Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Using foreign cars in your native country<br/>
Date: Sep 30, 2002 @ 20:45<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1501690076">Hmmm.. this is an interesting discussion.<br/>
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When I lived in the Netherlands, I was informed by the RDW (vehicle <br/>
registration agency) that it was illegal for residents to drive foreign <br/>
registered cars that belonged to them. Unfortunately, it was also <br/>
impossible to re-register a vehicle in the Netherlands unless you were <br/>
officially resident in the country (i.e. listed in the population <br/>
register). This begged the question of how you were actually supposed to <br/>
drive your vehicle to the registration centre without breaking the law. D&#39;oh!<br/>
<br/>
The reason for this nonsense, is of course to prevent residents avoiding <br/>
the so-called &#39;luxury tax&#39; (more correctly known as &#39;BPM&#39;) imposed on <br/>
vehicles amongst other things.<br/>
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Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>