I thought there was something you can scan on the log book that effectively gives you or the other party the 'certificate of conformity' info needed. Please don't quote me on this its just I'm sure a friend of mine did it this way.
I’ve not heard of this before,
I resent another email to bmw and I got a reply :
Thank you for your import/export/EC Certificate of Conformity (COC) enquiry.
We are currently receiving a large number of requests and therefore you may experience a delay in receiving a response, we thank you for your patience and will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please note the following
Not all vehicles have an EC COC available, this is dependent on original manufacture specification and age of vehicle.
If your vehicle was originally manufactured for a non EU market there will not be an EC COC available.
· We can only provide an EC COC (if available) for vehicles originally sold to the UK market or EU vehicles coming into the UK for permanent registration.