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Vehicles in changing residence

Find out, if you move your residence to Spain, what to do with your means of transport and its excess

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Deadlines to carry out the declaration clearance for Free Circulation.

The scope of application is as follows:

Goods not belonging to the European Union intended for introduction into the Union market or intended for private use or consumption within the Union shall be included in the free circulation arrangements.

Release of goods for free circulation shall imply

  1. the collection of import duties due, in the event that no franchise is applied;
  2. the collection of other excise charges, as provided for under the provisions in force;
  3. the application of commercial policy measures, restrictions and bans, in so far as they do not have to be applied at an earlier stage; and
  4. completion of the other formalities laid down in respect of the importation of goods.

Release for free circulation shall confer on non-Community goods the customs status of Community goods.

Within 12 months of establishing normal residence in the Peninsula (Spain), Balearic Islands or Canary Islands, you must carry out the import at the Customs office closest to your new residence or at the vehicle entry office. Exceptionally, you may carry out the import before the move, subject to a commitment to establish your residence within six months following the import , and a guarantee may be required to fulfil said commitment. The calculation of this period shall begin from the date of introduction of personal property into said territories.

Provisionally, the interested party, not being a resident in the EU, can benefit from the Temporary Importation of Means of Transport regime.

For the procedures and documentation to be submitted to Customs, see the related content, “Transfer of residence”