Rich1972 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Hi allCan you tell me whether a complete inventory on household goods is needed for customs when moving permanently from the UK to France via the ferry? Thanks!Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Not any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich1972 Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Just wondered if you got that info about needing an inventory from one of those "moving to France" type books. If so, I would bin the book as it is years out of date and you could be worrying about other things that are in it and have long since changed which is the problem with them as they are never current upto date with things in France. You will actually get the facts better asking on a forum such as this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Thank goodness that farce was stopped. We used to have our list stamped by Customs at Portsmouth for the grand sum of £25. In dozens of trips back and forth it was looked at once by French Customs and the Customs Officer told us to drive to Rennes to get it stamped?From memory it was about 10.30pm. on a Sunday night.Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Yes we used to suffer too every time we came to work on our house, every nail,tool and screw had to be counted,valued and put on an official carnet.One time after a few years the customs on the Portsmouth side suddenly decided they were going to charge £13 to stamp the dam thing and my husband actually got locked up intheir pound from arrival at 6pm until nearly 10pm because they had no staff. Complete and utter farce it was. Then the douannes at St.Malo suddenly decided also to inspect the vehicle every time and even helped themselves to a shoulder bag containing his documents for examination,perhaps because he was crossing at least four times a year and it was in the days before the mass exodus of brits buying here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 My wife has just reminded me of one stop by the Customs at Cherbourg. I was stripping out a large store in Poole and had loads of 4 X 2 PAR timber. I denailed a large pile and completely filled a large van to bring over to the first house we renovated in Brittany.On arrival in Cherbourg we got taken into the office and the Customs chap actually put his pistol on the desk in front of us,he pointed out that they sell timber in France and that it wasn't nesessary to bring it over. I did point out that it was USED and showed the rows of old nail holes but he charged us 700francs and gave us a receipt.When I brought a small tractor over in the back of a van,unaware that it was supposed to be steam cleaned to remove any soil,no-one said a word.Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 When was this? Obviously prior to 2001 when we came over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Well we were doing it in 1989 for a few years but I think with Shengen it stopped about 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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