FIMO? can i drive in France with UK passed C1E

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jimbubba:
… (That was the beautiful thing of Europe 1 Rule for all)…

:laughing: :laughing: Sorry to jump into your thread but surely you mean “one rule for the French” and one rule for everyone else! :laughing:

The French have always helped make the rules, agreed with the rules then enforced the rules on all non French and then ignored the rules when it has suited them to and done what ever they wanted to. Usually with the backing and assistance of Les Flic! :open_mouth:

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a downer on the French or France. They are both great in their own way, but the French have always done what ever they wanted, whenever they wanted, regardless of “the rules” :wink:

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bullitt:

jimbubba:
… (That was the beautiful thing of Europe 1 Rule for all)…

:laughing: :laughing: Sorry to jump into your thread but surely you mean “one rule for the French” and one rule for everyone else! :laughing:

The French have always helped make the rules, agreed with the rules then enforced the rules on all non French and then ignored the rules when it has suited them to and done what ever they wanted to. Usually with the backing and assistance of Les Flic! :open_mouth:

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a downer on the French or France. They are both great in their own way, but the French have always done what ever they wanted, whenever they wanted, regardless of “the rules” :wink:

Enough said but I would rather live here than in Englistan :open_mouth:

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jimbubba:
…Enough said but I would rather live here than in Englistan :open_mouth:

To be honest, although I voted to leave the EU control, I would love to live in France as well! England (and the rest of the UK) is falling apart, very rapidly.

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pierrot 14:

Azitwaz:

triple-tango:
So, with a UK class 1 and full DCPC I can work for a French firm? I understood I had to have French qualification instead of DCPC

No you can’t work for a French company.

You have got it oh so wrong. I work here in France for a French company, with my “UK” licence and my “UK” DCPC qualification card 'code 95 on the rear, valid throughout Europe) and my “UK” digi card.

So you have taken the FIMO then■■? There is no UK equivalent for the FIMO, the DCPC is what would be the FCO taken every 5 years as it is in England, difference in France is you need to pass an exam at the end of your 35 hours, whereas in England you do not. They give you the DCPC just for turning up. Now you are talking out of where the sun don’t shine because yes the DCPC is valid in France, but unless you have taken the FIMO as well no job driving French registered trucks for a French company, NO UK equivalent for the FIMO!!! FIMO required to drive for French company, I actually do drive for a French company in Caen, you I think are a fantasist, who imagines he knows all when actually you Know **** all, have a nice day :laughing:

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Azitwaz:

pierrot 14:

Azitwaz:

triple-tango:
So, with a UK class 1 and full DCPC I can work for a French firm? I understood I had to have French qualification instead of DCPC

No you can’t work for a French company.

You have got it oh so wrong. I work here in France for a French company, with my “UK” licence and my “UK” DCPC qualification card 'code 95 on the rear, valid throughout Europe) and my “UK” digi card.

So you have taken the FIMO then■■? There is no UK equivalent for the FIMO, the DCPC is what would be the FCO taken every 5 years as it is in England, difference in France is you need to pass an exam at the end of your 35 hours, whereas in England you do not. They give you the DCPC just for turning up. Now you are talking out of where the sun don’t shine because yes the DCPC is valid in France, but unless you have taken the FIMO as well no job driving French registered trucks for a French company, NO UK equivalent for the FIMO!!! FIMO required to drive for French company, I actually do drive for a French company in Caen, you I think are a fantasist, who imagines he knows all when actually you Know **** all, have a nice day :laughing:

So I’m talking out of my arse am I ?

No I haven’t taken the FIMO, nor the FCO, I don’t need to. Regardless of what you think of the farcical DCPC, which I have to agree is a farce, the card is valid here " in France " as the equivalent of the 35 hour FCO. Read back at what I said about the code95 on the back of my card, it allows me to work here, in fact anywhere in Europe.
Please don’t treat me as an imbecile and I am certainly no fantasist.
You stated on another thread that you worked for a “large” fridge company in Caen, actually you said that they were the 2nd largest behind STEF and that you were the only Brit there, I asked you who that was, but you never actually replied, maybe it’s you who are the fantasist. I live near Vire about 45 mins from Caen and know most of the reefer hauliers, so it has to be Malherbe, Prodhomme or maybe VP .
Oh and by the way, I don’t work for STEF either.

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pierrot 14:

Azitwaz:

triple-tango:
So, with a UK class 1 and full DCPC I can work for a French firm? I understood I had to have French qualification instead of DCPC

No you can’t work for a French company.

You have got it oh so wrong. I work here in France for a French company, with my “UK” licence and my “UK” DCPC qualification card 'code 95 on the rear, valid throughout Europe) and my “UK” digi card.

So you have taken the FIMO then■■? There is no UK equivalent for the FIMO, the DCPC is what would be the FCO taken every 5 years as it is in England, difference in France is you need to pass an exam at the end of your 35 hours, whereas in England you do not. They give you the DCPC just for turning up. Now you are talking out of where the sun don’t shine because yes the DCPC is valid in France, but unless you have taken the FIMO as well no job driving French registered trucks for a French company, NO UK equivalent for the FIMO!!! FIMO required to drive for French company, I actually do drive for a French company in Caen, you I think are a fantasist, who imagines he knows all when actually you Know **** all, have a nice day :laughing:
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So I’m talking out of my arse am I ?

No I haven’t taken the FIMO, nor the FCO, I don’t need to. Regardless of what you think of the farcical DCPC, which I have to agree is a farce, the card is valid here " in France " as the equivalent of the 35 hour FCO. Read back at what I said about the code95 on the back of my card, it allows me to work here, in fact anywhere in Europe.
Please don’t treat me as an imbecile and I am certainly no fantasist.
You stated on another thread that you worked for a “large” fridge company in Caen, actually you said that they were the 2nd largest behind STEF and that you were the only Brit there, I asked you who that was, but you never actually replied, maybe it’s you who are the fantasist. I live near Vire about 45 mins from Caen and know most of the reefer hauliers, so it has to be Malherbe, Prodhomme or maybe VP .
Oh and by the way, I don’t work for STEF either.
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Well VP is in Torigni sur Vire and not Caen, try STG-TGN. You Mentioned Malherbe, well a couple jobs open there! I posted a few links to Pole-emploi, took me two minutes to find them, strange thing every advertised job for HGV driving for French companies seems to have something required in common, can you see what that requirement is? Notice that your no forthcoming with your employer’s name as I’ve named mine,

candidat.pole-emploi.fr/candida … __________

candidat.pole-emploi.fr/candida … __________

candidat.pole-emploi.fr/candida … __________

candidat.pole-emploi.fr/candida … __________

driea.ile-de-france.developp … a1342.html

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FFS are you for real, I am getting really fed up with discussing this subject with you as you won’t listen to anything that I tell you,

LET ME SAY IT ONCE AGAIN :exclamation: :exclamation:

I WORK IN FRANCE FOR A FRENCH COMPANY WITH ::::

A “UK” LICENCE
A “UK” DIGI CARD
A “UK” QUALIFICATION CARD

All employment adverts in France for drivers, will always ask for FIMO or FCO qualifications as it is a requirement for the job. BUT you seem to be completely intent on ignoring the fact that the “UK” DCPC is “”“”"VALID HERE and employers in France WILL ACCEPT IT :exclamation: :exclamation: :exclamation: :exclamation:

Oh by the way, as you asked

I work for Lerosey in Gavray

Oh as a P.S.

You work for STG ■■!!!
Couldn’t you find a decent company to work for? Bet you wear your hi-vis all day!

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It seems some people won’t be told Pierrot. This guy has obviously got his wires crossed as there are plenty of us working here in France with UK cards . . . although admittedly I now have the FCO as my firm put me through it 18 months ago.

None so deaf as those who don’t want to hear :unamused:

Hope all’s well buddy?

Craig

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Craig 111:
It seems some people won’t be told Pierrot. This guy has obviously got his wires crossed as there are plenty of us working here in France with UK cards . . . although admittedly I now have the FCO as my firm put me through it 18 months ago.

None so deaf as those who don’t want to hear :unamused:

Hope all’s well buddy?

Craig

Hi Craig, couldn’t agree with you more, think it’s a bit more than wires crossed though, more like pig headed ignorance.

Everything’s fine with me and the family, thanks for asking. Hope you and yours are well too.

As posted , I’m now working for Lerosey, out of Gavray 50, on a short term contract, till September, with a chance of being taken on permanently, if I like them and they like me that is. Nice to be working here in France rather than doing the to and fro to England.

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pierrot 14:
As posted , I’m now working for Lerosey, out of Gavray 50, on a short term contract, till September, with a chance of being taken on permanently, if I like them and they like me that is. Nice to be working here in France rather than doing the to and fro to England.

Yeah, I understood that from what you wrote above, excellent news. Your chances of being taken on are probably very favourable as it seems like truck firms here like British drivers. Are you on distance work, or home every night?

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Distance work all over France, usually away Mon to Fri but this weekend starting tomorrow at 15.30 up to Boulogne, then park up for an early delivery Monday morning

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Really, there is no need for people to get hot under the collar about this. Despite rumours to the contrary, France is not a centralised country.

All the above contributors are both right, and wrong.

It depends where you live. Not only does every prefecture have a different idea of the rules but all of the foncs within it have different ideas also.

So, everybody has a different experience, nobody is right or wrong.

Mine was this. I wasn’t allowed to drive an HGV until I had exchanged my UK licence for a French one.

That took one day at the sous-prefecture (probably prefecture only now).

My boss then set me to work and forgot to mention FCOS and, as I had never heard of it, rolled on blithely without it.

Then, in a minstry check it was discovered and I was told to tell the boss to do something about it. He did, immediately, and I did the 3 day course with 3 other drivers from the firm.

There was no such thing as a driver CPC in those days so the matter of acceptance or otherwise did not apply.

Someone mentioned having to do FIMO even though having 25 years experience. FIMO is for newbies, drivers with less than 10 years, thus I didn’t have to do that.

So you see, it simply matters where you live to determoine what you have to do, or not. :wink:

BTW, nice to see you are still plodding on Craig, I keep looking for you whenever I see a STEF Premium. My mount nowadays is a grey Berlingo with a white Eriba caravan and am still doing 70,000 kms/year delivering the dogs. :smiley: