Nikki Scott-Despaigne Oct 12, 2011:

MDR Indeed!

Bourth (X) Oct 12, 2011:

@Nikki And if you look at the small print in other languages below Certificat d'immatriculation you'll find Permiso de circulacion, Registration certificate, Carta di circolazione, amongst others.
AND, on the last page, you can still request a nouvelle carte grise!

Nikki Scott-Despaigne Oct 11, 2011:

Titre de circulation The term is sometimes used to describe a driving licence or a vehicle registration document, the former confirming the holder's entitlement to drive a vehicle of the class(es) specified, the latter confirming the vehicle's compliance with registration requirements.

The fact that the term "carte grise" appears sugegst that your term relates to the vehicle registration document. However, this term has changed (see my previous post) but continues to be referred to by many - and indeed in many official sources - as the 'carte grise".

My vehicle documents and my driving licence are French. I have had a "carte grise" and now have a "certificat d'immatriculation".

Liz Askew's answer would appear to be right but again, without complete context...

Nikki Scott-Despaigne Oct 11, 2011:

Original context please! Good evening Imogen,

Please could you post an extract from your original in context?
Does the term psoted here appear as :
"titre de circulation français (carte grise normale)"?
Who produced the document and who is your target reader?
Note : You may or may not know that the standard vehicle registration document was re-vamped a couple of years ago and is now called a "certificat d'immatriculation" :
http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/N367.xhtml

jmleger Oct 11, 2011:

Titre de transport would be a ticket (such as a train Ticket). Titre de circulation, would be more like a registration document. Basically, what entitles you to be using a vehicle in the country.

philgoddard Oct 11, 2011:

Please could we have the full sentence in which the phrase occurs.