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Motor vehicle; application for a national individual type approval

  • Brief description

    For vehicles that are subject to type approval and for which no type approval or general operating permit (ABE) is available, the operating permit must be issued by the registration authority before the vehicle is put into operation for the first time.

  • Description

    For motor vehicles that do not belong to an approved type, an official approval is required - before they can be admitted to road traffic - which confirms that these vehicles comply with the applicable regulations.

    For new vehicles of categories M (passenger cars, motorhomes, buses), N (light and heavy trucks) or O (trailers) for which no type approval or EU-wide individual approval in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858 Art. 44 is available, a national EU individual approval in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858 Art. 45 in conjunction with § 13 EC-Road Traffic Regulation must be applied for. V. m. § 13 EG-FGV to be applied for. Together with the application for individual approval, the approval authority must be presented with an expert opinion prepared at the applicant's expense by an officially recognized expert belonging to a technical inspection body for motor vehicle traffic or a technical service designated for the assessment of complete vehicles.

    For all other new or used vehicles subject to type approval for which no type approval, national type approval (general (ABE) or individual (EBE)) or EU-wide or national EU individual approval exists, a national individual type approval must be applied for in accordance with Section 21 of the German Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO).

    This also applies in the event that you have received an expert opinion in accordance with § 21 StVZO from an officially recognized expert or a technical service due to modifications to the vehicle that have caused the operating permit to expire (e.g. gas system installation, suspension modifications, etc.), as the operating permit must be reissued as an official approval.

  • Required documents

    Valid identity card or passport

    If available: Certificate of Conformity (CoC paper), registration certificate part II

    Expert opinion from an officially recognized expert or technical service for motor vehicle traffic

  • Costs

    Fees are charged according to administrative costs (from EUR 10.50).

  • Legal basis

  • Further links

    • Information from type approvals

      Information on valid general operating permits, information on the general operating permit for cornering assistance systems, for small electric vehicles, NOx reduction systems with high reduction performance, voluntary software retrofits for passenger cars, etc.

    • Application for proof of general operating license for mopeds and mopeds

      The Federal Motor Transport Authority will issue you with proof of the general operating permit issued for mopeds, bicycles with auxiliary motor, certain light motorcycles or motorized ambulance chairs from the former GDR as well as trailers from former GDR production that do not require approval.

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