exporting car to france.

[Stingray01]

Hi,

Thinking of selling my own L.H.D. american truck import to France. Does anybody know of what is involved in exporting it. like their S V A if they have that. It it is fully legal for U.K. roads and all duties paid.I will be able to sell it more easily there as it is left hand drive.

I have looked at flea bay france, but there are no translation filters that I could find. Does anybody know if there is a translation tool from french to English that I could use.

Thanks.

[TooLateForAName]

Have a look here - you need to get certificate of conformity or something.


http://www.totalfrance.com/france/forum/viewforum....

[Marcellus]

Simplistically the process is;
1) get Certificate de conformity from the French division of the manufacturer
2) get vehicle Controle techniqued
3) go to Customs to get it signed off that all duties have been paid
4) go to prefecture to register the car and get your number plate.

Stage one will be the biggest hurdle for you I imagine!!

Initially you need to check if the vehicle has ever been type approved by the French Authorities, if so you're going to find it a whole lot easier.

There is a route to get the vehicle SVA'd but it costs a lot and has many many hurdles.

A friend bought a Land Rover built for the the US to US spec... BUT this was not good enough for the French.

After 18 months of trying he took the car back to the UK and sold it.

I've got a Land Rover where Land Rover France say it has only 2 seats when in fact it has 12 and the UK V5 states 12. Land Rover France won't budge and say that the 1st owner said 2 seats for the Tax fiddle. The 1st Owner was the UK Government but still LR France won't budge.

I've been told it will cost me in excess of a further €1,000 to get registered in France........ I'm bringing the car back to the UK and it will be sold.

[Stingray01]

thanks gents for the info.

Will there be any problem if I sell it from the u.k. with english plates to someone living in France. They should know what their position is and of what to do next regards registering the pick up over there etc.

Is there an English speaking site (Magazine) in France where I can advertise it.

Thanks.

[Roo]

Stick it on ebay. We sell loads of vehicles to France and let them worry about the paperwork. With the exchange rate as it is we're doing half a dozen a month to mainland Europe.