This section provides information about temporary registration when
exporting used vehicles, and includes an application form.
When can you apply?
If you sell a used vehicle to someone who lives abroad,
temporary registration may be used. The seller should then apply
for the vehicle to be deregistered, at the same time that the buyer
applies for temporary registration. The buyer should be living
abroad permanently if they are to be granted this kind of
registration. It may also be granted for unregistered vehicles that
are used.
However, the Swedish Transport Agency will not
grant temporary registration if
- the vehicle may not be used owing to unpaid taxes or
charges,
- the last roadworthiness
test that was passed was taken more than 12 months
ago,
- the vehicle is subject to a driving ban or an order (that is,
an obligation according to law) concerning a roadworthiness
test.
Plates, decision and registration certificate for the buyer
In the case of temporary registration, the vehicle will be given
a new registration number. We will send a temporary registration
decision, registration certificate and special number plates to the
Swedish address of the foreign buyer. The temporary registration
decision should always be taken along when the vehicle is being
used.
Period of validity
Temporary registration applies for one month. The vehicle must
be removed from Sweden within this period. The period of validity
cannot be extended. The special number plates must be destroyed
when the period of validity ceases.
Temporary registration ceases when the ownership changes. It may
also be discontinued in advance, for example owing to registration
abroad. The owner should then notify the Swedish Transport Agency
of this in writing, preferably on the registration certificate. The
special plates should be returned to the Swedish Transport Agency
at the same time.
Use in Sweden
The vehicle may be used in normal traffic during the period of
validity of the registration, but may not be used for commercial
transport.
Use abroad
The rules for how a vehicle with temporary registration may be
used differ from country to country. For this reason, you should
check which rules apply in the country or countries where you are
going to be using the vehicle.
Charges
You do not have to pay any charge for this kind of temporary
registration, but bear in mind that there will be an additional
cost for traffic
insurance (does not apply to trailers).
Applications
The application should be made using a special form from us
- Application for temporary registration when
exporting used vehicles.
You can also order the form from Vehicle Enquiries on +46 (0)771-14
15 16.
The following documents must be attached to your
application:
- a Swedish traffic insurance certificate for temporary
registration or, for exports to other EEA countries: a 30-day
insurance certificate issued in the country to which the export is
to be made (does not apply to trailers),
- a record showing that the vehicle has passed a roadworthiness
test in Sweden no more than twelve months prior to the application
(if there is no information that the vehicle has passed its
roadworthiness test in the Swedish Road Traffic Registry). Please
note that if the vehicle has been subject to a driving ban or an
order since the last test, the vehicle is regarded as not having
passed its roadworthiness test,
- the original Swedish registration certificate with the
application for deregistration, signed by the seller,
- the Swedish number plates.
If you use a 30-day certificate for insurance when applying for
temporary registration, note that the vehicle will become uninsured
for the rest of the period during which the temporary registration
is valid (that is to say, from and including day 31, counted from
the commencement date of the certificate), unless new insurance is
taken out with a Swedish insurance company.
If the Swedish Road Traffic Registry shows that the vehicle may
not be used owing to unpaid taxes or charges, you should also
attach receipts showing that these have now been paid. It may take
some time before you receive a response to your application if you
do not attach receipts.
The application should be sent to:
The Swedish Transport Agency
SE-701 81 Örebro, Sweden
It will take about a week before you receive a response to your
application.