Operated on and off as described for about 20 years on VP-C, VP-B, M- and ZK-. No issues.
Just be aware of customs limitations for "Temporary Admission" of 6 months and clear in and out as part of the yacht declaration. It is important to clear IN and OUT especially as it can "reset" the 6 months. Do not have anything that indicates any type of permanent or enduring connection with the EU and especially the Beneficiary.
As havick says - everything else is basically free. You will need a "helisurface permit" for the yacht in France which needs to be applied for about this time of the year to the
PRÉFET MARITIME DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE in Toulon and also an "Authorisation to Use Helisurfaces" (Habilitation a Utiliser les Helisurfaces) for each and every foreign PIC operating in Fance and that includes the use of the helisurface on the yacht.
Authorisation to use Helisurfaces for PIC - start
here.
Yacht helisurface permit in writing to:
PRÉFET MARITIME DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE
BCRM de Toulon BP 900 – 83 800 Toulon cedex 9
e.
[email protected]
ph. +33 04 22 42 09 20
f. +33 04 22 42 13 63
"Francaise seulement" mostly - send them an email and ask them what info they need first as it changes. Preferably in French.
When the yacht helisurface permit is issued it is promulgated in the public domain and to just about every local authority in the French Mediterranean - do NOT operate without one as they all know if you have one or not!
You can find a copy of a previously issued permit
here as an example from the
PRÉFET MARITIME DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE site -
https://www.premar-mediterranee.gouv.fr
If you wish to operate in the coming season I would start
ASAP!