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Confusion over Gibraltar cars cleared
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Confusion as to Gibraltar-registered cars crossing the frontier has been cleared.
As reported in PANORAMA on Monday, a motorist entering Spain was asked by a Civil Guard to show his logbook. When the motorist asked what was happening, he said the Civil Guard had told him that if the logbook was not in the driver's name, the car could not cross into Spain.
The person in question had his papers in order and was allowed to continue.
Having read this in PANORAMA, William Anidjar Serfaty, commercial director at Capurro car dealers, took the matter up with the Aduana administrator.
Mr Serfaty told us yesterday that the administrator had assured him that Gibraltar-registered cars can have a different name in the logbook to that of the driver, so long as the person is a Gibraltar resident and has a letter of authorisation to drive the car.
It appears that residents of other EU countries cannot drive G-plate cars within the EU unless they are resident in Gibraltar. This applies to cars hired in Gibraltar, for example, which is why for some time now such cars have been Spanish-registered.
It is to do with Gibraltar being excluded from the EU customs union and VAT.
The confusion appears to have centred on the foregoing.
18-05-11
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