Identification system for a vehicle, comprising: - at least one first, preferably HF, radio frequency tag, to be applied in an easily accessible or visible position of the vehicle for a rapid data check, - at least one second, preferably HF, radio frequency tag, to be applied to a registration certificate or any other identification document of the vehicle, - at least one third, preferably UHF, radio frequency tag, to be positioned in a concealed position on board the vehicle, for preventing unwanted identification thereof and tampering therewith, - at least one smart card having at least one contact-readable and -writable microchip and/or at least one fourth, preferably HF, radio frequency tag, - a read and write device for reading and writing vehicle identification data on or to the at least first, second and third radio frequency tags (16, 18, 26), and on or to the at least one microchip and/or at least one fourth radio frequency tag of the smart card, the read and write device in turn comprising: ∘ at least one contact read and write member for reading from and writing to a microchip on the smart card, ∘ at least one radio frequency read and write member (42, 44) for reading from and writing to a radio frequency tags (16, 18, 22, 24), and ∘ at least one controller which allows only data which are identical to all or some of the data stored in the smart card to be written at least to the first second and third radio frequency tags (16, 18, 26). - at least one first, preferably HF, radio frequency tag, to be applied in an easily accessible or visible position of the vehicle for a rapid data check, - at least one second, preferably HF, radio frequency tag, to be applied to a registration certificate or any other identification document of the vehicle, - at least one third, preferably UHF, radio frequency tag, to be positioned in a concealed position on board the vehicle, for preventing unwanted identification thereof and tampering therewith, - at least one smart card having at least one contact-readable and -writable microchip and/or at least one fourth, preferably HF, radio frequency tag, - a read and write device for reading and writing vehicle identification data on or to the at least first, second and third radio frequency tags (16, 18, 26), and on or to the at least one microchip and/or at least one fourth radio frequency tag of the smart card, the read and write device in turn comprising: ∘ at least one contact read and write member for reading from and writing to a microchip on the smart card, ∘ at least one radio frequency read and write member (42, 44) for reading from and writing to a radio frequency tags (16, 18, 22, 24), and ∘ at least one controller which allows only data which are identical to all or some of the data stored in the smart card to be written at least to the first second and third radio frequency tags (16, 18, 26). ∘ at least one contact read and write member for reading from and writing to a microchip on the smart card, ∘ at least one radio frequency read and write member (42, 44) for reading from and writing to a radio frequency tags (16, 18, 22, 24), and ∘ at least one controller which allows only data which are identical to all or some of the data stored in the smart card to be written at least to the first second and third radio frequency tags (16, 18, 26).