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<p>The majority of third country registered aircraft based in Europe are non-complex
aircraft registered in the US, used for recreational aviation. The Department for
Transport recently commissioned an independent review into the safety of recreational
General Aviation. Both the review and evidence from the CAA show there is no evidence
that overall non-UK registered aircraft are maintained to a lower standard than UK
registered aircraft, and that overall non-UK and European registered aircraft do not
have a higher accident rate. Introducing restrictions could unnecessarily impact aircraft
registered in Europe that are operated and maintained to the same standards as those
in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>For these reasons, the Department for Transport does not
consider there to be a safety case to proactively discourage UK-based aircraft from
being registered to third countries. Further, changes made at European level, which
the UK has adopted, have removed some of the incentives for registering an aircraft
with a third country. We are closely following proposals by the European Aviation
Safety Agency on this topic, and will consider whether a parallel approach would be
appropriate for the UK post-Transition Period.</p>
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