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Registration in Belgium of imported vehicles or vehicles
already registered in another Member State
I. The rules
Chapter I, Section 2, Article 3 §1 of the “Arrêté Royal” of 20 July 2001
relating to the registration of vehicles provides that persons resident in
Belgium shall register vehicles which they wish to use in Belgium in the
vehicle register referred to in Article 6 thereof, even if such vehicles
are already registered in another country (http://verkeerweb.be/npl/nplFr/nplFr2_5.html):
Persons are resident in Belgium if they meet one of the lowing
conditions:
a) they appear on the population register of a Belgian municipality;
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This means that officials and other staff must register their vehicles in
Belgium as soon as they have a special identity card (SIC) or a municipal
identity card, because they then appear on the population register.
Foreign vehicles must be registered in Belgium at the latest within a
period of 6 months.
If a police check finds that the person concerned appears on the national
register and is driving a vehicle with a foreign number plate, the vehicle
may be confiscated and the person concerned will have to pay a fine and
begin customs clearance procedures.
II. Regularisation procedure
To initiate this procedure, you must hold a Belgian identity document
(such as the SIC).
You will have to present your vehicle and documents from the country in
which it was previously registered (registration papers, invoice, proof
that the vehicle was insured for six months prior to your taking up your
duties in Belgium) to :
Brussels Regional Customs Office (Tour et Taxis)
Rue de l’Entrepôt 11 (ground floor) – Office 2 – 1020 Brussels
Mr. Van Gerwen (tel. 421.38.29 or 32)
Open from 08.00 – 11:30 hours and from 13:00 – 15:30 hours
(no appointment necessary)
This office will give you a document “demande d’immatriculation” with a
“label 705” and will put its seal in box “W” of the document.
You will then have go to the Privileges Office: SC 11 3/24 (between 9H and
12H) to lodge a request for a Belgian number plate.
Pleas consult our site:
http://www.cc.cec/pers_admin/privileges_bxl/car_en.htm
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