Hi Travelbug,
As far as I know you will need a carnet for Egypt.
Let’s assume for the Moment that you need one:
How do you get your deposit back without returning to Germany?
The answer to this question in on Page 5 of the following document:
http://www.adac.de/images/Carnet%20d...cm8-166369.pdf
Basically it says that if your car remains in a country that requires a carnet, a custom officer has to confirm the custom clearance or scrapping of your vehicle in the carnet.
If your car remains in a country that does not require a carnet, a custom officer has to stamp the “certificate of location” (last page in your carnet).
As Vaufi mentioned before it is not illegal to return with a car on German Export Plates to Germany!!!! It is just uncommon to do so because if you (or the new owner) want to reregister the car in Germany you have to:
1. Pass a technical check
2. pay taxes for the period the car was on export plates, because export vehicles are exempted from the usual taxation (this ist true for registrations up to 3 month, for export plates valid between 3 and 12 month taxes are payable in advance).
Can you buy a carnet from the ADAC for a vehicle with German Export Plates?
Yes, but there is an extra fee of 155 Euro (se page 8 of the ADAC document mentioned earlier)
Greetings Hans
Last edited by Hans Bo; 30 Jun 2008 at 13:18.
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