Extend your export insurance until the car is registered in Spain

The most common reasons during a Spanish registration:

• the CoC is missing and the ITV station is waiting for a ficha reducida;
• the ITV slot or the cita previa at Tráfico is weeks away;
• you declared a lower value than the Spanish tables and the tax agency is checking it, which it can take up to 60 days to do;
• transport is delayed, or the buyer is not ready yet.

Plan with some margin and apply for an extension as soon as you can see that 14 days will not be enough. All the Spanish steps are set out on registering a car in Spain.

1. You apply using the form on this page, on WhatsApp or by email.
2. We check the application and ask the insurer for approval.
3. We confirm the approval and the price: from €120 per 14 days.
4. You pay by bank transfer.
5. After payment you usually receive the new insurance certificate with Green Card within about 15 minutes by email, including a PDF.

If the insurer does not approve, you pay nothing. You can also extend at our desk in Hengelo, where you usually take the Green Card with you after about 15 minutes. For several vehicles or a long-term working relationship, a discount is sometimes possible, always agreed in advance.

• the registration number;
• the current Green Card or policy, as a photo or PDF;
• the end date of the current cover;
• the country where the vehicle is now, and its destination;
• the details of the policyholder and the driver.

The form has no upload field. Send photos and documents with the WhatsApp button next to the form, or by email. If you took out your first export insurance with us, we already have many of these details.

Apply before the end date so the new cover follows on seamlessly. If the cover has already lapsed, an extension is often still possible, for example if the vehicle has a valid APK or technical inspection, and again subject to the insurer's approval. Between the end of the old cover and the start of the new one, the car is uninsured and may not be driven, not even for a short trip to the ITV station.

The extension concerns the insurance only. On Dutch public roads you may drive for 14 days after deregistration and never beyond the expiry of the APK; that stays the same. If the car is still in the Netherlands and those 14 days have passed, it can only travel on a trailer or transporter.

Abroad, the rules of the country where the car is apply, and they differ from country to country. The DGT allows temporary plates from the country of origin while they are valid and the vehicle is insured. Check for your own situation whether you may still drive on the Dutch export registration after the first 14 days; more about this on Dutch export plates. The policy and the Green Card also determine which countries and which driver you are covered for.