Taking a car back to UK which is on Bulgarian plates

paxosstu · 2019-05-29T07:29:38+02:00

Get practical advice on bringing a Bulgarian-plated car back to the UK, including steps for cancellation of plates and re-registration.

paxosstu Member

Member since 29 May 2019

paxosstuMember29 May 2019 05:29:38

Hi everyone, great forum.

I have a company in Bulgaria with a Toyota registered on BG plates (it used to be English plates)

Can anyone give any advice on taking that car back to UK in October on BG plates & then re registering it in UK. I know the procedure for the UK bit its very straightforward but not sure what I need to do in order to cancel the BG plates etc once I've re-registered it in UK. Obviously I cant do it before I go as need those plates to drive the car back to UK.

Any qualified advice would be most welcome.

Thanks

Christophori New member

Member since 15 October 2017

ChristophoriNew member04 June 2019 09:21:13

If I was going to do this, I would have a notorized English copy of the Bulgarian documents, tax, test, insurance etc. Before I'd start.

Heading towards BG, you notify HMRC that you are exporting the vehicle, I'd check to see if BG has a similar set up.

Good luck.

paxosstu Member

Member since 29 May 2019

paxosstuMember04 June 2019 11:37:11

Thank you. Good advise re notarised copies/Translations

I will ask my Bulgarian accountant re the export cert

kristiann Bulgaria Expert

Member since 28 March 2012

kristiannBulgaria Expert06 June 2019 07:49:36

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Actually, all you need to do is sell the car to yourself. Then you can drive it to the UK and reregister it there.

Or you can first drive the car to the UK and buy it afterwards, if you can arrange this.

In both cases you will have to deregister the car form Bulgaria and return the numbering plates.

LCD72 New member

Member since 02 June 2020

LCD72New member02 June 2020 11:26:11

Hello,

I'd like to buy a camper in Sofia, which is on bulagrian plates. May I ask you about the formalities of having an export plate, insurance etc. to drive it back to Hungary? Also, is there a way to check if the seller is legit?

Thanks for taking time to answer!