Registering a vehicle in Hungary imported from an EEA member state

The terms for registering a vehicle used by the Hungarian regulation [the 35/2000 (XI.30.) Decree of the Minister of the Interior on road traffic related administrative tasks, on the issuance and withdrawal of road traffic documents] are as follows:

Used vehicle is a vehicle:

• which has been registered by a foreign authority either for a temporary period,
• or which has already been used in Hungary, but has never been registered in the Hungarian Vehicle Registration,
• or which has been withdrawn from traffic.

EEA-state: member state of the European Union or any state that is a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and a state nationals of which enjoying the same treatment as nationals of States who are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area by virtue of an agreement between the European Community and its Member States and a State that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area;

Applying for registering a vehicle should be initiated by the citizens at the Document Service Centre either personally or by a procedure of representation (by proxy).

To choose the Document Service Centre please click here:

www.nyilvantarto.hu/kekkh/kozos/index.php?k=okmanyirodak_hu_okmanyiroda_kereso

Conditions for registering a vehicle in Hungary:

• certification of the ownership by an original document or by a copy which has been officially authenticated as identical with the original document, or if the original document has not been issued in Hungarian language, an officially authenticated Hungarian translation is to be attached to the request as well,
• certification of the payment of the third-party liability insurance,
• certification of the payment of the registration tax in case of vehicles determined by law and the verification of the originality of this certification has been checked by the road traffic authority in the register disposable,
• certification of the technical eligibility of the vehicle by the transport authority,
• the operator of the vehicle has a domicile or seat (registered office) in the territory of the  Republic of Hungary,
• receipts of paying the fee of the registration certificate and the ownership booklet (each costs 6 000,- HUF),
• the receipt of paying the fee of  the number plates (cost 8 500,- HUF),
• the receipt of paying the fee of the license plate validity sticker (which costs 585,- HUF),
•  the client’s identification has to be verified by a document.

After fulfilment of the above mentioned conditions, there are additional conditions to register the vehicle:

Before registering a vehicle it is necessary to clarify the legal status of it. Additionally, the applicant has to submit with the application form the following documents, issued by the Member State in which the vehicle was previously registered:

• the registration certificate with non harmonised data content, or its copy certified by the issuing authority, or
• Part I. of the registration certificate with harmonised data content and Part II., if it was issued by the country of origin.

When importing a vehicle from another Member State of the European Economic Area, checking its origin and a previous originality inspection should be done before registering it, with special regard to the following cases:

• if the original or the certified copy of the non harmonised registration certificate is missing,
• if the harmonised registration certificate consists of Part I. and Part II., and Part II. is missing,
• if the harmonised registration certificate consists of Part I., but the original one is missing.

In case checking the vehicle’s origin is necessary:

The procedure should be initiated by the applicant at any Document Service Centre in the country.

Applying for checking the vehicle’s origin, the following documents have to be presented at the authority:

• certification of the ownership by an original document or by a copy which has been officially authenticated as identical with the original document, or if the original document has not been issued in Hungarian language, an officially authenticated Hungarian translation,
• the foreign registration certificate of the vehicle, or a copy of it, issued and authenticated by the foreign authority and its authentic Hungarian translation as well,
• the foreign number plates.

If none of the above mentioned are available, a certificate issued by the foreign authority is required to be submitted, which verifies the fact of the vehicle’s registration and contains why the registration certificate and number plates are missing.

• The receipt of paying the administration fee of the check of origin (it costs 10 900,- HUF).

Regarding vehicles which are subject to the mandatory check of origin and previous originality inspection, the conditions of registering them are completed with the following additional obligations:

• to present Decision about checking the origin, and
• to present Decision about previous originality inspection.

 Until the permanent registration of the used vehicle which was imported from abroad in order to use it inland, and in case of a vehicle, registration of which is not justified, a temporary registration should be allowed.

The following documents have to be presented with the application:

• certification of the ownership,
• certification of the payment of the third-party liability insurance,
• Technical Data Sheet issued by the National Transport Authority - which verifies the vehicle’s technical eligibility.

Used vehicle can participate in road traffic with temporary registration certificate and with temporary number plates with letter E.
The administration fee of the temporary registration certificate is 3 500.- HUF, and the administration fee of the number plates with letter E is 13 000,- HUF.