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Questions and answers about the control sticker
The control sticker has been discontinued to reduce costs for the
state and to reduce administrative costs for trade and industry.
Another reason is to make life easier for vehicle owners.
No, you don’t. The control sticker may be left on your number
plate, but it will no longer serve any purpose. You will have to
remember to check that you have paid vehicle tax, have valid
traffic insurance and that your vehicle has passed its safety
inspection.
As before, you can apply for off road notification in three
different ways:
You no longer need to use the scratch code. Instead use:
- the authorisation code on the registration certificate and your
registration number
or
- confirm your authorisation using digital ID (only if making an
off road notification online)
There are not currently any plans to redesign vehicle number
plates.
No, it is not permitted to stick anything else on the number plate.
In fact this is already a rule. However, if a control sticker has
been stuck on the number plate in line with the old rules, it does
not have to be removed. In other words the old control sticker can
be left on the number plate.
Car owners will not save any money. The control sticker has only
been a sign that the vehicle owner has paid vehicle tax, has valid
traffic insurance and that the vehicle has passed its safety
inspection.
Tax must still be paid. A payment slip will be sent out as usual.
There will not be any ‘physical’ identification in the
form of a sticker. Information on whether or not tax has been paid
may be obtained from the Swedish Road Traffic Registry via various
channels.
The police can check the Swedish Road Traffic Registry directly
using the vehicle registration number.
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