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Sorry but this is mostly, if not completely, nonsence.

Direct Gov would like you to pay 'tax' because the Government likes motorists to pay money to them.
But The Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c.22) PART III 29 says 'tax' is only necessary if using a “Public Road” which PART V 62 defines as, “in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, a road which is repairable at the public expense”. In Scotland the definition is slightly different due to differing set-ups. There is no definition for a Public Road in France, Russia or the Moon - so 'tax' is not a legal necessity outside the UK under the very Act that makes it necessary in UK.
However see the full story in my post #89 here http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...g-term-39472-6

I recently drove an untaxed (by a few days), un MOTd car from the Channel Tunnel to a pre-booked test in north London then on to South Buckinghamshire where I went to a Post Office to apply for new tax. I passed numerous Police cars of Kent, Metropolitan, Hertfordshire (which procalimed ANPR) and Thames Valley police forces and a strange looking van with an open window on one rear door in a roadside lay-by (probably either a Camera van or ANPR reading).


Ted.
Apart from my post above re MOT and Tax that is amply covered in the link above, your UK policy should automatically give you minimum legally required insurance in other EU member states. This is an EU requirement.
Look at the reverse of your Certificate of Insurance which confirms. Those statements in several languages are accepted in all EU states, not just those using those languages. I have had to produce it in Estonia, Finland and Latvia - none of whose languages are used.

Your Green Card is two things -
1. An internationally recognised Insurance Certificate.
2. Confirmation of extention of your full cover (Comprehensive,TPFT, TP, RTA etc), not just the legal minimum, in the countries and periods mentioned thereon.
When it becomes date expired the normal EU 'legal minimum' will kick in until the main policy comes up for renewal.
This applies to all EU states, plus Switzerland, Norway (possibly Iceland and others) but not all the non-EU balkan countries where you should buy at the border.

I agree with your sentiments Tony but if you want your UK insurance to be valid then you will have to be uk legal.
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