Sunday Driver

Yes, you enter the amount including TVA. Good, innit......[:)]  

Londoneye Contrary to what you were told by the gendarme, there has been no change to the code de la route concerning the recognition and validity in France of driving licences issued by another EU member state, so as you have not committed an offence resulting in a points penalty, there is no requirement for you to exchange your UK licence. On that basis, there is no call for you to attend the gendarmerie tomorrow. Of course, you can always go in tomorrow with a printout of the official Legifrance version of the relevant section and ask the officer in charge to explain why his man was trying to enforce a non-existant regulation..... Permis de conduire - Reconnaisances et équivalences Article R221-1 As regards Sue's point about the registered owner not replying to a contravention, this only applies in the case of automatic radars where the identity of the driver is not known and doesn't result in any loss of points for the carte grise holder - only the fine.  In your case, the PV was issued in your husband's name and handed to him.  

If the car is a UK vehicle under ten years old, you can obtain a free EU Certificate Of Conformity from Renault UK customer services.  Their freephone number is 08000 72 33 72. Otherwise, you'll have to obtain an attestation d'identification from Renault SAS, Service attestations, 860 Quai de Stalingrad, 92109 BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT. Their phone number is 08 10 28 22 82.  

I can't imagine that you turned up at CAF with a document containing nothing other than a date so there must have been other information on the document such as who issued it, the purpose of the hearing, etc that they wanted translating. Perhaps they wanted to reassure themselves that the document wasn't a summons to appear in court on charges of benefit fraud..... [;-)]  

[quote user="Quillan"] Are you saying that because your not French then you obviously, in the French system mind, don't speak it so you are forced to have a document translated to your native language so you can fill it in even though you are married to a French national who obviously speaks excellent French. [/quote] No.  Albert was saying that he had to have the document translated into French, which was clearly for the benefit of the French person accepting the document.  

[quote user="Chancer"] There is no law saying that you should insure your ride on mower, [/quote] According to the cour de cassation, la loi du 5 juillet 1985 says you must .....[;-)]  

Once you've subscribed to your Orange package, you'll receive logins and passwords for both your internet access and messagerie.  Load them into your Netgear and you're good to go. When I first signed up for my internet (it was Wanadoo in those days), I did it in the local FT shop.  The guy there mentioned the 15 day set up delay but said 'try it in the morning'.  Next day, I fired it up and bingo....[:)]  

Whilst you do not have to formally register yourselves as French residents (as Cooperlola says, you become resident the day you move into your new house), you will want to register for state health insurance at the earliest opportunity.  That will effectively start the clock running on your five years.  

I just navigate round France using the road signs and generally only need my 2006 vintage German SatNav when I'm looking for an address in a town where the road layouts tend not to change. That said, I do tend to keep it switched on because of the lovely German bird who does the voices......[:-))]  

[quote user="AnOther"] Alex H went off a spurious tangent quoting regulations for a genuine foreign vehicle which a re-imported ex UK car is not. It is simply foreign registered and there is a big difference. [/quote] So what is this big difference between a 'genuine foreign vehicle' which is foreign registered and an 'ex-UK car' which is foreign registered?  They will both be configured for use in their current country of registration and therefore both will require modification as necessary for use in the UK  - likely to include; changing the headlamps for ones designed for use in Great Britain, the fitting of a rear fog lamp on the off-side (right hand side) of the vehicle, modification of the speedometer with a new face to include miles-per-hour markings. I do like things to be kept simple....[Www]  

I think you'll find that the procedures regarding these modifications apply to all foreign registered vehicles that are being imported into the UK, regardless of whether they are LHD or RHD or whether they were previously registered there. David's 12 year old car is a VW Passat that is currently registered in France.  That makes it a foreign import that his daughter wishes to register in the UK.  If it is not currently configured for driving in the UK, then it will have to be modified as per the earlier link and verified through an MOT inspection. As he originally owned the car in the UK before bringing it to France, then all that needs to be done to satisfy the MOT is to refit the original RHD headlamps and reconfigure the position of the rear fog lamp.  The speedo will still be the original - dual mph/kph - so there'll be no requirement to change it. Once his daughter has the MOT certificate, she can then visit her local DVLA office to register it and obtain a V5C.   

You get the forms courtesy of good old Emily......[;-)] http://www.ameli.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/formulaires/S3140.pdf As the assuré, it's you that makes the mileage claim rather than your wife.  I assume you have another 'bon de transport' covering tomorrow's journey.  

Address for obtaining an attestation d'identification from Ford France: FMC Automobiles SAS. Service homologation, 34 rue Croix de Fer, 78122 ST GERMAIN EN LAYE cedex.  Tel: 01 61 01 61 01  

I'm a bit puzzled at your prediction that the 'huge price differential' between UK and French campervans would cause the French market to die overnight if the import process was simple. As it happens, the process is already simple, even more so for campervans that are less than ten years old because they can normally be registered immediately without any further formalities. So, given the massive size of the French campervan population compared to the UK, why aren't there tumbleweeds blowing through empty UK dealer forecourts and the ferries to France choked with thousands of cheering Frenchmen driving home in their newly bought, hugely cheaper UK vans?  Is it possible that price may not be the overriding factor? The only vehicles that have this 'stuff' put in the way of importation are the handful of old obsolete campervans like your's and mine and they are totally insignificant as far as any impact on the French market is concerned.  

Just pick up from where you previously left off.... You already have the Fiat attestation for the base vehicle. You now need to obtain a certificat-constructeur covering the 'cellule' (the camper bit).  This will contain all the necessary design weight calculations so all you'll have to do is get the van weighed before you apply for your DRIRE/DREAL appointment.  The Riviera was produced by Caravans International so you'll need to contact their French head office for the certificate. Your nearest CI dealer will be able to provide you with the address and possibly a contact name.  List of French CI dealers and contact details You will also need to have the gas safety inspection carried out by Bureau Veritas. You will find the address of your local office through Pages Jaunes. You will also need a fresh controle technique. Finally, compile a dossier consisting of a copy of your V5C registration document, the attestations from Fiat and CI plus weight tickets, the Bureau Veritas safety report, your quittus fiscal VAT certificate and the CT certificate then take it in to your DRIRE/DREAL office and request a réception de titre isolé. They will write to you with an appointment to bring the van in for a brief inspection, following which they'll give you back your dossier together with a proces-verbal de titre isolé which is your new certificate of conformity covering the complete vehicle. From there, it's off to the prefecture to obtain your carte grise....[;-)] As far as re-insuring the vehicle is concerned, if you explain the situation to Generali, there should be no problem.  

You have to phone them and ask them to send a form out in the post.  

Stan Your mutuelle are saying that the February consultation was actually covered 100% by your CPAM, so why do you presume that this 7,50€ refund relates to that consultation? What does it say on your CPAM statement? Bear in mind that you have to pay a 0,50€ forfait per item on your monthly prescriptions so if they've been fully paid for under tiers payant (ie, no refund payable to you) then your CPAM will accumulate the forfaits and deduct them from the next non-tiers payant refund that occurs.  The standard tariff for a doctor's consulation is 23€ of which CPAM refunds you 16,10€ less a 1€ participation forfaitaire so it may be that this 7,50€ refund relates to a different treatment and takes into account deduction of the outstanding pharmacie forfaits. As far as having a 'tiers payant' card guaranteeing payment by a mutuelle, it is down to the treatment provider as to whether or not they are prepared to accept it.  Whilst most pharmacies and medical laboratories do, many doctors and specialist consultants do not so they require payment up front.   

No, the reciprocal agreement where the European health insurance card enables French residents to obtain treatment when visiting the UK and UK residents to obtain treatment when visiting France still exists.  The only difference now is who is responsible for issuing the card. There is no change in how the card is used to obtain treatment abroad.  

Your bank will send you a schedule of interest showing the amounts you have to declare and the boxes to put them in on your tax return.  

They are saying that they did not receive the request for the refund concerning the consultation of 23/11/2010 and they are inviting you to send them the corresponding CPAM statement for this transaction. As regards the consultation of 21/02/2011, they confirm that they received notification but as the cost was covered at 100% of the tariff by CPAM there is no need for any intervention on their part.  

[quote user="dexter"] So what will happen when I move to France, and because of my circumstances, I have to have full health insurance and wont be able to enter the French system for 5 years how will I get EHIC cover for trips back to the UK? [/quote] You won't need EHIC cover for trips back to the UK because your "full health insurance" will provide it.....[;-)]  

Contact number for requesting a UK issued EHIC: +44 191 212 7500  

Wouldn't your French mortgage advisor be the best one to explain what the consequences would be between the options?   [Www]  

A vehicle which has been converted into a camper has to be submitted the DRIRE for single vehicle approval before it can be registered in France,  Obtaining such approval for any self build camper can be difficult, particularly if it has a coachbuilt ambulance body rather than being based on a simple van. You can find full details of the approval process set out in this DRIRE Guidance Note Also check out this Mercedes Benz Oldtimer website - their forum has lots of useful stuff concerning self build camper conversions, reglementation, etc. Finally, as far as insurance is concerned, continuous cover is mandatory even though you may only use the vehicle for 2 weeks a year.  

Those clever traffic cameras are likely to flag up the vehicle as uninsured in the same way as they would flag up any vehicle which had just been bought and where the new owner's insurance details had not yet been updated on the camera database. In your case, as a foreign resident visiting the UK to purchase the vehicle for export, your Groupama insurance certificate provides evidence that you have the required third party cover.