Frequently asked questions

You can find the list of approved car breakers on Borger.dk

Check whether the car is registered under your CPR number or your business CVR number – then log onto either Borger.dk or Virk.dk to scrap the car.

Go to borger.dk and search for “Skrotpræmie for bil” (scrapping premium for cars) under “Menu” in the top right-hand corner. Then click “selvbetjening:  Ansøg om skrotningsgodtgørelse” (self-service – apply for scrapping premium). Click the green button “Videre” (continue) and log in with MitID. Choose type of sale “Bil skrottet i udlandet” (car scrapped abroad) and upload the non-Danish certificate of destruction as documentation.

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If you are registered as the personal owner of the car
Go to borger.dk and search for “Skrotpræmie for bil” (scrapping premium for cars) under “Menu” in the top right-hand corner. Then click “selvbetjening:  Ansøg om skrotningsgodtgørelse” (self-service – apply for scrapping premium). Click the green button “Videre” (continue) and log in with MitID. Here you will find the scrapping request under “1. Godkend skrotningsanmodning”, (approve scrapping request) and you can now reject or approve.

If the vehicle is registered by a business
Go to virk.dk and search for “Skrotpræmie for bil” (scrapping premium for vehicle) – select “Skrotpræmie for bil – Miljøstyrelsen” (scrapping premium for vehicle – Danish Environmental Protection Agency), then click  “Selvbetjening” (self-service) and log in with MitID Erhverv. Here you will find the scrapping request under “1. Godkend skrotningsanmodning”, (approve scrapping request) and you can now reject or approve.

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Contact a car breaker and ask him/her to create the case. You must bring your identity documents.

 See list of approved vehicle dismantlers

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If you have been exempted from MitID as a citizen you cannot scrap your car through borger.dk.

Instead, contact an approved car breaker who can create the scrapping case on your behalf.  See list of approved vehicle dismantlers

Please bring the following documents to the car breaker: 

• Identity document: Health insurance card, driver’s license (no need for a photo ID).
• Form for exemption from digital mail can be requested from the local authority (contact Borgerservice/Citizen’s service)
• Registration certificate of vehicle
• Signature of Solemn Declaration at the car breaker’s

There will be a manual case handling of approx. two weeks

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No, generally you cannot get the scrapping premium if you are not the last owner registered in the Danish motor vehicles register. However, this does not apply to car breakers who buy cars at insurance auctions.

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”Salgsbil med transport af krav på godtgørelse” (car sold with transfer of claim for premium) means that you have sold the car to a car breaker. He or she can now resell the car or scrap it within six months.

If you approve the scrapping request, you waiver the scrapping premium which is transferred to the car breaker.

However, you are not obliged to act if you do not have an agreement with the car breaker.

If you are registered as the personal owner of the car
Go to borger.dk and search for “Skrotpræmie for bil” (scrapping premium for cars) under “Menu” in the top right-hand corner. Then click “selvbetjening:  Ansøg om skrotningsgodtgørelse” (self-service – apply for scrapping premium). Click the green button “Videre” (continue) and log in with MitID. Here you will find the scrapping request under “1. Godkend skrotningsanmodning”, (approve scrapping request) and you can now reject or approve.

If the vehicle is registered by a business
Go to virk.dk and search for “Skrotpræmie for bil” (scrapping premium for vehicle) – select “Skrotpræmie for bil – Miljøstyrelsen” (scrapping premium for vehicle – Danish Environmental Protection Agency), then click  “Selvbetjening” (self-service) and log in with MitID Erhverv. Here you will find the scrapping request under “1. Godkend skrotningsanmodning”, (approve scrapping request) and you can now reject or approve.

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You can complain about the decision to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency who is the appeal body. You can contact the Danish Environmental Protection Agency on bilskrot@mst.dk.

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Go to borger.dk and search for “Skrotpræmie for bil” (scrapping premium for cars) under “Menu” in the top right-hand corner. Then click “selvbetjening:  Ansøg om skrotningsgodtgørelse” (self-service – apply for scrapping premium). Click the green button “Videre” (continue) and log in with MitID.

Under ownership, choose “Jeg ejer bilen og kan fremvise dokumentation for dette” (I own the car and can present documentation) – upload this documentation.

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Either contact the car breaker you have chosen and ask if he can do it, or take the license plate to a vehicles registration office or to a vehicles inspection shop with a vehicles registration office.

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You, the owner of the car, must contact the mortgagee to ask if you can scrap the car. Car breakers are not obliged to ensure that the car is not mortgaged before scrapping a car for another owner.