Overview
The officially recognized expert has indicated in his report that your vehicle requires a special permit due to technical deviations.
If a vehicle registration certificate and a vehicle registration document (old vehicle documents) are presented as part of your booked request, their exchange for a registration certificate Part I and Part II is required by law. The new documents will be issued to you immediately.
The registration authority in Bonn is responsible for exemptions:
- for vehicles up to 3.5 t gross vehicle weight with regard to all construction and operating regulations regardless of weight; for all forklifts, graders, excavators and shovel loaders.
The Cologne district government is responsible for exemptions:
- for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 3.5 tons with regard to all construction and operating regulations except for forklifts, graders, excavators and shovel loaders
- for all vehicles with blue lights and
- for all vehicles with regard to exhaust emissions.
In such cases, please contact the Cologne District Government, Department 53, Zeughausstr. 2-10, 50667 Cologne, during opening hours (Thursdays 8.30 - 11.30 + 13.30 - 17.00) or by prior appointment. You can reach a contact person there by telephone on 0221 / 147-2689 or -2688.