Important dates for motor vehicle owners
31 December
- deadline for handing in number plates to avoid the Annual Motor Vehicle Tax
Motor vehicles
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- basis for the demand for Annual Motor Vehicle Tax for owners of registered motor vehicles - new rate for Annual Motor Vehicle Tax - new rate for the re-registration fee
1 November
Annual Motor Vehicle Tax
Periodic roadworthiness test
To drive a car with registered number
Norway does not have an obligation to
Who performs the test
plates in Norway, you must pay an Annual
carry out periodic roadworthiness tests
The test can be performed by an ap-
Motor Vehicle Tax. Annual Vehicle Tax is
on foreign vehicles in Norway that are not
proved control body. Garages and the
valid from 1 January until the end of the
registered here. It is the obligation of the
Norwegian Automobile Federation’s
year. Annual Motor Vehicle Tax must also
country in which the vehicle is registered
testing stations are approved for test
be paid for vehicles whose number plates
to ensure that the test requirement is met.
purposes. You are responsible for book-
were removed after 1 January. If the
1 January
ing a date for the test. Find out when your
vehicle has been delivered for scrapping
The following applies to
car is due for a test at www.vegvesen.no.
befor 20 March, you do not have to pay.
vehicles registered in Norway:
Here you can also see when a car was
The test
last approved, which is useful information
The person registered (on 1 January) in
Cars with a gross vehicle weight of 3,500
when you are buying a used car. You can
the central register of motor vehicles as
kg or less must be tested during the
also obtain information about vehicles
the owner of the vehicle must pay Annual
course of the fourth calendar year after
by sending a text message to 2282 with
Motor Vehicle Tax to Norwegian Customs
first-time registration. After that, the vehi-
the registration number of the vehicle
and Excise.
cle must be tested every other year. Cars
(price NOK 3 per message) and by
and trailers with a gross vehicle weight of
looking up a vehicle in the Public Roads
Unpaid Annual Motor Vehicle Tax will
3,500 kg or more, all cars that are reg-
Administration’s app for mobile phones,
be collected by the Norwegian National
istered for 10 or more people, and taxis
‘Bil og henger’.
Collection Agency. The tax will usually be
and ambulances must be tested during
deducted from your pay.
the course of the second calendar year
It is advisable to make an appointment
after first-time registration. The vehicle
in good time to make sure your vehicle is
must then be tested every year.
approved by the end of the test month. For further information, contact the Norwegian Public Roads Administration on tel. 06 650.
- use of studded tyres is permitted in the rest of the country
20 March
16 October
- due date for payment of Annual Motor Vehicle Tax - deadline for scrapping vehicles to avoid having to pay Annual Motor Vehicle Tax
- use of studded tyres is permitted in Northern Norway
Studded tyres
15 August
- deadline for fixing tax control stickers to your number plates
1 July
- half the Annual Motor Vehicle Tax
30 June
- deadline for scrapping vehicles in order to have half of the Annual Motor Vehicle Tax reimbursed
- use permitted in Northern Norway until: 1 May - for the rest of the country, until: the first Monday after Easter Monday
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