Temporary vehicle import to Schengen Area
A visa and a vehicle are different law: the person and the car are given their terms by different authorities, and those terms need not match.
- Maximum term
- 180
- How the term is counted
- in a rolling window of 365 days
- Carnet de Passages
- Not required
- Extension
- No data
- Mandatory vehicle insurance
- a valid Green Card is required
6 months per 12. Condition: the driver must be resident outside the EU. The vehicle may not be left behind, sold, or handed to an EU resident.
Source: home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
- Maximum term
- 180
- How the term is counted
- per entry
- Carnet de Passages
- Not required
- Extension
- Possible
Article 217 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446: for road means of transport for private use — 6 months; the time-limits run "from the time the goods are placed under the procedure" (i.e. counted from each placement under the procedure, not a rolling window).
Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
Vehicle import to other countries
Reference data, not legal advice. Rules change without notice — check with the consulate or at the border.