AMF Mixed Topics
Sun-31-07-2016, 23:51 PM
Ready to be shot down in flames, but here goes...........
My understanding, after a zillion hours of research, seems to say.........
If you are french resident, then after importing a car, you have 6 months grace to get it registered on french plates.If on GB plates, then you can successfully get a CT (control technique) with the wrong headlights etc in the first year, but the following time it WILL fail on headlights............the first time they only considered you as an "interim" in the process of conformity.
If you fail to get a CT /don`t try , then you need the annual MOT from GB (pain to go back)..................if you attempt to skirt between the two systems/ambiguity of where you live (if you have 2 addresses, and avoid the issue of actual legality of definition of residency !!), then there will be no issue until you have an accident, (when you will find your english or french insurance wont pay )or are stopped randomly by the Gendarmes............at which point you can argue in English/French until the cows come home, as you will find you have broken the law, and WILL pay the penalty.
My understanding, after a zillion hours of research, seems to say.........
If you are french resident, then after importing a car, you have 6 months grace to get it registered on french plates.If on GB plates, then you can successfully get a CT (control technique) with the wrong headlights etc in the first year, but the following time it WILL fail on headlights............the first time they only considered you as an "interim" in the process of conformity.
If you fail to get a CT /don`t try , then you need the annual MOT from GB (pain to go back)..................if you attempt to skirt between the two systems/ambiguity of where you live (if you have 2 addresses, and avoid the issue of actual legality of definition of residency !!), then there will be no issue until you have an accident, (when you will find your english or french insurance wont pay )or are stopped randomly by the Gendarmes............at which point you can argue in English/French until the cows come home, as you will find you have broken the law, and WILL pay the penalty.
