Mac Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 On the post about re-registering your UK car in France it says that you can apply to DRIRE for an attestation if you don't have a certificate of conformity. You can download the form. Can I use this form to re-register a van or is it only for cars? If I can't use that form where do I get a certificate of conformity from for a Mercedes van? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 The DRIRE/DREAL will only provide attestations for passenger cars, and since the beginning of this year, only for those first manufactured from 2006 onwards.You need to apply to Mercedes Benz France for your van attestation. Full details and application form from here:Importation d'un véhicule utiliaire d'occasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Thanks for that it will be helpful. Due to our own lack of planning we have ended up with a sprinter van in France when the MOT and tax has run out so we can't take it back to the UK or really sell it over here-so re-regestering seems the best option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Our friend had his Vauxhall Vivaro? (6 seater van) attested by DRIRE in the Charente outside Angouleme at Gersac. They had a problem initially because the van was made at Vauxhall and had no cert of con for the extra 3 seats - apparently here the 6 seater vans are made initially by the company concerned and then go to a coachbuilder for the extra seats, so have 2 cert of cons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I thought you could take it back for a prebooked MOT at a station close to the port of entry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araucaria Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My old Citroen H-van (see avatar) started life being coachbuilt, in 1964, by a firm called Currus as a small bus. It's now a campervan.I recently came across a book with the seating plan for it: they were sold as school buses with space for 17 children (if facing forwards) or 20 (if facing towards the sides). I wonder what DRIRE would say about importing from the UK a similar van/bus conversion in 2011? Those 20 or 17 seats go into a space that is 2.46m by 1.85m (about 4.5 sq meters). It's crowded with four adults! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 [quote user="Anton Redman"]I thought you could take it back for a prebooked MOT at a station close to the port of entry[/quote]As far as I am aware the regulations do not state a distance just that it is being driven to a testing station for a pre-arranged MOT - so you could get off the ferry in Dover and drive to a testing station in Aberdeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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