Importing an Italian registered car into France

Has anyone imported an Italian registered car into France ?


I seem to be in a catch 22 situation. The prefecture is asking for the "original" certificato di proprieta but I am informed that this, by law must have been returned to the Italian authorities when the car was expotrted.


I do have a copy of it, along with the original registration document - and of course all the other required paperwork - but every time I try, I stumble over their demand for the original.


Has anyone actually imported an Italian car into France and please could they offer some advice.


cheers


geoff

this is indeed a useful resource. thank you Sheila.

Hi Geoff. If you are experiencing problems with how laws are administered in both countries, you will find two websites to help you here, on the Survive France Useful Links page: http://www.survivefrance.com/page/useful-links