Extend export plate insurance: 14 more days of cover per vehicle

A dealer buys several vans in the Almelo area, has them driven home on Dutch export plates, and then registration takes longer than planned. The temporary third-party export insurance we arrange runs for 14 days. An extension adds two more weeks of cover and a new Green Card for each vehicle that still needs it.

No need to drive back to Hengelo: you can extend remotely, by WhatsApp, email or the request form below. We are not an insurer; the insurer decides.

Four situations in which you extend

• Registration delayed. You or your customer abroad still await an inspection, an appointment with the registration authority or missing paperwork.
• Delay on the way. The transport takes longer than planned.
• Buyer needs more time. Your customer is not ready yet.
• Batch in stages. Some vehicles are registered, others still wait; you only extend for those that still need cover.

How to extend export insurance online

1. Request. Send the checklist details below for each registration number, via WhatsApp, email or the request form.
2. Check. We go through your request and ask the insurer for approval through our insurance partner.
3. Approval and price. If the insurer agrees, you get our confirmation and the price per registration number.
4. Payment. Your bank transfer comes after that confirmation, not before. Declined requests are not charged.
5. Certificate. Each vehicle gets its own new insurance certificate and Green Card by email, PDF included, usually within 15 minutes of your transfer.

A Green Card is never extended separately: new cover means a new Green Card. Ask well before the current one ends, so the new period starts where the old one stops. Our desk at Slachthuisweg 135 in Hengelo handles extensions too, for example when you bring another vehicle anyway; the Green Card document is handed over there, usually within 15 minutes.

Checklist per registration number

• the Dutch registration number;
• the Green Card or policy currently in force, photographed or as a PDF;
• the date on which that cover ends;
• current location (country) and final destination;
• who the policyholder is and who will drive, with their details.

If the policyholder is a business, include its company name, address and VAT number. Several vehicles? List the details per registration number in one message. The form's WhatsApp button is for photos and PDFs; any registration number and name already typed in are added to that WhatsApp message. Email to info@autoexportalmelo.nl works too.

Price per vehicle and repeat extensions

Per registration number, a 14-day extension starts from €120, including VAT where applicable: a Dutch export plate insurance extension always covers one vehicle. Trucks, heavy motorhomes and other heavy or non-standard vehicles may cost more; you hear the amount first. For several vehicles or a long-term working relationship, a discount is possible in some cases, always agreed in advance.

Still waiting after two extra weeks? Another 14 days can be added, once more with the insurer's approval.

Export insurance arranged elsewhere

Was the current export insurance taken out with another company? Auto Export Almelo can still add 14 days with a policy that follows on from it, provided the insurer agrees. Send the same details plus that Green Card or policy. Our export insurance page explains what our 14-day cover includes.

Limits: what does not change

• The export registration. The extension is for the insurance; the Dutch export registration itself is not extended.
• The Dutch time limit. Driving on public roads in the Netherlands is possible for up to 14 days after deregistration, and not past the APK expiry date (the Dutch roadworthiness test). Extending the insurance does not move that limit.
• Limit passed, vehicle still in the Netherlands? Then it can only continue on a trailer or car transporter.
• Outside the Netherlands. The country where the vehicle is decides what is allowed, and not every country treats a Dutch export registration the same way. Find out before anyone drives the vehicle after the first 14 days. See also Dutch export plates.
• Countries and driver. Where the cover applies, and for which driver, is shown on the policy and Green Card, not in a general list. The Council of Bureaux explains how the Green Card system works.
• Days without cover. Cover that has run out can still be extended with the insurer's consent, e.g. when the APK or a technical inspection is current. Until the new cover starts, the vehicle stays off the road.

Request an extension for one or more vehicles

Still in Almelo or already back home? Under 'What do you need?', the form below already shows 'Extend export insurance'. Enter one registration number and list the others, with their end dates, in the message. Prefer to discuss a larger batch first? Call or message us, or see our contact page.