agcat Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Does anyone know the legal position in France for following:We will have an english T V in France which will be attached to a DVD player. There is no aerial on the house or on the TV. The T V will be unable to receive french (or english) T V channels. Do we need a licence ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Yes.See http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/790681/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 If you really are only going to watch DVDs and don't want to be liable for a French TV licence then either :1/ Get a TV technician to take the tuner out, or2/ Buy a computer monitor with an RGB or video input.A 'TV' being a device having the theoretical potential for receiving off-air television signals. I suspect you would eventually win a very long and very expensive legal battle claiming that since a UK TV can't receive French TV signals, then you shouldn't be liable to pay the French licence. But honestly, could you really be bothered?p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wils Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 You no longer pay seperately for a TV licence in France, it is added to your household tax bill as they assume you have a TV, it is up to you to prove otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I suspect you would eventually win a very long and very expensive legal battleIt is unlikely that there would be a battle. The Government's tax websites say that you pay for TVs or similar equipment containing a tuner. Closed circuit TV systems etc are excluded. You don't pay for .............. les téléviseurs détenus pour la réception de signaux autres que ceux émis par les chaînes de télévision...........Now that doesn't cover sets that aren't used to watch TV, but if it ain't capable of watching TV........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 [quote user="BJSLIV"]I suspect you would eventually win a very long and very expensive legal battleIt is unlikely that there would be a battle. The Government's tax websites say that you pay for TVs or similar equipment containing a tuner. Closed circuit TV systems etc are excluded. You don't pay for .............. les téléviseurs détenus pour la réception de signaux autres que ceux émis par les chaînes de télévision...........Now that doesn't cover sets that aren't used to watch TV, but if it ain't capable of watching TV...........[/quote]Yes, but my 'A.P.Herbert-esque' contention was that the French regulations (as far as I'm aware) make the assumption that all tvs are capable of receiving the off-air signals, whereas the claim would be that a UK TV doesn't..... Just a flight of fancy.... a la Albert Haddock , appearing before Mr Justice Swallow.... pay no attention.p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Some modern TVs do have tuners that are multistandard - thus, the manufacturer does not have to bother making different TV sets for different countries.However, you can buy a device that will translate the Secam signal so that a PAL set can be used.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marym2 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Sorry to go a bit off thread, but.after searching various posts about this problem of license's we received our tax foncier today with the adiuovisual bill and reading another post, we seem to have missed the question about having a TV on last years bill. however as the other half has taken the letter away to check on paying last year, my question is this, as we have not got a TV how do we get them to dismiss this bill? I will be going over next week and will pay the foncier at the tressor, but with my French class being stopped to make way for polish and arab speaking classes I am a bit unsure of what to say. Any help out there?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 It depends where you are I suppose, but we received a separate letter asking if we had a tv. I imagine the tresorie can give you a duplicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Nous n'avons pas de tele et puis nous croyons que nous ne sommes pas oblige de payer la redevence audiovisuel. No doubt others will polish the grammar a bit, but this should do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marym2 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Thanks for your help, now I can make them laugh as normally they do when I open my mouth!Marym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 It's not a Monty Python phrasebook-type suggestion, I promise.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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