Mikejac Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 When I arrive in France in May I shall be registering my UK car and, hopefully, UK caravan. I have heard that registration of the caravan might be rather long winded.My question is, if I get the car registered first will that then prevent me from towing the unregistered caravan by a French plated car. On the other hand, if I wait to get the caravan registered first is there a problem registering that with a UK plated towcar? Does anyone who has gone through this process have any advice to offer?Mikejac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrym Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 try this post:http://www.inthevendee.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=26 Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikejac Posted February 14, 2006 Author Share Posted February 14, 2006 Thanks Barry. I know registering a caravan in France is not necessarily going to be an easy task, but I'm prepared to give it a go. My question really relates more to any difficulties I might encounter if I register the car before the caravan or vice versa.Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 A slight change to the post in that forum is that UK caravans are now being sold in France and have been reviewed in "Le Caravanier" last month I think it was. Can't rmember which marks or models and they got quite a good write up. Only complaint was on size and no fixed bed (they were big yet didn't have one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaBucherie Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 You cannot tow a UK caravan with a French registered car. I think that you would be OK towing a French registered caravan with a UK car, but I'm not sure what the insurance position would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 >> You cannot tow a UK caravan with a French registered carHow do you take the caravan to DRIRE for examination? I suspect that if you make an apointmment it'll be OK. You still need insurance cover though and the agent would advise on that.This is what I intend to do anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 What if the UK caravan is registered in UK to the same owner with a log book. Yes they issue them now. So correctly registered UK caravan being towed by French car registered to same person with same address. Insurance in France with UK plate on green card.Am I lawful? Articulated lorries registered in UK tow French trailors and vice versa. I often see them with more than 1 number plate on the trailor. I doubt your average French cop knows the answer to this either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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