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[quote user="Chancer"]Having read the document carefully SD I beg to disagree. The angle of the raised portion to the right is no longer tested, en revanche they are looking for a horizontal beam pattern on the left hand side cut off at 0.8m with a tolerance margin as expressed in 4.1. [/quote] My x-type jaguar has just failed it's first CT because the beam pattern was flat, would it be possible for you to point out the section of the document SD provided, that says that the 'kick-up' is not tested. My technical French isn't good enought to figure it out. Thanks

[quote user="Quillan"] If I were you I would get a Grand licence. It's also free and allows to to either give or sell wine with any evening meals you serve (not the word 'give', yes even to give wine away you need a licence and it must be with a probler 3 course meal not a sandwich and bag of crisps).[/quote]   We have been to the Maire this afternoon to get a class 2 license, they stamped the form & told us to take the form to the Duanes, who refused to issue a class 2 license saying that as a Chambres d'hote we couldn't provide evening meals therefore couldn't provide alcohol.

[quote user="Angelite"]We said to the Immo we would be using a Notaire in the UK, [/quote] Why would you want to use a Notaire in the UK ? (is there such a thing ?) The contact is in France & the language is French I hope I'm not telling you how to suck eggs, but a Notaire is a government employee & looks after both sides so by using different Notairs you will introduce mail delays into the transaction, at the very least. [quote]and several clauses said reports etc would be forwarded once we had returned the signed Compromis.  I thought the idea when buying is to find out all the facts before signing anything (and particularly parting with money!).[/quote] Not in France, the seller only obtains (& pays for) a survey when a firm offer is made. [quote] So I requested the copy of the survey we had been promised with the Compromis.  This was done by e-mail, and parts of the Diagnostic was unreadable, due to pop-ups obscuring the page, and when we got rid of the pop-ups, the page disappeared as well. [/quote] That sounds as if you have a problem with your computer. [quote]We had always understood that the legal process in Frances takes three or four months.One of the clauses stated "This Act must be settled at the latest by .. eight weeks hence".  [/quote] Depends upon many factors but our purchase went through in less than 5 weeks. & the 8 weeks would apply to the seller as well. [quote]How could we assure on a point out of our control?[/quote] I understand the biggest delay can be getting the sellers 'interested parties' signatures & presumably the Notaire had done some work to ensure that there wouldn't be a delay in that. [quote]but what we are wondering, is this the norm? [/quote] Yes, if there is a norm. [quote]Would we have been better using a UK Notaire?[/quote] See above, you would probably be better off with a good translator. You must remember the French system is very different from the UK, a buyer can't mess the seller around in France like they can in the UK (Bitter about the last couple of house sales, moi ?)

[quote user="Bilbo"]I believe that the Freesat cards, unlike subscription ones, are not tied to the box.[/quote] I asked that question when I registered a card & was told 'in theory the card is tied to the box but in practice it might not be'

I've just registered a couple of FreeSat cards but used a UK mobile phone. I did try to use an internet phone & it wouldn't connect.

We approached this from the opposite direction. My wife set up an Association as 'Autre création artistique' & according to our accountant, we can offer accommodation, either B & B or self catering for people & partners or friends of those attending the Art Lessons.

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They asked me if I wanted the 2nd page of the above form stamped, so I said 'oui' & grabbed it as soon as it was stamped which I assume is enough to protect me. Anyone any idea of the class of license I need to serve wine & beer with evening meals ?, as I mentioned above, the Customs officer said Class 1.

I took the completed form to the Mairie & the 'What do you expect us to do with this' & other comments confirmed my research that there isn't any registered competition for us in the Commune. I also took a trip to our local Customs office to obtain the relevant license, the person I spoke to there insisted that I only need a Class 1 License & that I obtain this from the Mairie. After a 24 hour wait, I have the application form from the Mairie but do I only need a Class 1 license if we are serving alcohol with evening meals ?

Thank you very much Clair  

I understand that the local Marie needs to be informed when opening a Chambres d'Hotes. Does anyone know the wording of the letter that needs to be used ? Regards

I guess you mean a GPRS or 3G adapter that plugs into your computer & connects to the mobile telephone networks. These are available from most of the French mobile phone companies, see http://www.sfrentreprises.fr/solutions/solutions-data/terminaux-sfr-global-access/cle-3g.jsp for the SFR offering. EDIT With the UK mobile phone companies, it is against their 'Terms & Conditions' to use 3G or GPRS for VoIP phone calls, I don't know, a) how they know, b) If the French companies have the same restrictions.  

[quote user="tuppence"]  I have also noticed that to the left of my incoming e-mails there is the 'paper-clip' icon denoting an attachment. In fact when I double double-click [/quote] AVG often adds an attachment containing the scan results. Also NEVER, NEVER, EVER open an attachment unless you are 100% certain of the source & are expecting an attachment from the sender.

[quote] and the Free nos is a 0954 nos [/quote] Is that a 'premium rate' for anyone that calls you ?

[quote user="Eslier"]You can't set up a prélevement (direct debit) over the telephone in France anyway, in the same way that you can in the UK.[/quote] SAUR did for us a couple of weeks ago.