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Old 16 Jan 2013
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Obtaining a Carnet in France

Hi,

Perhaps a bit of a silly question here.
I am considering buying a motorcycle in France (well prices with a good selection of used bikes). I know enough French to perhaps negotiate a purchase but certainly not enough for forms and paperwork. In particular, I am wanting information on obtaining a Carnet de Passage in France for the bike in order to travel through Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal. How does one go about doing this?
Is this a pretty stupid idea with very limited French? Perhaps I should stick to buying a bike in a predominantly English-speaking country?

Cheers in advance.
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Hi Nicola,

I hadn't yet looked into the process of obtaining a carnet for a trip into eastern areas such as you have planned for 2014 or even for my trip this year. I know I am needing visa's for those countries outside of the Schengen area.

For a carnet de passage, I would need to find out what is the go with this.

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Is this a pretty stupid idea with very limited French?
No, it is not a silly idea at all, one would think that the French should know all about 'Carnet de Passage'.
Motos in France, well they are plentiful and you can get a well maintained bike that should be just right for what you want to do. Getting my bike was not so difficult at all, just a bit of patience with the French administration system.

A friend of mine is over from France riding around Tas at the moment, I could ask him when he comes back to my place in a week or two, he may know more about these things.

Sorry, I haven't much info for you, but shall be interested to know more myself.


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if my english is bad !!! my french is ok
1) where do you want to buy a bike in France ?
2)travel with a french registred bike or aus ?

To find a bike in France....the best !
Petites annonces gratuites d'occasion - leboncoin.fr

for the papers
http://www.douane.gouv.fr/menu.asp?id=1

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Yves, thankyou for the link to the papers!

Yes, I had been given the link to Le Bon Coin -- thats where I would purchase from. Location in France doesn't matter. Want to buy a French registered bike and ride it to Nepal and then ship it to Canada.

I don't speak much french. Enough to understand what the advertisements say on Le Bon Coin. I am worried that doing the paperwork for the carnet in France will be difficult.
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Reading this page via Google Translate http://www.douane.gouv.fr/page.asp?id=32

From what I can determine, it means that a 'tourist' can purchase a French registered motorcycle free of road taxes etc. What I cannot determine is
1) Does the buyer require a fixed address IN FRANCE?
2) Does the vehicle have to return to France after a certain period of time?

Also struggling to find information on the Douane website about obtaining a Carnet in France but I will keep looking.

EDIT: Is this what I'm looking for regarding obtaining a Carnet in France, through the ACA? http://www.automobile-club.org/se-de...en-douane.html
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Hi nicola
I think it's not so easy !!!
if you are not résident ???
for example:
http://www.aveyron.gouv.fr/fr/pratiq...dmi_code=F1050
http://droit-finances.commentcamarch...ulee-en-france

maybe see with your embassy in Paris

http://www.france.embassy.gov.au/parifrancais/home.html

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Hi

Have you looked into insurance too?

I briefly looked into getting French insurance for my vehicle and was told by one company that without being resident in France I couldn't. Maybe thats not 100% true but worth checking out?

I would think you would need a French address to put on the bikes documents also?

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