If you’re driving a van or a heavily-laden car you’re more likely to be pulled over for a check but from feedback from readers of The Local there doesn’t seem to be much of a pattern on when and where searches are carried out.īecause of the pandemic, volumes of traffic have been low since the end of the Brexit transition period, so it may be that things change once travel patterns return to normal. Some passengers report never having anything checked, others have reported being checked every time while the most common scenario seems to be having one thing checked but not everything. The short answer to this is that it varies. The tobacco allowance is again per person, but unlike the alcohol allowance it’s either cigarettes or cigars or tobacco, not all three. The same applies to tobacco products – not banned but quantity limits apply. This allowance is per person, so if you’re in a car containing two adults, you can double that. Other containing less than 22% alcohol – 2 litres. Other drinks containing more than 22% alcohol – 1 litres.Non-sparkling wine – 4 litres (6 standard sized bottles).However if you want to bring with you sherry, Drambuie or Boddingtons beer – all of which are hard to find in France – to drink during your stay then you can, within certain limits. The ‘booze cruise’ is more traditionally done the other way, with drivers coming over to France to stock up with wine. If, however, you want to bring over a non-EU registered car and leave it at your French address, that’s more complicated – full details here.īroadly the same rules applies to other vehicles including motorbikes – if the vehicle is just visiting then it’s fine.īikes, even electric ones, don’t require any kind of registration so you can bring those with you without issue. In most cases you can drive on the licence of your home country and don’t need an international driver’s permit. If you want to stock up on English language books for your French friends or bring over your favourite fashion brands there is nothing to stop you, as long as you don’t hit the €430 limit.īringing a non-EU registered car with you for short breaks is no problem, although obviously check that your insurance covers you while you are in France. Unfortunately plants comes under the same sanitary and phyto-sanitary rules as food – and many things are simply banned altogether.īringing in dead items like logs would be OK, but anything living like plants, bulbs, seedlings or cuttings is banned as it can damage the local ecosystem – full details here. It’s not just stuff for the indoors, if you have a garden at your French property you might like to bring over shrubs, seedlings or cuttings from your garden at home. There is an exemption to customs duties on furniture for people who are moving to France – full details here. It’s not that bringing over DIY items is no longer allowed, but that there is a limit to the value of items that you can bring before you have to start paying import duties. However, this has become more complicated since Brexit. If you’ve spent time in French DIY stores you will notice that many items – from paint to tools to bathroom and kitchen units – are considerably more expensive in France, so over the years it has become common for Brits doing a renovation project to buy many of the items they need in the UK and bring them over to their French property. Medical cannabis products are a bit of a complicated area in France – after several U-turns and court cases products containing CBD – a cannabis derivative without the psychoactive compounds – can be used in France.īuying a French property as a renovation project has long been a popular pastime, especially with Brits, as it’s both a less expensive option and gives you a nice project. Recreational drugs (with the exception of alcohol and tobacco, see below) are illegal in France, even cannabis (surprising as that may seem if you have walked down the street in a French city) so don’t try to bring any with you, even if you’re travelling from a state where it is legal.
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