Maritime & Legal Regulations

All the latest news on the regulations and legal framework for the boating professions and boaters.

Towards a European boating license? Respond to the Commission's consultation

Refits and conversions : When should I have my boat re-certified?

Customs taxes on American pleasure boats: New reprieve

Advertising at sea: End of the legal vacuum in French waters

Nauticademy : A playful support to teach the rules of the helm
Fires that start in yacht garages

Lithium battery fire: the thermal camera, an emerging solution

HIJ : Safety bracelets for sailing schools
Spinlock expands its equipment production

Spinlock: The equipment manufacturer increases its production capacity in Cowes
In a Word

Nautical life: Ocean Hackathon, Canada, Finistère Mer Vent, Ports de la Manche...
Port of Vancouver, Canada

Canada's new boat tax back in law
Boston Whaler

United States and European Union: End of the trade war for the boating industry
Aluminum boats are already suffering from raw material costs. The professionals ask to lift the taxes.

International taxes: The world's nautical industries are still mobilized
Alliance Marine creates a Security Division

Reorganization of the safety at sea activity of the equipment manufacturer Alliance Marine
Zodiac powered by Suzuki

Life on the water : Zodiac, Suzuki, Osculati, Brunswick, CE standards, Mustang Survival

The EU challenges Italian fuel taxation for pleasure boats
Skipper welcoming his clients

Capt'n Boat adapts crewing to the hiring of sailors by individual boaters
InterviewPlastimo life raft

Plastimo: The most striking rescue story
InterviewLife jackets are now part of the basic personal equipment, and are personalized in the same way as the vests

Safety at sea: "Boaters' views have changed
Interview

The main stages in Plastimo's life seen from the inside
Marina

The Nautical Industries Federation publishes its 2020 annual report
Credentials for masters of small recreational vessels extended

Administrative simplification for pleasure boat captains
U.S.-produced ships still taxed at 25% when entering the EU

Taxation on American ships: Deferral between the USA and the European Union
Boats for sale

Brexit: Clarifications on the re-certification of used boats
Chris Craft boat at Boot 2019

US pleasure boats in the EU: Towards a 50% tax?

Harbour Police: A growing competence for marinas
Canadian flag on a pleasure boat

Canada is considering a tax on large recreational vessels
Used Boats for Sale

Second-hand boats: What are the regulatory constraints after Brexit?
The European yachting directive will revise its environmental criteria, including engine exhausts.

Environment : Towards a revision of the European directive on recreational craft
How to prepare the yacht at Brexit?

Brexit: Initiatives to help the recreational boating sector prepare for it
Catamarans are also driven by the LOA market

VAT rebate on LOA vessels: the Ministry clarifies the grey areas
InterviewThe LOA may have been a key element in the sale of pleasure boats..

"We knew the end of the VAT rebate was coming, but the way is regrettable."
Sailboat for sale 2nd hand

VAT: Will the setbacks of English yachtsmen impact the second-hand market?
High-end American brands such as Boston Whaler suffer from import taxes in Europe

US - European Union: A call for the removal of taxes on recreational boats
Grocery boat in the Glénan Archipelago

Anchored Boater Services: A Clarified Status
Maritime Administration Extends Shipping Titles in the Face of Health Crisis

Navigational titles: new administrative adaptations in the face of coronaviruses
American Boat and Yacht Council Inspectors

Recreational Boating Standards: ABYC invites professionals to participate in the review
Maritime administration revises its rules to adapt to the health crisis

Coronavirus: what are the administrative consequences for professional yachting?
The Paradise yacht on a stopover at the foot of a glacier

Disappearance of the skipper of the Paradise: the BEAMer alerts on the charter aboard the yachts
Mixed varangal structure and keel attachment on an RM sailing boat

Standards for recreational craft: ISO revises 2 basic texts
Port of Pornic

Report on coastal development: an issue for boating
Bouee USafe

USafe: A drone - motorized lifebuoy
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