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Plus ca Change
Thanks to Ryanair I can make a return trip to the UK from the south of France for less than the price of a fish and chip supper in London - so I am off to England today for a week - if I drive back I can load up with Christmas crackers - as these are banned on flights I can corner the market for Languedoc. My main reason for the trip is to change the way I operate our Internet business, from early next year, any company I own, no matter where it is registered, will be considered as operating from France as I am a French resident. As most of the things we do are related to travel and tourism, we cannot do this without very expensive and impossible to obtain licenses in France, plus huge operating overheads and piles of paperwork. Tourism is the largest single industry in France, so making it difficult for a busines to exist seems daft - perhaps this is why France has dropped in popularity from number 1 to number 3 and bookings are down again for the fourth year in a row. To solve some of these propblems I have been looking for a strategic partner to work with, but being isolated here in Languedoc makes this difficult. I am still open for talks with any enterprising person in the UK or the US wanting to get in on the ground floor with our new technology for advertising revenue. ======= I wrote recently about the requirement for a report on Asbestos, lead and termites when buying a house in France - http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/259 Lead, Termites and Asbestos in French Homes the seller is obliged in most departments to provide a recent professional survey. The Notaire will check this is done. If lead is present then care must be take if you are preparing for painting. We offer is some pracical advice from a professional. To read the rest of this article, please go to http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/264 Advice on Treating Lead Paint ====== More on Car Registration Tony Have a question on car registration. I imported one of our cars from Texas, a Toyota Lancruiser, which we thought at the time was great for 8 persons! Now with the price of gas, horrible. However, I was able to get insurance for the car, initially with Lloyds and then last year with my French insurance carrier. The car has just passed its ten years old mark and the last inspection was just 2 years ago! As a non resident, am I obliged to register a foreign vehicle and have the car inspected? To read the rest of this article, please go to http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/263 More on Car Registration ======= Retirement and Health Care in France Hi Tony I have been reading your newsletter for over 2 years, and after 3 years of looking, have at last, hopefully found a property for us to retire to. We will both be retiring early, me at 59 and husband at 63. Hence, our income will be much reduced. Can you point us in the direction of where we find out what the income level is, before we can claim full health care in France, before having to pay, or take insurance? To read the rest of this article, please go to http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/262 Retirement and Health Care in France There are over 1,200 articles in our archives at... http://francevoila.com/archives/ Archives Some Recent Articles http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/260 Channel 4 Needs You http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/259 Lead, Termites and Asbestos in French Homes http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/258 Inheritance in France - this can affect you http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/256 Out Of Date Passport - a Cautionary Tale http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/254 Using your Pension Fund to buy Property in France http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/253 Missionaries in France === Our holiday/vacation rental site is at... http://rentalsfrance.com/ RentalsFrance We advertise holiday villa and gite rentals in most parts of France, established in 1998 we are one of the most prominent and successful villa rentals sites on the Internet - and aim to stay that way. Do browse through our websites and please use the advertising links, they help pay for the site. I do try to reply to all mail, most is about property or living in France. I publish comments in this newsletter which I believe are of interest and may help find answers for people wanting to come to France. By linking the points I make to our weblog at http://www.fblog.com FBlog I hope readers will go to the adverts which help support our overheads. Our business is our advertising sites for property and rentals at http://rentalsfrance.com/ RentalsFrance http://francevoila.com/ France voila Please make use of these sites (and do visit the adverts). What's New, Comments and News http://Fblog.com/ The France Weblog |
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