I have an offer to buy a 2016-made car from a friend in northern Europe with a fairly big discount which I am seriously considering. The car has reasonable mileage (~35k km) and has always been kept in good condition. I've tried to compile a list of things I need to prepare if I decide to go through with it but I still have a few questions left as I'm not the most experienced person in this topic. If you guys have anything to add I would really appreciate the help!
One major question I'm unsure about is whether I can actually drive this vehicle in Switzerland before it has the Swiss license plates? I've read online that after importing it through the customs I can drive it with foreign plates for one month. Is this correct?
Documents needed to import the car Certificate of Conformance (CoC) - needed at the Swiss customs - either order online or source from the official car dealer Vehicle registration and ownership docs - needed at the customs and later when registering the car in Switzerland - obtained upon the purchase of the vehicle Vehicle sale invoice - needed at the Swiss customs - can be typewritten and obtained upon purchase Certificate of Origin (EUR1) - needed at the Swiss customs to avoid paying the customs duties - can try to source from the original car dealer Export documents - needed at the Swiss customs - need to be sourced in the country of purchase. If I bring the car through Germany, do I need these stamped in the country where I made the purchase or can I also get them stamped in Germany at the border? Import docs - needed at the Swiss customs - done electronically from the e-dec form
Additional requirements License plates - if possible keep the original ones (foreign) on the car. If not, get temporary export plates Payment of duties - VAT (~8%) and Car Tax (~4%) - paid at the Swiss customs Emission test - required to get the Swiss license plate - done in Switzerland upon successfully bringing the car from the EU Vehicle test (MFK) - once the emission test is done I should go to SVA with all the paperwork and the emission test confirmation to get a time slot Temporary insurance - needed to drive the vehicle until the I obtain the Swiss license plates - can be either from Switzerland or from the previous owner?
In the end the process would be: purchase the car and get the registration documents, invoice, export declaration (does it need to be stamped straight away or can I get it stamped at the German-Swiss border?) temporary insurance and license plates in the country of origin. Drive the car to German - Swiss border. Pay VAT + duty tax (potentially) + car tax. Get import declaration signed and drive home. Then pass the emission test and go to SVA with all docs from the customs to arange a date for MFK. Pass MFK and take all docs to SVA to get the license plate.
Did I get this right or am I missing anything in my list?