HertzVanHire

Yeah, thanks.  I obviously wasn't clear enough when I said I want to do it by letter.

Hello, I want to cancel my France Telecom phone line - 12 months contract is almost up and I'm moving country - and I want to do it by letter.  Anyone know the address that I should send it to? Also, does anyone have a sample letter that I could use?  Would be much appreciated. I believe 7 days notice is enough.  Is that correct? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for that. However, there's always more questions [:)] I couldn't see a way of getting the DVLA import pack sent to France.  Will they only send it to a UK address? I guess the fact that there's no car tax makes it easier to de-register.  What do they do about CT though?  Won't they begin to suspect when the car's CT hasn't been renewed in a couple of years?  Or is there some liaison between the DVLA and the French? You say "theoretically" .... does that mean there could be a more "official" way to do it? So, it IS necessary to adjust/change the headlights in order to pass an MoT in the UK.  Good to know.

In a couple of months I intend exporting my EU-born car to the UK.  A daresay I'm not the first to ask this question but it's not always easy to know what to search for.  My car is 14 years old.  It was first registered in The Netherlands and I re-registered it in France earlier this year.  I know there's a sticky about re-importing your UK car into the UK but this is slightly different.  Does anyone know what has to be done on the French side before taking the car to the UK?  For example, do you just drive it on French plates to the UK and change plates when you get there? There's a lot of info on the DVLA website about registering the car in the UK, but does anyone know if a left-hand drive car has to be modified to be registered in the UK?  I'm thinking headlights in particular. Thanks.

I have white number plates. Others have yellow. Is there a rationale for the colour?

I'm guessing one should always have one's driving licence, carte grise, and of course insurance thingy on the windscreen. Anything else? What do people carry their carte grises in - seems like it could easily be lost, or torn, or whatever. It seems like it's meant to be folded in three - is there a specially designed wallet or something?

Does anyone know if you need a tax id number (or whatever a numero fiscale is) in order to complete the registration process? I'm thinking in particular about the visit to the Hotel des Impots to get the VAT exemption certificate.

So, I'm about to write to Volvo. Can someone tell me what Un courrier de demande avec adresse pour retour means. And also, I've never heard the term copie recto-verso - does it mean both sides? Also, also, the postcode I have for Volvo France is 78128 Saint-Germain en Laye not 78100. Does that make a difference? Thanks again.

Thanks for the clarification.

I wonder if you helpful people would mind having a look at the this document - whichever language you choose - and see what you make of it.  It's from the RDW, the equivalent of the DVLA in The Netherlands. Clearly there's been some rule change in the EU. I'm not quite sure what document it is they're talking about that doesn't need to be issued anymore and whether it makes the process simpler, or not.

Volvo 460i

OK.  I've now discovered that I can't get a CoC in The Netherlands because the car is too old (12 or 13 years).  Apparently I have to contact the car manufacturer in France and get one issued by them.  Anyone had any experience with this and if so, how long does it generally take?  Is it possible to request the CoC before bringing the car to France to save some time?

Thanks everyone for those comforting words. I guess people love to post their horror stories in the internet, but you don't get to hear the stories when everything went smoothly.

Anyone had any experience exporting a car from The Netherlands to France. As I understand it, you have to de-register the car in The Netherlands before you leave, then they give you temporary plates, which you're allowed to drive on for 14 days. That gives you 14 days to re-register your car in France. I've read some horror stories of it taking months for things to get sorted out on the French end. Anyone know what that means regarding the legality of driving on the temporary plates. What I mean is, if it's illegal to drive on those temporary plates after 2 weeks, but it takes 2 months before you're granted your French plates, does that mean you can't drive your car for the the 6 weeks before you get your French plates?