Car export in Hengelo: deregistration, white plates and insurance

Bought a car in Twente, or leaving the Netherlands and taking your own car with you? Our RDW-approved export desk is right here in Hengelo, at Slachthuisweg 135. This is where the car is deregistered for export and gets white export plates and temporary third-party insurance, so it can leave the country on its own wheels.

We are an RDW-approved export company. We are not part of the RDW and not an insurer: we process the deregistration ourselves and arrange the temporary insurance through our insurance partner.

What you can arrange in Hengelo

• Export documents. We deregister the vehicle in the Dutch vehicle register. The buyer receives the export certificate, also called kentekenbewijs deel II (registration certificate part II), and the registration card with one corner cut off. Read more about export documents in the Netherlands.
• Vrijwaringsbewijs. The seller's proof that the Dutch registration has stopped.
• White export plates. The same registration number on white plates with black characters. See Dutch export plates.
• Export insurance. Temporary third-party liability insurance for 14 days with a Green Card. Details on export insurance in the Netherlands.
• Complete export package. Everything above in one visit: the standard choice when the car leaves on its own wheels straight after export.

Buying from a Dutch seller? The car is not transferred to your name in the Dutch register first. The RDW's advice is that the buyer exports the vehicle in his or her own name. You receive the export certificate in your name, the seller gets the vrijwaringsbewijs, and that settles the transfer.

At the desk: how it works

1. Call or WhatsApp first, ideally about 20 minutes before you arrive. Walking in is fine during office hours.
2. Show ID and papers. A valid passport, ID card or driving licence of the person the export is registered to, plus the Dutch registration card (kentekencard) with its registration code, or the old paper parts.
3. Hand in the yellow plates. No plates left? Have new ones made first by an approved number plate manufacturer.
4. Give us the details. The current mileage and the buyer's full address abroad. For insurance and plates also the start date, destination and route, and details of the policyholder and driver.
5. Deregistration. With complete documents, a standard desk request is usually ready in about 15 minutes.
6. Collect and pay. The buyer leaves with the export certificate and the clipped registration card, plus the Green Card and white plates if insurance is included. The seller gets the vrijwaringsbewijs. Payment is cash or bank transfer.

Two things to watch. The ID must belong to the person the export is registered to. And without a valid APK a car may not be driven on public roads, not even on white plates.

Prices

All prices are starting prices, including VAT where applicable. Outside office hours, for postal delivery or for heavy and non-standard vehicles the price can be higher. We always confirm it in advance.

Office hours and 24/7 by appointment

The desk is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:30 and closed on Sunday. Picking up a car in the evening, or arriving on a Sunday? Outside office hours we work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by appointment. A higher rate may apply, and you will know it beforehand.

Vehicles we handle

Cars, vans and other commercial vehicles, motorhomes, caravans, trailers, motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and trucks. A car gets two white export plates; a motorcycle, scooter, moped, caravan or trailer has one plate, at the rear. For heavy or non-standard vehicles, such as a truck, a semi-trailer or a heavy motorhome or van, the price is on request.

Coming from Germany or Poland

Driving in on the German A30? At De Lutte, near Bad Bentheim, it becomes the Dutch A1. From Bad Bentheim it is about 35 km to our desk, roughly half an hour. On the way back to Germany you simply take the same route.

Before you set off, check the rules for Dutch export plates in your destination country and in every country you pass through, as they differ per country. The RDW explains the export process in English on its page about exporting a vehicle.

Can't come to Hengelo in person? You can prepare the request online and send the yellow plates by post or courier. We start once they arrive and return documents and plates insured and with tracking, also abroad. Postal delivery costs more; we confirm the price in advance.

Route and address

The desk is about 1 km from the A1 motorway, exit via the Bornsestraat. From the Markt square in the centre it is about 2 km, roughly a 5-minute drive. Living in Borne, Delden or Oldenzaal? Those are about 4, 6 and 15 km away.

Questions before you come? Call or WhatsApp +31 6 38199986, or use the form on our contact page. Tell us the type of vehicle, when you would like to come and whether you also need plates and insurance.