Roger

Have you tried the on-line banking direct website - https://olb2.nationet.com?  Hope this helps.

Don't know if you are interested, but I've been singing with a choir in Flers for the last year.  Everyone is French apart from me - but this doesn't seem to be a problem! By chance - we are giving our first concert of the season this Sat. 11th at Messei in the church at 8.30pm.  So you are welcome to come along and see what you think - mind you - being the first one, it may be a bit rough!  We will be doing a concert most months in the area surrounding Flers until the summer break - so we are learning new pieces as we go along The choir is called La Lyre and we meet each Tuesday evening at 8.00 til 10.00 at the salle de fetes at flers.  If you can't make the concert but are interested - let me know and I could take you to a rehearsal. Fiona

Your first question is beyond my knowledge.  My gut feeling is that most procedures here seem to require lots of bits of paper, and I think you may have some trouble not being able to provide proof of residence.  Your best bet is to talk openly with a French agent - they will be able to advise. With regard to your second query, I brought my UK-plated BMW over to France last year.  I arranged cover with AXA in France at a reasonable rate.  One condition of the cover - which I think is normal here - is that the bike was to be formally imported and re-registered with French plates.  I believe the period quoted was within 3 months of the policy start date.  However - you would be doing very well if you could complete all the paperwork in 3 months!  It was a laborious process, but eventually successful.  Essentially, if you insure in France, you will have to re-register it.  If you want any info on re-registration, email me. Hope you can sort it out! Roger (as well!)