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NUC status and Division 241 after the May 2026 rewrite

FR-CHARTER-M1 · The legal frame · FR-CHARTER-M1-A Which contract you are in, what makes a boat a NUC under the 2026 Division 241, and the Division 242 code for yachts over 24 m.

Commercial boats of **24 m hull or less** carry guests as **NUCs**. The arrêté of 21 May 2026 rewrote Division 241 as a self-standing code, with a hull label, a passenger table and new operating limits.

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