For France, the taxation rules are the same as the one exposed for Sweden above, maybe these are harmonized for the european market (?)
Usually you have to have the car homologation for the european market redone. It's a lenghty and annoying process that's not really worth it for a car that's also available locally. It's more interesting for a very special model, especially if a similar road legal model exist.
Typical problem items are tires. You have DOT approved tires, you need to buy the exact same tires with the ECE stamp on them. Emissions are strict too, if you can pass cali, you are good, but if you are in southeast US with no emission control you may have a bad surprise.
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