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He had rear air springs added and included in the registration documents, all correctly carried out and approved with signatures and official stamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately Belgium is the <strong>only<\/strong> EU country  not to accept the German papers as they are \ud83d\ude48<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now our (Belgian) approval body has to decide if they can approve it locally or if I have to go to Li\u00e8ge to get approval. Locally they don\u2019t see a problem, it is just a question of who is qualified to approve \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More to follow\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My ML-T comes from Germany and the previous owner was very meticulous with the paperwork. He had rear air springs added and included in the registration documents, all correctly carried out and approved with signatures and official stamps. 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