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  1. Don't forget that the 'pièce manquante' and the 'dossier perdu' are the cornerstones of the administration. I have sometimes had to send a document 3 or more times. The worst was when I had to produce a 'livret de famille' which obviously we don't have in the UK, but I cobbled up a replacement which consisted of birth/death/marriage/ divorce certificate as appropriate for all the family,  passport, carte de séjour,  'fiche d'état civile ' etc It ran to about 14 documents and I had to send photocopies 3 times!
  2. For discussion...not a wind up! From the Department of Work and Pensions website: [:(] the UK might not give you healthcare cover if: you get a pension from the country where you live or go to live;and you can get healthcare cover under that country's rules. It is possible that you may have to pay into a sickness insurance scheme in the other country I assume that means that those who have worked or run a business and paid enough 'cotisations' in France to get into the Health system  and receive a French pension  (however small) may not be eligible for an E121 at UK state pension age, but have to continue paying contributions to remain in the French system. This is in contrast with those who have been in the CMU, and so have not been paying pension contributions here, who can get an E121 automatically, and  no longer pay in Britain This is of course an example where E121 holders have an unfair advantage over others.  French pensioners(including British holders of a French pension)continues to pay Social security charges on Pension income in France whereas a British pensioner  having an E121 doesn't pay social security charges anywhere. So, leaving out questions of 'Mutuelles' etc which are the same for both, the 'British' pensioner  (on an E121) gets basic health cover without contributing, whereas the 'French' pensioner (including British holders of a French pension)  continues to pay into the system. Perhaps Europe should look into this and ask Britain to get into line? Perhaps British people on an E121 should be required to pay Social Security contributions in one of the two countries. I don't notice much of a campaign on this issue from Brits in France to have the same rights as the French...
  3. Or ask the professionals: the French. I doubt there are any real experts (that is to say fonctionnaires working in the relevant department) on here. There are however some people who are confident  enough in their opinions to give the impression of being an expert, but have just enough knowledge  to be misleading or even dangerous.
  4. I agree that it's disgraceful, but I'm amazed it doesn't happen more often as I walk past inviting rows of tomatoes...
  5. I think a lot of British people don't realise how reglemented  the 'Code de travail' is in France, and tend to go about things as if it were the UK. Even the small part-time job I do now is covered by a contract I have been  on the receiving end of CES (coaching) and used them  for help in the home. On the receiving end they even contributed a minuscule amount to my pension. It is a system I recommend, but which needs to be fully understood.
  6. I use Acronis true image and keep one copy on the D drive and one on an external hard drive. This has been very valuable on at least 3 occasions, but as you have said it's worth doing it at a moment when you are sure is nice and clean and working well. There is an incremental option so you can save your basic set up, and then every month or so save the additions you have made, but always keeping the option of going back to an earlier stage.
  7. There is a storm warning till 9pm this evening  : "L’Hérault, le Gard, les Bouches-du-Rhône, le Var et l’Ardèche sont en alerte orange jusque ce soir 21 heures, en raison de violents orages. Les cours sont suspendus dans le Gard pour les collèges et lycées."
  8. There is a nice site full of atmospheric photos of the Languedoc vineyards here Just click on the various areas.
  9. Blows a hole in my theory then!  [:)]
  10. Benjamin "It therefore appears that the monthly amount is open to discussion and that one can start any time in the year." Your first point is in line with my experience. I suspect however that there are accounting moments in the year when all  has to be calculated, and settled. For me it is the end of June, and for ams the end of December, both clearly at the end of a 6th month period. There might be other such points at the end of March  and the end of September (quarterly) . It would be interesting to know if anybody else has a period that doesn't end on one of those dates. Once I started in December, but this meant that I hadn't paid the September and October sums, and that year I had to continue in July and August. They didn't calculate December-September. I still was billed at the end of the Sept-June cycle I agree with Quillan that you have to clear off the old bill before starting this system. You are in effect paying in advance, and the old balance can't be paid off like this, so it's not a way to pay the heavy months of Nov-Feb in arrears. You need to build up a credit over the year
  11. I use both Firefox and Opera. I have Firefox 3 0 3 and Opera 9.6 Opera is faster and lighter, but I like some of the Firefox add ons
  12. Surely if you were working for a company you wouldn't be in the CMU. You would be in the Régime général des travailleurs. Is this a source of confusion about how long you have been here?
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