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A referendum on continued British membership of the EU could be held as soon as next year. A vote to leave the EU would have major consequences for Ex-Pats who are resident in France. An exit timescale is not known but I suspect would be within 3 years of a NO vote. The consequences are varied depen...

The toilets are now finished. They are still located down the staircase but can also be accessed by a lift.
They are well appointed and modern.

Does anyone know what wind speed closes down Perpignan Airport?

Sorry it's not Ceret, we use a chiropodist in Argeles. Fully qualified, details as follows:

Marie-Catherine Arsant
04 68 85 49 21
09 67 00 49 21

Boulevard du Canigou
66700 Argelès-sur-Mer

Sterling currently 1.3798 (up 1.87%)

The Ryanair site just says ATC delay, that's all.

I echo your points Francis, very well put.

Not too sure which topic this goes under but we received our postal voting papers on Thursday (23rd) and posted them back on Friday.
If you've enabled Postal Voting for the U.K. General Election on May 7th, this note serves as a benchmark for the arrival of your paperwork.

Gael-force, I have PM'd you.

I thought you were going to pay off the outstanding finance and re-register the car in France? A French company will insure a U.K. registered car but then you fall into the trap that you have to register the vehicle anyway. (Please see separate thread in the Travel Forum) http://forum.anglophone-dir...

Does anyone know how to get hold of form 3916 (declaration of foreign bank account) when declaring on -line? please? Eileen. A 3916 can be downloaded from the following link; http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/deploiement/p1/fichedescriptiveformulaire_6165/fichedescriptiveformulaire_6165.pdf You get ...

£1 = 1.2402€

this is the weighted ECB average for 2014 as confirmed in The Connexion tax guide

Thank you to everybody for your replies, they are extremely helpful. Time to move forward and pay off this car and register it in France. :D As a tip, make sure the finance company give you a letter passing title (ownership). Keep your copy of the original hiring agreement together with your receip...

I forgot to mention in my previous post that the French authorities, in addition to a Certificate of Conformity from the vehicle manufacturers, will require evidence that you hold title to the vehicle. This, at present, cannot be complied with as the vendor will have sold the vehicle to the finance ...

When you re-register a U.K. car in France, the issuer of the Carte Grise will inform the DVLA in Swansea. HPI will be informed and thence the legal owners of the vehicle, the finance company. Standard terms in all U.K. Leasing, Lease Purchase, Hire Purchase and Contract Purchase documents PROHIBIT t...

Our 2042-K arrived today.

you might find this useful, there are extra rules regarding bringing more than 5 cats or dogs, open the PDF on the link below for full details:

www.ambafrance-uk.org/Importing-animals ... rance,2780

When FilmOn is playing up, we revert to our old faithful PMB box which still picks up Astra 1N. I notice last night that some channels are no longer there. Does anyone know if 1N is being taken out of service? Also, is there an alternative to FilmOn? When FilmOn is buffering/freezing we get perfect ...

For anyone new to this annual delight, if you have a U.K. Bank Account, you need to download and complete a Form 3916, the link for which I attach. You need a separate 3916 for EACH account held overseas. http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/deploiement/p1/fichedescriptiveformulaire_6165/fichedescriptiv...

Received our 2047-K (Foreign Income) today but no sign yet of the 2042 (Main Declaration)

Lanark Lass wrote:Have you looked at the weather forecast? Rain for Friday!

It'll still go dark though!

Does anyone know if we'll see it down here and at what time? I believe this total eclipse starts at about 09:30 CET.

These are Dr Sautai's hours, he was on holiday last week so might be busy on his return this coming week. He does not give appointments just turn up.

Mon 9-12
Tue 3-7
Wed 12-3
Thur 9-12
Fri12-3

I perhaps should have pointed out in my original post that it would be prudent in times of plenty to put some additional money aside for the following year, especially if you think that your tax band might change because of enhanced income (by way of high FX rates). Allan, I agree that the principal...

Allan, if the rate is high in 2015 and then drops later in the year (change in U.K. Government) your tax is levied in 2016 (for 2015 income) and will have to be paid out of that reduced income. I appreciate you could "put some of the enhanced income away" but in practical terms people don't tend to ...

Don't forget that a strong £ is a double-edged sword. If you receive your income/pensions in £Sterling, a high FX figure will enhance your income in €Euros, possibly resulting in a higher French Tax Band.

Thanks for all the replies.

A big thank you to Alan for his first hand experience it was very useful.

It has to be said that as of today, there are NO Ryanair flights shown after Saturday 24th October from London Stansted to Perpignan, Barcelona El Prat or Girona Barcelona.
That date must be pivotal, i.e. Winter flights not yet loaded onto the system.

thanks for the link and for taking the time to reply. We found this as well but the timetable stops at the end of March and they arrive in May. So our friends can't really plan the onward train from Beziers to Perpignan and book seats until they are sure of the shuttle. If it doesn't all fit they ma...

Does anyone have experience of the Beziers airport shuttle bus? We have friends flying over in May who want to get from the airport to Beziers train station to then take the train to Perpignan and then the reverse journey for their return. We can't find any information as to frequency, stops, costs,...