If you are planning to go abroad for some time and intend to take your car with you, make sure that your car has a valid PTI during that period. Always take the inspection report with you. You must be able to produce it whenever stopped. If your PTI is going to expire while you are abroad, have the vehicle inspected for its PTI before you go. You are not allowed to drive your vehicle without a valid PTI, in the Netherlands or abroad. No postponement is possible. The only countries where you can have a PTI inspection performed on your vehicle outside the Netherlands are Spain and Belgium. There are no other options in Europe.
Exception Mopeds, motorcycles and mobile machinery are not subject to the PTI requirement.
Longer stay abroad
You are usually allowed to drive abroad for 3 to 6 months. It differs per country. Are you staying longer? You will have to register the vehicle abroad. Check with the country you are travelling to to find out how long you are allowed to drive with a Dutch number plate and how to arrange registration.
Did you know?
You can have your vehicle undergo a PTI inspection 2 months before your current PTI expires. Your PTI date will remain the same, plus 1 or 2 years. Learn more under ´Have the PTI performed in advance´.
PTI inspections in Spain are based on Spanish regulations. Different inspection requirements apply than for the PTI in the Netherlands. Check this at the location of your choice.
Make sure you have the original registration certificate with you.
If your vehicle is registered as a taxi in the Netherlands, you cannot have a PTI inspection performed in Spain. The same applies to a bus (for passenger transport), ADR vehicle or agricultural vehicle.
Make sure that you receive the Dutch language inspection report along with the Spanish report. The PTI will not be valid without the Dutch PTI report.
You cannot file an objection with us if you do not agree with the result of the inspection.
Tips for making an appointment
Spanish telephone numbers are always 9 digits. Therefore, enter your mobile number without the 0 in front.
Enter the 'date-first-registered' on a Spanish form with a slash between the numbers. In other words, not 20-9-2019, but 20/9/2019.
Accessibility of Spanish inspection stations If a Spanish inspection station cannot be reached or does not respond, we will not be able to help you. Spanish inspection stations do not fall within our remit.
Barcelona
TUV Rheinland
Make an appointment by phone via TUV Rheinland.
Polígono Industrial Sant Mame
Calle Amposta, 2
08190 Sant Cugat del Vallès
Telephone: +34 902 790 791 or +34 936 756 901
There are only 2 establishments in this region that inspect a vehicle with Dutch registration number. These are:
VEIASA
Make an appointment online at the PTI station of your choice.
Polígono Industrial San Pedro de Alcántara,
parcela 25
29670 Marbella
Telephone: +34 955 044 070 or +34 951 216 991</veiasa
Motril
VEIASA
Make an appointment online at the PTI station of your choice.
Carretera Almería
Km. 1,3
18600 Motril
Telephone: +34 955 044 070 or +34 958 109 078 </veiasa
Seville
VEIASA
Make an appointment online at the PTI station of your choice.
Polígono Industrial El Pino.
Calle Pino Central, parcela 16-18
41016 Sevilla
Telephone: +34 955 044 070 or +34 955 548 955
After the inspection you will receive a Dutch PTI report.
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