Long term mooring France

[ianmkent]

I am looking into mooring my boat in France with an annual mooring subscription. Boat is SSR regiser 60s built.
Does anyone know current requirements for entry from UK EU Crew. So far I have ICC, boat insurance, bill of sale SSR, Sail numbers, moorings invoices and other proof of ownership. The boat will not return to the UK again.

 

[Tranona]

I am looking into mooring my boat in France with an annual mooring subscription. Boat is SSR regiser 60s built.
Does anyone know current requirements for entry from UK EU Crew. So far I have ICC, boat insurance, bill of sale SSR, Sail numbers, moorings invoices and other proof of ownership. The boat will not return to the UK again.

If that is your plan, you will be limited to 18 months for the boat in the EU. After that it must be removed, although it can re-enter for a further 18 months. If you intend keeping it in France indefinitely you will need to pay EU VAT and the boat must comply with the latest RCD - which it won't. Even if you can cope with leaving and re-entering the boat cannot be sold in the EU without being imported.

Since Brexit what you plan is not easy as UK boats no longer have freedom of circulation in the EU just as UK citizens no longer have freedom of movement. On the positive side there are no real restrictions on visiting skippers and crew sailing in French/EU waters other than Schengen restrictions. Any visiting boat must clear customs and apply for Temporary Admission to get the 18 months. The boat must be owned by a non EU resident and registered outside the EU.

 

[st599]

I am looking into mooring my boat in France with an annual mooring subscription. Boat is SSR regiser 60s built.
Does anyone know current requirements for entry from UK EU Crew. So far I have ICC, boat insurance, bill of sale SSR, Sail numbers, moorings invoices and other proof of ownership. The boat will not return to the UK again.

If it's 60s built, then it will need an RCD certificate to the latest variant before you can import it. That may not be possible.

 

[stranded]

If that is your plan, you will be limited to 18 months for the boat in the EU. After that it must be removed, although it can re-enter for a further 18 months. If you intend keeping it in France indefinitely you will need to pay EU VAT and the boat must comply with the latest RCD - which it won't. Even if you can cope with leaving and re-entering the boat cannot be sold in the EU without being imported.

Since Brexit what you plan is not easy as UK boats no longer have freedom of circulation in the EU just as UK citizens no longer have freedom of movement. On the positive side there are no real restrictions on visiting skippers and crew sailing in French/EU waters other than Schengen restrictions. Any visiting boat must clear customs and apply for Temporary Admission to get the 18 months. The boat must be owned by a non EU resident and registered outside the EU.

I believe that France operates in line with the Directive and considers a boat to have entered under TA upon arrival in EU waters “without formalities”, which I take to mean automatically. But if I am wrong I need to find out! Do you interpret it differently?

 

[Tranona]

I believe that France operates in line with the Directive and considers a boat to have entered under TA upon arrival in EU waters “without formalities”, which I take to mean automatically. But if I am wrong I need to find out! Do you interpret it differently?

You are right in that just arriving is one means of gaining TA, but some states are more formal. The "problems" potentially arise when you come to the nd of your 18 months when you need evidence of when TA started and clear with local customs what will be acceptable to leave and start another 18 months. Every visitor is effectively granted tA but the vast majority stay for much shorter periods, but for those who intend staying longer and potentially extending it is best to formalise your entry date with customs.