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Would you like to transfer a vehicle abroad that is subject to registration or license plate requirements but without a license plate? Then you may need an export license plate.

If you want to transfer a vehicle abroad, you sometimes need an export license plate. This applies in the following cases:

• Your vehicle is
  • subject to registration, but has been taken out of service
  • registration-free and subject to license plates, but still without license plates

This applies regardless of whether you drive your vehicle

• under its own power or
• as a trailer abroad.

With the export license plate, you will receive vehicle documents and, on request, an international registration certificate. The export license plate is limited to a maximum of one year and the vehicle requires a valid general inspection during this period. Both are valid for a limited period for the transfer of the vehicle.

You can obtain the export license plate from your local vehicle registration authority.

• Proof of liability insurance for your vehicle, the insurance is limited to one year
• Proof that the vehicle is roadworthy:
  • Valid inspection sticker due to completed main inspection (HU)
  • exhaust emission test (AU), if applicable
• Registration certificate part I, also known as the vehicle registration document
• If applicable, an international registration certificate for your vehicle

• You would like to transfer your vehicle abroad permanently.
• Your vehicle is
  • subject to registration but taken out of service or
  • not subject to registration but requires a license plate and does not have an assigned license plate.

You do not need an export license plate in the following cases:

• Your vehicle has a valid registration
• it is a registration-free vehicle that requires a license plate and has been assigned a license plate number

If you wish to transfer your vehicle to a country outside the European Union (EU), you will also need an international vehicle registration document, which you can apply for separately.

• Export license plate required for transferring vehicles abroad if vehicle
  • is subject to registration but has been taken out of service or
  • is not subject to registration but requires a license plate, but is not currently assigned a license plate.
• This applies regardless of whether the vehicle
  • under its own power or
  • transported abroad as a trailer.
• Export license plates and registration certificates are limited in time
• Allocation takes place at the locally responsible vehicle registration authority