Are you permanently exporting your vehicle with a Dutch registration number to a foreign country? If so, you must take the vehicle off the vehicle registration register. You can then cancel your third-party liability insurance, motor vehicle tax and periodic vehicle inspection (algemene periodieke keuring, APK). You can ask the Netherlands Vehicle Authority (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, RDW) to take your vehicle off the register for you.
Taking a vehicle off the vehicle registration register from abroad
Is your vehicle already outside the Netherlands and have you not yet taken it off the register? In that case, you can take your vehicle off the register from abroad.
Check with the local authorities to see if you need an export certificate for this. An export certificate is proof that RDW has taken your car off the vehicle registration register.
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Last updated on 20 October 2025