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Exclamation Problems with multi-vehicle imports
Talking to Peter Buitelaar yesterday, it seems that with very recent effect the rules regarding temporary importation of vehicles have changed and you are now limited to one vehicle per person. If there's two people in a motorhome with a scooter on the back, that's OK even though one person might be driving/riding both, but one person in a 4x4 towing a trailer with a motorbike is not.

This could create chaos for anyone bringing in a truck load of bikes with clients flying in to pick them up later.

Peter's wife, Zineb, has spoken to the head honcho of customs in Ouarzazate to check the situation out and it was described to her as "a new law".

Maybe this is the time to befriend a fellow ferry passenger and offer them a lift.
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Hi Tim,

Sounds interesting. Wonder what will happen when the Spanish and French tourists with quads on trailers arrive for Semana Santa this year.

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Foreign companies organizing tours in Morocco have to have a Moroccan registration from 01/2014 somehow, to have no problem with this. I have been told by a custom officer last november....

Don't know any further details, sorry.

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I was under the impression that was to restrict the number of 'rally raids' taking place in Morocco, and I don't think it's anything to do with the above (but I could be wrong).

Peter has a Moroccan 'patent' (business registration) yet reckons he's affected along with everyone else.
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This is not good news. If it's true WHY ???

Do the Moroccans not realise this will deter tourists and loose the country revenue, plus many small buisnesses will suffer and loose income.

If true my trip this year (myself, bike and van) won't be possible
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I´ve great problems last year when I carried my bike into my 4x4. I stayed for four hours negotiating with the customs inspectors.
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I've just posted my positive experience of bringing two bikes through Ceuta in my name, see http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...t.php?p=462959


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So what is the final verdict?
Hi guys,

Was looking though the threads and this one got me somewhat nervous. Me and my brother was going to drive to Quarzazate from southern Sweden with;
1. Mercedes Vito (owned and registered by me) loaded with...
2. Yamaha TTR (owned and registered by me)
3. Yamaha XTR (owned and registered by my brother)
... and hopefully pass though customs on 1/1 2015 but from what I read in this thread that could become troublesome

From what Tim is describing initially, this would not work as I understand it but from pera and str3tch last posts it seems like it it could if you bring a carnet.

Could someone please reassure us if this will work, and possibly indicate what documents/arguments to bring to get the least amount of hassle?
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How did it go? I entered I car, one trailer, One Bok on Trailer and one KTM Bike on my name last winter via Tanger Ville. Took a while and the boss had to come out of his office (he noticed that the Trailer and box were not connected permanently) But he somehow squeezed everything on that sheet of paper and got me in... Patience will get you in and back out ;-)

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Temporary import moto and trailer to Morocco
Hi ! anybody knows if Ata carnet works when if I pass through port med tanger custom with car trailer and 4 motobikes without the owners?
Any adress or mail of reliable local guide or person than can help me in this mess?
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Does anybody have fresh info on this?

I plan to drive through Morocco with a car and two bikes (one on my name) on a trailer, to go to Mauritania. I'd be arriving at Tangier Med.

I know for first hand experience that D16ter's and whatever procuration will (most probably) not make it. A few years ago a friend was denied access with a van loaded with 3 bikes, including mine, so I and the other fellow had to fly to Tangiers. There was no problem to enter with van+1bike on one passport, more was apparently not allowed at the time, or at least not in the mood of officers. And things have been evolving for worse apparently...

So the open questions are:
-Any fresh experience on using an ATA carnet for bikes, as per pera's suggestion?
-If the bikes are on the carnet, will the trailer be counted as a separate vehicle, or they don't care about it? Are they strict with the one passport, one veichle rule, in particular for what regards trailers?
-Any experience on handing the ATA carnet on exit at the border with Mauri, and when entering back? (I wonder if the Mauri border post handles carnets at all. Maybe one has to stop by the customs offices in Laayoune or Dakhla)
-Any other recently tested recipe?

Thanks!!!
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That's a different problem, and one I had in the 1970s when the exit of my Triumph Vitesse wasn't recorded.
My first car, 40 years ago, was a vitesse. I failed my driving test, crashed the car and went to Morocco.
Now I'm back, a better driver but worse mechanic
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