Originally Posted by SunEye

Certificate of conformity. You need it if you want to import the motorcycle into another country.

The EU certificate of conformity (for bikes manufactured for the EU market since 2003) allows you to take your bike to another EU country and register it there without having to go through a full set of expensive checks to ensure that your bike conforms to the regulations within that country.

You can obtain a certificate of conformity from the UK arm of the manufacturer i.e. Ducati UK. Just send them an e-mail requesting an EU certificate of conformity and they should send you one free of charge (well that's what Kawasaki UK did for my ZRX1200R).