HT:
this would indicate that you have no knowledge of what functions an ATCO has to perform upon receiving an initial call on his sector.
I had better hand my ticket back in then.
I stand by all of my post, having had first hand experience of ALL that I have written from the centre in question. Furthermore, common sense says that the sector expecting the traffic will ask for it when late on frequency, however if the sectors are combined there are regular issues where aircraft simply run out of range (daily). You can't transfer a late transfer if they are now out of range of your comms......
As I said, 2Planks has the closest guess from my experience of the normal issues that cause this situation to arise over France.