The information provided below shall not give rise to any responsibility on the part of the Organization. The provisions of the national legislation in force and the associated texts shall take precedence.
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Apply for a certificate of departure (attestation de départ) approximately 15 days before your removal (procedure available on the Relations with Host-States website),
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Present a copy of the inventory valued when you cross the Swiss border,
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If you stay at CERN, you must also registrer your new address in EDH by filling in the form "Local address change" and your French card the same day of your removal.
Formalities and removal must be done only during working days and office opening hours.
FRENCH CUSTOMS
FERNEY-VOLAIRE
SWISS CUSTOMS
FERNEY-VOLTAIRE
Route de Genève BP 137
F - 01216 Ferney-Voltaire
Phone: 33 9 70 27 31 83
Fax: 33 4 50 40 09 55
Monday to Friday
7:30 - 12:00 - 13:30 - 17:00
Rue de Genève
F - 01210 Ferney-Voltaire
Tel: 022 717 0280
Fax: 022 717 0289
Monday to Friday
7:30 - 12:00 - 13:30 - 17:15
If you have a vehicle registered on Swiss plates:
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contact the Service des Automobiles in order to inform them of your new address.
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if you have purchased or imported your car tax-free (form 15.52, of which you have the yellow copy) you must hand this document to the official at the customs post through which you leave Switzerland in your vehicle. You then have three months in which to return the Swiss number plates by mail to the Service des Automobiles or to the Swiss Embassy or Consulate in your new country of residence.