Filling gas bottles in France illegal?

[colyboy]

We have been in France for just over ten days and have had to refill one of our gas bottles for the first time. First time was in a Super U where I was told “ it is now illegal to fill bottles in France”. But I must state that the lady in charge “turned a blind eye” as I had started to fill. Spoke to a Dutch gentleman who also stated what Super U had said.

I then called on a small Total garage who had no issues with me filling.

Colyboy

 

[gus-lopez]

It's always been illegal everywhere.

 

[Reallyretired]

Depends what you're filling. A calor type bottle illegal everywhere, but a gasit/gaslow/alugas installation is the same as an lpg tank, just shaped like a bottle so fits in the gas locker.
When I fill up I do not need to open a locker, my filling point is labelled lpg fuel. No questions asked anywhere so far.

 

[Camping Gaza]

Get your fill point in your vans skirt and carry your adaptor in the van. Never open the locker door in a fuel station

 

[Wildbill]

did not have a problem when in France two weeks
bill

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[Scotch mist]

Get your fill point in your vans skirt and carry your adaptor in the van. Never open the locker door in a fuel station

Yeh that was the way my old was , the new one was supposed to be the same but the fill point is in the middle on the gas locker door with the gas sticker right next to it , Is it a legal requirement to have the gas locker identification sticker on a MH or can I just remove the sticker

 

[Camping Gaza]

Hard to find any real info on this but it seems it's not a legal requirement to display a sticker.

I wait to be corrected if I am wrong

 

[Just smiffy]

Speeding is illegal too.....

In every country ?

 

[peterc10]

The sticker is required by the usual suspect, our old "friend" the NCC. So not a legal requirement.

 

[EX51SSS]

Get your fill point in your vans skirt and carry your adaptor in the van. Never open the locker door in a fuel station

Mine is in my boot locker and never had any problem throughout France.

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[Allanm]

We have been in France for just over ten days and have had to refill one of our gas bottles for the first time. First time was in a Super U where I was told “ it is now illegal to fill bottles in France”. But I must state that the lady in charge “turned a blind eye” as I had started to fill. Spoke to a Dutch gentleman who also stated what Super U had said.

I then called on a small Total garage who had no issues with me filling.

Colyboy

What sort of bottles are you trying to fill?

 

[Charente16]

I have a Gaslow system with an external filler on a locally registered van. I filled - up a couple of days ago at Leclercs' in Ruffec, not my usual Tank Stop. Before switching on the power to the pump, Madame came across from the Caisse and asked me to open the gas locker to show her the bottles, once she saw they were 'R67' Approved she turned the power - on.

Presumably any cylinder without the magic letters 'R67' on them might lead to a refusal to use the pump.

 

[Apache]

What is ‘R67’ ?

 

[Sabino]

What is ‘R67’ ?

https://www.gaslowdirect.com/R67-Statement

 

[PeteH]

https://www.gaslowdirect.com/R67-Statement

That`s an interesting read, All my R-V`s had fixed gas tanks/cylinders, and we never had an issue anywhere in Europe of being refused ever. So I am assuming this to be some (relatively) new "edict", Some of the permanent installations will by now be well in excess of 30 years old, (eg; My 1984 Pace Arrow is still on the DVLA database, and had two such Tanks) and many will never have been examined either.

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[WESTY66]

https://www.gaslowdirect.com/R67-Statement

Is that a Gaslow thing or does it apply to Gas-it and Alugas? I can’t check my Alugas as it’s at the dealers for a spot of warranty work! I’ve only filled it once in Switzerland and no probs there!!?

 

[Offagain]

Yeh that was the way my old was , the new one was supposed to be the same but the fill point is in the middle on the gas locker door with the gas sticker right next to it , Is it a legal requirement to have the gas locker identification sticker on a MH or can I just remove the sticker

We have a fill point which looks like it's going into an underslung tank and we've taken the sticker off the locker. Apart from the whole of Italy, the only place we have been refused was in one filling station near Igoumonitsa, Greece. The station half a mile up the road was happy to refill it.

 

[Charente16]

'R67' complies with the various 'EN' Standards and therefore would be the Norm through out the EU. Alugas cylinders, are I believe, German so would be conforming, however unlike 'Gaslow' they are not well known here in France. Therefore the only way Filling Station staff here can recognise a 'legal' cylinder is to see 'R67' written on the cylinder.

No one here has 'LPG/GPL' stickers, I think it is a UK thing.

 

[TheBig1]

easy fix, a stencil and spray paint R67 on the cylinders