YACHT HOSTING

in French territorial waters

To Yacht owners (see french custom code art. 219)
- who are not French residents
- or with no address in France

? Your boat was acquired through a French leasing company...
? The termination date of your leasing contract will soon come due, and you wish to retain your French Flag....

CAP Maritime Services
- with the formalities of your new ownership
- and enjoy the advantages of a French hosting

CAP Maritime Services
- look after your red tape : Maritime Registration Office, French Customs, Banks,
- and ensure its follow-up : annual fees, taxes...

A Customized Price Offer

will be made according to the information contained in your ship's certificate of French registry

*	Quotation Request

Change of Ownership Procedures

A sole agent certificate is issued in the name of CAPMS who will duly carry out the necessary formalities
Your legal hosting address will be Antibes - c/o CAPMS - 14, Chemin des Sables - 06 600 - Antibes.

Please submit the following documents :

- 3 original copies of the sale contract between the bank and new owner, signed and dated in due form
- 1 photocopy of your valid national identity card or passport
- the vessel's French registry certificate and its navigation pass (sea-letter)
- 2 recent identity photos
- 1 identity bank statement issued by a French agency
- a document certifying of your residence

The Hosting Contract

A contract is established in due form : it warrants your rights and the terms and conditions of the services we offer.

Specimen Contract

Our Fees

For the first year, a contractual price is applied according to the yatch's last port of registry. It includes :

- administration duties and formalities with relevant authorities

- hosting honoraria based on the number of months left for the current year, and according to the size of the vessel. Hosting fees are due annually, at the beginning of each new year.

Registry Cancellations

CAPMS also manages :
- Flag registry cancellations,
- Changes of Home ports,
- Changes of Yacht names.

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES

You become liable to the annual navigation duty, if on January 1st of the current year :
- you are the owner of a French registered yacht, or if
- you have a French residence and use a yacht under a foreign flag.
The annual navigation duty should be paid whatever use of the yacht is made.

In the case of a change of address, of sale, of scrapping, theft or any other reassignment or change in your yacht's specifications, you must immediately inform CAP Maritime Services, who will take the necessary steps with the Customs' Office of port of registry. If you fly a French Flag, the ship's certificate of French registry should be filed within three months with the Customs Office of your home port.
CAP Maritime Services will carry out this formality in your name in the case of loss of the vessel, or if it no longer complies with the French registry terms and requirements.