david1686:
Authorisation , a genuine Certified Copy,was laminated when it was issued 7 years ago for protection.It has been inspected many times by authorities all over Europe, including Spain , never any problems or questions until last month’s incident at Irun.
The Spanish, IMHO, are simply on a revenue raising exercise, imposing massive fines for seemingly trivial offences.
Not really trivial, it seems the fine will have been for not having an authorisation as they only last a maximum of 5 years
david1686:
Apparently the fine for having a copy of an authorisation in Germany is less than € 500
You’ve got that arse about face, you would be fined for not having a copy and instead carrying the original.