Josien Harmsen
Recommendation
Excellent help with registering UK car in The Netherlands
- Improvements or suggestions
- none
- Strengths
- SCL Rotterdam was recommended to me when I told my excellent removal firm, Henneken in Zoetermeer, that I also wanted to take my micro Nissan campervan when moving from the UK (a non-EU country) to The Netherlands. After a not so happy start when I didn’t get any reply to my email with questions about ‘who does what’, the CEO made clear that SCL can do everything in order to get my car registered as a Dutch car. And indeed, after dropping off my car at the offices in Schiedam once I was officially registered as living in The Netherlands, I didn’t need to do anything. SCL gave advice on the paperwork necessary for the removal firm to get the exemption of the Dutch car and motorcycle tax as the car was part of the imported household effects, looked after the necessary adjustments (changing head lights, etc), handled the registration of the car in the Dutch vehicle registration database after a very thorough inspection by the RDW (and a Customs check if requested), did the necessary paperwork for me getting the registration card, answered questions about some surprising differences between the UK and the Dutch registration, filed the return for the Dutch Road tax and arranged the registration plates (also for my bike carrier). All I had to do was to get the necessary insurance once I could pick the car up. On top of all that SCL took care of all the necessary paperwork (including numerous photographs, measurements, answering questions by the Dutch Tax Authorities) in order for me to get a 75% (2025, 50% next year) discount on the Road tax for my car as a camper. Quite a challenging operation, which I was not aware of. All in all, SCL did a great job, so I was happy to pay their, under the circumstances, quite reasonable invoice!




