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GENERAL INFORMATION ON FRANCE - for guidance only!
Crime
Sensible precautions should be taken to protect against street and car crime. Try to avoid carrying passports, credit cards, travel documents and money together in handbags or pockets. In Paris, at Charles de Gaulle airport or at the Gare du Nord railway station, you should protect your baggage against theft and beware of pickpockets. Thieves and pickpockets also operate on the Paris Metro and RER (suburban) lines especially RER line B, which serves Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports and the Gare du Nord. Thefts have also occurred at Nice Airport, particularly at the car rental car parks where bags have been snatched as drivers have been loading luggage into hire cars. Pedestrians should beware of bag snatchers operating both on foot and from motorcycles. You should be particularly careful in and around shopping centres and car parks.
Mugging incidents have occurred at isolated rest areas on some French motorways, usually those without petrol stations and cafeterias. There have also been several cases of burglary during the night whilst travellers have been asleep in their caravans, mobile homes or other vehicles. In a number of cases victims had first been rendered unconscious by the thieves using gas. Try to avoid parking in isolated or dark areas of camping grounds or car parks, and consider installing an alarm in your caravan or mobile home.
In Calais British registered cars may be targeted by thieves, both while parked and on the move (eg by thieves flagging down drivers for a lift or indicating that the vehicle has a flat tyre). Valuables, including tobacco and alcohol, should not be left unattended in parked cars and kept out of sight at all times.
Visitors to Commonwealth War Grave cemeteries in northern France, many of which are in isolated areas, are advised not leave handbags or other valuables in parked cars as they can be the target for thieves.
In populated areas of the South of France, particularly in the Marseille to Menton area, you are advised to keep car doors locked and windows closed when driving as it is common for bags to be snatched from the front passenger seat, often when the vehicle is stationary at traffic lights and usually by individuals on motorbikes. In the Rhone-Alps Region a British couple were recently robbed after their car had been flagged down by thieves who had indicated that something was wrong with the vehicle. If you decide to stop in such circumstances, be extremely wary of anyone offering help, ensure that car keys are not left in the ignition and that the vehicle doors are locked while you investigate the alleged problem.
In Corsica you are advised to avoid leaving your vehicles unattended by the roadside especially on coastal/beach roads, as thefts are frequent. Armed robbery can occur but such incidents are rare.
Sea Travel
Several berths are currently out of action at Calais port. Delays, which could continue for a period of weeks or possibly some months, may therefore occur on all services. You are advised to check the latest situation with your ferry operator before travelling.
Road Travel
You should take particular care when driving in France as driving regulations and customs are different from those in the United Kingdom. Roads in France, particularly motorways, are of an excellent standard but speed limits are higher than in the United Kingdom and the accident rate is greater. Many drivers undertake long journeys in, or through, France. Care should be taken to plan journeys and take sufficient breaks; a minimum break of 15 minutes after every two hours of driving is recommended.
The RAC or AA can advise on special requirements for driving in France while further advice, in French, on safety and on potential traffic black spots during the holiday seasons is available on the French Government-run website: http://www.bison-fute.equipement.gouv.fr. The minimum age for driving a car in France is 18 years old. 17 year-old British drivers with valid British licences are not permitted to drive a car. Anyone who contravenes this law may be fined and the vehicle impounded.
Radar detectors are illegal in France whether in use or not. If you should be caught with such equipment in your vehicle, you are liable to a prison sentence, a fine, confiscation of the device and the vehicle. You should therefore ensure radar detectors are removed from your vehicle before commencing any journey to France.
Almost all roads in Corsica are mountainous and narrow, with numerous bends. You should be extra vigilant and beware of wandering animals. The majority of road accidents occur during the tourist season.
The Mont Blanc road tunnel between France and Italy is open to all vehicles but with the following restrictions: maximum height 4.7m, maximum and minimum speeds respectively 70 kph and 50 kph. There are no weight restrictions. For details of temporary restrictions (e.g. during school holidays), please consult the tunnel website on www.tunnelmb.com. Although the information is currently available only in French and Italian, an English version will shortly be added. Vehicles unable to use the Mont Blanc Tunnel should use routes along the Mediterranean coast or through the Frejus tunnel; there are however some restriction on HGVs using the Frejus tunnel. Full details of these and alternative routes are available on the French Government-run Website: http://www.bison-fute.equipement.gouv.fr.
Severe penalties for road traffic infringements are in force. These include imprisonment and a heavy fine for causing death whilst over the alcohol limit or under the influence of drugs and a similar penalty for causing death by dangerous or negligent driving. The French police strictly apply speeding restrictions and drivers exceeding speed limits face heavy on-the-spot fines. Drivers who break French driving laws can also have their British driving licences confiscated by French Police; and the driver concerned prevented from continuing to drive the vehicle. This could lead to the vehicle being temporarily impounded if no alternative driver with a valid licence is available.
British road hauliers should be aware that French authorities are imposing fines on hauliers who have differing sets of documents aboard the vehicle. Road hauliers should contact the Road Hauliers Association for further information (and see "Know Before You Go" "International Road Haulage on the FCO website). It is now compulsory for drivers of vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes to fasten their seat belts in France (except in vehicles which did not have seat belts fitted when they were manufactured). Offenders face a fine of 135 Euros.
There are a number of periods during the year, including all Sundays and public holidays when heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes are banned from driving on roads in France. Road hauliers should contact the Road Hauliers Association, the Freight Transport Association or the Department of Transport for further information.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
British nationals need a valid passport to enter France.
Single parents or other adults travelling alone with children should be aware that some countries require documentary evidence of parental responsibility before allowing lone parents to enter the country or, in some cases, before permitting the children to leave the country. For further information on exactly what will be required at immigration please contact the French Embassy in London. (Website link to French Embassy: http://www.ambafrance.org.uk).
HEALTH
We strongly recommend that comprehensive travel and medical insurance is obtained before travelling to France.
You should take with you a completed E111 form. This is available free of charge from most United Kingdom post offices. It will cover part of the cost of emergency health care at State hospitals in France during your visit. However, an E111 does not cover all medical fees (you will still have to pay for treatment by the French State health service, but you can claim back up to 70% on return to the UK), or medical repatriation, or on-going medical treatment of a non-urgent nature. We therefore recommend that you also obtain comprehensive travel and medical insurance. New health insurance cards will eventually replace the current E111 (and other E forms valid for temporary stays in EU and some other European countries). They have already been introduced in some countries. The United Kingdom is committed to doing so by December 2005. Until then, E111s will continue to be issued in their current form and remain valid for use in France.
Rabies cases occasionally occur in France, and you should therefore avoid contact with cats and dogs.
For further information on health, check the www.dh.gov.uk.
NATURAL DISASTERS
Forest Fires
Fires can be a regular occurrence in forested areas along the Mediterranean coast during summer months. The fires are generally extinguished quickly and efficiently by experienced French authorities, though short-term evacuations are sometimes necessary. Visits to forested areas will for the most part remain trouble-free, but if you plan to stay in such an area you should familiarise yourself on arrival with local emergency procedures in the event of fire.
SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND WINTER SPORTS
Alpine travellers should take out comprehensive insurance to cover extra medical costs, repatriation or, in the départements of Savoie and Haute-Savoie, possible transfer to Switzerland for hospital treatment. For sports activities such as skiing, potholing and mountaineering, travel insurance must include mountain rescue services and helicopter costs. You should be aware of the risks involved in the more hazardous sports activities. Be aware of weather forecasts and conditions, well equipped, not undertake the activity alone, study the itinerary and inform someone of your plans. Off-piste skiers should follow the advice given by local authorities and guides; to ignore such advice could put you and other mountain users in danger. Information on snow and avalanche risks is available, in French, on website: http://www.anena.org.
GENERAL
Following the withdrawal of duty free facilities within the European Union, customs authorities in all member countries have introduced guidance levels for the import of tobacco, alcohol and other products bought by visitors for their own use. The levels you can bring into the UK should be checked with Her Majesty's Customs. If you buy more than the amount specified, you must be able to satisfy Customs Officers at both the points of departure and arrival that the goods are for your personal use. Heavy Goods Vehicle operators should be aware of the revised seizure policy being operated by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise against any vehicles detected with illicit alcohol or tobacco.
You should also be aware that guidance levels for the importation of duty paid cigarettes into the UK are currently higher than in the rest of the EU. The current limit for importing duty paid cigarettes into the UK from other EU countries is 3,200 but the limit within the rest of the EU is 800.
If you intend to carry or transport valuables (including works of art and antiques) or amounts of cash in excess of 7,600 Euros, you should consult French customs regulations beforehand.
Do not leave your luggage unattended at airports, railway stations and other public places as it may be removed and destroyed by security staff. Notices to this effect are prominently displayed. No compensation can be claimed for destroyed property.
Don’t get involved with drugs. The penalties are severe, and in addition to a stiff prison sentence any smuggling offence will also attract a customs fine.
Remember where you are staying. Keep a note of your hotel address. Enter next of kin details into the back of your passport. |
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