October and 31 December.

Registration can be renewed for another year during the annual renewal period, the procedures for which are described in the following procedure: How to renew your annual car sticker

In addition, vehicles must undergo a periodic technical inspection, details of which are set out in: Technical inspection of vehicles

Should you fail to renew your annual car sticker or validate the periodic technical inspection by the required deadlines, the vehicle will be deregistered in accordance with the conditions established by ministerial decree. The vehicle is no longer authorised to drive on the roads.

In both cases, the owner of the vehicle must then return the registration certificate, and pay the relevant administrative fees as stipulated by ministerial decree. The registration plates must also be returned if the vehicle has been deregistered following a failure to complete a technical visit.

See the procedures: How to regularise a vehicle deregistered for failure to renew a registration (car sticker)and How to regularise a vehicle that has been deregistered following a failure to complete a technical visit

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The application to register must be sent to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office using the appropriate form, duly completed and signed on the original.

The form may be:

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• Collected from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office

The form must be signed by the legal representative registered with the Trade and Industry Registry. Failing this, a certificate delegating authority to sign must be attached, along with a copy of proof of identity for the two parties.

The application to register must be accompanied by the following documents:

• A copy of the Trade and Industry Registry dated of less than 3 months
• A copy of the approval issued by the Department of Health Affairs
• The original documents relating to the vehicle concerned, a list of which is available in step 2 (Collating the documents) of the procedures: How to register a new vehicleand How to register a used vehicleAccompanied, if relevant, by an official translation into French by a sworn translator at a court of appeal in Monaco or France
  A list of sworn translators in the Principality of Monaco is available from the Monaco Court of Appeal or on the website www.annuaire-traducteur-assermente.frfor sworn translators approved by the French Court of Appeal
• A payment, to be made by cash, cheque or postal order (clearable in Monaco or France), made out to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office and Visa or Mastercard bank cards only, in accordance with the current fee schedule 

Any administrative procedure undertaken at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office by a third party must be accompanied by a mandatesigned on the original, by the principal and the representative and by supporting documents showing proof of these persons' identities.

However, it does not allow the representative to sign the documents in place of the principal.

To submit your application, you must first make an appointment with an agent of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office. 

You can request an appointment in one of the following three ways:

• Online, using the online servicemade available for this purpose
• By email to circulation@gouv.mc
• By telephone on (+377) 98 98 80 14

The staff of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office will be waiting for you at the time of the appointment; you should bring with you the documents listed in steps 1 and 2 and your preferred means of payment.

You can find all the information about making an appointment with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office by following this link

The certificate and registration plates, if applicable, are available within 72 hours by appointment arranged by the customer manager at the end of the interview and on presentation of the payment receipt (invoice).

If a collection date is not agreed during the appointment to submit your application, you can request an appointment in one of the following three ways:

• Online using the online servicemade available for this purpose
• By email to circulation@gouv.mc
• By telephone on (+377) 98 98 80 14

You can find all the information about making an appointment with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office by following this link