Sprackers
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- Tunbridge Wells England
I will try and be brief, so many web sites waffle on.
I assume you live in France and have an R4 , 30+ years old and bought it in an EU country.
Total process will take 3 months. Or pay €200 more and take 2 months. No brainer
1. Go to your local 'Hotel Impots' (tax office) and ask for a 'quitus fiscal'.
Took me 10 minutes.
Cost 0€
you will need:
Sale contract with signature of seller and price (invoice)
and all other certificates like MOT and log book. Stuff with your name on it and the cars reg number.
Also a utility bill with you French address on it.
They will fill out and stamp and sign an official looking form.
2. Certificate de Conformite (this is the problem)....................you have 3 options
a) Get one from your garage in the UK, before you leave, which will cost you money
b) Already in France. Well go on-line and get one . Cost €200. They say 5 weeks.
c) Apply directly to the FFVE for an "Attestion de date" this will cost €50! but takes 2-3 months(this is what i did)
Assuming you choose
Option C:
On their web site is a form (Attestation) that you need to fill out (remplir). It took me a day to google translate all the fields but with PATIENCE I managed to do it. Take you time.
You will also need 2 photos of the car and a photo of the manufacturers plate under the bonnet.
also photocopies of ID, Sales contract, MOT and basically everything you have.
And a cheque for €50
Its all on the website what you need to send. If in doubt , photocopy everything and send it.
Now Wait. 2 months approximately. Do some gardening or go down the pub.
You will receive a swanky looking certificate.
3. Got those two pieces of paper...next MOT or Controle technique . €65
Passed ....good job
4. Go to Sous Prefecture (local council office) get a one page form to fill out.
Then with form filled out drive to largest town Sous Perfecture possible and not your local office.
(I went to Carcassonne)
5. on entry to you Sous perfecture hand in all papers including passport photocopy, gas/electricity bill, French MOT, FFVE Attestation, all you UK log books and MOT and sales contract, school report.
Queue up for 1 hour and hold your breath.
6. All good they send you to the cashier desk (this is why you go to the biggest town nearby) and you pay approx €100 and you get a piece of paper with your number plate code on it.
7. Go get you plates made. Norauto and Feu Vert are expensive. You should only pay €30 for back and front.
8. Total €250 time taken 2 1/2 months
9. Go to pub with your plates and get stuck into some wine.
I assume you live in France and have an R4 , 30+ years old and bought it in an EU country.
Total process will take 3 months. Or pay €200 more and take 2 months. No brainer
1. Go to your local 'Hotel Impots' (tax office) and ask for a 'quitus fiscal'.
Took me 10 minutes.
Cost 0€
you will need:
Sale contract with signature of seller and price (invoice)
and all other certificates like MOT and log book. Stuff with your name on it and the cars reg number.
Also a utility bill with you French address on it.
They will fill out and stamp and sign an official looking form.
2. Certificate de Conformite (this is the problem)....................you have 3 options
a) Get one from your garage in the UK, before you leave, which will cost you money
b) Already in France. Well go on-line and get one . Cost €200. They say 5 weeks.
c) Apply directly to the FFVE for an "Attestion de date" this will cost €50! but takes 2-3 months(this is what i did)
Assuming you choose
Option C:
On their web site is a form (Attestation) that you need to fill out (remplir). It took me a day to google translate all the fields but with PATIENCE I managed to do it. Take you time.
You will also need 2 photos of the car and a photo of the manufacturers plate under the bonnet.
also photocopies of ID, Sales contract, MOT and basically everything you have.
And a cheque for €50
Its all on the website what you need to send. If in doubt , photocopy everything and send it.
Now Wait. 2 months approximately. Do some gardening or go down the pub.
You will receive a swanky looking certificate.
3. Got those two pieces of paper...next MOT or Controle technique . €65
Passed ....good job
4. Go to Sous Prefecture (local council office) get a one page form to fill out.
Then with form filled out drive to largest town Sous Perfecture possible and not your local office.
(I went to Carcassonne)
5. on entry to you Sous perfecture hand in all papers including passport photocopy, gas/electricity bill, French MOT, FFVE Attestation, all you UK log books and MOT and sales contract, school report.
Queue up for 1 hour and hold your breath.
6. All good they send you to the cashier desk (this is why you go to the biggest town nearby) and you pay approx €100 and you get a piece of paper with your number plate code on it.
7. Go get you plates made. Norauto and Feu Vert are expensive. You should only pay €30 for back and front.
8. Total €250 time taken 2 1/2 months
9. Go to pub with your plates and get stuck into some wine.
but when registered it dropped down to 165 euros 
Still do some classic car runs with it though.......nice diesel oil burner so quite economical considering it was a taxi for the first 25 years of its life and has over 1 million miles under its belt on the original engine :eek:
Still middle eastern mentality, and, well the driving skills here !, its a bit like a demolition derby on speed here in the cities .........no one stops at red traffic lights they overtake over solid white lines on mountain roads, they dont park they just abandon the cars anywhere....the peripherique and arc de triomphe are like a sunday drive compared to here haha o_O