Extend your export insurance and Green Card during the Italian process

Several Italian steps can take more time than planned: the VAT check at the Agenzia delle Entrate, an appointment at an STA (Sportello Telematico dell'Automobilista), obtaining a CoC or another technical document, a sworn translation, or a revisione or visita e prova. Transport can be delayed, or the buyer may not be ready yet. The order of the Italian steps is on importing a car to Italy. An extension does not speed up any of these steps, but it keeps the vehicle insured while you wait.

1. You send the request by WhatsApp, email or the form on this page.
2. We check it and ask the insurer for approval.
3. We confirm the approval and the price.
4. You pay by bank transfer.
5. You receive the new insurance certificate with Green Card by email, including a PDF, usually within 15 minutes of payment.

If the insurer does not approve, you pay nothing. This also works if your current export insurance was arranged elsewhere: we then arrange follow-on cover. You can extend more than once, each time by 14 days and each time after approval by the insurer. In some cases a discount is possible for several vehicles or a long-term working relationship; that is always agreed in advance.

• The registration number.
• The current Green Card or policy, as a photo or PDF.
• The end date of the current cover.
• Where the vehicle is now and where it is going.
• Details of the policyholder and the driver.

The form has no upload field: use the WhatsApp button next to the form to send photos and documents, or send them by email.

The extension only concerns the insurance. On Dutch public roads you may drive for 14 days after deregistration, and never after the APK (the Dutch roadworthiness test) has expired; that stays the same. The export registration itself is not extended; see Dutch export plates.

In Italy the Italian rules apply, and the rules for a Dutch export plate vary by country. Check them before you drive on after the first 14 days. We cannot promise that driving in Italy on export plates is allowed, certainly not for a resident of Italy.

Apply in time, so that the new cover follows directly on the old one. If the cover has already expired, an extension may still be possible, for example when the vehicle has a valid APK or roadworthiness test, again after approval by the insurer. Between the end of the old cover and the start of the new one, the vehicle is uninsured and may not be driven. An extension is also possible at our desk in Hengelo; you then usually receive the Green Card document within about 15 minutes. The policy and the Green Card determine in which countries and for which driver you are covered.

Is the vehicle still in the Netherlands and are the 14 days over? Then it can only be moved on a trailer or car transporter. More about the original cover is on export insurance for Italy, and questions can go to our export desk.