Certification: criteria, rules and fees

Certification is granted on the basis of a very complete file of documents provided by the owner, which is submitted through a web application.

The owner must provide all existing information enabling the Technical Committee to examine their application and certify the machine on the basis of this information. This information covers the technical condition and admissible evidence of the machine’s history.

The Technical Certification Committee will not attempt to obtain any information or evidence other than that provided by the owner, but will check that it is compliant and valid.

The owner must create their own secure personal space in which they can manage their machines. Certification leads to classification in a FIM category and generates a unique identification number which the machine will have throughout its lifetime – a FIM identification plate and a secure digital certificate are assigned and provided for every machine. Certified machines are automatically registered in the FIM Heritage database.

Personal data is collected and processed solely for the purposes of the FIM Heritage Programme. FIM protects personal data and all other information connected with your profile. See the Privacy Policy for more details.

Owners remain anonymous but have control over changes in the classification of their machine. If something necessitating a change of category for a machine happens, the owner can go back into their personal space to request a change, based on the developments that have occurred. In addition, the owner can be changed if the machine changes hands.

The FIM certification service is charged for at the rates in force in the application.

The owner undertakes that the information provided is accurate and true.

The owner has sole legal and financial responsibility for any appeals and proceedings that may be initiated after certification has been granted on the basis of inaccurate or misleading information, without any time limits.

If a misleading statement is made, the machine’s certification may be revoked and the owner may be forbidden from making new applications.

Information and data are received by the chair of the Technical Committee, who passes them on to an identified expert on the panel of experts of the FIM Technical Certification Committee. Access that maintains the owner’s anonymity is given to the expert who is responsible for considering the application.

Data is kept confidential within a dedicated FIM server.

The expert passes on their findings to the chair of the FIM Technical Certification Committee, who checks and confirms them.

The applicant firstly receives an email giving a summary of the certification obtained and later receives, by post, the certification kit described above in the fees section.

If the application is incomplete or if there are any questions, the Technical Committee may contact the owner.

Once the documentation has been considered, the machine is assigned to one of the four FIM classification categories: Historique / Originale / Evocation / Replica.

If the owner disagrees with the Technical Committee’s decision on classification, they can request an exchange of views with the chair of the Technical Certification Committee.