UK Horsebox French reg car?

[leyorkie]

Am buying an Ifor Williams Horsebox in the UK and taking it to France, I know it needs to be registered in France with its own Carte Gris and insurance.
My question is how am I fixed for the trip back when the trailer is not registered in France.
Anybody done this with a trailer or caravan?
I can fit a plate from my car off a small trailer for the trip from Calais to home and then register it, but will I be falling foul on insurance.
Can I register a trailer before collecting if I get the chassis number etc before the trailer is in France?

Thanks in advance for any information.

[leyorkie]

smifffymoto said:

In theory you can't tow a trailer that isn't French registered with a French registered car.

What weight is the trailer(max weight)?

It's over 500 kg
max load weight over 2 tonnes which is over the cars limit but it will be empty.

[leyorkie]

[quote=Rushjob]Contact Ifor Williams in the UK to try to get a Certificate of Conformity before you try to register it, ( NOT the French distributor who were worse than awful when a friend tried to register an IW trailer he'd brought from the UK )
If you have this and the model was sold in France with the same EU code then it will ease the registration by probably avoiding DRIRE[/quote

I'm hoping it is standard as it's the same spec as France so should be CoC and not require DRIRE

[leyorkie]

[quote=Rushjob]Contact Ifor Williams in the UK to try to get a Certificate of Conformity before you try to register it, ( NOT the French distributor who were worse than awful when a friend tried to register an IW trailer he'd brought from the UK )
If you have this and the model was sold in France with the same EU code then it will ease the registration by probably avoiding DRIRE[/quote

I'm hoping it is standard as it's the same spec as France so should be CoC and not require DRIRE