CERN car

1. Principle of the scheme

The vehicles are available in either short-term lease or rental and are renewable annually and allocated to departments. The vehicles are available to members of the CERN personnel and contractors' personnel, in the framework of their professional activities at CERN only.

2. Conditions of use

Use of the CERN car service is subject to the following general conditions:

• Use of vehicles belonging to or rented by CERN is governed by Operational Circular No. 4 and by reference to document DSU-OF/DO/RH/6833;
• In all cases, use of the service requires authorisation by the Department head or team leader concerned ("permis V" – authorisation to drive a CERN vehicle – plus a mission order if the vehicle is to be driven outside the authorised perimeter).

As indicated in Operational Circular No. 4, anyone driving a CERN car outside the authorised perimeter must be in possession of a mission order (annual or occasional).

Anyone driving a CERN vehicle must be able to present the following documents at any time :

• his CERN card;
• his valid national driving licence;
• the vehicle documents (registration document, insurance “green card”, etc.);
• valid travel documents (national passport or other travel document recognized in Switzerland and France) with the necessary visas, where required;
• his legitimation documents issued by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or his CERN Attestation issued by the Users' Office or the Human Resources Division.

In addition, the vehicle must carry a European Road Accident Report form.

3. Rental

3.1 Annual rental

Annual rental rates (including vehicle purchase, maintenance, gasoline, insurance, depreciation and the exchange of vehicles after four years) :

• Category A: 2'800 CHF
  • Fiat Panda, Fiat 500

• Category B: 3'300 CHF
  • PEUGEOT Partner

• Category C: 5'000 CHF
  • C4 CITROEN, C3 CITROEN

• Category D: 5'000 CHF
  • Jumpy, Jumper CITROEN

3.2 Short-term rental

Rental rates (Cat. A or B) (same service as for the annual rental) are:

• 1 month: 350 CHF
• 3 month: 1'000 CHF

4. Procedure

The member of personnel must submit a request through the Service Portal by clicking on the following link:

Submit a CERN car rental

He must also check that the type of vehicle, date and place of loading and unloading and the budget code are specified.

PH-AGS-SI manages two pools of cars and vans: CERN car and PH car. For more details: PH Car Pool.

5. Procedure in the event of a breakdown

In case of breakdown of a CERN vehicle, it is possible to submit an incident through the Service Portal:

Breakdown declaration

During opening hours, the incident will be sent to the Car Pool for action. Outside opening hours, the member of personnel must contact the hotline (number mentioned on the left inner door of the vehicle).

6. Refuel the CERN vehicle with natural gas

To fill up gas, you have to go to the BP station along the Route du Nant d'Avril:

This station was established and equipped for Cernois. It is located inside the authorised perimeter without mission order.

Here is a video demonstrating how to use the gas pump:

https://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1424717