Car Shipping - Importing a Vehicle to France

How to process your import through Customs?
You will need to submit to Customs at the French port of entry the following documents:

- foreign (i.e. Canadian or US) registration of the vehicle;

- a commercial invoice, where applicable;

- a T1 declaration (consisting of copies ?4, 5 and 7 of the single administrative document - or SAD) where the vehicle has been imported through another Member State of the EU and has been sent in-bond to a French port of entry; this declaration must be submitted, in principle, to the French Customs office "of destination" entered in box ?53 of the declaration, and always within the time limit prescribed by the Customs office "of departure" (in the other Member State of the EU); note that in-bond transit in the EU under a T1 declaration is usually covered by a guarantee;

- where the vehicle is imported directly from the country where it was manufactured and if this country has concluded a trade agreement with the EC, a movement certificate EUR.1, so that you may be eligible for the free or reduced duty rates as defined in the agreement.

After clearing Customs, you will be handed a copy of the import declaration, a receipt, as well as a customs entry certificate ("certificat de dédouanement") ?846 A.

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