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Post by ajm on Feb 4, 2022 20:43:28 GMT 1
Also public transport which makes a breakdown on a long journey even more complicated. Boy am I going to see a difference tomorrow in the UK! I'm sure many things will have relaxed in France when I return. I hope so
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Post by limousinlady on Feb 8, 2022 16:05:04 GMT 1
JD or AP may have the answer! I am planning to go to UK at the end of the month for about 7 - 10 days at most. I see that France has now relaxed testing for inward France to within 48 hours against 24 recently. Where is the best place and reasonably priced, in your opinion, to get test and result within those 48 hours in the UK? bearing in mind a couple of hours travel before reaching Eurotunnel and early morning start. Internet or in person. How reliable is the timing of receiving result when say travelling on a Sunday, Monday or Tuesday (because of the weekend)? What type of test is needed?
I know a lot could change before I travel but it is nice to have an idea .....
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Post by JohnnyD on Feb 8, 2022 16:13:32 GMT 1
We used www.nxhealthcare.co.uk/product/fit-to-fly-antigen-test-outbound/on our trip out here when the timing was 24 hours, we got the results back withing 5 minutes via email after filling in the online form with a photo of the test result and passport, it was accepted at Le Shuttle without issue.........don't need to leave your house to do it which was great. Tests arrived within 2 days of ordering them online.....
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Post by elsie on Feb 8, 2022 16:59:34 GMT 1
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Post by limousinlady on Feb 8, 2022 17:23:10 GMT 1
Thank you both. Will keep a look out for updates.
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Post by JohnnyD on Feb 8, 2022 17:34:31 GMT 1
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Post by annabellespapa on Feb 9, 2022 8:25:31 GMT 1
We travel to France as a family on the 19/2,OH and myself triple vaccinated, 14 year old daughter is double vaccinated, so watching the situation closely as is appears to be changing/improving all the time.
I just wanted to add that a friend travelling over last week, with a trailer was pulled by the Duanes, he is a bit slap dash and thinks rules are for other people and probably didn't have an inventory of the items he was transporting, he was kept for two hours while they checked him out, no fines or TVA to pay but a strict warning on conforming to the rules in future.
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Post by JohnnyD on Feb 9, 2022 8:33:32 GMT 1
We travel to France as a family on the 19/2,OH and myself triple vaccinated, 14 year old daughter is double vaccinated, so watching the situation closely as is appears to be changing/improving all the time. I just wanted to add that a friend travelling over last week, with a trailer was pulled by the Duanes, he is a bit slap dash and thinks rules are for other people and probably didn't have an inventory of the items he was transporting, he was kept for two hours while they checked him out, no fines or TVA to pay but a strict warning on conforming to the rules in future. Did they explain to him exactly what he hadn’t done correctly AP?
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Post by limousinlady on Feb 9, 2022 8:34:06 GMT 1
We travel to France as a family on the 19/2,OH and myself triple vaccinated, 14 year old daughter is double vaccinated, so watching the situation closely as is appears to be changing/improving all the time. I just wanted to add that a friend travelling over last week, with a trailer was pulled by the Duanes, he is a bit slap dash and thinks rules are for other people and probably didn't have an inventory of the items he was transporting, he was kept for two hours while they checked him out, no fines or TVA to pay but a strict warning on conforming to the rules in future. We haven't looked into the rules for bringing 'holiday/own stuff' back and forth. OH wants to take his golf clubs to UK to play when we go and bring them back again. Would he need a declaration for those? His comment was: what about people going on golfing holidays, surely they don't need special declarations?
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Post by plog on Feb 9, 2022 22:54:36 GMT 1
Not sure about any declaration but it might be worth carrying relevant receipts/proof of purchase if the golf clubs are of any great value and look new.
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Post by pcpa on Feb 9, 2022 23:44:55 GMT 1
I just wanted to add that a friend travelling over last week, with a trailer was pulled by the Duanes, he is a bit slap dash and thinks rules are for other people and probably didn't have an inventory of the items he was transporting, he was kept for two hours while they checked him out, no fines or TVA to pay but a strict warning on conforming to the rules in future. That is not very helpfull without explaining what rules he should have obeyed and also describing the circumstances, otherwise it may cause uneccessary anguish for others.
I can tell you what I do know on the subject and what I don't.
There are no rules ragarding trailers, it is what is carried that will be of interest, specifically the importation of goods for personal use or perhaps resale, new or multiple goods will come under much more scrutiny than single second hand items.
If it is a house move then there is a Cerfa form to fill out (can't recall the number it's in the car) very simple, only a couple of lines, you accompany it with an inventory (douanes call it "le packing list") which has to cover everything even if like me you will be doing several removal journeys, I think you have 6 months to complete them which I will go well over, you give the address where the goods will be kept, they can visit within the first year to check that they are still in your possession, after that you are free to sell everything should you want to.
If the items are for temporary use in France for example DIY tools or the golf clubs then in the olden days you had to fill out a temporary import carnet, that is probably the official rule again today and for a company doing a trade exhibition in France it would be done as I can remember doing and having to list my personal tools seperately to the commercial equipment we were exhibiting.
Having made many trips and several removal runs with loaded van trailers since Brexit I can tell you that they are very relaxed about genuine personal goods but are on the lookout for people smuggling goods for resale, if you have a trailer or van laden with stuff that is your personal items and/or tools etc that will be returning with you then it would be a sensible precaution to create a detailed inventory. That way they can scan the list to see if there might be anything of interest and a quick look will tell them if the contents correspond or might be concealing something else.
On my recent journeys they have simply looked at my Cerfa form which they already have taken a copy of, then my inventory and did not then even want to look inside the van trailer.
Circumstances have meant that I have gone beyond the allowable time as it is really 2 removals with a 12 month period between them, also I am taking stuff back now I had not considered or may have bought since so I am adding a new inventory each time, it does not seem to be causing them a problem and it's better than not doing one.
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Post by ibis on Feb 10, 2022 0:43:18 GMT 1
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Post by limousinlady on Feb 10, 2022 8:23:10 GMT 1
Not sure about any declaration but it might be worth carrying relevant receipts/proof of purchase if the golf clubs are of any great value and look new. Old and tatty, but specially sized. I doubt he would have the receipt. Paperwork is not his strong point - lol.
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Post by pcpa on Feb 10, 2022 10:00:40 GMT 1
I never knew they had hearing!
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Post by annabellespapa on Feb 10, 2022 13:28:17 GMT 1
OK, I appreciate that half a story doesn't help anyone, apologies.
I phoned him, he landed at Caen mid afternoon, after clearing passport control he said there about 8 officers pulling people over, especially vans, camper vans and people with trailers, he had no inventory, he was carrying paint, two sets of staircases, a brand new circular saw and some firewood from his UK garden. They made him follow one of the officers to a building off site, he had no inventory, the staircases were fine as they did not look new, the paint was acceptable as he had by chance purchased online for delivery, so he had the invoice on his phone but he did not have a receipt for the circular saw as it was a present from his son but he managed to pull up the Screwfix website and show it was only £59.99 and he said he was bringing it back home,, they admonished him for not having and inventory and any receipts ready to show if asked. The firewood, they debated whether he could keep it and he was prepared to leave it with them ( what would they do with it, probably keep it for a while and then burn it). He accepts his attitude was confrontational with them and had told his French teacher wife to stay in the car and he was going to pretend to be the daft Englander that didn't know the rules, he said it got quite heated and his wife got out of the car to smooth things over and apologiesed profusely and said it would never happen again. They issued him with a verbal warning and sent them on their way, it actually took an hour to sort it out.
As PCPA said a Cefra form filled in a couple of receipts or printed of brochure pages to show the value and of course Le packing list would of helped.
He told them he was allowed to bring up to €440 worth of goods but that was the only thing that made them laugh, maybe it was just his attitude.
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