Oh no yet another collection thread! Now fully legal on Spanish plates.

[Remspoor]

36 minutes ago, stuboy said:

blimey seems a lot off admin

That is Spain for you. And something that the Place in bargain Brits Sun sort of programme never ever speak about. ( I once for this forum wrote a bit about how to export a car from Spain. That too involves a lot of paperwork)

The bit I do not like is you have to pay for  a higher MOT price. (round figs) 120€ when importation compared with 45 for the annual one.  The Spanish MOT (ITV) price difference should not be so much greater

A  Certificate of conformity is requited. All cars made for the EU have this. But you cannot download for free this bit of paperwork.

Then today the  "registration fee". There should be no import duty, but the "registration fee" is that in all but name.

Then to complete the paperwork I am charged another 100€ to obtain registration document and number. That is also paid when you register  a new car.  Then if you imported a car say into another EU country from Spain the amount and the paperwork will differ. The UK even when in the EU has the cheapest and simplest method for change of vehicle ownership or importation.

The Spanish MOT (ITV) price difference should not be so much greater.

I still cannot use the car as the exportation plates and insurance, from NL last only 2 weeks. I could obtain green temp importation plates for Spain but that costs money. As I still have the 307 this is an unnecessary expense.

[Remspoor]

Three weeks and 2 days the car is now on Spanish plates.

There has been a lot of faffing around trying to pay fees and obtaining documents. Sometimes due to us not understanding how it should be done or given the wrong information . Like today, we had a printout of the website of what we need to do and went to the town hall to pay the annual road tax. Before we get the cars registration documents. The town hall said that cannot be done. When at the offices for the registration document we was told we must have it. Bugger. Then we was informed our town council do not collect this tax. It seems some do and some don’t. We had to pay the province (similar to a county in the UK) Those town council office works never said that to us. Still all sort. Tomorrow a drive.

The annual road tax... just 35€ per year.

[artdjones]

On 14/02/2025 at 21:06, Remspoor said:

Then today the  "registration fee". There should be no import duty, but the "registration fee" is that in all but name.

They have been taking a leaf out of the Irish book. Vehicle Registration Tax here is 7% for ZEVs up to 41% for juicy cars, that is of the open market selling price, as calculated by the Revenue. With extra Nox ratings, which load diesels even further. That's for cars from the EU. So much for the Single Market*.Of course, there aren't many RHD cars to buy from the EU. If you want to buy one from the UK, there's customs duty and Vat on top of that. As that increases the cost to gigantic levels the main source of affordable s/h cars has been removed, leading to a doubling of used car prices on the Irish market.

[Remspoor]

On 17/02/2025 at 23:29, artdjones said:

They have been taking a leaf out of the Irish book. Vehicle Registration Tax here is 7% for ZEVs up to 41% for juicy cars, that is of the open market selling price, as calculated by the Revenue. With extra Nox ratings, which load diesels even further. That's for cars from the EU. So much for the Single Market*.Of course, there aren't many RHD cars to buy from the EU. If you want to buy one from the UK, there's customs duty and Vat on top of that. As that increases the cost to gigantic levels the main source of affordable s/h cars has been removed, leading to a doubling of used car prices on the Irish market.

The system is certainly screwed in a way that it puts ordinary folks off. Paying more does not mean less pollution.