Car licence plates: exchange for Euro licence plates

• Identity card or passport with registration certificate from the residents' registration office
  or (for foreign citizens) foreign identity card and registration certificate from the residents' registration office
• For companies, additional business registration and, if applicable, extract from the commercial register
• Registration certificate part I (vehicle licence) and part II (vehicle registration document)
• Test report of the last general inspection (not applicable for vehicles whose first general inspection was not yet due or for vehicles for which the due date of the next general inspection is evident to the registration authority from another official document)
• Previous licence plates for cancellation
   

If you instruct a third party to register the change, they will need a written authorisation from you; they must also present your identity document (in the original) at the registration office. The third party must have the relevant identity document with them to prove their identity.

• Motor vehicle: Registration certificate part I (vehicle registration document) [DE]

• § 8 and 10 Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV)
• § Section 29 (10) of the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO)
• Fee regulations for road traffic measures (GebOSt)