Customs Regulations for Vehicle Import to Estonia


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Customs
Vehicle shall be presented to the customs officer to obtain the Customs Certificate and the Customs Declaration for the registration of the vehicle in ARK Bureau.

Registration procedure
A vehicle obtained outside Estonia must be registered within 5 days of customs clearance.

After customs clearance, the owner or authorized individual of the vehicle have to submit the following documents in the ARK Bureau in order to enter the vehicle into the ARK Register:
- application form (available in ARK Bureau) of the owner or other notarially authorized person
- document certifying the acquisition of the vehicle, in the absence of this any other document certifying the ownership on the vehicle
- registration certificate of the vehicle (in case of an used vehicle)
- Certificate of Conformity (COC-paper), in case of a new vehicle
- seller's invoice (in case of a new vehicle, which has not been entered in a register of any other country)
- valid traffic insurance policy
- document proving the identity of the holder or other authorized person
- an excerpt of Estonian Commercial Register (for legal person) and the relevant authorization
- a customs certificate and a customs declaration
- a pre-registration inspection certificate
- an operable lease agreement (in case of temporary importation)
- receipts of state fee payment for the registration procedures (1000.- EEK for entering into Register; 3700.- EEK for temporary registration) and for number plates (600.- EEK - reflective or colored plates).

Then the vehicle will be registered and the license plate and the registration certificate will be issued to the owner.

A vehicle can be registered under the name of only one person. If the vehicle is jointly owned it must be registered under the name of only one of the owners. This can be done either through an ARK application form, a notarized application form or an authorized letter of permission by one of the owners.



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