The French claimed that my Fiat Tipo did not exist in France or the rest of Europe. despite it being European car of the year ( when it was first registered) and I see loads of Tipos about. So I asked them what to do and they said contact Fiact France to get a certificate of non conformity. I know, utter madness. but you just have to do what they ask, and smile sweetly. BTW that bit of paper cost me 120 euros.
if importing into France, best thing is to go to an insurance company and ask how much to insure. They will then look up all the "Known to the French" models. MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER YOUR VEHICLE USING A FRENCH KNOWN MODEL. for instance my Electra is known as a Bullet in France. If you try to import am Enfield Electra you are likely to have troubles. so always call it a BULLET.
This was the prob;em with the Tipo, the model was Eleganza which is a UK only Variant.
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