Hi all,
So, we moved from the UK to France last year, drove across in the daily, with the bare minimum of our essential possessions, and we're now settled here. Due to travel restrictions & various other factors, we left the majority of our furniture etc in our UK home, along with our classic/retro cars...
Yes - in an ideal world, we would've moved the cars across pre-31st December, but that just wasn't possible.
Question: has anyone transported vehicles from UK to France or other EU countries since 1st January? If so, we'd love to chat / get some insights.
We've tried to do a ton of research, but genuinely struggling to get any reliable info (quelle surprise...).
- I'm fairly sure that if we drove the cars, we'd simply board the ferry / chunnel with no requirement for vehicle import/export paperwork or customs forms etc, and no fees to pay. (we'll obviously be sorting the quittus fiscale & registration in France in due course).
- However, if I want someone to collect them, and transport them (truck/trailer/transporter) across the border, I think we'd need to complete various paperwork, pay some export fees etc, but getting any clear guidance on this seems impossible. I've reached out to a few companies, who have basically said "we've not done that yet, waiting to see how things pan-out", which is super helpful...
[NB! Cars all owned by us for a few years at least, but one isn't currently MOT'd (though does drive)]
Any thoughts?
Cheers!
Matt
So, we moved from the UK to France last year, drove across in the daily, with the bare minimum of our essential possessions, and we're now settled here. Due to travel restrictions & various other factors, we left the majority of our furniture etc in our UK home, along with our classic/retro cars...
Yes - in an ideal world, we would've moved the cars across pre-31st December, but that just wasn't possible.
Question: has anyone transported vehicles from UK to France or other EU countries since 1st January? If so, we'd love to chat / get some insights.
We've tried to do a ton of research, but genuinely struggling to get any reliable info (quelle surprise...).
- I'm fairly sure that if we drove the cars, we'd simply board the ferry / chunnel with no requirement for vehicle import/export paperwork or customs forms etc, and no fees to pay. (we'll obviously be sorting the quittus fiscale & registration in France in due course).
- However, if I want someone to collect them, and transport them (truck/trailer/transporter) across the border, I think we'd need to complete various paperwork, pay some export fees etc, but getting any clear guidance on this seems impossible. I've reached out to a few companies, who have basically said "we've not done that yet, waiting to see how things pan-out", which is super helpful...
[NB! Cars all owned by us for a few years at least, but one isn't currently MOT'd (though does drive)]
Any thoughts?
Cheers!
Matt
