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thanks guys for your offers and your help!

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what i understand about what you say is that my bike could be only for 6 months in schengen area?

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thanks guys for your offers and your help!

walkabout...

what i understand about what you say is that my bike could be only for 6 months in schengen area?

thanks again!

nicolas
I don't know for sure. EU law/regulation etc etc is something of a mystery to most people and is widely ignored at all levels in any case, by individuals, organisations and even national government(s).

The EU rules about vehicles have been in place for quite a long time, possibly longer than the Schengen agreement.
In worst case, you move a vehicle across a national border, such as into the UK which is not part of the Schengen area, and then take it back over the border later. But, there is an overall rule that the vehicle can stay somewhere for a maximum of 6 months in any 12 months: I know that this is widely ignored by Brits living in, say, France - on the other hand that is a case of an EU registered vehicle moving across national borders.

London, for instance, has 1000s of Polish registered vehicles with sign writing, in English, on the van sides for business advertising.
Confusion reigns in the UK also of course-
Foreign vehicles entering UK should be recorded, say councils - Telegraph
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My own interpretation is that it is no more than 6 months in any one country within EU, so 6 months in Portugal, 6 months in Spain add infinitum. In Portugal if you are stopped by police you have to prove you have not had the vehicle in that country for more than 6 months, so keep ferry tickets and any toll road receipts from other EU countries to show it was elsewhere. I may be wrong but that is my interpretation from folks living in EU who have had visitors. In Greece vehicle is impounded and subject to huge fine or else crushed with administration fees to add insult to injury.

I am sure some one on here will correct me if I have got anything wrong.

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My own interpretation is that it is no more than 6 months in any one country within EU, so 6 months in Portugal, 6 months in Spain add infinitum. In Portugal if you are stopped by police you have to prove you have not had the vehicle in that country for more than 6 months, so keep ferry tickets and any toll road receipts from other EU countries to show it was elsewhere. I may be wrong but that is my interpretation from folks living in EU who have had visitors. In Greece vehicle is impounded and subject to huge fine or else crushed with administration fees to add insult to injury.

I am sure some one on here will correct me if I have got anything wrong.

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I wouldn't/couldn't argue with that which I had in mind when I said "administered by individual countries".
However, there are not enough hours in the day, or months in the year, to find out what exactly was intended for this bit of legislation.
Apart from which, we are being assured that further such ideas will come along to provide one common approach to everything in the EU to do with roads, transportation and travel.
Alternatively, the whole thing will fall apart, rapidly or less so.

Meanwhile, it seems that the Portugese police take some interest in the matter or are somewhat concerned at least, or they have less than busy days?
Maybe the Greeks will have more to think about next week, but I would be a little surprised if a lot of vehicles have been crushed for over-staying their welcome to that country.
Vehicles are crushed in the UK also but for different reasons generally, and without a UK registration plate those reasons are very unlikely to apply.
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Guys, thank you all for your help!

I will surely contact you when I am in Europe.

Cheers,

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I have several non European bikes stored here in Ireland.
We have never had an issue with the bikes not being registered in the EU.

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thanks WW!

I will visit yoiu when i am Ireland!

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