Certificate of Registry

[Whiskey2]

Help, it looks like the weather is set fair this week for our first Channel crossing, but looking at the pilot book I need a Certificate of Registry, what is it? my boat has been to France before so should it have one already?

Mel

 

[ccscott49]

It's your registratio, part one or SSR, IO think proof of ownership would do, but maybe not, it is France after all and full of officious Frenchmen!!! Douane etc.

 

[jamesjermain]

You really are chancing your arm if you cross the Channel without a certificaste of registration. It is required by Law.

The quickest, easiest and cheapest way of doing it is through the Small Ship's Register at Cardiff.

JJ

 

[Chris_Stannard]

Your certificate of Registry shows the country in which the yacht is registered. This is needed as it is the responsibility of the country in which the boat is registered to ensure that VAT has been paid. If you cannot demonstrate that your boat is registered in UK then the French, in the unlikely but possible case they check, may say it is a French boat and demande that you pay VAT on their valuation of the boat. It happened some years ago and the boat was impounded whilst the matter was sorted out.

Chris Stannard

 

[alant]

How long does it currently take for Part 1 Registration?
A boat 'imported' from outside the EEC & is currently enjoying a refit in the UK (unflagged), with no VAT having yet been paid either upon import or 'refit work' - on the basis that it is in transit to another country (possibly outside the EEC) via a winter stop over in Gibraltar.
Anyone able to advise on possible problems etc.

 

[jamesjermain]

It depends on the age of the boat and tfhe amount of paperwork you already have. If you have proof, by way of Bills of Sale, of the ownership of the yacht right back to the day she was built (or last Part One registered), It can take little more than a couple of weeks. If the history, nationality or ownership of the boat is in doubt, you will have to trace all previous owners, get sworn statements from them and then submit all this to the Registrar who will take a fair bit of time to sift through it all. If you cannot trace the history you will have to go to court to get a judgement that you are the legal owner.

If there is any chance that the boat is going to stay in EU waters, do get your VAT position establshed early while the boat is worth comparatively little. Also bear in mind that you might have to get her certificated under the RCD which can be very expensive and time consuming.

JJ