European recovery

a mates boy borrowed his firms van to go into france, all above board and had been fishing before, obviously broke down asked if i could go and get it with my transporter that i carry my old commercial to the shows etc, i have been into europe with my old truck loaded for shows, so i could not see a reason not to go and get it, my truck would be empty outbound so no customs to worry about, the van is returning empty and is british registered, would this be ok or am i missing something

Can’t see a problem. so long as it’s not a commercial operation. It’s a private not for cash job!

Can you take the V5 with you? Might help.