Reader’s Letters
Dear Sir, I thought I would write and let you know what happened to me last week and also as a warning to fellow Brits. I was driving my two daughters to school in Sitges at 8.30 am on a Tuesday morning in my UK registered car. I was pulled over by a Mossos police car who told me that my car had been recorded as being in Spain for over six months and should have been registered with Spanish plates. I have since found out that this is indeed the case and, apparently, the Spanish police will look for UK registered cars which either have an out of date tax disc or none at all. I was told to follow the police car to the station in Castelldefels where my car was impounded. The following day I returned to the station with my husband where we were told that in order to get it back we would have to pay a fine of over 600 euros and also provide evidence that we had started the re-registration process. We showed the duty officer our voluntary ITV but he dismissed it and said it was only valid if it was issued to a Spanish registered car.We have since contacted a Notario who told us that if the intention is to keep a UK registered car in Spain, then it has to be re-registered with Spanish plates within six months whether the owner has resident status or not. I then contacted the DVLA in Swansea and they confirmed it. They told me that the process is exactly the same for all countries in the EU. Be warned! Mrs. Lilian Woodward. Olivella. Sitges.
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