WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO FULFIL IN ORDER TO EXPORT A VEHICLE TO A COUNTRY BELONGING TO THE EU?
Requirements for private individuals
Exporting to countries of the European Union is only possible for private individuals by including the German VAT amounting to 19%.
Requirements for traders
Exporting to countries of the European Union is possible net of VAT for traders, however the following conditions have to be fulfilled:
- You provide us with your EU identification number which we verify
The following documents are at our disposal:
- Complete address of your company including the legal form/company name
- Copy of your commercial register entry or your business registration
- Copy of the owner’s or managing director’s passport
The buyer makes a security deposit for the proper export of the vehicle to the relevant country of the European Union. As a rule, this amounts to 19% of the purchasing price. For this, the buyer receives a “Confirmation of Arrival”. After reaching the country of destination in the European Union, this confirmation has to be returned to us by mail (e.g. DHL, UPS), correctly signed and provided with a company stamp.
As soon as the document has duly returned to our company, we will ask our accounting department to return the security deposit to you.
If the buyer did not pick up the purchased vehicle himself/herself, we must have a pick-up authorisation from the buyer.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO FULFIL TO EXPORT A VEHICLE TO A NON-EU COUNTRY, ALSO CALLED THIRD COUNTRIES?
Requirements apply to private individuals, as well as traders
Exporting to a non-EU country is possible net of VAT if the following conditions are met:
- A copy of the passport of the private individual/business owner without a residence permit in the EU
- The buyer purchases the vehicle plus a security deposit amounting to the German VAT of 19% to ensure proper export to a third country
- The buyer accepts the vehicle including all documents and exports it to the corresponding third country
As soon as we have received a proper export confirmation, we will instruct our accounting department to return the security deposit paid by the buyer.
For all export transactions, the buyer must be aware that a purchase transaction can only be carried out if the conditions in question have been completely and duly fulfilled.
For each export transaction, we reserve the right to receive a portion of the purchase price as a deposit on our account within 3 working days.