Just to add to this, more for others than the OP - I think there are already more ports that do this than are on the list - Bénodet certainly did for a boat rafted against us last week, and Port Louis had a (small) pile of completed pre-avis forms on the desk when we looked in yesterday - that’s 2 out of 2 ports that we have stopped at since Camaret. So worth checking with the capitainerie in case your preferred destination is not on the formal list.
Ah - this is a different Port Louis - opposite Lorient. Although tbh a 10 minute ferry ride and 3 minute walk from the marina gets you to the Lorient douanes office which is perhaps more reliable.
This keeps on coming up every few months on here. It is incorrect. What Gustywinds posted is exactly right.
No it's not. In order to enter Europe you must have a passport valid for at least 3 months from time of entry. They don't consider passports over 10 years to be valid regardless of expiry date, therefore when entering the EU your passport cannot be older than 9 years 9 months, otherwise you wouldn't have 3 months left.
It is not my 'view of the rules', it is the rules. There was a lot of misinformation around a few years ago, including on the UK government website but it has all been clarified long ago. The rule about the passport being issued less than ten years before the date of entry to Schengen is independent of the rule about the validity having at least 3 months at the time of exit. It's clear on individual government websites and is exactly what Gustywinds posted. This article is a good explanation Simon Calder travel advice: When to renew your passport before visiting Europe
Good luck with that attitude at border control. There are the rules as written and there are the rules the border officer enforces on the day. If you're turned away you're turned away and there's very little you can do to change that, especially if you start an argument with the person enforcing the rules.
That's ridiculous. The border officer simply enforces the rules for that country. This rule is clearly set out and very easy to understand. If you really believe border officers might invent a completely different set of rules and try to enforce them you would hardly dare travel. It's true that people are still being refused travel because they do not understand the rules about their extended passports. No-one is being refused travel because the border official doesn't understand. You are just adding to the misinformation. I goes you didn't read the article I linked or look at any government websites.
No, the border officer enforces what they believe to be the rules. Being right and being allowed in aren't always the same, and there are many, many threads on the forum discussing issues at borders where officials have enforced things that aren't the rules or the law. Some have had legal battles to avoid paying VAT on VAT paid boats, for instance.
Fine. It would still be helpful if people stopped posting misinformation. You didn't start by warning people that a border official might make a mistake. You twice stated as fact some completely wrong information.