@AJ
Thanks, this is what I thought, is the way G-Reg works too.
@WhiskeyPapa
I know it’s detailed on the LBA website, if it really matters to you I can check and find the link. As far as I remember, you have to be an EU citizen, or live in Germany (which requires papers, not just a mailbox), or you have to have a “business interest” which the LBA has to approve.
lionel wrote:
I’ve been told that France does not require such an in-country contact.
Confirm that. France are very relaxed with regards place of residence of the owner.
Actually, this “need an in-country receiving agent” can become a can of worms in itself… It ties you to the person that acts as such and you cannot have too strong a disagreement with them. Especially if that’s your CAMO and maintenance organisation, it limits your ability to have maintenance done elsewhere. I’ve been told that France does not require such an in-country contact.
If you want to be 100% independent, maybe you can use the services of a remailer. For Germany, I know http://www.bpm-lux.com/; they give you an address is Germany, Belgium, UK, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy, Canada and Australia. Mail can be then forwarded or scanned and shredded. For low usage, they cost:
If anybody knows of such a service that gives you an address in the Netherlands for cheap…
Do you need to be an EU resident to own a D Reg, or just have someone local ready to receive the mail?
I am pleased to say that Piper Germany have signed my form agreeing to be my local Receiving Agent. They didn’t charge but asked that I buy something from them at some point which seems very reasonable. They did say they don’t normally do this though unless it is one of their CAMO aircraft.
I also got an offer from a EuroGA contributor as well which was very welcome.
This was my first post on EuroGA and saying it was hardly an interesting topic for most got some really helpful responses. Thanks
Phil
Asking the seller to be my Receiving Agent wouldn’t help in any case as he was Italian and had no idea who is own Receiving Agent was. I suspect it must have been Piper Germany as they have been maintaining it for years.
But I did think it was a bit cheeky for me to ask Piper Germany to receive documents on my behalf in the circumstances. But like Peter, I hope they may see this as supporting Piper Aircraft in Europe.
I will let you know how I get on..
Golden rule: NEVER do a change of registration (not even within EASA!) unless you have very very good reasons for doing so. It usually end up as a
You’re also able to register it in UK as the two countries are ruled by EASA.
It’s not a matter, I did it from Germany to France.
Peter wrote:
Why would Piper Germany operate a “letter box” for planes they don’t service?
Maybe because they are the Piper agent – appreciate there is an agent in the UK as well, but isnt the “main” agency the German agent? If so I guess it is a way of supporting the product, after all the parts will all eventually come from them. Good to see if they do as it is always rather reassuring to see the agent supporting their product without charging for everything.
