Own use

To be able to categorize your vehicle as own use, it has to

• be series-produced
• have been acquired abroad by a person who lives in Sweden, or by an agent representing a person who lives in Sweden
• be intended for use in Sweden.

You cannot use import category own use if

• you already have registered a vehicle using own use in the past 12 months.

This is governed by TSFS 2010:106.

For this category, it should be certified that the vehicle meets EC requirements or national Swedish requirements that apply to brakes, noise, anti-theft devices, plastic tanks and asbestos-free friction linings (model year 1988 or later as regards asbestos).

The category own use is only applicable for private cars, trucks/lorrys, motorcycles, buses and trailers that are pulled by one of these. For more information regarding your vehicle specifically, please contact a vehicle inspection company. The exempts cannot be applied to a vehicle that are to be used professionally.

Please contact a vehicle inspection company to certify if your vehicle will need import category own use, and if the exemptions given will be enough to pass the registration inspection.

Have you bought the vehicle using an agent?

Instead of going abroad for the purchase yourself, you can hire an agent to do it for you. Please note that the agent are just that - an agent - and should therefore never be the owner of the vehicle. This should be apparent from the purchase document or receipt.

If you have hired an agent, a power of attorney should be made. It should state what the agent are hired to do (for example purchase of a vehicle abroad), by whom and when it is written. You will have to send a copy of this document to us when applying for verification of origin.

Special checks for vehicles brought in for own use

Passenger cars with a model year of 1989 and later, where the emission approvals according to the EU Directive cannot be applied, must be approved for emissions in Sweden to enable them to be used. For this reason, these vehicles must correspond with the specification for an emission-approved design.

For those cars brought in for own use, a comparative check can be conducted – a 'component check' – with a Swedish emission approval. The manufacturer or the Swedish general agent can certify compliance for these vehicles.

If the registration inspection shows that the rules for exemption for own use cannot be applied, the passenger car can only be approved if the following is certified:

• it satisfies all safety requirements
• it is subject to Directive 70/220/EEC, as worded in accordance with 91/441/EEC or later amending directives that have been adopted, if it is a year model of 1989 or later.