Exporting a transit phewwwwwww

[Cloggy Gerry]

Hi Guys,
I have just bought a 1998 petrol 2ltr double cab transit here in Holland, I am hoping to export it to Slovakia, but I'm finding it very hard to work out what I need, and how to do it.

It dont help me being a brit and Dutch not been the easiest language to master, my slovak lawyer says I need a CoC certificate, but ford NL say a transit is a commercial vehicle and they dont issue CoC on anything but private cars.

I know this is all EU law and applies over all europe now, so if anyone has experience of exporting a transit, I'd be mighty happy to hear from you.

Cheers

Gerry

[FredTransit]

Welcome to the forum Gerry, that's a tough one. I would think that even if the members on here had exported, you would have to find somebody that has done it to Slovakia, as I suspect that's where the problems will arise. Have you thought of any way round it? EG it's easier to export parts or 'scrap metal', so often vans are dismatled for export, then re assembled ans registered when they get to the other country. Just a thought.

[Cloggy Gerry]

Thanks for the welcome, its a very informative and humerous forum, I'm sure I'll enjoy my stay.

But regarding Slovakia there full EU members now, and it should technically be the same as imported a german bus to UK.

Cheers

Gerry

[FredTransit]

Well mate I have no idea what a CoC is (maybe a safety cert like the UK MOT?), so not everything is EU wide. The only people that have inmported vans that I know have brought in German fire vans, and they drove all the way home from Germany. Here you just register a second hand vehicle with the DVLA, to do that you get the MOT in the chassis number first (if it's over 3 years old). that's as far as I can tell and that deos not mean to say that's what you do for Siovakia.

[MrMPuk]

Well mate I have no idea what a CoC is (maybe a safety cert like the UK MOT?), so not everything is EU wide. The only people that have inmported vans that I know have brought in German fire vans, and they drove all the way home from Germany. Here you just register a second hand vehicle with the DVLA, to do that you get the MOT in the chassis number first (if it's over 3 years old). that's as far as I can tell and that deos not mean to say that's what you do for Siovakia.

You're missing out the bit about all the hastle with the paperwork in Germany! Which from the sounds of it is the same problem this guy is having getting the van out of Holland.

[BigNeil]

have you tried a google search as there are loads of specialists out there who could do the paperwork, unless you really want to do it all yourself

[Cloggy Gerry]

Hassle is the word. the CoC is a european wide certificate of conformity, basically a form to say the motor is EU approved.

I have tried a couple of agents but they only do cars, its begining to be a bit of a mare, kinda sorry I bought it now, would a been a whole lot easier to buy a bus in Slovakia.

I have tried google etc but get tons of conflicting advice, and 99% of the stuff relates to cars not vans, which is kinda where my problem lies, hoo hum.

Well I guess I'm gonna have to fork out some euro's on a cloggy brief to find out what needs doing. what a pain.

Yours

Gerry

[FredTransit]

Dismantl it, take the plates off and ship it as parts.

[Cloggy Gerry]

I like the plan it sounds like a perfectly reasonable and utterly devious way around the eu regs.

Only problem is I'm about as competant a mechanic, as tony blair is trustworthy, and I also need it to drive over to SK, and thinking about it, when I come to register it in sk after a rebuild wouldnt they check the vin etc anyway and tell me to bugger off?

Its not easy Ive decided..... my lawyer here wants 500 quid to sort it out, thats dearer than my last divorce

[FredTransit]

Well surely if you can drive it into the country, you are a tourist, then when you get there you 'change your mind' about taking it home . Once it's ther they can't deport the van can they? If it's in the EU there are rules on how long you can stay in a country before registering it there. If it's 6 months or 12 you could just take a little day trip to a nieghbouring country (have some kind of documentation like a parking payment slip or ticket) and the van is not a resident. There are other benifits of being a 'tourist',you won't have to pay parking or speeding tickets ! If they don't want the van, they don't have to have it, keep it on paper, in the UK. After all, do you think that all those Polish an Latvian cars buzzing about on the roads here in the UK are visitors?

[Terry]

Good plan Fred, the only stumbling block MAY well be the insurance,
when we moved to Holland the British insurance became invalid after 3 months and the Dutch insurers won't insure a foreign registered car.
So you can guess what the next major problem with our Polish/Latvian/etc friends is gonna be !

[KiloKilo]

The CoC or EcoC are issued normally by the importer of a brand. So try;

Ford the Netherlands
- Voor meer informatie omtrent Ford producten en diensten K*** u terecht bij het Customer Relations Center
Zij helpen u graag met uw vragen.

Openingstijden:
ma - vrij: 08.30 - 16.30 uur

Telefoon 020-504.46.46
Fax: 020-504.46.35

Schrijven kan ook. Stuur uw brief naar:

Ford Nederland
t.a.v. CRC
Postbus 795
1000 AT Amsterdam


Or;

Ford Slovakia
- Summit Motors Slovakia, s. r. o.
Tuhovská 9 (Zlaté piesky)
831 07 Bratislava

Poštová adresa:

Summit Motors Slovakia, spol. s r. o.
P. O. Box 50
830 06 Bratislava 36

tel: 02/33 526 200
fax: 02/33 526 275

In no luck there you can always contact Ford Europe in Cologne and ask them if they can help.

Good luck.

[Cloggy Gerry]

Well its been a nightmare, my slovak lawyer has said to just take it over, and I can get #type approval# over there?

Having messed around with this for ages, Ive decided it aint worth it, and I wont be bothering again.

Thanks for the advice guys, it seems that the left hand dont know what the right hand is doing, so much for a european union huh?

Cheers

Gerry

[FredTransit]

Well its been a nightmare, my slovak lawyer has said to just take it over, and I can get #type approval# over there?

Having messed around with this for ages, Ive decided it aint worth it, and I wont be bothering again.

Thanks for the advice guys, it seems that the left hand dont know what the right hand is doing, so much for a european union huh?

Cheers

Gerry

Well in that case, drive there and keep it on the UK plates, you can get insurance.

[Willow]

i know its an old thread.......but i have imported a number of vehicles into Slovakia from Europe and if you still need advice/help with how to do it I can tell you everything you need........ I imported the first VX220 into this country - and that was a crazy ball ache - so im sure a transit will not be a problem