Anybody transported their own belongings over to France in a van on the ferry recently? Do we use the cerfa form 10070*03? All belongings are older than 12 months and I have a full inventory for anyone that needs it. Any help would be appreciated.
Hello Smudge,
You will need the Cerfa form, plus the inventory, and the certificat de non-cession, all in duplicate. I did it in two trips in July. I hired a 3.5 ton van from a firm in Dorset, not too far from where I was living. The first trip was via Dover and DFDS employees were a pain in the b***. Donât know customs law, made me leave the port and got me to do all sorts of forms that werenât needed, and had to buy a âfreightâ ticket in place of the âprivate vanâ ticket I had purchased. However, I declared the âusedâ (more than 12 months old) goods to be under ÂŁ1000 value and got green-laned in Calais, so Cerfa not presented to anybody.
Second trip, same van, by DFDS via Newhaven. Arrived early to check with a customs official and was told if Iâm taking my own goods out of the country for non-commercial purposes, âthey are not interestedâ.
Had to present Cerfa, inventory forms and the certificat de non-cession at customs in Dieppe, plus proof of a place to stay (I had already bought a house), and VLS-TS visa. Arrived in Dieppe at 22:00, first âsmallâ van in the queue after the commercial lorries. The customs lady reviewed the forms, asked a few questions, including total estimated value (about 11,000 Euros in my case), returned the forms and sent me on my way.
If itâs an option, Iâd say use the Newhaven-Dieppe route. But thatâs just my opinion.
Ant
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I havenât taken my personal goods to France (yet) but I second the suggestion of going Newhaven-Dieppe - thereâs a lot to be said for small sleepy ports instead of the rat-race that is Dover.
They also have a (somewhat alarming) sense of humour at the Newhaven check-in - when I arrived there for the overnight ferry a few weeks ago, the gates were shut, and the woman in the check-in booth said âSorry youâre too late youâve missed itâ. I did a slightly alarmed double-take (I had arrived at 9pm for an 11pm sailing) - in fact they had just shut the gates temporarily while they let everyone off the arriving sailing⌠
She had me going for a moment there though⌠They say you should never crack jokes with customs or immigration officials so I was caught unawares by comedy comments coming the other wayâŚ
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