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Question Green Card / Insurance : If I don't know something I ask !
Hello,

I am going to travel Greece-Albania-Montenegro-Croatia-Bosnia-Slovenia-Italy on May.

I don't know if I am going to need Green Card / Insurance for my bike and if I can buy it at the border?

Can anyone inform me about this please.

Thanks a lot for assistance.
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Hi Samy,

You haven't mentioned Serbia on your list, but just in case you are tempted: I went through there in 2006 and because my green card didn't include Serbia they charged me the equivalent of £40 in local insurance (circa 60 Euros) as (so the guy claimed) you could not buy less than a months insurance. As this was more than my entire intended budget for accom. food, petrol etc. for Serbia I was a little miffed!

This may have been one guy just ripping me off but as he was the only insurance agent at the border I didn't have much choice but to turn round or cough up.

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You will definately need a Green Card to travel in those countries alright. If you can you should get one before you leave from your own insurance company. In a lot of companies this should be free of charge and will save you any spending at borders. Give them a phone call and you should be fine.

Make sure they make the Green Card out to cover you for the right amount of time though, I was in Bosnia a couple of years ago and I believed that my Green Card should naturally expire the same time as my actual insurance, only to find out in Mostar that it had run out and then needed to forge it to get home without spending any more. Sometimes the insurance companies will only issue them for a month or so unless you specifically ask them to extend it.
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I've not checked which of your lost of countries are full members of the EU - look up EU Member States on Google.

Within the EU, Green Cards are not a legal requirement for those with insurance in other EU member states. Insurance is a necessity though.

Most UK insurance includes basic legal minimum throughout the EU for up to a certain number of days a year - and certify to this effect on the reverse of the UK Certificate of Insurance. This document is accepted throughout the EU as proof of MINIMUM legal cover and costs nothing more.

A Green Card is a further Certificate that is now largely obsolete for Police purposes throughout the EU. What it does represent though is an extention of your full policy cover in the UK to the countries you have requested be added - and you paid for.
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We did Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Italy two years ago.
Croatia and Bosnia are not part of the EU (I think that is still the case) and although Croatia was covered by my standard insurance Bosnia was not. It cost £27 for a weeks cover - and I had to state which week I wanted covered.
Based on this £40 for a month doesn't seem to bad ..... although my £27 extended my fully comp insurance with breakdown etc. included.
The best bet would be to check your documents/speak to your insurance company.
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yah green card is must.before that you have to conform with any insurance company regards your & bite insurance.i hope you will get it very soon.all the best for you trip.take care.

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