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The registration of vehicles of the administrative and technical staff members with C registration plates concerns only the first vehicle(s) acquired by the staff member within six months of the person´s arrival in Finland.
Vehicles registered with ordinary registration plates are not exempt from the surtax (vehicle tax).
A certificate of registration including both the technical section and the notification section (‘ilmoitusosa’) should be submitted to the Protocol Services with a verbal note. The personal data of the new owner, date of transfer and signatures of the seller and of the new owner should be duly completed in the notification section.
The Protocol Services will issue a recommendation for registration of the vehicle which should be submitted to the Finnish Transport Safety Agency together with the above mentioned documents (as in section 5.1).
The Finnish Transport Safety Agency registers the vehicle and delivers the registration plates and the registration certificate to the applicant´s postal address if the applicant has not given another delivery address for the delivery.
Please note also section 5.4.
5.3 Use and Sale of tax-free Motor Vehicles
Family members who are Finnish nationals or permanently resident in Finland, as well as private servants of members of missions may, as a rule, drive a tax-exempt vehicle only when accompanied by a privileged person until three years will have elapsed of the vehicle´s registration for such a use. This applies also to service staff of missions with the exception of drivers in the service of a mission who may drive the official vehicle of the mission while on duty. It is possible to apply for a permit from the Tax Administration which allows a non-privileged person to drive a diplomatic vehicle e.g. to a private servant to attend his/her duties. The permit is subject to a fee.
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