 When a vehicle is transferred, exported, scrapped or had major modification (new engine, chassis or factors affecting the taxation class) the form is returned to the DVLA, who issue a new document, if appropriate, with the amended details.A new design was issued in 2001 to comply with EC directive 2001/127/EC, not as a result of a theft of blank forms in the same year.In 2011/2012 a programme was launched to replace the previous blue forms were with new red forms as a result of "theft of a number of blank V5Cs".