Hi Sunday Driver I have a Fiat Ducato 10 Riviera campervan. It was built in Germany in 1996 and exported to the UK in 2001. I bought it from English owners in April 2009. I set about getting the CT, which was achieved in June of 2009 and acquired a partial Certificate of Conformity from Fiat France, as they were of course unaware that the basic vehicle had become a campervan. The insurer of our other two vehicles (Generali) covered the campervan for 12 months - but no more. Meantime we moved house and had other fish to fry. So, from Autumn 2009 until today, the vehicle has been locked away in our garage. I did try to get immatriculation in the summer last year, but was defeated by the bureaucracy. Mostly, this seemed to relate to laden weights and unladen weights, but also, as I learned subsequently, there are requirements for gas and electricity certificates. In despair, we abandoned the project and left the vehicle in the garage. We now wish to re-enter the fray, which means amongst other things (CT runs out in June), taking the vehicle to our local DREAL which is in Caen. My question is: Have I left it too late? How do I get to the test centres for CT, Gas, Electricity and DREAL without insurance? Vehicles just like mine pour into France every year from the UK without any problem - so what's the great difference?
