With a temporary license plate, you can test drive a vehicle
test drive or transfer it to another location. Other
driving purposes are not permitted and may be penalized.
The validity period is a maximum of 5 days from the day of
allocation. The expiration date is visible on the right-hand side of the
visible on the right-hand side. After this date, the short-term
automatically loses its validity.

The vehicle must meet certain requirements in order to use a
to use a short-term license plate:

• it must have EC type approval or
  an individual approval or
  operating license must have been issued,
• For used vehicles, valid proof of a passed
  of a passed general inspection must be available
  (main inspection report) and
• motor vehicle liability insurance must
  must be in place.

If your vehicle does not have EC type approval or
type approval or operating license, you may only use a short-term license plate
only carry out journeys in connection with obtaining the necessary
the required certificates. You may then only drive to the
nearest inspection center in the district that has allocated the
assigned the license plate or in the neighboring district with the
short-term license plate.

If your vehicle does not have a valid main inspection or
safety inspection, it will only receive a short-term license plate for the
journey:

• to the nearest inspection center in the registration district and back or
• to the nearest garage in the registration district in which the license plate was issued or
• to a neighboring district and back for the immediate repair of any significant or minor defects found.

This does not apply to vehicles classified as unsafe to drive.
unsafe to drive.