Import categories

If your application is for an imported vehicle, you should select import as your category for verification of origin.

Have you lived abroad for at least one year and are moving to Sweden, bringing a vehicle that you have owned and used abroad for at least one year?

In certain cases, your vehicle may then be classed as relocation goods. The vehicle will then be granted exemptions from the technical requirements at the registration inspection.

In the following cases 'relocation goods should not be selected'

If the vehicle met current requirements when it was taken into traffic for the first time within the EU the category relocation goods is not required in order for the vehicle to be approved at the registration inspection. This applies to most vehicles imported from an EU country.

In addition, relocation goods is not required for passenger cars of model year 1969 or older.

Please contact an inspection company to find out more about whether your vehicle would need to be classed as relocation goods or not.

A vehicle can be classed as relocation goods if you...

• have lived abroad for at least one year
• have been the owner of the vehicle for at least one year
• have used the vehicle abroad for at least one year.

Attach the following documents to your application for relocation goods

The following documents should be sent in together with your application (in addition to those required for your application for verification of origin)

• Documentation certifying that you have been resident abroad for at least one year (for example a copy of your tenancy agreement or employment agreement).
• Documentation certifying that you have been the owner of the vehicle for at least one year (which should be stated on the registration certificate).
• Documentation certifying that you have used the vehicle for at least one year (for example a copy of a certificate of insurance from abroad)

The Swedish Transport Agency approves your application, but the inspection company makes the final decision

When you choose relocation goods as your import category for your application for verification of origin the Swedish Transport Agency only decides if your application meets the requirements or not.

If your application is approved you should bring the decision to the vehicle inspection company and present it at the registration inspection. It is then up to the vehicle inspection company to decide if the exemption should be granted in order for the vehicle to be registered in Sweden.

This might mean that relocation goods is not applied in the end, despite the Swedish Transport Agency granting it. This is because vehicles should not be registered with exemptions that they do not need.

Relocation goods and the Swedish Customs

The Swedish Customs also have an exemption called relocation goods. Despite the names being identical these are two different matters.

The relocation goods of the Swedish Customs involves the fees you pay at the customs clearance. The relocation goods of the Swedish Transport Agency on the other hand grants exemptions from the technical requirements at the registration inspection.

Since these two exemptions are two completely different things the requirements to apply them are different. 

Did you come into possession of your vehicle through inheritance or last will and testament of a deceased person who was resident abroad?

In certain cases your vehicle may then be classed as inherited property. The vehicle will then be granted exemptions from the technical requirements at the registration inspection. You should contact an inspection company to find out if your vehicle would need these exemptions at an inspection.

These documents should be attached to your application when you apply for inherited property at the Swedish Transport Agency

The following documents should be sent in together with your application (in addition to those required for your application for verification of origin)

• A copy of the last will and testament, estate inventory or a certificate signed by all beneficiaries, if any, as proof of how the vehicle came into your possession. Please note that the vehicle identification number (chassis number) must be stated on this document.
• Death certificate or equivalent certifying that the person resident abroad is deceased.

The Swedish Transport Agency approves your application, but the inspection company makes the final decision

When you select inherited property as your import category for your application for verification of origin the Swedish Transport Agency only decides if your application meets the requirements or not.

If your application is approved you should bring the decision to the vehicle inspection company and present it at the registration inspection. It is then up to the vehicle inspection company to decide if the exemption should be granted in order for the vehicle to be registered in Sweden.

This might mean that inherited property is not applied in the end, despite the Swedish Transport Agency granting it. This is because vehicles should not be registered with exemptions that they do not need.

Have you previously had the vehicle registered in Sweden and then had it registered in a non-EU country for a certain amount of time?

A vehicle that is re-imported to Sweden within three years from the date of export may be exempt from import duty. This applies provided that the vehicle is in the same condition as it was when it was exported from the country as well as being classed as re-import by the Swedish Customs.

The Swedish Customs can provide you with more information.

This category may only be selected if the Swedish Customs has given the vehicle the classification re-import. You do not need to send us any further information than that which is required for your application for verification of origin.

Do you have diplomatic status in Sweden and have brought in a vehicle with exemptions from the customs duties in accordance with Section 4 of the Act (1994:1547) on Exemption from Customs Duties etc.?

In this case, you are entitled to be granted certain exemptions from the technical requirements on the vehicle at the registration inspection. Please contact a vehicle inspection company to find out what applies to your vehicle. 

If you meet these requirements, you may select the diplomat category for your application for verification of origin. You do not need to send us any further information than that which is required for your application for verification of origin.

The Swedish Transport Agency will verify your diplomatic status by checking the official diplomatic list of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Utrikesdepartementet, UD).