Exporting a vehicle

If your vehicle has been deregistered, you may continue to drive it on Dutch public roads for 14 days. You will be using an export registration number. And some vehicles must be insured and/or have a valid PTI certificate.

Export number plate

The export registration number is your vehicle's existing registration number, but on white plates. The numbers and letters are black. You are allowed to make these plates yourself. Ensure that the letters and numbers are indelible. And that the number plate remains clearly legible even in bad weather. Would you rather have the plates made for you? Find an authorised manufacturer for making number plates. Bring the registration card or the registration certificate part 1A with you.

Insurance and PTI

Below you will find a list of vehicles that require insurance and/or PTI.
 

Are you having an authorised export company export your vehicle? The company sets its own fees. Contact the company for more information.

Sometimes a vehicle is already abroad and you want to deregister it in the Netherlands. This may be the case if you have sold the vehicle or have already imported it. Or if it has been scrapped or seized. You will have to deregister the vehicle yourself. Here is how to deregister the vehicle from your name:

1. Click the Export notification button.
2. Complete the form and submit attachments. The details must clearly show that the vehicle is and remains abroad.
3. We will review your application within 10 working days. We will deregister the vehicle from your name on the day of approving your application. You will receive a letter from us with the confirmation. Do not cancel the insurance until you have received that letter.

No export certificate

If you deregister the vehicle from your name yourself, you will not receive an export certificate (registration certificate part 2). If you need it to register abroad, follow the steps provided under How to export your vehicle.

Would you like more information? Or are you having trouble with the notification? Please call our customer service on 088 008 7447 or complete the contact form.

Is your vehicle abroad and are you unable to register it there? Foreign organisations will reject applications at times. For example, because you do not have all the documents. You can do two things:

1. Someone handles the export for you.
2. You request a 'Declaration of no objection'.

Someone else handles the export

If you are unable to come to the Netherlands yourself, a contact person in the Netherlands may arrange the export. Learn how to do this under How to export a vehicle. It also states which documents your contact person must bring.

Please note. The name of the person arranging the export will appear on the export certificate (vehicle registration certificate part II). Ask the foreign organisation whether this will be a problem. You must submit the vehicle registration certificate and export certificate to the foreign organisation where you are registering the vehicle.

Declaration of No Objection

Do you not have all the registration documents required to register the vehicle abroad? The countries of the European Union have agreed to seek each other's consent in such cases. This is the ‘Declaration of No Objection’. Here is how to get it:

• Go to the foreign organisation where you submitted your application to register your vehicle.
• Ask that organisation to request our permission to re-register the vehicle. You cannot request permission yourself. The foreign authority must do this for you.

Was the registration successful? Do not forget to cancel your registration in the Netherlands. You can do this online using the Export notification form.