FRA (RIF) bareboat registry
Duration: n/a · renewable
- Bareboat-in flag
- FRA (RIF)
- Parent flags accepted
- FRA (metropolitan)
- Maximum duration
- no set maximum
- Renewable
- Yes
- Labour regime
- RIF framework — reduced French crewing cost
- Tax regime
- RIF tonnage tax
Notes
French Registre International Français second-registry accepts French metropolitan vessels for foreign-crewed operations.
DMLC Part II caveat under bareboat
When a vessel is registered under a bareboat arrangement, the DMLC (Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance) Part II names the shipowner in the sense of the bareboat charterer — not the parent-flag registered owner. Seafarers on board should verify which entity is named as the operator + financial- security provider on the DMLC in the event of an MLC A2.5.2 abandonment claim.