Dutch export plate insurance extension: 14 more days, wherever you are

Temporary Dutch export insurance covers 14 days. If the car is not yet registered in its new country by then, the export insurance can be extended by two weeks. With Auto Export Doetinchem you arrange that remotely, whether you are still near Doetinchem or already across the border.

There is no need to return to our RDW-approved export desk in Hengelo. We are an export company, not an insurer: we arrange the extension with our insurance partner, and the new cover only starts once the insurer has approved it.

Near Doetinchem or across the border: all online

Our desk is about an hour's drive from the Simonsplein in Doetinchem, but for an extension you can stay where you are:

• Requests go through the form on this page, WhatsApp or email.
• Documents can be photos or PDFs; a sharp phone photo of your Green Card or policy is fine.
• The new certificate with Green Card arrives as a PDF by email.

Calls and WhatsApp: +31 6 38199986. Email: info@autoexportdoetinchem.nl.

Why 14 days are sometimes not enough

The temporary export insurance with Green Card is meant for the journey abroad. Sometimes plans slip after that:

• registration or import takes longer because an inspection still has to happen, the registration office has no appointment yet or paperwork is missing;
• the transport runs late;
• the buyer needs more time.

An extension adds 14 days of liability cover for damage to third parties. It comes with a new insurance certificate, which is also how you extend the Green Card: you receive a new one for the extra period.

Four steps to an extension

1. Send us a message through the form, WhatsApp or email, with the details listed below.
2. We look it over and consult the insurer. If they approve, we confirm this with the price.
3. Payment by bank transfer follows only then.
4. Your new certificate and Green Card are emailed, usually within 15 minutes of payment, PDF attached. Check the dates, registration number and names.

Making the trip to Hengelo anyway? Extending is possible at Slachthuisweg 135 as well; getting the Green Card document there usually takes less than 15 minutes.

Getting your details ready

A complete request saves questions later. Please include:

• the registration number;
• your current Green Card or policy, as an image or PDF;
• the date your current cover ends;
• the vehicle's current location and its destination country;
• policyholder and driver: names and details.

Files cannot be attached to the form itself: use its 'Send photos and documents by WhatsApp' button, or email them. Already entered your name and registration number? The button includes them in the WhatsApp message.

Insured with another provider?

Even if someone else arranged your current export insurance, we can extend the cover by two weeks with follow-on insurance, which also needs the insurer's approval first.

Cover already expired?

Even then you can extend, for instance when the vehicle's APK (Dutch roadworthiness test) or technical inspection is still valid; the insurer has to agree here too. Until the new period begins, the car has no insurance and has to stay put, so we still advise asking in good time.

What an extension costs

Every additional 14 days costs from €120 (VAT included where applicable). Heavy or non-standard vehicles can cost more. If that still falls short, a further extension is possible, again for 14 days and with the insurer's approval.

The limits of an extension, honestly

An extension applies to the insurance, not to the registration: extending the insurance on Dutch export plates adds no days to the plates themselves. What stays the same:

• The Dutch time limit. After deregistration you have 14 days on Dutch public roads, and never past the APK expiry date (RDW). The extension does not move that.
• Still in the Netherlands after the 14 days? Then the car may no longer be driven there; the only way on is by trailer or car transporter.
• Across the border. There, the country the vehicle is in sets the rules, and the treatment of a Dutch export registration varies by country, as the RDW explains under special registration certificates (in Dutch). Check before the car goes back on the road after its first 14 days.
• What your papers say. The policy and Green Card list which countries and which driver the cover applies to.
• Uninsured means parked. Ask early enough that the new cover starts the moment the old one ends.

More on the 14 days and the APK: Dutch export plates.

Ready to request it?

'Extend export insurance' is preselected in the form below. Add the registration number and destination country; the message field is for the car's current location and the end date of your cover. Prefer to talk first? Our details are on the contact page.