Ausfuhrkennzeichen für Fahrzeuge beantragen

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
  • is exempt from registration and requires a license plate, but still without a license plate

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 has been taken out of service or
  • not subject to registration but requires a license plate and does not have an assigned license plate.

The fees are charged in accordance with the German Road Traffic Fee Regulations (GebOSt). Specific information on this can be obtained from the relevant local licensing authority.

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

District administrations and city administrations of the independent cities and, in some cases, the large cities belonging to the district.