Take a car to France and register in France

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Take a car in France and registration in France.
A guide for the registration of cars in France and get a Gray map.
Once you finally waded through all the paperwork signed each sales document sheet and initialed thousand pieces of legal paper, you can relax You bought your home in France, and you are ready to start your new life as a former -Pat living in France Prior to relax completely, but have you thought about a car and save Almost everyone needs one of these days, and as many of us move to the French countryside, or at least to small market towns, a car is really as essential as a house and recording, it is essential, but it must be said that if you bring your car in the UK in France, it is still possible to keep your license in the UK and plates see our car insurance in France for a short time at least.
Registering a car in France is to obtain a gray card gray card and new French license plates.
And if you are clear from the start that you try to get by registering your car in France, is a Grise in the map with a new registration number for your car, you can then use to go buy new French license plates.

Of course, you knew you'd need a car and would need to go to the store It's just that paled into insignificance alongside the massive undertaking of buying a house registration does a car can be as complicated as this, surely well, no it is not usually what you have to remember, in all that you undertake from now, is that it is France, and things are done differently here for one thing, where some paper would have sufficed in the UK, France, you will need a minimum of twenty France is drowning in a sea of ​​paper, and registering your car is another drop this ocean as you are ready for this, and make the play in time track, you will manage well.
Take your old car in France or buying a new car in France.
Perhaps the first decision you must make is whether to keep your car in the UK, or if it makes more sense to trade and buy a car in France to some extent, of course, it depends the amount of money available, you If money is no object, then it is probably easier to sell all your old car in the UK, France and go to buy a new car.
If you buy a new car in France French, registration and actually everything is simple The dealer will do for you all the documents, and deliver you the gray card or gray card, which is the equivalent of the journal and certificate are given showing the car was registered the only point is perhaps worth making here it is probably wise to do as the French do and to buy a car that is manufactured in France by one of the main French automotive companies such as Renault, Peugeot or Citroлn.
Most of the cars driven in France are manufactured in France.

You will notice quickly that a massive percentage of cars on the roads of France are manufactured by the French companies, and it is not only because of the French national loyalty, which is undoubtedly a factor French cars are simply much more easy to find parts because if they go wrong, and therefore much easier to find experienced mechanics too.
The biggest thing you need to be aware of here is that used cars are expensive in France A quick glance or small ads sections of local newspapers ads, or glance through a magazine car sales show you instantly that the second-hand market here is much more expensive than in England, it is also more expensive than Spain, so a possible solution for those who live in the south east of buy a car in Spain, then import in France of course, it must then be re-registered in France in the same way as a car in the UK used car used in France in France.
If you buy a used car in France, there is a procedure you have to spend to save The seller must give you all the existing documents, including the current map Gray, and a sales invoice You can then have fifteen days to request a new registration card, because it is not passed from owner to owner, but is superseded the best way to handle the documents in question here is to introduce you to your City Hall, where they will not only all the documents for you, but also tell you exactly what it will cost some members of the City Hall staff will even post the app for you in some cases it may be necessary to have the car brought by technology Cфntrole French MOT again, even if the seller is supposed to do this as a routine part of the sale if the car is old enough to justify it.
Importing a car in the UK and save France.
If you decide you want to bring your car with you in France, the situation becomes a little more complicated, it is now possible, even if you are a French resident, to keep your driver's license in the UK and the plates of the Kingdom -um, for a short time at least, but you have to change the French plates and a French license, possibly your driver's license in the UK is valid in France until it expires, then you are allowed to keep the plates from the United Kingdom for up to six months if you are a non-resident of France and up to a month for french residents the time allotted for french residents may be extended up to three months if a vehicle must be approved by the DRIRE In the past, these deadlines not appear to have been strictly adhered to, but insurance laws are now tightening and this should be the case if you are all uncertain, I advise you to take courses in local councils on registering a car, your first Mayor and of the prefecture or the city inhabitant of your service addressing a good insurance broker local is also a good idea Franck Haloche offer a great service for English speakers who are looking for insurance in France - for details take a look at.

The time scale we were told when we arrived in France a year is quite different from what we said now, but there are still many different answers given agents requested to ensure the British vehicles even now, in practice, we had a van registered in the UK provided here for six years, having had no problems with insurance coverage or after control by the police, etc.
How to re-register a car in France with French plates.
Make anything in France is a paperwork exercise, so the first thing you need to know is exactly what documents you need to assemble regarding the registration of a car, you can get a list of offices local DRIREs Rйgionale Directorate of Industry, Research and the Environment, or maybe we did, our insurers still others once found City Hall to be extremely useful in terms too, but it is understood, according to those involved the steps described below are subject to regional and temporal differences, but provide a description of a probable sequence of events in registering a car in France See also in our comments section your comments below, where many give their personal experiences.
This is the easy bit, as you can do it in English We were told to inform the DVLA that we export our vehicle permanently in France, and obtained from them an export certificate or V561 However, it seems that now all you need is, before handing over the V5C to the prefecture, detach the export section of the V5C and send it to DVLA Even this is not strictly necessary that the French authorities are legally obliged to inform DVLA that a vehicle has been registered in their territory within two months of the event which will ask DVLA to officially register the vehicle exported Note that this is the only notification or as an export certificate, or tear off the V5C are proof of anything.
2 Registering a car in France - Conformity Certificate.
This is an essential part of registering your car in France, and it is one that seems to give the most problems Difficulties can arise with unusual vehicles, or cars that were imported to Britain originally the certificate of conformity is assured manufacturers that copies vehicles compliant with current legislation It was the case that a manufacturer would provide at no cost and without fuss, as long as the car was a recognized model, and had counterparty in France now, there is usually a charge of 131 in France this certificate must be an original, not a photocopy If you can, contact the car manufacturer and ask them to send you a certificate of compliance while you are still in the UK, as this could then costs nothing, but it does depend manufacturer you may also be able to get in fra lish You must provide a copy of your car registration form V5C document and in some cases a check.

Difficulties expected in the recording of older cars in France or unusual.
Problems may occur with older cars or unusual, or those who were not old cars of equivalent in France may be issued with a registration certificate type and your dealer should be able to advise you on this collection of vehicle owners must obtain a clearance certificate that the vehicle is technically compliant FFVE Fйdйration franзaise vintage vйhicules d and if your car is an import in Britain, and there is no equivalent model in France, you could have your work cut out I'm sure there's a way to do it, but I would not try it unless you have the time bags, endless patience, optimistic disposition without respite and are in no hurry at all.
3 Registering a car in France - change the headlights.
Change the headlights right hand driving position It is not cheap, and temporary stickers you use on holiday not just make you have to adapt blocks Optical, check the manual for your car to see if you switchable lights first lights need to dive in the right direction most good garages will be able to do it for between 400-700 euros, but an appointment in advance They may also be able to find second-hand lights for you if asked.
4 Registering a car in France - the Cфntrole technique.
Now you have the headlights, you can get the Cфntrole technique, which is the French version of WORD They are made to hundreds of garages around the towns and villages If your French is good French learning, it doesn t matter you choose to use, but if not, if you know people on site and word of mouth is a good guide to which garage is likely to be useful to you as a non-speaking french Brit If your car needs more work will be given a time limit, it was two weeks when I last had mine done to correct the problems and RE-TEST costs Technical Cфntrole Located about 65 euros and you will need to take with you to the garage of your certificate of compliance, proof of address such as a utility bill, proof of identity, eg passport, you may not need, but it is useful to take it just in case and where your blue V5C.

It is worth remembering also that since 2014, a Technical Control which was carried out in another EU Member State is valid, as long as it is less than 6 months so if you had an MOT done in the United -um in that time, you do not need to get a Techique actually Controle France.
Now take all the documents you have collected so far and participate in your local center Taxes, explaining that you want to import your car if the car is more than six months and killed more than 3500 kilometers, while you do not need pay no tax be asked for your current mileage order to go to taxes Center with all this is to get a certificate, the tax clearance, which shows that there is no obligation to pay on the vehicle in our case the documents required to perform including the UK Log Book, export V561 certificate, proof of residence in France utility bill, etc., the original invoice of purchase of the vehicle indicating the name of previous owner and the price paid, Cфntrole Technical certificate and the certificate of conformity we also need proof of our identity, so we took our passports as it is also a good idea, as any bureaucratic exercise in France, to take along on five photocopies of all, just in case.
Please note, however, that although this is the situation in our case, I understand that now the only documents you actually need to Discharge are, V5C, a purchase invoice not really necessary if V5C is your name, proof of identity passport, certificate of conformity and proof of address Some also say that the face of french bureaucrats, it may be better to work on a minimalist base by first providing the documents that you know or believe and only need to provide other specific request The idea behind this be unless you give them less there is for them to compete.
For new car owners, you can read comments No. 24 found in the comments at the end section of this article to have to get a Tax clearance.

6 Registering a car in France - the Gray map at last.
Finally, weighed down by all your pieces of paper, you are ready to attend the prйfecture to registration and receive your Gray Card You need to complete a certificate REGISTRATION request a downloadable form is available to pay your fees and the fun begins regarding the charges, keep in mind that since 2008, is a tax payable by the first registration of a car with high CO2 emissions, ranging from 200 euros to 3000 euros, depending on issuance of the car and the department it is registered in registered cars for the disabled will not attract this tax, you may be lucky and receive your first immediately or at least a provisional registration certificate really, there are reports that happening - see item 4 in our comments section below in this case, off you go to buy your new plates and consider yourself French Unfortunately, however, it may take a little There are also reports of cases where people have had to go back h ome, griseless card, and wait anxiously for some looking to the Post Office to present with the necessary documents and very hard won.
What you need to be prepared to have with you to make this easier on yourself is your certificate of compliance, Tax clearance, Contrфle Technical Certificate, proof of identity passport, proof of address, such as utility bill or your certificate of purchase of the house, and finally the V5C form Request for certificate of completed registration.
Please note that they will keep your V5 and the Discharge exercise and certificate of compliance, but you return the export sliding section 11 you have to send to the DVLA immediately See.

7 Registering a car in France - change your plates.
Now you have to change your plates Garages will be able to do it for you for a small fee, as long as you have with your registration.
8 Registering a car in France - change information Technical Cфntrole.
All you will need is here is your car registration or provisional form if you still haven t got your logbook, Contrфle Technical certificate and some form of ID such as passport You should take these to the garage where you had your Contrфle technical fact and they will change the license plate information on your certificate, usually without charge.
9 Registering a car in France - change your insurance certificate.

If you have the French car insurance, you will need to have the number on your insurance certificate has changed.
Please note that the above article was updated in October and December 2010.
Please also note that Schreinemachers Ltd., mentioned in the sections below, is now Generali GEI Real Estates - updated in 2013.
Joanna Simm moved to the southwest of the Languedoc region of France in October 2004 after finding his property by French ownership ties.

1 A site visitor request on technical and WORDs added Controle 8 April 08.
Hello - we lived in the Creuse during the last two years and we brought our Ford Transit and our escort August 1st of England with us Our insurance company of French households ensured our transit and issued a window sticker French and told us we had three months or twelve months due to the change in the French recording your web page on the subject said that step 3 was to obtain a technical Inspection French WORD When we took our car to the local station of technical control, they told us that we could not have a technical control performed until we step 6, the gray card we then drove to Gueret to sort the gray card and received a French document charge and said that we would need a technical control to be able to get the Gray map next week call us at concessionna Ford ire Gueret to see if they provide a certificate of compliance.
In another paragraph time to head in which you need to register cars in France varies, you mention that, after three years, you still had a van registered in the United Kingdom, always provided with the same agency that is exactly the situation we my question about this is, do you have a french technique to replace the control MOT certificate UK because our UK MOT expired which is why we took our Transit van to have carried out technical control the advice you have to offer would be most appreciated about this.
And here's some more info for you We went to Limoges yesterday in our Ford Escort hatchback that is always on the tax in the UK, insurance and technical control, not our Transit van, the main Ford dealer for our region after they spoke by telephone they looked at our car and a certificate via their Ford, Paris, France, 00 131 they want but they say that we must first new European flagship equipped, the price about 450 00 and they say, they can then send the forms they fill for the car to Ford Paris to obtain a certificate of conformity for us they will give us when we pay 131 00 in other words, the certificate of compliance the Ford agent is not free more they tell us that once we paid and received the certificate of conformity can then conduct a technical inspection which is 89 00, and we can pr aking these and all our other documents in Gueret, the prefecture for a carte grise they think will be around 00 130 or so we hope we can get a new French record number - we hope simply means the purchase a set of French license plates Ford dealer said the certificate of conformity could take anything up to four weeks, but of course we do not know yet about the rest of the process.

When we returned in Bourganeuf, we went to our insurance agent of French households with whom we took a French insurance for the van Transit it two years ago, and has released a French insurance coverage for the Escort they provided the certificate of insurance to stick on the windshield, now there is another car in the United Kingdom registered in France with registration plates of the UK and french windowsticker with a point WORD expire.
So you can definitely see that there are different opinions on how to do it all.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Now I have heard from my colleague about these confusing questions, after she spoke with her husband, who is the one that deals mainly with those things she said.
I think this will be one of those things where everyone you meet has a different story, there are many things like that in France, we have been variously said.
A You can not get insurance at all for a UK plated vehicle b You can insure for a year and no more we continued to ensure for three years c You can make as long as you want with British plates, no problem, we are doing so for it is no longer necessary to change the plates as it is an EU country.

Where is the truth The article was written with the information I was given at the time, personal experiences show that how much different things can prove I'm learning as I live this life is here, so it are our experiences, good or bad.
A It is a fact that you need the technical control BEFORE the registration card to say otherwise is false b We have a French technique control to replace the WORD United Kingdom v Our insurers have now insisted that we French plate after perhaps, the accident my husband recently called for, but three and a half out of the headlights outrageously expensive told my husband trying to buy the UK or try Ebay we bought auto parts from there before the prices we paid much less 40 GBP 00 each for transportation NEW or try a scrap yard in France e 131 euros fee for a certificate of compliance is now apparently a normal price, depending various circumstances and if they like the look of you or not sort criteria than ever in rural France Sorry if the article was incorrect in the beginning, but it was information given me to time, I still think there are cases where you can get a free map f Grise price depends on the value and age of the car and also the CO2 and power levels.
It is the best of my knowledge at this point GOOD LUCK.
2 A visitor demand on the certificate of conformity added 4 August 08.
I wonder if you can help me with everything I have read your article very informative and I am now dreading the process, however, we heard Chinese whispers probably you do not need a certificate for your car too you can keep your UK plate, just have changed the spacing and an F on the plate instead of GB This would be much help to us because we have personal plates we would like to keep.

According to French News November 7, you are able to keep your own number, but then they were not sure t in March 08.
Thank you very much in advance for any help you can give.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor replied.
Thank you for contacting us I have been in contact with my colleague, Joanna, France, who are not aware of these changes, but things looks to see if she can find anything.

Meanwhile, what I understand is that the French system of license plates will change from 2009 for French plates, but I'm not sure how this will affect private personal license plates in the United Kingdom, or even if you'll be able to keep them, once you have registered your car in France and as far as I am not aware, the compliance certificate still exists.
The best thing to do at this point is probably contact your DRIREs Rйgionale Directorate of Industry, Research and the Environment Office, or your local council might be able to confirm things if the DVLA in the United Kingdom might be able to point you in the right direction.
A comment from a newer site visitor added 10 November 10 If you have a UK personal plate so if you do not put on retention while the vehicle tax and MOT are ongoing or SORN the vehicle immediately upon the expiration of the tax, you lose SORN is of course not an option for an exported vehicle.
3 A site visitor is looking to buy a car in the southwest of France added 12 February, 09.

Hello - our daughter is now living and working in France in the southwest After his green card ran the car in the UK, which was officially scrapped in France, she finally found and bought a second expensive hand Clio which was fine until an accident caused by a third party has filed now we need to find her car adapted again with a smaller than expected insurance settlement on the Clio can anyone help lead us toward a car in decent left hand recorded in the area around the plate 2002-2009 - something like a large Renault thank you.
4 A question about importing a new car in France added March 12, 09.
There are lots of tips re import used cars in France, but what is the process if the car is less than 6 months and less than 6000km assume full VAT to 20 of the purchase price plus green tax on emmissions of CO2, the EU COC etc. but there are other costs as a tax equalization between French prices and prices in the country of purchase.
Thank you to contact us my colleague in France provides the following information.
Assuming the VAT or VAT was paid in England and you have a certificate to show that there is no VAT to pay more tax treaty sorts that.
There is no specific green tax, although when you save a new or used car in France, as a change of ownership, you must purchase a new vehicle registration You get the Mayor of newspapers for this and you pay depending on the age of the car and its CO2 emissions you need to do this anyway, whether or not is an import or French.

And no to the upgrade price, the price of the car is what you pay when you buy wherever it is, it's just the cost of the car registration varies.
5 A question of taking a car in France, Portugal added 12 March 09.
Hi, after reading the rules and laws about driving a car registered non-French in France, where we are about our car please in We live in Portugal and import reinstated and paid taxes arh Ford road, so now the Portuguese plates hopefully go to France next year and we want to bring our car with us MOT is called ITV here and we would like to know the legal aspects whether it is necessary to re-register again in France car conforms to the continental standards re, lights ect it was a very expensive business to have to import the car that we could not t prove we had had in Portugal within six months, it cost more 8 500 euros in total and if we had to do all over again it hardly justifies re-register again in France Remember, Portugal is one of the most expensive places to have seen ure anyway Can you enlighten us as to whether the above would apply please we find your site very interesting to read, thank you.
I have please contact us I am afraid that no knowledge of Portugal take a car in France, but don t see why it wouldn t be the same as wearing a UK, I suggest, as in our article, the best thing to do is probably to take local advice during your first Mayor and of the prefecture or the capital city of your course department, this assumes that you know where you move or you can try your DRIREs Rйgionale Directorate of Industry, Research and the office environment, if the DVLA in the UK might be able to point you in the right direction and even the French embassy in Portugal or the British Embassy in France.
6 A question about the maintenance of a car in France for the holidays only added August 13, 09.

I read your article on importing a car in France, but can not find the answer to my situation when I wonder what you should do if you want to have a car of non-French occasion imported parked your holiday home in France while there may be 3 months of the year, but you are not a french resident, I am dual US-Dutch citizenship, living in the USA My mother is Dutch and also a resident of the United States, and I would buy a used car in Holland, lead to his home in France where I will stay for 2 months, and leave it there for us to use whenever we are on holiday there in the future what should we do to do what I have to save the car in France if it is parked there, but only used by non-residents a few months of the year can I ensure Dutch car insurer néerlanda Can I make is the Dutch car with a French insurance Can I insure the Dutch car parked in France with US insurer You can see my confusion tips for e is the situation would be much appreciated.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us By reading your questions, I would say your simplest option would be to look at the TT system we mentioned in our article on car insurance in France This can make things a lot easier.
However, if you still want to do as you say, I fear that we are a UK site, I'm not sure of the exact procedures that are involved in your case.

I guess, as with a car in the UK, you can leave it with Dutch plates and not save it in France, but you would need insurance for all the time the car is in France - at least a third I think it may well be the Netherlands, the French and American insurance companies that would ensure the car in France, as there are British companies doing with the cars in the UK, but I'm not familiar with them.
For expert advice, it may be a good idea to take local advice during the town hall first, then the prefecture or the capital city of your mother department has a house or you can try the Directorate Rйgionale DRIREs of the Industry, Research and the office environment, if perhaps the French embassy in Holland or embassy or the United States in France.
7 Another issue the certificate of compliance added 15 October 09.
Hello - would you have more information on this subject, I work for a relocation company in Switzerland and we have several customers to settle in neighboring France - and we try to understand how the information on the import of cars UK, I thought they MUST have the certificate on the blog, I noticed a comment last day added March 8, 09 and I was wondering if you have more info on this Thanks.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us I'm afraid I have no more information about certificate Conformitй, other than what we have posted on the site because other than this visitor feedback, we also feel you need one, but they found this is not the case, I think in France, like many things, it depends on who you talk to or ask you as the visitor mentions.

I can only advise that the best thing for people to do is probably to contact their DRIREs Directorate Rйgionale of the Industry, Research and the office environment, or even their City Hall who might be able to confirm things in default DVLA in the UK may be able to point them in the right direction.
Thank you for answering that I thought I would let you know what I learned to call our DRIRE Rhône-Alpes, which actually merged with something and is now DREAL Anyway, I ask this question based on this comment and he said that it is not true that you need this certificate information that is sometimes on securities gives only half the story There is yet another information that gives this certificate and the registration documents for vehicles never understand course, this is just a body and a person as you know, one never knows in France Thanks again.
8 Another issue the certificate of compliance added 29 Jan. 10.
Hello, I have to get a certificate for my mgf 2001 model that I can get MGRCC Service in England, they hold all the records of MG Rover Group after the company's collapse, however, can advise you if the C of C would acceptable English or there to be french.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.

Thank you to contact us personally do not think that there is no problem with being written certificate of conformity in English instead of French, as he comes from a UK manufacturer or company that I understand this document will be mainly full of technical details anyway rather than words, which should show that your car is compliant with European standards.
Although I mention above, as I am not an expert, it may be helpful to contact your DRIREs Directorate Rйgionale of the Industry, Research and the office environment, or your hall that could be confirm the absence of the DVLA in the UK might be able to help.
9 A question about registering a car kit added August 17, 10.
I have a 1966 MGB car kit is in the UK and then imported into Gibraltar Now I have to put on my plate French Mutual Insurance Company of Poitiers can not find the type of mark in their computer are thus unable to do anything for me any ideas, please drive in Gib plates.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.

Thank you to contact us I wonder if you tried CC MGR Services UK holding MG Rover Group records after the company's collapse, even though I do not know how it works with their kit cars site is.
And if they can not help, they may be able to point you in the right direction.
10 A question about a free certificate of added April 19, 11.
Can anyone help me try to find a free certificate of conformity as I am a bit of luck that the type approval number does not appear on my UK Reg V5 certificate My car is French after all and a Peugeot first registered 1998 Hatchback 5-door model type 306 LX DT Thanks a retired poor priest.
Thank you to contact us My colleage Joanna says France.
Probably better to go to a local Peugot dealership, but not sure that everything is free in France they love their pieces of paper, and usually up to them.

I'm sorry not to be more useful, but if someone else come in contact with other ideas, I will let you know that you could try as I suppose Peugeot UK.
11 A question about sending a car United France added 9 August, 11.
Hi, I want to send a car to my brother from the United States to France, I should know about the duty and the paper work and the cost of service, the price of the car is 75000 00 Please help us.
We thank you contacing However, I fear that we are a UK site, I'm not sure of the exact procedures that are involved in your case.
I suggest you contact the French Embassy in the United States or the embassy of the United States to France to the rules, regulations and the costs involved, it can also be a good idea to take local advice during the Mayor where your brother lives or you can try her local Rйgionale Drire Directorate for Industry, Research and the office environment.

12 A question about any possible temporary registration added August 12, 11.
Hi - I read your forum registration of a vehicle in the UK, here in France, and I wonder if anyone can shed light on this dilemma, I have a van in the United Kingdom I recently purchased in the UK, I assured here and there are UK tax, but not just now he MOT's run out, I do not need to return to the UK as soon as I'm a man and van service mark here in France, but obviously no MOT and tax will also run at the end of October the complex registration process will take a few weeks here, as do I, keeping in mind that I do is make my living a temporary paper that I can get so that at least I can drive without fear of being fired and fined, etc.
Thank you to contact us I see your dilemma and suggest you contact the agents that we mention in our article on car insurance, which may be able to help or point maybe you in the right direction.
Claire and Frank Haloche Martinet General Agent 37 Rue Amiral Courbet 53500 ERNEE.
They speak excellent English and explain things clearly at any time and are very useful, they are happy to run a certain distance, it has no importance in France where you are based, everything can be done by email, phone and mail.

13 A question about the cost of getting a card Gray added August 12, 11.
My wife and I come to save our Land Rover Freelander 2 in UK France We own our new car, it is close to three years and we had the original receipt showing the amount of VAT paid information on your site was very helpful and we went through the procedure without any problems, until we had to pay for the Gray map we were told that the cost was 1550 euros, and it was a huge shock we paid and interviewed more and later said that since 2008 Gray card number first attract tax Nothing I have seen on the Internet suggests that this is the case, but the lady at the Prefecture was adamant that this is the case and that things we read was out of date, I am now very confused.
Thank you to contact us I did not know the specific costs of obtaining a gray card, as this varies depending on the age of the car, its power and its CO2 emissions, and often what region in France you are I do not believe we mention the cost to our site, but I understand that, since January 2008, was a tax on the first registration of high-emission vehicles, ranging from 200 euros to 2,600 euros, so I think this is what you have been charged.
I have now included a specific mention of this in our article.
I just thought I'd follow my email yesterday on our experience to get a gray card for our Land Rover we later found out that all departments are free to set their own prices for the first registration of a vehicle which is now based on CO2 emissions they can review what price each year and varies slightly from one department to small low polluters would be only a few hundred euros, our Freelander 2 comes to about 1550 euros and a Range Rover 3000, etc. Nobody told us heard about this for the people worth knowing, before you know, like we did at the time of payment.
14 A question about a recording of a non-resident car added 31 Jan. 12.

I want to import a used car from the United States to replace the French car I have now I my non-resident who owns a vacation home and would therefore keep the car in my garage, I spend only three months year in France and the rest of the year the US web site indicates that you no longer need to save the car if you are so non-resident, what, if anything am I exempt from that a foreign resident wouldn t be.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us I understand you may not ok register the car in France to six months is a non-resident of France, but I am sure that you will have to go on the record, it is certain you need to keep insured, if only with third party insurance.
However, I suggest you contact the following agents that are mentioned repeatedly in our articles about auto insurance and car registration in France, which should be able to give you expert advice.

Claire and Frank Haloche Martinet General Agent 37 Rue Amiral Courbet 53500 ERNEE.
15 A question on the temporary registration plates added 29 March 12.
I tried searching everywhere, but I would like to know how much it costs for French temporary registration plates I bought a new car in France if I register it in France, I need a registration document, which is 552 euros But as I want to take it and save it in my country, I need the temporary registration plates I heard it was cheaper than a gray card.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you for contacting us Perhaps you can contact your DRIREs Rйgionale Directorate of Industry, Research and the Environment office or City Hall, for advice on the temporary registration plates.

16 A question about the registration of a car in a country where you are resident added 29 March 12.
We just recorded our old VW Polo four years to keep our holiday home in the Dordogne - we were meticulous in our preparation and we had our temporary card Gray and new plates in a day and a half, however, we are now a shaky as a friend drew our attention on the website that says you can not register a car in another European country unless it is your country of permanent residence can someone tell me if this is correct.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you for contacting us I do not really find where it says on the site, but I am in touch with my colleague Joanna in France, and both of us are not aware of what is.

I understand that non-residents of France may have and ensure cars registered in French in France, if such a car can then be taken to the place where that person is a resident and drove there, unless the laws of that country are respected.
17 A similar question about being a resident of UK with a French registered car added 29 March 12.
As a resident of UK with a house in France, I want to keep a car registered in the United Kingdom, France and sure I have a certificate and I'm French license plates on registration My question is the following; Is it a legal issue to be a resident of UK and driving a car registered in French.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.

Thank you for contacting us I do not think that being a resident of the United Kingdom should be a problem with owning and driving a car in France is the French registered and insured, as long as the car stays in France back in the UK -um can cause problems because it will require taxing and insurance under the rules of the UK.
18 A question on a technical expired added 7 control 6. 12
Hi, my car is on French plates, but it is currently in the UK The control technique has expired We can assume that I will get back to France on a trailer, I am a WORD guess will not be enough, thoughts would be appreciated.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.

Thank you to contact us I asked my colleague who said that if you book the car for a CT in France, you are allowed to travel to it, you'd probably be OK If you are arrested, you can say you are booked and on how to do it.
19 A question about VAT on exported cars added 13 June 12.
I have a car that is three years that was exported from the UK without VAT paid in the UK It has plates in the UK at the moment, but I want to save France Will they me to pay VAT and how it will be calculated for a three-year old car.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you for contacting us, however, I'm afraid I do not know the answer to your questions, so if someone else can help, please do not contact us.

Have you tried to contact your local office of the DRIRE Rйgionale Directorate for Industry, Research and the Environment or the Mayor, even they might be able to help.
20 A question on how quickly you need to register a car added 12 February 12.
We go to France in a month, and we haven t yet decided to sell our car in the UK or import in France If we decide to register it in France, we are not clear on how we must quickly make Europe Union says six months.
If you move to another EU country and take your car with you, you must register and pay the corresponding taxes in the new country, you must register your car within les six months before leaving, you should check with the authorities of your new country when the 6-month period beginning - from the moment you leave your home country or from the moment you arrive in your new country you should also request that the documents will be requested to as evidence.

However, in your article above, you say differently Presumably your one month three-month limit just French law, but surely European law overrides any clarification appreciated.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us I am in contact with my colleague Joanna said.
One might expect Community law to prevail, but the French are always focus on doing things their own way, struggling with the EU The last I knew about it was that you had six months to change an inscription a french, if you are a non-resident.
What seems to agree with the EU legislation If you are a resident of France, I see different Maybe try asking the following, which may be able to help.
Claire and Frank Haloche Martinet Tel 02 43 05 21 82 Email.

You can also try Schreinemachers, which is an organization that specializes in the provision of French car insurance in the UK ex-pats and English, they are very useful and very often able to help various unusual situations and requests they may be able to clarify for you.
Otherwise, as our article said, you can take courses in local councils on registering a car in your hall, the prefecture or the capital city of your department or Directorate Drire Rйgionale Industry, Research and the Environment.
Thank you for your reply on further research, I found that our car would potentially attract eco-tax 1600 euros if we it imported While art from 1600 euros or 500 euros for the headlights, and other charges Directors and all for a car with 100,000 miles on the clock which is not suitable for driving on the right side of the road, I think anyway š made our decision for us.
21 A question about the emissions tax and a certificate of added December 13, 12.
We live near Dinan and are currently recording our car Where can I find out how much tax the emissions we must pay for our region told me if it is less than 200 km k then we do not pay anything whether another question we received the certificate of conformity of Renault UK, but he did not show the tax code number on it powers for determining the amount of the registration fee is.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.

Thank you to contact us I contact your local council to see if they can help you or you can try Schreinemachers, which is an organization that specializes in the provision of French car insurance in the UK ex-pats and English These are very useful and can often assist in various unusual situations and requests they may be able to point you in the right direction.
Comment # 7 contains the following paragraph of Council Directive 83 182 EEC of 28 March 1983 to question key, if you can prevent the excitement of reading long enough to choose the corresponding bits, but goes on to say that an EU citizen should register his car in his country of residence a directive mentions that later second owners can register the car accompanying the second home in the country of this house, but all seems very confusing.
I want to know what directive mentions two owners being able to register a car accompanying ih second home country of the house Can you, or someone, help.
Following my question above, I followed now for your future information it is 51998PC0030 proposal, as stated in the document, was adopted by the European Commission The relevant section for cars with second homes is in Article 9.
A 23 whether the recording is in France for a time added 2 May 13.
Hi - I currently own and lead the UK recorded Citroen C5 tax and MOT short end of January 2013 Working in France until April How do I register in France, scrap or chance to return to UK April and face the music that I have insurance in the United Kingdom until November 2014 please help.

Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us I am discovering that a colleague, but I have had no luck Personally, I would have thought it would be useful to broaden the tax in the UK and MOT for a short time registered in France do not seem worth it, and certainly I would not run a car illegally without MOT or tax and I would have thought otherwise your insurance will be invalid.
Regarding the disposal of the car, perhaps our article auto insurance in France can influence your decision See the section Your Questions section Question 3, and comments Comment No. 5.
You can also ask to try asking Schreinemachers tips This is an agency specializing in the provision of French car insurance in the UK ex-pats and English These are very useful and very often able to help with different situations and unusual requests they may be able to point you in the right direction.

24 A question about the registration of a car in France that belongs to someone else added 28 February 13.
My brother has a house in France and wants to save France the car of his partner and leave it there when they go on holiday they are not French he residents have problems registering the car in France when still owned and registered in the name of his partner in the UK they live together for twenty odd years, but never married, he is the owner of the house of French he holiday to buy the car of his partner and the registered in her name before you can have the car re-registered in France she had the car since new, but it has no French address, it can provide utility bills.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us I think your brother may have problems registering a car in France that is not his name, and it may have to do as you say, but maybe you could contact or to Schreinemachers get advice about as mentioned earlier, this is an agency that specializes in the provision of french car insurance in the UK ex-pats and English they are very useful and very often able to help with different situations and unusual requests they may be able to point you in the right direction, if they can not help directly.

25 questions about when to change insurance policies added 25 July 13.
I currently have in the UK and insurance Reg plates I am looking to register my car in France When I change my sheets should I change my insurance in the UK before or after and when do I get French insurance before or after.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us I think some UK insurance companies will provide a car registered in French, so you can check with your current company, you can contact Schreinemachers, which is an agency specializing in the provision of French motor insurance UK former expatriates and English for their advice.
26 A question about importing a car registered for the disabled in France added 17 September 13.
If a car is bought without VAT in the UK and registered for the disabled, what is the situation when importing into France, as Quittus Tax obviously will not show VAT Incidentally, the recording of a car for disabled people in France do not attract tax on CO2.

Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you for contacting us Although I'm afraid I'm not aware of what happens during the import of such a car, I suggest you see maybe if your Prefecture, DRIRE Rйgionale Directorate of Industry, Research and Office of Environment, insurers, or local center Taxes can offer advice or even your Mayor.
27 questions about leaving a car in France to a second holiday home added 19 September 13.
We are residents of the United Kingdom with a French property in the Var I plan to take my 2004 vehicle registered in the United Kingdom and letting the property permanently on the road, we spend about 60 days in France not permanently , round trips by plane Do I have to change the registration of french plates as a non-resident french car needs a UK MOT time in France if the rest of the UK recorded states insurance UK 90 days at most, I guess it must be consistent or is it that the number of days the car will be driven abroad Any help for me to decide what I need to Action would be greatly appreciated Thanks.

Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you contact us Very few people asked similar things, as mentioned above as I understand, the rules have tightened considerably in recent years, so now if a car is kept in France permanently, you will find some -uns, if insurers that will ensure with British plates, as long as you say you are going to use, but you could certainly ringing around and check with your current insurer, or maybe GIE Generali real Estates formerly Schreinemachers Ltd., which mentioned several times, and are very useful, but it might be worth keeping in mind that if you were able to keep it insured and registered in the UK, I think you should keep your MOT in the UK, which means that you will return the car with the United Kingdom to do then UK tax would also have to pay, when the car is in the UK.
I would say that the best option would be to save and secure in France, especially if you do not plan to drive the car in the UK again.
For confirmation of the rules and regulations, I also suggest you check with your Mayor and or Prefecture.
Thank you for your answer, I do not seem to go in circles with this question, I have no preference of the route to take, as long as the car is legal lowest punishment would also be good but it seems to be path is a bit of a performance that I do not think we'll bring the car in the UK because it is already almost ten years, so you are probably right to say to re-register with French plates and ensure in France .

However, if we are not driving the car again in the UK, is the French version of WORD to establish that the car is sufficient to obtain insurance on the assumption that we can roll insure a car registered in the United Kingdom is permanently in France so we would not need to return the car in the UK for an MOT and no need to pay road tax in the UK, I guess the only reason it would be a better solution is so ever we wanted to sell the car, the UK market is better for classic models that are driving on the right and this would complicate the situation if the car has French plates.
I did not count on this short-term operating so have the time to establish the best solution before next spring and check with our Mayor You would not think that we are all Europeans it would be so complicated.
I do not think French MOT would be acceptable with insurers in the UK, but it is always worth checking that I'm certainly not an expert in this field.
28 A question on a recording Bentley 1996 and its speedometer added March 10, 13.

I 1996 Bentley that I try to sign up if France - it is currently on British plates I contacted Bentley UK who say besides changing the headlights of the speedometer must also be changed to read km h on the outer scale He currently has a speedometer mph with exterior and h km inside someone else come up against this problem that I have friends who got other cars without having to change that fact.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you for contacting us I have not heard of it, but you might perhaps ask to see if GEI Generali Real Estates someone was heard.
In case anyone reading this can help further, please do get in touch.

29 A question about where to save a car added 10 March 13.
We are British, currently living in the United States, returning to Europe in March 2014, will retire in France and Spain without a permanent address in the UK, although resident in the UK for tax purposes, we will spend more totaling altogether six months in France, more than six months in total in Spain, with return visits to the UK to visit our family, we want to take our British car registered in France with us and use in France and Spain how long can we keep our British dishes Where do we register the car if necessary is it necessary that we spend only a few months in France before leaving the country go to the UK or Spain or we could leave garaged and not use it for two or three months tips please be very confused.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us You are right, it will be a very confusing situation, and I'm afraid I do not know the answer I know that in France, holding a car with plates rules in the UK it are now tightened, not resident in France would normally have to register it in France in six months, but if you do not keep in France permanently, you can perhaps keep registered and insured in the UK who is if you can find an insurance company to cover you, as you say that you will not be in France for more than 90 days, which is usually the stumbling block If you are then still outside the UK however, in Spain, this can prove to be a problem.
I suggest you contact some British insurance companies to know what you do about it, and maybe the DVLA in the UK You can also check with Generali GEI which are usually very helpful Real Estates.
30 A question about the best way to buy and maintain a car in France added 18 October 13.

Hello and thank you in advance for any advice you can give me two years ago, we bought a small house in the Gers, since we flew to Edinburgh Toulouse winter and summer especially Bordeaux Each trip, the cost of a rental car for 9 -10 days is that the flights we have a garage, we plan to buy our own car because of the distance, driving in the UK for an annual MOT is impossible if all the issues you asked and other sources - would you agree that to stay legal without huge paperwork problems, would be to buy a French LHD car registered in the UK and drive there go to City Hall and sort documentation hope you can help the way for us easier.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us I would say the quick answer to your question is yes Although it seems that these days, people are re-registration of cars in France more easily, so if you can t find a suitable French registered LHD car in the UK, taking on another car should hopefully not be too much of a problem although I would perhaps try to stick to cars that are made in France, such as Renault, Peugeot or Citroлn.
Thank you for what we have also heard of a garage in France that one should buy German, as the parts are easy to find and cars are more reliable You can win t.
31 Any questions about compliance certificates added July 11, 13.

I was recently in a position where my insurance in the United Kingdom has failed before I could import my car in France, I insured with AXA France, but when my tax on the road in the UK I missed could not get the tax on the road because the DVLA would agree to recognize the AXA insurance documents So although I am assured and a valid MOT in the UK, I can not use my car up that it complies with French CT, and is registered in France.
When I spoke to the DVLA, they are not helpful didn t seem to have an idea what hoops we have to jump here in France they said I should take out insurance in the UK.
So gather the necessary documents to register the car in France will still take some time I have to get a certificate Now, this raises the question, should it be in English or French if I pay it important than what I do not want to have to buy another version in french so I suppose the best thing, if I have to buy one is to get in french anyway.
Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.

Thank you to contact us Some of our site visitors seem to have registered their cars in France relatively painless, so I hope this will be the case for you regarding your compliance certificate, I felt that the two versions English and French are widely accepted this document is mainly full of technical details anyway, rather than words, showing that your car complies with European standards However, if a French version is available, it may be helpful to do this.
You can also read items 12 13 in the section comments on the certificates of conformity.
32 Another issue certificates of compliance added July 11, 13.
Live in Limousin and I contemplated importing a Mazda MX5 UK Can you tell me if this is now done.
If you have the new V5 RED type of registration number doc, which replaces all older BLUE such documents, the process is easier if you look at the back of the first page to the specification, you'll see a list letters with information typed If next to them, there is the letter K set with an entrance next to him, this is your compliance certification.
Thus, having V5 red gift you need an average T CoC.

Jo Rhodes French property links editor responds.
Thank you to contact us I understand that this can vary, depending on where you take your car to record, I suggest you contact the DVLA in the UK and also your DRIREs office to see if this is correct, you can also check with your local council.
33 A question about importing a Rolls-Royce in France added 12 October 13.
I am selling my 1970 2-door Rolls-Royce Mulliner Park Ward in a man who lives in France, and he asked me to see what the regulations are involved in the importation of the car in France The car is in good condition and MOT has a current certificate can you advise me please.
Thank you for contacting us our article above gives a lot of information on how to go about taking a car to France and register there, I wonder if your buyer has read this, I suggest you Contact for more information specific to your car, your auto manufacturers directly.

34 Another question about importing a car in the UK in France added 14 Jan. 14.
Hi - my cousin, UK resident emigrated to US and she told me that I can have a car so I can transfer in my name, I am a French resident with a French driving license Please advise what are my options.
Thank you for contacting us lot of information is given above on how to go about importing a car in France and recording, but to get advice about your particular situation, I suggest you take classes in local councils about the registration of the car of your Mayor, Drire your office area or even the prefecture of your department your cousin may also contact the DVLA in the UK, if it does not know how transfer the car in your name.
35 Questions on the import of old cars and older cars from Germany added 14 Jan. 14.
After reading all the questions and comments of import responses permanently a car in France, the UK, I have a problem I do not have been covered previously Namely, I have to take cars me when we move later this year, but I can not get certificates of compliance as they relate only to vehicles manufactured after 1997; mine are from 1989 and 1987, so I agree that they will only national type approval for the country, they were sold - is this correct If so, what information will the French authorities require.
The next problem is that a car has been manufactured and sold in Germany to a member of the armed forces, imported into the UK in the early 1990s where he was from, and assured of regular MOT without problems So technically, I 'I drive with the German national approval, even if it is identical to the British model All ideas for that one.

Thank you for contacting us We say in our article that older cars can be issued with a type approval certificate, so that the automaker should be able to advise you on this collection of vehicle owners must obtain a Certificate certificate that the vehicle is technically compliant FFVE Fйdйration franзaise vйhicules of time to do so it should for some of your cars, I'm afraid I do not know what's going on with your car from Germany that was imported to UK.
But maybe you could get a confirmation and details of what you need to do to all your cars by contacting your local office of office, or maybe your town hall or the prefecture of your department, it might be an idea try them all.
In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.
36 A question about the research on the history of used cars added 26 March 14.
Hello - this seems to be the most comprehensive French site car registration, I saw the Great Work I have a question about research on older used cars, for example when buying used car is there a way to find anything about the history of vehicle registration, repairs, etc. In the US, it is something like Carfax, but I m ​​not sure if something similar is in France or her way to find the previous owners based on the VIN Thank you.

Thank you for contacting us, but I'm afraid I do not know of anything like that in France.
In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.
37 A question of having to get Gray Card original car added May 7, 14.
I bought a 2003 LHD Citroen garage in the UK, it was imported from France more than a year before I bought and fully compliant and registered UK I took in France, got a CT and insurance as I finished all documents and tried to save it for CG was rejected once, as I had not received a form of tax relief I duly obtained and returned the documents it has been returned again with a request that I get the original CG garage I bought this is not mentioned anywhere above you need to keep documents historic for each country, if I would have known I would not have bought this car what do I do, just tell them not possible Garage is over 100 miles from where I live in the UK, we m 'said they didn t GC.
Thank you for contacting us, but I'm not afraid I haven t come into this before so I'm not able to help.

In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.
38 questions about the time needed to register a car in the UK and help with this added 7 May 14.
I'm just retired and we have only been here for a month, we found a property and will move by 2 My car reg June is British and will require an MOT on 23 May 14 Do I have the time to do this called for by then and someone can help me, or do I get a French car running while I deal with the main drive please help me.
Thank you to contact us as you can read in the comments below, it may be possible to do it in time, but I think it may depend on where you are in France and deals with your If If you need help, you may want to contact a company that helps people who relocate to France with all kinds of things, like help France a list of these companies can be found in our business directory, Find services in the property.
39 A question on the registration of a car with Euro plates added January 7 15.

We are currently in Slovenia and who wish to drive to France and register the car, it seems that the only way that we can buy a car here with temporary Euro plates and we can not drive in Slovenia for a month when we get in France will we have the usual six months to register or just one month because of Euro plates kindly in advance.
Thank you to contact us so I'm afraid I do not know the answer to your question, I think there should be six months, but you will need to check with the relevant authorities in France This is the office or your prйfecture, more precisely, your Rйgionale DREAL Directorate of Environment, Housing and Amйnagement - formerly Drire You can also try your Mayor.
40 A question to leave a car in France in a barn to occasionally use added 23 April 15.
Could you give us advice, we think take my car in Britain where we have two properties that we are renovating We would like to take my car to leave so we can use it when we vacation there we visit 4 5 times a year, we read all the documents, headlights changes etc etc necessary changes plates, but is this the case if it should be kept in a barn and not have regular use, I read comment of an American woman who wears a Holland where you said it would be different for her, but can we just get the French insurance every time we would use or do we still have all changes and paperwork, I'm confused, but was wondering if you could help thanks.
Thank you contact us Many people ask similar questions posed see answer to Question 27, for example if you plan to use your 4 car 5 times a year, I think it would be easier to provide for the entire year, rather than every time you visit in addition, it must be registered If you are ready to return to the UK to maintain its MOT, you might be able to keep registered in the UK for a while but usually six months is the maximum period of time a car can be preserved in France without storing it in France If you read some of the latest comments in our section of your comments, you will see that the registration of a car should not be a problem maybe you could talk through your concerns with a company like Generali GEI that are very useful real estate agencies.

The registration process my high 2014 VW Passat was easy and helped by reading the advice on various expat forums However, as in the above post I left a blank check and was a bit taken aback when I 'I received the Carte Grise clear that the eco-tax came to 1400 Euros this is much more than Audi A3 my wife that we recorded earlier this year Any thoughts about whether this is true or I should check with would be welcome.
Thank you to contact us as you may know, since 2008, there was a tax payable in France the first registration of a car with high CO2 emissions, ranging from 150 euros to 8,000 km to 131-135g euros for 200g km cars registered for the disabled do not attract this tax but I agree, the fee that you were charged seems high.
Maybe the next site provided by ADEME Agency for Environment and Energy Maоtrise of can help you whether you have been charged is correct.
Thank you for your answer The site was useful and it seems that for a new VW Passat Alltrack the penalty of 1600 euros on the acquisition of a new car that the car is less than a year, I think why Y3 CO2 or ECOTAXE is 1440 euros.
It would be good advice to check the cost of the first registration of a car in France, or buy an electric car.
42 A question about recording a 3 Land Rover modified series in France added 23 April 15.

Hi - can you give me advice on re-registration of a series Land Rover UK 3 1971, which has been modified engine, the fuel change to French plates as I said it is a different procedure A big thank you for any help.
Thank you for contacting us, but I'm afraid I'm not aware of the recording of a modified Land Rover Series 3 After having a look online, I wonder if you tried different forums Land Rover.
In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.
Yes thank you ever so much, forums were rather confused with conflicting advice sometimes, but we hope that your website can be more fruitful The fact that it has a changed engine is the average age LR UK can not help .
43 Problems with conflicting rules about an added Tax clearance 6 September 15.

Here's to you I decided to buy a French built recorded plated car garage in London, which was sold by an ex-pat couple back first problem was that they never signed off Grise Map Sold as easily repaired, made myself But when applying to the local prefecture Melun, I was told that I should tax clearance that the car was purchased in England and was sent to the City for administrative tax document required This is where the problem starts.
The administrative officer reviews the documents that I hold and said the car is registered in France with French plates and was bought in France and has never been recorded elsewhere, so you do not need a large financial Discharge I say now that you could write me a letter indicating that it had signed and put his official stamp on it, so I return to the prefecture for half past one expect to be told that I am not n tax clearance and they do not recognize the documents until I do - Gallic shrug and rejected even if they read the note from the City administration.
I'm tearing my hair and think I'll have to go to a lawyer Suggestions.
Thank you for contacting us, but I'm afraid I do not really know what you should do Did you try to talk to people in your hall to see if they can help you perhaps may also contact Prevencia Generali, which is an agency specializing in the provision of French car insurance in the UK former expatriates and English Although you aren t after car insurance, they are very useful and very often able to help various unusual situations and requests, so may be able to point you in the right direction.
In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.

I'm trying to get a local business to address the problem lawyers if I hope to continue to drive legally.
44 a question about compliance certificates being in another language added March 8, 15.
Vw The site says they only provide COCs in German, do you know if that would be acceptable in France A big thank you.
I'm not aware of anyone having problems with the VW certificates of compliance, and the site VW says that the certificate of being German does not affect its validity and it will be recognized by all countries of the European Community for the purpose of vehicle registration so I would hope that this is true, it seems that all these categories on certificates follow the same numbering system for which ever make of the vehicle, making them easier for countries to understand .
In case anyone reading this is able to offer further advice, please do get in touch.

45 questions about the re-registration a French registered car added 3 August, 15.
Looking at buying a French registered car in the UK, then leaving for vacation in France transport Our questions are, how long do we get the Gray Card on our behalf from the date of purchase UK to obtain the document in France for the Carte Grise we need the following certificate of compliance, tax and Discharge Control technology Do we need a proof of purchase as well as information about previous owners Finally how can -we know how a new Carte Grise price Please.
The above article should be of some help to you, although I admit not much talk of exporting a French registered car from the UK to France.
It seems that the rules for obtaining a Carte Grise differ as to where you are in France, so I think this also applies to change the name on the registration card, or get a new Carte Grise I think you have three months to Sort this out, and I would say most places like to see as much as possible the documents, proof of purchase would be a good thing to have at the very least.

A quick Internet search led me to a few positions, who said that you must have proof of identity, proof of address, the registration document Carte Grise, to be written across more Sold date the sale and signature of the person who is listed as the current owner, and a declaration of transfer to the seller, completed and signed by the same person if more than 4 years, it should have an MOT Control French technique, ideally less than six months old or you'll get another done before you can transfer ownership of a Certifнcate administraciуn and sale agreement between the previous owner and you are also advised.
But it can also be helpful to ask your hall, the prefecture or the capital city of your department or local offices DRIREs Rйgionale Directorate for Industry, Research and the Environment Good local insurance brokers are also useful Franck Haloche provides excellent service for English speakers - for details take a look at.
For fresh Carte Grise, the following sites should be able to give you an idea.
46 A question about maintaining a private number plate in UK in France added 9 August, 15.
We have an English Vauxhall Vectra 1997, with a private license plate that was imported into France in 2002. Unfortunately, the car has never been on the road for many years and must now be discarded Does someone one knows how to hold a private license plate UK DVLA in France are of no help.

Thank you for contacting us, although I haven afraid I t come to this before and so do not know the answer Have you asked your Prefecture and or your city hall or maybe your local DREAL sheet Rйgionales of Environment , of Amйnagement offices and housing These were previously DRIREs Rйgionales Directorates of Industry, Research and the Environment offices.
In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.
47 Questions Tax and Eco tax added engine size of 12 June 15.
I just bought an Audi 3d 2 in the United Kingdom with CO2 emissions of 257g km I am about to register the vehicle in France and was horrified to see that the Eco tax rate is 1600 Euros The car is over 10 years and I said there is a reduction of 10 per year is there a limit to level up to 50, for example, if I can not assume that I have no eco tax to pay I also heard of a major price engine any body knows the rate of this.
Thank you for contacting us I do not believe there is a limit to 10 per year reduction for the eco tax in France, after the first registration, so I do not think you should have to pay this fee if your car is over 10 years while not being an expert on the subject, it may be helpful to check with your city hall.
Tax on motor size varies I know which department you are, and also reduced from 50 times a vehicle has more than 10 years following may be helpful.

48 A question about an MOT expired Feb. 27, 16 added.
My stepfather was a French car that is 6 months MOT Will we be able to book and take for its MOT.
Thank you to contact us I'm not quite sure what you are asking if I think you say that the car is a car registered in French, and the WORD French Technical Supervision has expired for six months, and you want whether you can MOT in the UK, I'm afraid, but I do not know the answer, but it might be worth checking with the DVLA garages and MOT it may be that you need to return to France to WORD it.
In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.

49 Registering a car in the UK in France with finance still pay added 5 March 16.
I was wondering if anyone had problems registering their car in the UK in France if the car has always financed on it although I do not think the finance company would like, if I go again I would pay asked if anything in the registration process will signal up and they reject to the car or something.
Thank you to contact us I am not aware of the problems this can cause.
In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.
50 Where to get a customs certificate for a motorcyle Qatar added 6 March 16.
Hi - thank you for your information, I am currently recording a motorcycle Qatar and most moves along smoothly, but I can not find a place for the customs certificate I live on the west side of Paris and all the places I contacted don t offer this service any advice Thank you.

Thank you to contact us I guess you tried your local tax office Impфts Center, DRIRE office and your Mayor Other than asking these places, I am at a loss to where you need to go.
In case anyone reading this to offer advice, please do get in touch.
How long after getting your gray card should you rest your vehicle in France like mine is a classic car and I need time to arrange for more of our house, I have the French plates but always run on plaques in the UK and insurance in the UK.
Thank you for contacting us, but I'm afraid I do not know the answer to your question, maybe you can check with your local council, the prefecture of the town or city of your department or local offices of the DRIRE Rйgionale Directorate the Industry, Research and the Environment Good local insurance brokers are also useful Franck Haloche provides excellent service for English speakers - for details take a look at, you can try Prevencia Generali, which is a specialized agency the provision of french car insurance in the UK ex-pats and English.
In case anyone reading this to offer further advice, please do get in touch.
52 A question about driving with UK plates France added 20 October 16.

Thank you for the article on registering a car in France and car insurance I just want to check the details of this comment.
And in practice, we had a van registered in the UK provided here for six years, having had no problems with insurance coverage or after control by the police, etc.
Are you saying that your van has a UK numberplate, but you have taken out insurance in France giving you a small window stickers and politics, would likely need to register in France in a few months, but you didn t move on forward with this and your insurance was still valid even if the vehicle was on a UK board and the police did not question it.
The reason I ask is that I brought my car in France and it seems that a lot of hassle and money to change the inscription on but my insurance is due and I can get it for half the price if I take a French political rather Thant a UK that gives me unlimited travel in Europe so naturally I think sticking to the French insurance but of course on my plate in the UK, concerned it would be a problem if accident or being shot I know you can t condone any wrong course, but in practice, do you think it would be correct to do this.
Thank you to contact us This article was written there already a few years the rules have changed and become more stringent since it would make sense for you to switch to French plates and insurance if you now live in France If you do not live France, the good local insurance brokers will be able to advise Franck Haloche offer a great service for English speakers - for details see, you can try Prevencia Generali, which is an agency specialized in providing auto insurance french UK ex -pats and English.

And if you've already read haven t the comments below, it would be useful to do because it gives you an idea of ​​personal experiences to reinstate that aren t all bad.
53 A question about insurance before getting Gray Card added 17 Jan. 17.
A question please If I export my car in France, can I get insurance with a French insurance company for the period between export and get the registration card and new plates 'help.
Thank you to contact us as above, good local insurance brokers will be able to advise Franck Haloche offer a great service for English speakers - for details take a look at, you can try Prevencia Generali, which is an agency specializing in the French motor insurance provision in the UK and English-speaking former expatriates.
54 A question on registration of imported cars older added 17 Jan. 17.
Hi - we have three cars, 2 x Jaguar and Saab All three are cars imported from Qatar and LHD Therefore, the cars were in the United Kingdom registered and all over 10 years, we now expect to live in Britain for most of the year, although we still have a home in the UK My difficulty is that I try to register motor vehicles in France and what problems would we have three gray imports in Europe Or we keep UK recorded and try to make them in France and ensure annual UK WORDs the headlights are LHD centered but that seems to be acceptable for registration and UK MOT Your opinion is welcome.

Thank you to contact us if you are in France for most of the year, I think you need to register cars in France on French insurance companies plates in the UK have restrictions on how long you can be out of the UK and French companies may require French plates Although I agree imports can be difficult as above, good local insurance brokers will be able to advise Franck Haloche offers great service for English speakers - for details take a look at you can also try Prevencia Generali, which is an agency specializing in the provision of french car insurance in the UK and English-speaking former expatriates.
55 A question about the use of maiden names added 4 March 17.
I sent my car I wanted France registered to me as I bought the car and it is paid in full under my name We presented all the documents and now they say if I want in my name I use my maiden name when all records and my driver's license and insurance is under my married name, I'm not confused why this is necessary when my legal name is my married name please help me understand what I need to change the shipping paper to my maiden name Please, please help.
Thank you to contact us I now understand what is happening, that the maiden names or birth names of women or indigenous names as they call them, rather than their married names are used when registering the cars I can see how it can be confusing, but this is the norm, I think you will most likely need to provide your birth certificate or a marriage certificate for this, they save your married name and I have heard, it seems sometimes and your maiden name, but it didnt seem to always be the case this happens also with Vital card and driving license photocard I think.
I guess it's because that name will never change, whereas married names may change for women.

1 Experience with registering a car kit added 24 December 08.
Alan Garratt would like to share his experience of trying to save his car kit.
I tried to register a car kit Quantum February 2 sports car in France having legally used for many years on the roads of the UK, there is no way I sent - subsequently - the eleven documents requested, including a certificate of approval of ministers - need to record in England the French authorities absolutely insist on a certificate that does not exist for a kit car Without this certificate, which does not exist, they will not be the the idea to record in France, I spent nearly two years, made several trips to the Prefecture, and two visits to the DRIRE Rйgionale Directorate for Industry, Research and the Environment, contacted a website for a Government department in England that reconciles differences in EU regulations - and got nowhere.
If you can, please let me know that I came to the conclusion that it is impossible.
2 Import a Spartan in France added 12 March 09.

I am the events coordinator for the Spartan Owners Club and I have a French who wants to import a Spartan in France, it is possible to find at the moment and I wondered if Alan had been a success that I could pass him well that if French is struggling.
3 update compliance certificate added 8 March 09.
I just recorded my new UK Peugeot 306 here in France Previously, I'd read that the reason why the certificate of compliance was needed was to show the receiving type approval number phone number in French, I noticed that number was already on the registration in the UK document when they asked me if I had the certificate of compliance with the sub-prйfecture, I asked if she was to get the reception phone number she answered yes so I said to the type approval number on the registration document she consulted her boss and it was good.
So if you got the type approval number on the registration document, which I believe is the case for all cars since 1998, you should not need the certificate of conformity Obviously, I do not know if I was lucky the day that I treated, but I noticed the registration application form that only a certificate is listed as a requirement for new cars and no second hand, so if you can provide the phone number of reception of the reference document in the UK so I do not think there's problem and you get to keep 113 of you otherwise spend on certicate.
4 The experience of registering a car in the UK in France added 9 February, 10.

A site visitor offers good news and some useful tips.
Bring a car in the UK in France is so easy and the paperwork is minimal if the car is registered in your name on UK V5 so no import is necessary Yes a change of headlights is necessary, so shop around, buy via websites and if you can not do it, or find someone local to adapt or negotiate a price with a garage not use a main dealer.
To obtain your registration card, you will need proof of electric current phone bill residence; Technical Control French MOT, V5 British newspaper; proof of identity and passport you must complete a form and then put it all in the office of the prefecture, which will ask you some money and give you a card with your Gray French registration number.
Read your UK driving license and V5 terms Both must show your current address or are invalid After allowing time for change, usually a maximum of months now trying to change an address to your address DVLA French will not issue such documents to an address outside the UNI States therefore, theoretically, if you have lived in France for three months, in addition, what is your permanent residence and you still do not have a residence in the UK which is the address on your current driving license, so you do not have a valid license to drive a car, so you either have no insurance and you make an offense punishable by imprisonment in a phone call DTAC will confirm this.
More recently the site visitor has this to say added November 10th, 10 Regarding the last paragraph, I quote below a DVLA official written response received in response to this question.

Drivers who take residence in another EEA country EC no longer have to exchange their driving license, but can continue to drive using their national license as long as it remains valid It is recognized that drivers moving to another part of the EEA EC could be licensed indicating an incorrect address can fill the back of your license with your current address is permitted by the provisions of the EC Directive on driving licenses.
5 CE certificate for BMW added 3 September 10.
Reading your piece on the registration of cars in the UK to France, it could be interesting to know that two months ago I asked and received a certificate for my BMW 320i There was no charge and it was in french.
BMW BMW UK Limited Department approval Bracknell Berkshire RG12 Ellesfield Avenue 8TA.
We haven t yet made the final move to France but we found your very useful and informative site, so formidable.
6 Further information on the registration certificates and driving in France added 14 April 10.

A site visitor provides the following information.
He explained that when you become a permanent resident in France, you have twelve months to re-register your vehicle This is so that when you commit a traffic offense that can be traced - and fined.
In this case, you will also exchange your UK driving license for a French so that points can be deducted If you do not commit offense of traffic you do not have to exchange your driving license in the UK for a French However, when you get 70 and your British license expires, you can not be issued with a new UK one because you do not have an address in the UK what's more, once your license UK has expired, you may have to pass a driving test for a French.
I also read on the EU website for the permanent stays in EU countries, if you move your car, you must register your car and pay all applicable taxes on here stays temporary, if you stay less than six months, you must register your car or pay taxes in this country - it remains registered in your country of previous residence If your stay in another EU country is less than six months you may can not lend or rent car to a resident of that country the car being driven by another resident of this country if you are on board you can still lend your car to visit friends or family.
7 A problem with returning to the UK with a French registered car added 17 June 10.

After reading through your very informative messages and replies, can I add another complication to already hopelessly jumbled EU driving record chat We are resident in the UK, although the service EU Signpost tried to suggest otherwise, since we spend about five months in France more years and, as we holiday outside the UK for a considerable period, it may be longer we spend in the United Kingdom Our main residence, a family business that we're now retired, income and investments are in the UK.
Like many French owners of second homes that we have a French registered car in France We imported a car in the UK, we already had, and found the re relatively painless procedure, as some of your other posts suggest.
What I now defend with about DVLA, however, is whether we can return to the UK in that car under French law for short visits, temporary and casual This situation may occur in case of family or other emergencies, even steal back is too slow, due to time or cost, and immediate feedback is necessary that I have a lot of correspondence with DVLA, some of them contradictory, but the latest indicating that a resident of the United Kingdom can not drive a foreign EU registered car in the UK under a condition.
I asked the police that such action would break law and they wrote to say they are not aware of a condition that the car is properly insured and techniqued control, it seems like discrimination against citizens British, when a non-resident in the UK is allowed to drive his car in the UK on foreign plates Council Directive 83 182 of 28 March 1983 affects about it, if you can prevent the excitement of reading long enough to choose the corresponding bits, but goes on to say that an EU citizen should register his car in his country of residence a directive mentions that later second owners can register the car accompanying the secondary residence in this country home, but everything seems very confused.
I hope a lot of sense from my local MP Nick Clegg, who I dragged this Is anyone able to shed light on the question of returning to the United Kingdom in a French registered car while remaining a resident of UK.
8 Further comments on registering a car added 16 December 10.

I can not help feeling that it is far too much unnecessary confusion surrounding this issue, the conditions for the import of a used car in France are pretty simple when complications arise is when the French themselves are confused for example, your correspondent was refused a CT because the garage said they had to have a first Gray card, which is rubbish if they had their V5C.
By law, you can keep your number in the UK as it is consistent with the new French letters-numbers-letters aa-123-AA system but I d guess you d have to be sure to report it to the official at the prefecture politely.
Insure your car in the UK recorded shouldn t be a problem, but it seems to depend on insurers GAN I assured with no problem and just told me to get a CT within three months GAN no mention of registration appear to have offices in the biggest cities.
I can not respond to other car owners, but the whole process will cost me about 1100 was Euros It's cheaper than buying a new car.

9 and experiences of registering a car is another person added April 14, 11.
Thank you for the advice we followed as closely to the letter that it was possible in our circumstances, and found it easy and surprisingly quick to complete the crossing formalities in French plates These circumstances may be relevant to other visitors to your site, so I'm certain the list of their key points.
A We have a static caravan in Alpes-Maritimes We wanted to change a registered Renault UK with French plates so we can leave it there all year because a new Jet2 flight home Nice made this attractive option we French pay our electricity and taxes through the campsite, and so does not have utility bills that show proof of residence However, the campsite manager wrote to whom it has affirmed our residence in the site, and our bill payment services for french letter was accepted without a murmur by the Imp ts Center and the sub-prefecture pr.
Renault B website advises to write to her Billancourt headquarters for the certificate of conformity Instead, I phoned the call center Renault UK in Bangor Co Down a reference number I was given for my investigation, and told me to take the documentation of the car to my local dealer Renault dealer had never heard of the certificate, but called Bangor, quoted my reference, and was told to fax documents certificate m ' was sent by mail in a week and cost nothing thanks Renault for impeccable service.

C. The car does not need the Technical Contr because it is less than four years This caused no problems at tax office and sub-prefecture pr because the confirmation of age is on the certificate of conformity.
D There was no queue at Imp ts Center in Sophia Antipolis We got the Tax clearance in minutes with no problem.
E There was a large queue at the sub-prefecture pr in Grasse, but it features a reception ticketing system, so there were no worries about queue jumping We completed the form downloadable registration before leaving the house, but there are blank copies at reception for those who have them don t we had to wait 45 minutes for our turn at the counter, but only a few minutes to complete the formalities, even once without problems.
F The clerk issued us a document that we had to take to the cashier at the bottom there was virtually no queue there, and we received our temporary Carte Grise immediately following a credit card payment the full version of Carte Grise arrived at the campsite within four days.

I dreaded bureaucracy of the formalities before leaving home, but it turned out to be easy and fast All professional and helpful office staff I am happy to recommend the process to anyone who procrastinates between that and probably more suspicious illegal approach to keep its own national plates in France, even with the French insurance and Technical Contr.
10 Comments about headlights and E85 kits added 6 BioEthanol March 12.
I noted the comments re the cost of the LH headlight change dip UK HR dip In many cases it is possible to change especially headlights if they are clear lens such greater number of cars with headlights DIP xenon have a switch on the back so that the hollow can be changed if someone wants advice about it please contact me.
Incidentally, there are also some kilometreage to have changed your V5C if you fit a BioEthanol E85 kit for your petrol engine car The DVLA will, upon notification, and having the sight of a bill, a garage showing the car has a CE approved equipped kit publish a new V5C showing others in the section P3 fuel FOC it will be I do not know of a few cases where some departments have allowed the issue of a free GC because of it.

11 Registering a car in France and the ease with which it can be added May 30, 12.
I just registered my old Volvo in France easily 16 The first step was the Technical Control The car passed its flagship UK The only documentation required was recording in the UK Document Volvo France charged 140 Euros for certificate attestation and said it was important that I was armed then British flagship of Impot certificate and identity, etc. visited the prefecture It took five minutes to issue a temporary Carte Grise and costs 195 euros the cost is based on the CV, the power of the car being rated at the mine 9CV new plates mounted on the way to work.
12 do not need a certificate of compliance with some cars added 7 May 12.
I just have to register my car Mini One D Angers 49000 and I did not need a certificate of conformity My car is twelve months it should first consider whether you need it or as I 'I try your luck first My Gray card arrived the next day by registered mail.

13 Further experiments with certificates of compliance and record added 10 February 12.
Just going through the process of recording my 2002 UK RREG Renault Kangoo Regarding the certificate of conformity If you have the new type of number RED doc V5 registration, which replaces all older types of documents BLUE, the process is easier if you look at the back of the first page to the specification, you'll see a list of letters with information typed next to them If there is the letter K set with an entrance door, it's your compliance certification you may have to point to the clerk at the prefecture that will probably check with their supervisor, I think this is the new system of the UK you do not need to pay a DRIRE tour that will be charged for the compliance audit If you do not have a new V5 RED, I think you can request the DVLA site I think they are trying to replace all the old type of s V5 BLUE 'by the end n 2012, to comply with the new EEC regulations.
Keep in mind, there is a serious money making industry surrounding this thing certificate of conformity They will not tell you how to avoid paying the 150 euros it usually costs for the same services Drire load about 30 euros for this service the whole system is revised, so expect confusion the DVLA should be able to help but do not bank on it t usually also download application forms related to these sites so that you can work on the information they ask in advance for your application the french are generally polite and helpfull if you have problems with the forms I registered my car in Tours there is a tax liability that is based on age and power your car in the Center region, it is about 40 Euros per CV If your car is more than ten years old the fee is halved my September 1 diesel is rated at 6HP There is a small load admi istration and also good luck postage and remember, this is France.
14 dilemmas vehicle registration and rules different countries added 10 April, 12.
Of course it is possible to be dual residence, either for tax purposes or in reality, the question arises of what country should be registered vehicles and the rules of the license countries apply.
I posed this question to both DVLA and local prefecture, can not give a direct answer, however, if the EU rules which say that a person can not drive a vehicle registered in another country of the EU while in their country of residence, then a real dilemma ocurrs also the host of the driving license conditions such as medical examinations applicable to foreign licenses where the holder is a resident.

For example, a dual resident of France and the UK The person continues to drive on their license in the UK until age 70, but any resident of France is always subject to regular medical lead EGA rules for class E the person has a vehicle registered in France but can t drive legally in the UK because when they are there a resident of UK.
15 A comment on the cost of used cars in France added 29 Jan. 13.
The cars at the lower end of the price range seem to be too expensive, for example, a 1999 206 hovering around 2000 Euros A similar model in the UK is less than half that I intend to go through the hassle of registration of a car in the UK here and paying for new lights, I'll save a lot.
16 Tips for buying used cars LHD UK added 11 June 13.
A tip for Brits looking to buy left hand drive Used cars for France - will go online for UK dealers in LHD vehicles When Brits leaving Spain by mass, there a glut of Spanish registered LHD UK Like other people have seen on this site, UK used car prices are much lower than the French prices and there is a good chance that if the vehicle is held by a British, it has actually been maintained at some point before the first CT date 4 years to buy new.
I took a French vehicle registered in the UK before moving to France this year, he was detained by a couple Anglo German and came with a good service history and Carte Grise and just put through it is first CT before getting the gray card reissued in my name.

Whenever you buy a vehicle, obviously, it is important to ensure good from in terms of ownership and registration documents that said, I am able to make my French vehicle registered online by Amaguiz simply on the number plate is fully comprehensive insurance certainly far less than the insurance of a similar vehicle for the same coverage in the UK alone insurance problem is to get my online British insurer to me give proof of any claim against my vehicle registered in the UK, where they seemed very reluctant to do so when they realized I was changing insurers once I had the necessary declaration, it was accepted by Amaguiz.
17 The experience of recording a Land Rover Discovery 3 in France added 15 Aug. 13.
I just registered my Land Rover Discovery 3, previous address and reg car Rep of Ireland applied for my direct Compliance Certificate for Land Rover UK, received a few days Changed my headlights in France with the help of a friend, who were bought in the UK in a Land Rover I went to the garage Controle Technique, which are everywhere in France without a problem the next day arrived in the sub-prefecture, presented my Irish journal , UL, my Controle Technique Cert, two utility bills with my French address, my driver's license I was asked my Irish passport, he was the only thing that I had forgotten, but no problem because they accepted my driving license as proof of identity the lady behind the counter very kindly filled form of registration, parts of which I did not understand it then to me oned my provisional certificate, told me that I would receive my Black Card for the position in the next two weeks, and passed me at the cash desk s So I went to the local supermarket to get my new plates work.
18 related experiences and advice about taking a car in the UK in France added 17 September 13.

We moved to France in 2005 We found a large French insurance company Generali ensure that our car with plates in the UK for three months, we obtained a certificate in the UK and took it with our reference document in the UK and the original VAT invoice for the car prefecture in Avignon we saw three people who s three queues, but after three hours, we had our card Gray Another hour and we got our license plates the car was less than four years and therefore didn t need technical control Eight years later the car had three s CT successfully, but just failed, it is fourth in because of its flagship as the UK's headlights were OK for eight years and suddenly conclude that 770 euros for a car that I'm about to exchange for 1,000 euros so despite a relatively time i ndolore for eight years, my advice would be to resist taking a car in the UK to France, if possible, for two reasons first of all, how you'll be treated is likely to be unpredictable and inconsistent second, unless you are willing to run forever, you'll be driving a car that has virtually no value and get rid of it will be a major challenge.
19 An account of how the registration of a car in France can be quickly and efficiently added 26 March 14.
I thought that you may address as so often you hear about the negative aspects of French bureaucracy We decided to save our car in the UK here a few weeks I got a new set of Ebay and headlights Fitted and had the technical Control performed on the same day the total cost 400 euros, including the cost of the lights we have decided today to go down and get the tax document and visit the prefecture to ask for advice and get forms that I took with me all the documents I needed copies within an hour we had two, we have our temporary registration document and you will receive a permanent within two weeks in the three hours we had done our shopping too, and were on the way home the only problem is that Leclerc didn t have license plates 47 we'll have to get them elsewhere TB ut what I need to do now to cancel my insurance UK and arrange insurance here which should be relatively simple You read a lot about how the paperwork is hard here, but we found if ef ficient and are a bit shocked to have achieved everything so fast.
20 more positive comments about the registration of a car in the UK in France added 5 July 14.

We registered our car here in France the UK one month ago It was a requirement of our French insurer.
1 Headlights we didn t change the headlights and passed the technical inspection if it had been a concern 2 Apart from the million other documents you need to take to the Prefecture Do not forget to take a proof of purchase of the vehicle We not want t know if we dismissed course, we had one, but it meant a second trip to the Prefecture again, Auxerre is a beautiful city and we did make a rare beef salad lovely Leclerc 3 money, we asked how much it would cost shrug We had to leave a blank check Beware sure there are enough funds to cover whatever they decide to charge 4 people everywhere were polite and helpful.
21 reviews Gemstone certificates of compliance and headlights added October 15, 14.
Hi - regarding the European Certificate of Conformity I checked against an existing registration card and a newspaper in the UK and found that the type approval number and conformity certificate number on the registration card are the exact same car is a Renault Megane, French, the numbers game and the prefecture had to agree that the number on the paper is acceptable for the certificate of conformity in Europe, I have not received my registration card, but I expect at any time without having to pay for a scrappy photocopied A4 sheet of paper representing the European certificate of conformity All made European cars have this on record post book United Kingdom in 2005 regarding the headlights, eBay Poland by far the most profitable They also drive on the right.

The sub-prefecture of Confolens were wrong to refuse my request that the type of approval is on my notebook UK All I have to do now is find the legislation regarding the exemption for people with disabilities pay the tax imposed, as they feigned ignorance to this bit.
22 Another firsthand account of obtaining a gray card adds 1 July 15.
Having successfully received my card Gray today, I thought it would be useful to share my experiences to get here in the Rhône Alpes region I followed all the usual steps, including obtaining a certificate compliance directly BMW UK toll as vehicle registered in the UK with a normal V5 garage that I took the vehicle for its CT, initially refused to recognize that V5 was the french equivalent of the gray card with very patchy French I stood my ground and out of exasperation more than friendly assistance, admin French lady at the garage made a phone call that I'm not sure, and returned to say yes, everything is oK After that, everything was decent, except the French Prefecture requires your power or the number of horses in some weird format like the C1 or similar it seems that hP or kW rated output of the engine is not ad missible otherwise, the moral of the story is to do your research on what is needed for good sites like this one, before losing it to the local garage CT, which I just avoided.
23 A visitor frustrated comments of the site on the certificates of conformity added 3 March 15.

Hi everyone - there is something that makes no sense to me at all and it costs some people while others experience no cost at all why the French want to see your COC A European certificate of conformity which is well exactly what I said it is a document that shows that the vehicle complies with European standards, etc.
Well actually a French MOT testing technology will do it if you can spend a control technique then your vehicle complies simple things can t so we try to do something to simplify this process and withdraw the COC this process.
Personally, I tried to get one for my VW T4 VW and told me that it was a commercial vehicle and cost more than 500 euros, but my boyfriend said that CT is useful to commercial vehicle to tell s been here in France on plates UK nearly ten years if the process was simple, cheap local and I would be happy to travel 70km guaranteed not to my local prefecture and pay the card, etc. However, they are gray make it difficult and costly for you.
I heard that instead of a COC, use an RTI help, they are in Lyon which is further, is it true they send me a mail-Is I have to pay a ton of money to get a What information do they need.
So I'm probably going to give up putting the van on French plates and get my newly acquired A4 French plates to keep flicks happy I see that Audi UK want 50 euros for COC, but I will not give the maybe I'll try Audi France - they can give me a free COC, I see above in the comments that someone is left with just showing his prefecture of his vehicle on its V5 rather than the show his COC sounds good if it works, but I really want to risk driving 70 odd km from my prefecture and know they want to see my COCs.
I guess you have to give everything in life a chance at least once.

A visit to the prefecture in Auxerre today went well with minimal waiting documents not handed MOT Technical Control, passport, logbook, CE certificate in English, free of Toyota, Application for Certificate of registration and proof to address French We had already lost a few hours Taxes D Center because we knew we needed a tax clearance we didn t because we bought the new car, I think it should be emphasized that most boards I read suggested that it was necessary.
Although we do not want to get technical Control is a WORD is fine, since 2014, where more than 6 months remaining on the MOT, we got the lights have changed because I find it very difficult to see at night, in the rain, the UK illuminates the discs stuck to the front to prevent French dazzling drivers, reducing their effectiveness significant new lights are much brighter and therefore safer expensive to exchange, but well worth doing in my opinion.
The disadvantage of the prefecture Auxerre is that, as mentioned in a previous comment, a blank check we must give without being told the likely cost as I did Issued temporary Carte Grise - I have to wait that arrive in the mail thus, fingers crossed.
25 A warning on the use of your V5 to get your Carte Grise added 23 April 15.
I just tried to get the registration card at my local prefecture here in the Val de Marne, and was told by order of the minister, we are no longer able to accept the line number on the document V5 alone, and certificate of compliance is required of how the response has been made, I can only assume they accept for a while, but now it has changed, so I would advise anyone to get their certificate prior to queue for a long time to be refused as I am not sure many of you know, this behavior is typical French with regard to what is called the scale of European regulations; they do not like to comply with them and prefer to have their own system is forarmed Warned after all.
26 A different experience of the recording on the V5 form and Tax clearance added May 19, 15.

We just recorded our old Volvo six years, we have owned the car again, but we were asked to exercise Discharge However, they accepted the number K on the V5 form This is certainly at odds with the recent posts.
27 Comments about filling out online forms added March 10, 15.
It is fantastic to see such a useful post Has anyone ever wondered how to fill out online forms that I have, and found a simple service, I found PDFfiller - online service to fill out forms it is quite easy to use and cheap.
28 firsthand account of registering a car in France, but keep in Andorra added 29 October 15.
I own a smart car on French plates but the registered keeper must be a person having a property in invoices in France and utilities to prove it, to get the Gray Card A good friend of confidence offered to do this, and is now on its behalf.
Furthermore bureaucracy was involved because he was a registered car in Paris and lives near Foix, he still had to get the car through a Tecnique test control in the Foix region before the Carte Grise and insurance could be obtained is assured by my friend and I pay, and that its cars and home are insured by the same company, they have agreed to provide temporary coverage before the test and recording be aware that most seem Mayor open from time to time or when there is a new moon for about two hours a day in Foix everything finally worked well but was a nighmare to get through all the paperwork and is due its next two-year trial in December it lives in our holiday home garage in Andorra, which is good, and it is wise to carry a letter from the appointed guardian giving permission for it to be led by appointees - a precaution that I never asked, there were a few snags along the way, due to lack of experience, but rather straight and straight many don t bother the car passes in France often, but otherwise it would be necessary to go once every two months restrictions on a foreign car is on Andorran roads, but the cameras to the French Andorran border aren t used to the recognition - even more than I really do not think they are caught worth, since you attend their income from tourism.

29 recording personal account of the cars in the Limoges region added 9 August 16.
It recently made a few times, I can offer an update to the procedure that I live in the Limoges region can not say what they are doing, you are right that you need is your CT; However, details on the certificate are the chassis number was told that they did not replace the certificate that chassis number is good information on the Hotel de Impot is quite good Regarding the Prefecteur well Limoges, they fill out the form for you If your V5 e details on the article number 12 on the information page, they usually do not need a certificate of compliance, I took a copy of the documents and they accepted you pay your fee and I was issued provisional carte Grise immediately, which was all I had to do to get the plates produced and arranged two days later, the gray card arrived, LRAR hope this helps.
30 Another positive experience of registering a car and trailer added 17 Jan. 17.
Yippee - just got our registration papers for the car and the trailer a little less than two months, with a great lot of help from our office secretary Mary Laramiere in the Lot.
Obtained COC VW before leaving the UK and was cheaper than getting here or via Web CT failed because the car headlights, new ordered and installed by local garage, CT happened later that day was to go Cahors to get the tax clearance - a round trip of two hours to ten minutes of the Cert registration paperwork filled the office of Mary with the assistance of the secretary, she then contacted the prefecture office to check materials they needed and costs a week later all documents sent photocopies by the secretary and one week later an email from the secretary told us all documents ok but TB original, QF V5C necessary They were published on Friday January 6 Tuesday our postie delivered our CGS Thursday by his car had new plates are.
We imported our car to buy the same model here would cost about 10k euros more and we had bought fifteen months before Earlier blogs, it seems where you live or who you see may depend on the result, but as previously mentioned our the biggest help was the secretary to Mary our local office.

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