Chalky
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[quote user="gosub"]Chalky you will have to let us in on the secret of using a Spanishinsurance certificate to re-tax a UK registered vehicle online orotherwise.[/quote]I've replied on the other thread (Camper Van) and, due to the slightly obscure forum rules it appears I can't delete that posting, so rather than repeat myself I refer you to the other post!!
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[quote user="gosub"]Chalky you will have to let us in on the secret of using a Spanish insurance certificate to re-tax a UK registered vehicle online or otherwise......I see that you have edited your post now with no reference to the road tax.[/quote]Gosub,I haven't edited my post - you're referring to a posting I made on another thread. You don't have to submit an insurance certificate when re-taxing a vehicle online (indeed it would be a bit difficult!). I believe that, in theory, the DVLA system checks whether the vehicle has valid insurance when you enter the registration details. Perhaps it does; perhaps there is an international database of insured vehicles which it interrogates. All I know is that I have been able to renew the tax for both my two spanish-insured vehicles online with no difficulty.NB: Since I wrote the above, gosub has realised his error but I can't delete this posting!
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Out of interest, how old is the camper van in question? I have a 10 year old LHD diesel motorhome which I tried to transfer onto the Spanish registry, but I was told it would not be acceptable due to its age. It is, apparently, thought to be a high pollutant, despite sailing through the UK MOT. In the event that we move to France it would be useful to be able to re-register it and avoid the need to take it to be MOT'd every year.
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[quote user="nectarine"]
the UK tax disc has now come up for renewal, well obviously I cannot renew it since I don't have a UK certificate of insurance so cannnot do it on line.
[/quote]Have you tried renewing your UK tax on line? I have a UK registered motorhome and a UK registered scooter, both of which are insured in Spain and I have renewed the UK Tax on line with no problem. -
This all sounds depressingly similar to the situation here in Spain. We have a Staffordshire Bull Terrier which is classified as a "Potentially Dangerous Dog" and as such the latest Spanish law requires (as far as I am able to ascertain!) that he is muzzled and on a short lead when outside the home and restrained when in the car. I had to take a medical exam in order to obtain a licence to own the dog; it is not clear whether my wife can be licenced for the same dog. There is also the requirement for 3rd party insurance and, if I wanted to buy the dog now (we brought ours from England) he and I would have to go through an approved training regime, though nobody knows where.This much I have been able to establish with assistance from a lady in the "Foreigners Department" at our local town hall, but only after she had visited another administration in a larger town nearby to get copies of the relevant documentation. However the department in our town hall responsible for issuing the licence have yet to do so, some 5 weeks after my application was submitted.I have spent the past nine months trying to get to the bottom of the laws in order to comply with them, as a good citizen should(!!), but nobody else seems to give a hoot, and we have seen Staffies frolicking unleashed in the centre of major cities, unmuzzled and without a care in the world.The point of my posting is that we are considering relocating to France. Are the new laws there as draconian?
The camper van is registered!
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